For those of you who like to know the numbers behind things, I thought I’d post on the Scape stats for the first month of submissions. The month started strongly with up to 10 submissions a day. As expected, it’s now settled into a more manageable 2-3 stories per day.
As you will see from the stats below, not every submission has been given a final answer yet. If you’re in this boat, it’s because you’re story has been read and subsequently allocated to a preliminary short-list for the time being. We will still get back to you with a final answer within 60 days. We apologise for the delay, but it’s just the way we have to do things while Scape gets off the ground. However, all received submissions have at least been sent an acknowledgment e-mail, so if you’ve sent us a story but haven’t heard a peep, please check your junk mail and then ping us.
For the record, here’s the submissions breakdown to date:
- Total stories received: 103
- Rejections: 90
- Acceptances: 3
- Pending response: 10
As you can see, our acceptance ratio is hovering around the 2.9% mark, which we think is quite healthy.
More information on average response times and types of responses can be found at Duotrope, and we’d greatly appreciate if writers could report their own experience there, or to Ralan or Submitting to the Blackhole – it helps us with our profile, especially at this early stage of the game.
Last, but certainly not least, I’d like to say a huge ‘thanks!’ to all those writers who have given us the opportunity to consider their work for Scape. We value your interest and support and look forward to reading more of your work in the future.
