A question for the editors

[C.L.]

Do you accept resubmissions or do you just want new work? Thanks, C.L.

[Jordan Lapp]

C.L.,

Good question! 

First, to clear up any confusion among others who might be reading this: We do not accept "reprints", which are stories that have been already printed in a magazine, public crit group, or your blog.

To answer your question, C. L.:

We >do< sometimes accept solicited resubmissions. If we reject a story though, it's gone. There are a couple of reasons for this:

• If we really liked it, we would have asked for the rewrite in the first place. We're not shy about asking for changes if we feel a piece is close.
  
• We have tons of submissions already, and having to look at stories twice (or more) times would just bury us in slush.
• Sometimes a story is rejected for reasons that have nothing to do with its quality. Examples of this include stories that dealt with inappropriate subject matter. Resubmitting these stories would be counter productive.
  

That said, if we tell you we love your voice... we're serious. Please send us something else right away!

[C.L.]

Thanks for the quick answer! I thought that would be your policy, it makes sense, but wanted to make sure.

That said, if we tell you we love your voice... we're serious. Please send us something else right away!

Did you recognize my name?

[padnar]

Hi,
Do yu accept stories from Indian englsih writers ?
padma

[Camille Gooderham Campbell]

Do yu accept stories from Indian englsih writers ?

We welcome any submissions in the English language; your background, nationality, or country of residence has no bearing on the quality of the story.

We do have certain standards of prose and grammar that a story would have to meet to be accepted for publication, but provided that your story meets those standards, it has the same chance of publication as a story submitted by anyone else, anywhere in the world.

[Jordan Lapp]

We've published many Indian authors in English. Recently, we've published Ishwar and Rumjhum Biswas, but I'm sure there are others.

[M.Sherlock]

Dont forget the one who wrote the missle one....she had the crazy cool one i cant remember.

[bcomet]

Do you every have theme months? Like love for February? Ghouls for Holloween? Stories about a thing, like a box?
I think that would be fun.

A month of stories that all include something about a box or ...?

Anyway, it said: "suggestions" and I thought this would be cool to read.

Maybe you have done this before? I am a new reader here.

[Camille Gooderham Campbell]

Hi bcomet,

Do you every have theme months? Like love for February? Ghouls for Holloween? Stories about a thing, like a box?

We don't have whole theme months, because part of our mandate is variety, but we do try to feature appropriate stories around events and holidays (e.g., the week leading up to Halloween will offer horror and/or stories about Halloween). This depends on authors sending us suitable pieces, though – we can't publish them if we don't get them!

love, Camille xox

[bcomet]

Thanks Camille.

Do you post announcements about that? If so, please tell me where.

Thanks.

[Camille Gooderham Campbell]

Do you post announcements about that? If so, please tell me where.

Our monthly editorials (posted on the last day of the month with the Table of Contents for the upcoming month) will generally mention any special theme that we're featuring.

In terms of announcements about submissions of holiday or seasonal pieces, we sometimes mention particular needs in the editorial or in the Site News section of the forums, but generally we trust that authors can figure out when Halloween or Christmas or Valentine's Day is approaching. We need to see submissions of seasonal or event-related pieces at least 60 days and no more than 120 days ahead of the month in question (so Halloween pieces are coming in now and need to be in by August 2nd to be sure of being read in time for October's calendar, and Christmas pieces should start coming in at the beginning of August and need to be in by October 2nd to guarantee that they're read in time for December's calendar).

[timberline]

One of the nice things--among many--about EDF is the personal nature of acceptances and rejections. And to the point of this thread, Camille and the editors were very helpful in pointing out problems with a recent story I submitted while requesting a rewrite.  We're all the better for it.

[Gay Degani]

Amen.  That's one of the reasons I'm loyal to Every Day Fiction. The care and consideration that they give to each piece and the helpful advice is what keeps their submitters growing...and that of course would include me too.  I don't know another site out there that takes the time and effort EDF takes. 

And the comments from the readers help too.   Knowing what doesn't work is essential for every artist to grow. Although I think some of the commentators think this is a review site where they can unload their opinions with sledgehammers, most will point out the things they didn't "get" in a tone that creates learning rather than embarrassment.  Finding out about what doesn't work in a slick nasty dismissive way, however, does more damage than good.