Saturday, 5 July 2025

My rejection spreadsheets

My spreadsheets of rejections are growing. Here are their current sizes -

MagazinesTexts
Prose16595
Poetry61136

Conclusion: I write more poetry than prose, yet I send to many more prose magazines than poetry magazines.

Here are the stats for how easily I give up -

Times a mag
has rejected me
Most times a text
has been rejected
Prose6 (Interpreter's House)17
Poetry34 (Acumen)20

Conclusion: I'm just as stubborn with prose as with poetry, though I tend to give up sending to prose magazines if they've rejected me a few times. The reason I've had so many rejections from Acumen is that they've been around a long time, and between the rejections I've had successes too.

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