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May 15
2 Rejections from Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Fiction
(57 days each)
5 Rejections from Banshee (Magazine) - Poetry
(53 days each)
1 Rejection from Black Fox Literary Magazine - Fiction
(12 days)
2 Rejections from Brown Hound Press
(ranging from 2 to 3 days)
3 Rejections from Citron Review - Fiction
(ranging from 56 to 60 days)
2 Rejections from Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction
(2 days each)
1 Rejection from Escape Pod
(34 days)
1 Rejection from Fictive Dream
(17 days)
1 Rejection from Haven Spec Magazine - Fiction
(17 days)
2 Rejections from New Orleans Review (Print) - Fiction
(ranging from 12 to 68 days)
1 Rejection from Remains
(1 day)
1 Rejection from Saros Speculative Fiction - Fiction
(6 days)
2 Rejections from The Carolina Quarterly - Fiction
(ranging from 78 to 92 days)
1 Rejection from The Dublin Review
(114 days)
1 Rejection from The Kenyon Review - Fiction
(255 days)
1 Rejection from The Molotov Cocktail
(184 days)
1 Rejection from The Sun Magazine - Nonfiction
(140 days)
3 Rejections from Uncharted Magazine
(ranging from 17 to 79 days)
May 14
1 Rejection from Air/Light - Fiction
(57 days)
Acceptance from Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Fiction (61 days)
Acceptance from Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Fiction (130 days)
(Congratulations Robert!)
(Congratulations Robert!)
4 Rejections from Apex Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 57 to 58 days)
4 Rejections from Asimov's Science Fiction - Fiction
(ranging from 36 to 100 days)
1 Rejection from Bellevue Literary Review - Poetry
(68 days)
1 Rejection from Beneath Ceaseless Skies
(26 days)
1 Rejection from Black Cat Weekly
(18 days)
2 Rejections from Black Hare Press Patreon Monthly Challenge
(ranging from 32 to 50 days)
1 Rejection from Citron Review - Fiction
(57 days)
4 Rejections from Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 2 to 3 days)
1 Rejection from Copper Nickel - Fiction
(88 days)
1 Rejection from Copper Nickel - Poetry
(93 days)
Acceptance from Cosmic Horror Monthly - Fiction (127 days)
(Congratulations j-the-fleck!)
(Congratulations j-the-fleck!)
Acceptance from Cosmic Horror Monthly - Fiction (131 days)
7 Rejections from Cosmic Horror Monthly - Fiction
(ranging from 127 to 133 days)
1 Rejection from CutBank Literary Magazine - Fiction
(240 days)
4 Rejections from Escape Pod
(ranging from 24 to 27 days)
Acceptance from Fiction on the Web (12 days)
(Congratulations Lucid Illusions!)
(Congratulations Lucid Illusions!)
3 Rejections from Flash Frog
(ranging from 3 to 6 days)
Acceptance from Gavagai - Fiction (62 days)
4 Rejections from Gavagai - Fiction
(ranging from 77 to 83 days)
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