21 Markets and Counting

I have now dutifully followed Ed Perlman’s suggestion that the way to get published is to keep works in constant circulation - submit to 20 markets at any given time. I’ve submitted The Scoop to 21 markets, was already rejected for one and now wait for the next rejection while moving on to write story number 2. And yes, each market was researched, I followed all directions for each submission and made sure the market was appropriate for the story. We shall see…..The markets are: 1. Cosmonauts Avenue 2. Baltimore Review 3. Rhino 4. Flapperhouse 5. Badlands 6. Kyso Flash 7. Witch Works 8. Compose 9. Radium Town 10. Toasted Cheese 11. Noche Obscura 12. AGNI 13. Contrary 14. Fireside 15. Fail Better 16. Shady Doors 17. Crab Fat 18. The Sonder Review 19. Penumbra Review 20. Inkdot

Rejection Number One

Well, the first rejection has rolled in - less than 24 hours since I submitted the first story in this experiment. Here's what the literary journal Flapper House had to say: Anniken, Thank you again for giving us the chance to consider "The Scoop." We're sorry to say that it's not quite what we're looking for right now, but we hope you find a good home for it soon. If you wish to send us more of your work, we kindly ask that you wait at least one month, after we've had a chance to work through our current queue of submissions. All the Best, Joseph P. O'Brien editor