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Jun 6
1 Rejection from Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction
(2 days)
1 Rejection from Interzone
(5 days)
1 Rejection from NewMyths.com - Fiction
(3 days)
1 Rejection from The Freak!
(21 days)
Jun 5
1 Rejection from A Public Space Emerging Writer Fellowships - Fiction
(67 days)
7 Rejections from Apex Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 66 to 70 days)
3 Rejections from Arc Poetry Magazine
(310 days each)
2 Rejections from Banshee (Magazine) - Fiction
(86 days each)
1 Rejection from Beneath Ceaseless Skies
(34 days)
1 Rejection from Boulevard - Fiction
(114 days)
4 Rejections from Bourbon Penn
(ranging from 38 to 42 days)
1 Rejection from Broad Ripple Review - Fiction
(31 days)
2 Rejections from Bullshit Lit online - Poetry
(43 days each)
6 Rejections from Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 1 to 4 days)
1 Rejection from Don't Go for the Vault: A Bank Robbery Horror Anthology
(16 days)
Acceptance from Dragon Soul Press (70 days)
1 Rejection from Dreams & Nightmares - Fiction
(10 days)
Acceptance from ECO: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction Anthology Series (185 days)
(Congratulations AAAAaaaaHHHhhhhh!)
(Congratulations AAAAaaaaHHHhhhhh!)
1 Rejection from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - Fiction
(122 days)
2 Rejections from Escape Pod
(ranging from 30 to 38 days)
1 Rejection from Flash Fiction Magazine
(30 days)
1 Rejection from Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Originals)
(30 days)
3 Rejections from Flash Fiction Online (FFO) (Reprints)
(ranging from 17 to 30 days)
3 Rejections from Flash Frog
(ranging from 4 to 16 days)
4 Rejections from foofaraw - Fiction
(ranging from 30 to 33 days)
3 Rejections from HAD
(2 days each)
10 Rejections from Haven Spec Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 17 to 33 days)
3 Rejections from Heartlines Spec - Fiction
(ranging from 5 to 9 days)
1 Rejection from Heartlines Spec - Poetry
(25 days)
4 Rejections from Horrific Scribes - Fiction
(ranging from 2 to 6 days)
1 Rejection from Horrific Scribes - Poetry
(2 days)
4 Rejections from Indie Bites
(ranging from 6 to 170 days)
8 Rejections from Interzone
(ranging from 0 to 3 days)
Acceptance from Merion West - Poetry (12 days)
(Congratulations cspatra!)
(Congratulations cspatra!)
1 Rejection from Merion West - Fiction
(32 days)
Acceptance from moocat.net - Nonfiction (35 days)
(Congratulations mikebot!)
(Congratulations mikebot!)
1 Rejection from Narrative Magazine - Fiction
(64 days)
7 Rejections from NewMyths.com - Fiction
(ranging from 2 to 3 days)
6 Rejections from NewMyths.com - Poetry
(ranging from 2 to 3 days)
1 Rejection from Okay Donkey - Fiction
(4 days)
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