Recent EntriesStats: February submission count 01 March 2010 In February, we received 454 valid submissions, an average of a little over 16 submissions a day. That's remarkably close to the 455 submissions we received in February 2009. I was expecting volume to go up by 10% to 20%... How do you like the new submission tracking system? 01 February 2010 This year, we've implemented a new system that lets you get your story's status by going to a particular web page. (The URL is in the autoresponse email.) It occurs to me that I haven't yet heard much feedback about... Stats: Final January submission count 01 February 2010 We ended the month with 780 valid submissions, an average of a little over 25 submissions a day. Our previous highest-volume month was January of 2009, with 637 submissions. So despite the submission cap, volume went up by over 20%.... Stats: January submission count so far 24 January 2010 Here at the end of the third full week of submissions, we've received a total of 605 submissions so far this year. (The first two full weeks—January 3–9 and January 10–16—were our highest-volume weeks ever, at 201 and 185 submissions,... Stats: Submission volume by time of day 19 January 2010 For those of you who like statistics, here's a graph of the number of total submissions in each hour of the day, aggregated across the first fourteen days of 2010. For example, the first bar of the graph shows that... 18 January 2010 Ever since late 2008, the SH fiction department has had three Editorial Assistants whose job was to read a bunch of the incoming stories and decide whether to pass them along to us fiction editors. They've collectively made the lives... Fiction-submission volume-cap status update 18 January 2010 As many of you know, the SH fiction department instituted a cap on number of submissions per day this year. From our perspective, it's been quite successful. In past years, when we've reopened to submissions after a temporary closure, we've... 17 January 2010 Since late 2001, I've been posting occasional blog entries about the Strange Horizons fiction department in my personal blog. I've posted status updates, statistical summaries, advice and recommendations for writers, relevant links, and general news. (If you want to see... |