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Jul 12
1 Rejection from Asimov's Science Fiction - Fiction
(32 days)
1 Rejection from The New Yorker - Fiction
(94 days)
1 Rejection from The Rumpus - Nonfiction
(23 days)
Jul 11
2 Rejections from 100-Foot Crow
(ranging from 30 to 33 days)
1 Rejection from America's Slide Toward Authoritarianism - Fiction
(51 days)
1 Rejection from America's Slide Toward Authoritarianism - Poetry
(25 days)
1 Rejection from Andromeda Spaceways Magazine - Fiction
(102 days)
6 Rejections from Asimov's Science Fiction - Fiction
(ranging from 4 to 10 days)
Acceptance from Banshee (Magazine) - Fiction (117 days)
(Congratulations Cam Anthony!)
(Congratulations Cam Anthony!)
1 Rejection from Beneath Ceaseless Skies
(13 days)
7 Rejections from Best Weird Fiction of the Year Anthology Series
(ranging from 67 to 71 days)
3 Rejections from Black Cat Weekly
(ranging from 3 to 7 days)
1 Rejection from Carmina Magazine - Fiction
(62 days)
2 Rejections from Cast of Wonders
(ranging from 50 to 54 days)
2 Rejections from Centaur - Fiction
(ranging from 9 to 16 days)
2 Rejections from Claudine - Fiction
(ranging from 1 to 5 days)
1 Rejection from Creature Publishing
(40 days)
9 Rejections from Diabolical Plots
(4 days each)
1 Rejection from Doric Literary
(1 day)
6 Rejections from Drabblecast
(ranging from 160 to 169 days)
3 Rejections from Electric Spec
(ranging from 26 to 78 days)
Acceptance from Factor Four Magazine (46 days)
2 Rejections from Factor Four Magazine
(ranging from 23 to 37 days)
1 Rejection from Fantastic Other - Fiction
(94 days)
2 Rejections from Flash Frog
(ranging from 2 to 5 days)
1 Rejection from HAD
(1 day)
10 Rejections from Haven Spec Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 19 to 47 days)
1 Rejection from Haven Spec Magazine - Poetry
(38 days)
1 Rejection from Horror Story Magazine - Fiction
(643 days)
4 Rejections from Interzone
(ranging from 1 to 2 days)
1 Rejection from JAKE - Fiction
(148 days)
1 Rejection from NewMyths.com - Fiction
(2 days)
1 Rejection from Nonbinary Review - Poetry
(1 day)
2 Rejections from Old Moon - Fiction
(2 days each)
1 Rejection from Old Moon - Poetry
(2 days)
1 Rejection from Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest - Fiction
(50 days)
1 Rejection from Pulp Asylum
(13 days)
3 Rejections from Radon Journal - Fiction
(ranging from 16 to 64 days)
2 Rejections from Remains
(ranging from 2 to 4 days)
3 Rejections from Seize the Press
(1 day each)
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