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May 16
1 Rejection from Azure - Fiction
(105 days)
1 Rejection from Illustrated Worlds - Fiction
(71 days)
3 Rejections from Interzone
(ranging from 3 to 13 days)
1 Rejection from Ninth Letter (Print) - Fiction
(165 days)
1 Rejection from Potomac Review - Fiction
(239 days)
1 Rejection from The Paris Review - Nonfiction
(103 days)
May 15
Acceptance from 4LPH4NUM3R1C (ALPHANUMERIC) - Poetry (10 days)
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(Congratulations We must delete all the PDF FILES!)
1 Rejection from 4LPH4NUM3R1C (ALPHANUMERIC) - Fiction
(13 days)
1 Rejection from 4LPH4NUM3R1C (ALPHANUMERIC) - Poetry
(14 days)
Acceptance from After The Storm - Fiction (114 days)
(Congratulations Andrew K. Langley!)
(Congratulations Andrew K. Langley!)
3 Rejections from Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Fiction
(ranging from 57 to 104 days)
Acceptance from Apex Magazine - Fiction (73 days)
1 Rejection from Arcturus - Fiction
(60 days)
5 Rejections from Banshee (Magazine) - Poetry
(53 days each)
1 Rejection from Beneath Ceaseless Skies
(55 days)
1 Rejection from Berkeley Fiction Review
(88 days)
5 Rejections from berlin lit
(39 days each)
1 Rejection from Black Fox Literary Magazine - Fiction
(12 days)
1 Rejection from Brilliant Flash Fiction
(6 days)
2 Rejections from Brown Hound Press
(ranging from 2 to 3 days)
4 Rejections from Citron Review - Fiction
(ranging from 56 to 63 days)
3 Rejections from Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction
(2 days each)
1 Rejection from Colorado Review - Fiction
(51 days)
1 Rejection from Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores - Fiction
(13 days)
1 Rejection from Doric Literary
(0 days)
3 Rejections from Escape Pod
(ranging from 26 to 34 days)
1 Rejection from Fictive Dream
(17 days)
1 Rejection from foofaraw - Fiction
(17 days)
1 Rejection from Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize
(48 days)
Acceptance from GigaNotoSaurus (486 days)
(Congratulations Nicholas Schorn!)
(Congratulations Nicholas Schorn!)
2 Rejections from Guernica - Fiction
(ranging from 385 to 388 days)
2 Rejections from Haven Spec Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 16 to 17 days)
1 Rejection from Illustrated Worlds - Fiction
(68 days)
9 Rejections from Interzone
(ranging from 1 to 11 days)
2 Rejections from New Orleans Review (Print) - Fiction
(ranging from 12 to 68 days)
2 Rejections from NewMyths.com - Fiction
(76 days each)
4 Rejections from NewMyths.com - Poetry
(ranging from 76 to 79 days)
7 Rejections from Ninth Letter (Print) - Fiction
(ranging from 164 to 165 days)
3 Rejections from Planet Scumm
(ranging from 212 to 223 days)
1 Rejection from PodCastle
(26 days)
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