Sunday, July 29, 2007
Where have you submitted to? [Issue 2]
Confession is good for the soul, apparently, so let's have a major session. Let's talk about our SSS symptoms (SSSS? wow, too many Ss.) Have you ever submitted to a magazine, e-zine, anthology, or something like that? What happened? If you've never submitted, how come?
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Once i submitted a poem to a teen website (gurl.com) and another time for the help section on the american girl website. I was published on both, but i never really thought much about it. I also sent a story to american girl, it was terrible in retrospect but I was still sort of crushed. I guess I always thought the only magazines worth submitting things to was ones that I read. Now I feel like I'm too old to actually get published anyways (which is true if we're talking about american girl).
You're never too old to be published. OK, AG is out but other zines are in! I submitted to 2 AG contests. Once I lost because I didn't follow guidelines, the other... because it was bad. I don't normally do well in contests. I won one, for Writers' Digest Online. Other zines I've failed to succeed in (yet!): Girl's Life, North American Review, Characters, Family Circle, Glimmer Train... oh, these are just a few. I think my average acceptance/rejection is 4/30 or something bizarre like that.
I've never published or sent anything to anything. I think the main reason is, because I'm lost. I haven't the slightest clue as to where (or even how) to submit to anything. It's all very confusing and I'm not sure where to start.
Ahah! NOW i can comment on this threat. I have no idea what that was.
Yeah, submissions can be really, really confusing. Would you be up for a Submissions 101 deal? I'd walk everybody through the entire process, and even post it for reference.
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