We are still receiving regular submissions even though we will not review them until after October 1st. Right now, we're focusing on fantasy submissions.
The fantasy issue will be published October 31, 2009, with a submission deadline of August 31, 2009. Special guidelines apply so visit http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html prior to submitting. Please note the special submissions email address.
I'd also like to remind everyone that all submissions must have the story's title in the subject line. We've received five submissions over the last week without the story titles.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Finally Finished!
We have finally gone through all the submissions received last quarter, chosen the seven stories that will be published this issue, and are in the process of sending out acceptance emails. In fact, I've sent all but one, but they knew their story was held for voting.
So if you haven't heard from us on a story you submitted for the regular issue prior to July 1st, please query.
In addition to these seven stories, we will also be publishing a few special selections from my recent Flash Fiction Boot Camp. These stories will be published in our Special Features Section. We'll also have an interview and a book review for your reading pleasure!
Until then...
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
So if you haven't heard from us on a story you submitted for the regular issue prior to July 1st, please query.
In addition to these seven stories, we will also be publishing a few special selections from my recent Flash Fiction Boot Camp. These stories will be published in our Special Features Section. We'll also have an interview and a book review for your reading pleasure!
Until then...
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Friday, July 3, 2009
A Quick Update
We've gone through all but 6 submissions, and we'll get through those final stories soon. Probably tomorrow.
As of now, we have 23 held submissions which we will weed through next week, after the U.S. Holiday.
We should be on schedule to notify all authors by July 10th.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
As of now, we have 23 held submissions which we will weed through next week, after the U.S. Holiday.
We should be on schedule to notify all authors by July 10th.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Catching Up
Somehow we managed to fall behind so much that we were left with over a hundred new submissions to be reviewed when the quarter ended. This has never happened before, not in 5+ years. My poor editors have been slaving away, churning out dozens of rejection letters in only 24 hours.
You can't imagine how tired we are! Still, I don't think it's affected our feedback yet. If it does, well, that's a downside to submitting stories at the end of a quarter.
We're not caught up yet, but we're in far better shape than we were last night:
We have received a total of 335 submissions last quarter.
We have held 11 for voting, accepted none, rejected 248 and had 4 withdrawals.
There are 31 submissions before the editorial board right now and 41 left in our inbox.
We will get to each and every submission before we decide which stories make it into the issue. But after this issue is decided, the staff will be taking several weeks off to recuperate after this horrific quarter end. This will not affect authors or the upcoming July issue. It just means new fantasy issue submissions will sit for a while before being reviewed. All will be well... with a little rest;)
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
You can't imagine how tired we are! Still, I don't think it's affected our feedback yet. If it does, well, that's a downside to submitting stories at the end of a quarter.
We're not caught up yet, but we're in far better shape than we were last night:
We have received a total of 335 submissions last quarter.
We have held 11 for voting, accepted none, rejected 248 and had 4 withdrawals.
There are 31 submissions before the editorial board right now and 41 left in our inbox.
We will get to each and every submission before we decide which stories make it into the issue. But after this issue is decided, the staff will be taking several weeks off to recuperate after this horrific quarter end. This will not affect authors or the upcoming July issue. It just means new fantasy issue submissions will sit for a while before being reviewed. All will be well... with a little rest;)
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Another Update
Here are the current Slush Pile Stats:
We have received 282 submissions so far:
We have held 4 for voting, accepted none, rejected 155 and had 3 withdrawals.
There are 27 submissions before the editorial board right now and 93 left in our inbox.
The submissions deadline for the July Issue is June 30th at midnight EST. This will be the last regular issue this year, as our October issue is only for fantasy. To learn more about our fantasy issue, visit http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html
FMM Staff
We have received 282 submissions so far:
We have held 4 for voting, accepted none, rejected 155 and had 3 withdrawals.
There are 27 submissions before the editorial board right now and 93 left in our inbox.
The submissions deadline for the July Issue is June 30th at midnight EST. This will be the last regular issue this year, as our October issue is only for fantasy. To learn more about our fantasy issue, visit http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html
FMM Staff
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Slush Pile Update
We have received 254 submissions so far:
We have held 2 for voting, accepted none, rejected 115 and had 2 withdrawals.
There are 15 submissions before the editorial board right now and 120 left in our inbox.
***
We have switched to a generic email which we will send out when we receive submissions that do not meet our guidelines. There have been far, far too many of these lately and my administrative staff is flustered by trying to decide which ones to reject outright, without sending a notice, and which ones should garner a courtesy notice. A generic email, sent to anyone who submits without the proper subject line, necessary information, etc, will make our lives easier.
If you receive such an email, please reread our submission guidelines carefully. Do you have the word "submission" and the story's title in the subject line? Did you send your name, name as you'd like it published, and a short bio? Is your story under 1,000 words? If your story is not included in the email, is it attached? Is it attached as a .doc or .rtf file? We cannot open .docx files.
We receive too many submissions to accept those that cannot follow our guidelines.
***
For our October All-Fantasy Issue, we have received 13 submissions so far:
We have rejected 4, we have 5 before the editorial board, and we have 4 in our inbox.
We expect the number of submissions to increase dramatically after our regular issue closes to submissions on June 30th.
For information on our all-fantasy issue, visit http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html
***
That's all for now!
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
We have held 2 for voting, accepted none, rejected 115 and had 2 withdrawals.
There are 15 submissions before the editorial board right now and 120 left in our inbox.
***
We have switched to a generic email which we will send out when we receive submissions that do not meet our guidelines. There have been far, far too many of these lately and my administrative staff is flustered by trying to decide which ones to reject outright, without sending a notice, and which ones should garner a courtesy notice. A generic email, sent to anyone who submits without the proper subject line, necessary information, etc, will make our lives easier.
