S/F/H Issue Slush Stats

We have received 88 submissions.

1 story is being held, 3 are before the editorial board, 31 have been rejected, and 53 are waiting in the inbox.

FMM Staff

July Issue Slush Stats

We have received 315 submissions.

We have accepted 2 stories, held 1 for voting, sent 5 back for rewrites, rejected 178, and 2 stories have been withdrawn. 17 are before the editorial board, and 110 are waiting in the inbox.

FMM Staff

S/F/H Slush Stats

We have received 71 submissions.

5 of them are before the editorial board, 23 have been rejected, and 43 are waiting in the inbox.

FMM Staff

July Issue Slush Stats

We have received 244 submissions.

We have accepted 1, held 1 for voting, sent 5 back for rewrites, rejected 147, and 1 story has been withdrawn. 11 are before the editorial board, and 78 are waiting in the inbox.

FMM Staff

Slow Response Times

Flash Me Magazine may have slow response times for the rest of the month:

The editor-in-chief is in the middle of a move and will be without a reliable internet connection, and one administrative assistant will be handling regular submissions while the other will be handling S/F/H submissions. We tried hiring additional help, but didn't find anyone in time.

Please bear with us during this busy month.

Thank you,
FMM Staff

S/F/H Issue Slush Pile Stats

We have received 37 submissions.

6 of them are before the editorial board, 5 have been rejected, 26 are waiting in the inbox.

We are still reviewing submissions received on April 30th.

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

July Issue Slush Stats

As of March 2, 2010, we have received 187 submissions:

We have accepted 1, held 1 for voting, sent 5 back for rewrites, and rejected 116. There are 14 submissions before the editors and 50 left in our inbox.

We have been through all submissions received prior to April 13th, so if submitted on or before April 12th and haven't heard from us, please query.

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

S/F/H Issue Slush Pile Stats

As of April 30th, we have received 19 *correct* submissions. 6 of them are before the editorial board, 13 are waiting in the inbox.

And additional 17 submissions have been rejected outright thus far for not following our submission guidelines. 14 of them were received prior to our submission period. Not all of them have chosen to resubmit as of yet. I hope they do - after reading through the guidelines one last time.

It's been a rocky start, but it can only get better, right?

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief

S/F/H Issue Slush Pile

Due to a shortage of administrative assistants, I have been handling the inbox for the S/F/H submissions, and what a chaotic mess it has been!

I cannot stress how important it is to READ and FOLLOW submission guidelines.

I just rejected two more submissions today, one for a sloppy subject line, and one that managed to mess up just about everything. Incorrect subject line, no email with any of the required information, and just an attachment with the story. (I did read through the attachment, BTW to see if the bio was in there. It wasn't.)

I'll post stats later on this week, but I can't imagine we've have more correct submissions than we do reject ones.

I find that very, very sad, especially considering that our S/F/H guidelines are very, very similar to our regular guidelines. Throw a SFH into the subject line, don't send us simultaneous submissions, and note the new limitation on both the special issue and the regular issues about two submissions under consideration at a time. Not a big deal, is it?

I did just not that for some reason we're asking for the mailing address on the S/F/H issue. No need for that so I'm going in there now to delete that. You'll notice that the "Last Updated" date will change to today's date. We always do that.

I'm looking forward to more correct submissions in the future, and fewer rejection emails before we've ever had a chance to read your submissions.

JDawson
Editor-in-Chief