A bit of insight for practitioners of rejectomancy, not from the content of your rejection letter, but by how long it took you to get it.
Since this was our first year reading, we compiled our thoughts at the end of it to try and find patterns and meaning. We strived to make a decision on each submission within 30 days, so here is how our idealized rejection timeline worked, in descending order of frequency:
Had to pop in and post a link to a most excellent episode of the Coode Street Podcast, featuring a panel discussion with editors from Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, and Tor.com. That’s a heavy line up! Lots of good info on where the market has been, where it’s going, and how it is changing. Take a listen.
http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2017/03/19/episode-302-the-state-of-short-fiction/
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