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Date Posted: 23:33:24 08/23/06 Wed GMT-5
Author: Lori
Author Host/IP: S0106000cf1ebde70.cg.shawcable.net / 68.145.250.143
Subject: To hell with them
In reply to: DianeG 's message, "How long, Oh Lord! How Long Must I wait?" on 10:17:45 08/23/06 Wed GMT-5

You don't need to wait anymore. To hell with them. I think that more and more journals are taking years to respond, if they ever do. Why? They're probably swamped. But who cares why? I say give them six months and then send it out again. You have only one life to live, after all.

Right now I have stuff at the one year mark or more with Maisonneuve, The Wascana Review, Literal Latte and Room of One's Own. But the stories have been making the rounds elsewhere, too. Can't wait for these people, whatever their problems are.

Here's a few I've nver had trouble with: The Fiddlehead, The Prairie Journal, The Antigonish Review, Grain and PRISM. Probably because I mostly get rejections from them, but still. At least they answer.

Good luck elsewhere, Diane!

Lori

>I sent a short story to Other Voices in July of last
>year. No response yet. I sent an e-mail to them about
>three weeks ago, no response yet.
>
>Now I see that O.V. is running a contest and while
>there are great prizes, I don't think I'll enter.
>
>Why send both a story AND money into the great maw and
>hear nothing?
>
>Guess maybe I'll send them a please consider my story
>withdrawn letter. They won't answer that either, I bet.
>
>So, I'm grumbling, but O.V. can just bite me if they
>happen to see this. Yeah, like that could happen.
>
>Diane

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