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Welcome to The Submission Grinder!
The Submission Grinder is a donation-supported submission tracker and market database for writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Use our extensive and powerful search engine to find a home for your work.
If you can't find a listing for a publisher you'd like to submit to, suggest a new market listing.
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Markets: 19490 (3003 open)
Markets Recently Updated: 56
Markets Recently Added: 11
Users: 13784
Submissions: 802940
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Jul 1
1 Rejection from Apex Magazine - Fiction
(49 days)
2 Rejections from Gavagai - Fiction
(ranging from 53 to 58 days)
1 Rejection from Haven Spec Magazine - Fiction
(57 days)
1 Rejection from Haven Spec Magazine - Poetry
(54 days)
2 Rejections from NewMyths.com - Fiction
(5 days each)
1 Rejection from Palette Poetry
(46 days)
1 Rejection from Revenants and Spirits Anthology (Dead Fox Publishing)
(63 days)
1 Rejection from Seize the Press - Fiction
(40 days)
1 Rejection from Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness (Features) - Fiction
(49 days)
1 Rejection from The Dark
(1 day)
1 Rejection from The Malahat Review - Poetry
(91 days)
2 Rejections from The Monstrous & The Divine
(ranging from 27 to 45 days)
7 Rejections from The Submission Pit Substack
(ranging from 11 to 20 days)
1 Rejection from Trollbreath Magazine - Fiction
(1 day)
1 Rejection from Uncharted Magazine
(31 days)
2 Rejections from Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize
(32 days each)
1 Rejection from Vast Chasm - Poetry
(150 days)
Jun 30
1 Rejection from Abyss & Apex - Poetry
(46 days)
1 Rejection from Abyss & Apex - Fiction
(149 days)
3 Rejections from Amazing Stories (New)
(ranging from 4 to 35 days)
3 Rejections from American Short Fiction
(ranging from 202 to 238 days)
2 Rejections from Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Fiction
(60 days each)
26 Rejections from Apex Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 32 to 49 days)
4 Rejections from Asimov's Science Fiction - Fiction
(ranging from 25 to 34 days)
2 Rejections from Bam! Magazine
(ranging from 58 to 70 days)
6 Rejections from Beneath Ceaseless Skies
(ranging from 6 to 29 days)
1 Rejection from Biome
(1 day)
2 Rejections from Blackbird - Fiction
(ranging from 179 to 180 days)
1 Rejection from Bourbon Penn
(52 days)
2 Rejections from Breath & Shadow - Fiction
(74 days each)
1 Rejection from Brilliant Flash Fiction
(5 days)
4 Rejections from Clarkesworld Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 2 to 9 days)
Acceptance from cloud clad & sunflowers - Poetry (5 days)
(Congratulations cspatra!)
1 Rejection from Coppice Prize
(91 days)
1 Rejection from Cover Lit Magazine - Fiction
(134 days)
2 Rejections from CRAFT Literary - Fiction
(ranging from 15 to 17 days)
1 Rejection from Crooked Spine - Poetry
(13 days)
Acceptance from Don't Go for the Vault: A Bank Robbery Horror Anthology (30 days)
1 Rejection from Driftwood Press - Poetry
(9 days)
1 Rejection from Escape Pod
(60 days)
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