The First 500 Submissions

Recently, I sent my 500th submission since I’ve been tracking them through Duotrope. It took me roughly eight years to amass this many, though the bulk of them have come in the last four years or so. Anyway, it’s a big milestone, so I thought I’d write a blog post about it and show you what 500 subs looks like, what it gets you, and what it does for you (or maybe to you).

The Numbers

Here’s the basic composition of my 500 submissions.

Acceptances
67


Rejections
400


Withdrawn
16


Lost/Neve...