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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Becky Tuch

PANK took 614 days to reject my submission. Guess I'll submit again in 2025 when their 2020 backlog is cleared out.

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Becky, if you ever want to start a new religion, I'll apply for apostle.

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Wandering eyes and strange tendencies nurtured in the Chelsea Hotel!

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Becky Tuch

Saucy is good! Excellent idea about offering neglected and ignored writers a refund.

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Becky Tuch

And Duotrope believes APJ chapbooks is defunct.

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by Becky Tuch

Actually, I think the quote is "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime" which also might fit.

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That stirring last long paragraph of yours is a beautiful poem. Line breaks at commas!

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I think you set off a chain reaction, Becky. I finally got a rejection from Red Rock, 8 months after submitting.

That said, in fairness, most of these mags are running on unpaid, volunteer labor, and from all accounts, submissions everywhere have mushroomed. If a publication that allows multiple submissions doesn't get back to you (or me), while it's frustrating, it's not necessarily evil. Never submitted to PANK, so can't speak for them.

OTOH, if a magazine refuses to allow multiple submissions, I agree they have an obligation to get back to you in a reasonable period. (What's "reasonable" no doubt looks different from the other side of the table, but seems to me anything over 3 months exclusive is pushing it.)

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