The 700 Club (No, Not That One)

Recently, I sent my 700th short story submission. That number spans a period of ten years since I started tracking them religiously (hah!) on Duotrope. Whenever I hit a big milestone like this, I like to break down all numbers, get WAY too analytical and then inflict the result on my readers. So, here we go.

First, here are the basic stats for the 703 submission I’ve sent since April 16, 2012.

Acceptances – 97Rejections – 569Non-Responses – 5Withdrawals – 26Pending – 6

I’m closing in on 1...