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Friday, January 20, 2012

Record Times

Yesterday I got my first acceptance of the year, three poems accepted by one mag. Yippee. Plus it was a record turnaround time: I sent the poems via email on Tuesday afternoon, and received an acceptance on Thursday morning.

What's your shortest (and longest) waiting time ever?

5 comments:

Karen J. Weyant said...

Believe it or not, my shortest waiting time for an acceptance was three hours! For a rejection, it was two days.

I've had acceptances nine months after submitting...as for rejections? I sent four poems to a journal three years ago...still haven't heard from them!?

Sandy Longhorn said...

Wahoo! Big congrats, Jessica. That's such a lovely feeling...hope it lasts for days and days.

Jessica Goodfellow said...

Thanks, Sandy. It really does make a little blip on the screen of my week.

Wow, Karen, that was a fast turnaround. For rejections, I've had a packet out to a journal since 1998. Assuming they had lost it, I sent a completely new one about 5 years later, and then testing whether they ever reply, one more (different packet) since then. The journal will remain unnamed but they continue to publish and I have yet to hear even a word about my submissions....

Karen J. Weyant said...

Wow! Can't believe it -- at least the journal I sent to (and never heard from...) is out of business. I think.

Congrats on your acceptances...may many more come in 2012!

Jessica Goodfellow said...

Karen,
And congratulations on your recent publication at Conte. Yay for you!