2012-02-01T04:25:09Z A blog by the Strange Horizons fiction editors, providing information for fiction writers who submit to the magazine. tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2012:/fiction-info//4 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2012 2012-02-01T04:25:09Z 2012-02-01T04:25:10Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2012:/fiction-info//4.1473 2012-02-01T04:25:10Z

I'm sorry to say that we're going to delay reopening to fiction submissions again, by a couple more weeks. I'm sorry not to post this sooner; we've been trying to figure out details of the timing of Susan's announcement of...

Jed Hartman I'm sorry to say that we're going to delay reopening to fiction submissions again, by a couple more weeks. I'm sorry not to post this sooner; we've been trying to figure out details of the timing of Susan's announcement of... 2011-12-31T01:04:33Z 2011-12-31T01:04:30Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1398 2011-12-31T01:04:30Z

As of a couple of hours ago, we in the SH fiction department have responded to every story ever submitted to us. So if you've ever sent us a story but haven't heard back from us, please query ASAP. And...

Jed Hartman As of a couple of hours ago, we in the SH fiction department have responded to every story ever submitted to us. So if you've ever sent us a story but haven't heard back from us, please query ASAP. And... 2011-12-15T19:48:31Z 2011-12-15T19:47:20Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1373 2011-12-15T19:47:20Z

I'm sorry to say that the SH fiction department is going to stay closed to submissions through the month of January. We'll reopen on February 1. I know that's a long time for us to be closed. But we only...

Jed Hartman I'm sorry to say that the SH fiction department is going to stay closed to submissions through the month of January. We'll reopen on February 1. I know that's a long time for us to be closed. But we only... 2011-10-24T17:52:00Z 2011-10-24T17:52:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1338 2011-10-24T17:52:00Z

As has been our tradition in recent years, we'll be closed to fiction submissions during the months of November and December. So if you want us to consider something before the end of the year, submit before the end of...

Jed Hartman As has been our tradition in recent years, we'll be closed to fiction submissions during the months of November and December. So if you want us to consider something before the end of the year, submit before the end of... 2011-10-02T04:17:20Z 2011-10-02T04:17:20Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1302 2011-10-02T04:17:20Z

The SH fiction department has reopened to submissions. Sorry we were closed for so long. We had a big backlog and we were short-staffed for various reasons. But my colleagues have read an impressive number of stories in the past...

Jed Hartman The SH fiction department has reopened to submissions. Sorry we were closed for so long. We had a big backlog and we were short-staffed for various reasons. But my colleagues have read an impressive number of stories in the past... 2011-09-10T06:45:15Z 2011-09-10T06:43:25Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1277 2011-09-10T06:43:25Z

We find ourselves short-staffed and several weeks behind on reading, so unfortunately we have to temporarily close to submissions again. Not sure how long we'll be closed, but probably a couple of weeks. Sorry about that....

Jed Hartman We find ourselves short-staffed and several weeks behind on reading, so unfortunately we have to temporarily close to submissions again. Not sure how long we'll be closed, but probably a couple of weeks. Sorry about that.... 2011-07-17T21:31:20Z 2011-07-17T21:31:10Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1234 2011-07-17T21:31:10Z

About a week ago, we received our 35,000th submission. We've also now received submission from well over 15,000 authors. For more details, see my post from last year about reaching 30,000 subs....

Jed Hartman About a week ago, we received our 35,000th submission. We've also now received submission from well over 15,000 authors. For more details, see my post from last year about reaching 30,000 subs.... 2011-06-28T17:53:20Z 2011-06-28T17:53:20Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1219 2011-06-28T17:53:20Z

We've been getting a surprising number of submissions lately with cover letters addressed to Niall Harrison. Niall is the magazine's Editor-in-Chief. He doesn't read or decide on fiction submissions. I think our various guidelines pages make pretty clear who the...

Jed Hartman We've been getting a surprising number of submissions lately with cover letters addressed to Niall Harrison. Niall is the magazine's Editor-in-Chief. He doesn't read or decide on fiction submissions. I think our various guidelines pages make pretty clear who the... 2011-06-24T06:54:24Z 2011-06-24T06:54:30Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1213 2011-06-24T06:54:30Z

For a while now, we've been unable to stick to our stated maximum response time of 70 days. We've had a lot of responses go over 70 days, a fair number over 80, and a few even over 90. I...

Jed Hartman For a while now, we've been unable to stick to our stated maximum response time of 70 days. We've had a lot of responses go over 70 days, a fair number over 80, and a few even over 90. I... 2011-06-14T06:01:42Z 2011-06-14T06:01:30Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1206 2011-06-14T06:01:30Z

I'm sorry to say that we're ridiculously far behind in responding to stories. Our longest response times have gone way over our 70-day deadline; we've been getting lots of queries from authors, which is totally the right thing for authors...

Jed Hartman Jed Hartman I'm sorry to say that we're ridiculously far behind in responding to stories. Our longest response times have gone way over our 70-day deadline; we've been getting lots of queries from authors, which is totally the right thing for authors... 2011-06-07T05:31:16Z 2011-06-07T05:30:27Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1198 2011-06-07T05:30:27Z

We've opened to subs again. We're still kind of backlogged on reading and responding to stories, but we're working on catching up....

Jed Hartman We've opened to subs again. We're still kind of backlogged on reading and responding to stories, but we're working on catching up.... 2011-05-23T00:47:52Z 2011-05-23T00:48:00Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1178 2011-05-23T00:48:00Z

Looks like I've fallen way behind on posting submission stats. Sorry about that. In March 2011, we received 269 valid submissions, an average of about 20 and a half submissions a day for the roughly 13 days of that month...

Jed Hartman Looks like I've fallen way behind on posting submission stats. Sorry about that. In March 2011, we received 269 valid submissions, an average of about 20 and a half submissions a day for the roughly 13 days of that month... 2011-05-22T23:43:03Z 2011-05-22T23:43:10Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1177 2011-05-22T23:43:10Z

This time of year is a busy one for us SH fiction editors, what with WisCon and travel and such. So for the past couple years, we've closed to subs for a week or two around the end of May,...

Jed Hartman This time of year is a busy one for us SH fiction editors, what with WisCon and travel and such. So for the past couple years, we've closed to subs for a week or two around the end of May,... 2011-04-20T19:26:15Z 2011-04-20T19:26:10Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1142 2011-04-20T19:26:10Z

I'm sorry to say that we're way behind on responding to stories. We've currently got over 25 stories that are past our 70-day deadline on responses. We'll try and respond to as many of those as we can as soon...

Jed Hartman I'm sorry to say that we're way behind on responding to stories. We've currently got over 25 stories that are past our 70-day deadline on responses. We'll try and respond to as many of those as we can as soon... 2011-03-23T18:07:31Z 2011-03-23T18:07:25Z tag:www.strangehorizons.com,2011:/fiction-info//4.1113 2011-03-23T18:07:25Z

We intended to close to subs for a week or so, but our backlog took longer to go through than we'd expected. And then we were planning to reopen this past Sunday, but I was offline for a few days...

Jed Hartman We intended to close to subs for a week or so, but our backlog took longer to go through than we'd expected. And then we were planning to reopen this past Sunday, but I was offline for a few days...