If you receive such an email, please reread our submission guidelines carefully. Do you have the word "submission" and the story's title in the subject line? Did you send your name, name as you'd like it published, and a short bio? Is your story under 1,000 words? If your story is not included in the email, is it attached? Is it attached as a .doc or .rtf file? We cannot open .docx files.
We receive too many submissions to accept those that cannot follow our guidelines.
***
For our October All-Fantasy Issue, we have received 13 submissions so far:
We have rejected 4, we have 5 before the editorial board, and we have 4 in our inbox.
We expect the number of submissions to increase dramatically after our regular issue closes to submissions on June 30th.
For information on our all-fantasy issue, visit http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html
***
That's all for now!
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Deleted submissions
We said we'd be cracking down on submissions that do not include the required information. We are. Tonight I just deleted SEVEN submissions that didn't have the story's title in the subject line.
These authors will not receive receipt emails - their emails weren't even opened. So if you sent us a submission and haven't received a receipt email, resend it with all the required information and a correct subject line.
I have a feeling we'll be getting dozens of queries at the end of the quarter saying they haven't heard back about their submission. We keep a log of all the properly submitted stories, and if those authors aren't on the list I'll have to assume they didn't follow our guidelines.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
These authors will not receive receipt emails - their emails weren't even opened. So if you sent us a submission and haven't received a receipt email, resend it with all the required information and a correct subject line.
I have a feeling we'll be getting dozens of queries at the end of the quarter saying they haven't heard back about their submission. We keep a log of all the properly submitted stories, and if those authors aren't on the list I'll have to assume they didn't follow our guidelines.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Fantasy Submissions
Submissions usually trickle in for the first few months of our fantasy submission period, then flood in after the July Issue submission period ends. It is proving to be the same this year.
We have received four submissions so far, and have rejected one. The other three are before the editorial board right now.
For more information on our special All-Fantasy October Issue, visit our website at: http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
We have received four submissions so far, and have rejected one. The other three are before the editorial board right now.
For more information on our special All-Fantasy October Issue, visit our website at: http://www.wingedhalo.com/fig.html
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Slush Pile Update
We have received 143 submissions so far:
We have rejected 72 so far. 2 have been held for voting, 14 are before the editors now, 2 have been withdrawn, and 53 are still in our inbox.
We have not reviewed any submissions received after April 30th.
Two reminders:
1) All submissions MUST have the word "Submission" and the story's title in the subject line. We've been lax so far this quarter, but we'll start rejecting these stories outright. They will not receive receipt emails, so if you don't hear from us after submitting, please verify that you did have the correct subject line.
2) A few subs ended up in our spam mailbox this month. Not sure how, because they all had the right subject lines, but we found three and replied to those authors today. That worries me, though, because we clearly state in our guidelines: "If you do not receive an email within a few days, assume we have not received your submission and resend it." These three submissions were older (May 1 thru May 6) and we didn't receive queries or resubmissions. These subs were almost deleted as junk mail when I cleaned out the spam inbox today. Please, please, please resubmit or query if you don't receive our receipt email within three days.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
We have rejected 72 so far. 2 have been held for voting, 14 are before the editors now, 2 have been withdrawn, and 53 are still in our inbox.
We have not reviewed any submissions received after April 30th.
Two reminders:
1) All submissions MUST have the word "Submission" and the story's title in the subject line. We've been lax so far this quarter, but we'll start rejecting these stories outright. They will not receive receipt emails, so if you don't hear from us after submitting, please verify that you did have the correct subject line.
2) A few subs ended up in our spam mailbox this month. Not sure how, because they all had the right subject lines, but we found three and replied to those authors today. That worries me, though, because we clearly state in our guidelines: "If you do not receive an email within a few days, assume we have not received your submission and resend it." These three submissions were older (May 1 thru May 6) and we didn't receive queries or resubmissions. These subs were almost deleted as junk mail when I cleaned out the spam inbox today. Please, please, please resubmit or query if you don't receive our receipt email within three days.
JDawson
Editor-in-Chief
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Flash Fiction Boot Camp
Our new Flash Fiction Boot Camp is a 12-day intensive course for serious writers taught by the Editor-in-Chief of Flash Me Magazine, Jennifer Dawson.
Each participant must have three unpublished short stories under 1500 words that they have submitted and had rejected from at least two markets prior to enrolling in this course. Registered participants must send their three stories and rejection letters to the instructor prior to the first day of the course.
Every participant will: 1) have one story edited offline by the instructor, 2) have one story reviewed online by peers, 3) use one story in a variety of exercises, and 4) be challenged to write new stories through daily writing exercises. At the end of each session, selected stories may be published in the Special Features section of Flash Me Magazine.
The first session will be June 8 - 19th and will be free. Interested participants must register between May 15th and June 1st at http://flashfictionbootcamp.proboards.com/ Participation will be limited to the first ten people, so sign up early.
For more information, please contact Jennifer at ffbc (at) wingedhalo.com
FMM Staff
Each participant must have three unpublished short stories under 1500 words that they have submitted and had rejected from at least two markets prior to enrolling in this course. Registered participants must send their three stories and rejection letters to the instructor prior to the first day of the course.
Every participant will: 1) have one story edited offline by the instructor, 2) have one story reviewed online by peers, 3) use one story in a variety of exercises, and 4) be challenged to write new stories through daily writing exercises. At the end of each session, selected stories may be published in the Special Features section of Flash Me Magazine.
The first session will be June 8 - 19th and will be free. Interested participants must register between May 15th and June 1st at http://flashfictionbootcamp.proboards.com/ Participation will be limited to the first ten people, so sign up early.
For more information, please contact Jennifer at ffbc (at) wingedhalo.com
FMM Staff
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