story submission

[sjt2424]

I submitted my first story the week before last (week of March 9) and haven't heard or seen anything. I read somewhere it takes a few days or up to a week. If I don't hear anything ever does that mean it was rejected or will I eventually see something in my email or private messages?

Just anxious to hear something.

Thanks.

sjt2424

 

[Handley_Page]

I submitted my first story the week before last (week of March 9) and haven't heard or seen anything. I read somewhere it takes a few days or up to a week. If I don't hear anything ever does that mean it was rejected or will I eventually see something in my email or private messages?

Just anxious to hear something.

Thanks.

sjt2424

Patience, my friend.
Welcome to chaos

 

[PennLady]

You won't get a notice if/when your story posts. You need to check your submissions page -- it should say pending, rejected, or approved.

Pending means just that; do not click the pending link or it will send your story to the back of the queue. If it says rejected, you can click on that link to see why the story was rejected.

There is a contest going on, which might result in slightly longer posting times, but over a week is unusual unless you're working with an illustrated story, or (I think) text with audio.

Just as a note, the two most common reasons (that I've seen) why stories are rejected are 1) Laurel, who vets the stories, thinks there may be underage sex in the story and 2) poor punctuation, especially in dialogue.

 

[sr71plt]

That's too long for a story to post here. Even five days is too long. Find your submission pages, as PennLady suggests, to see if the story was rejected. Otherwise PM the editor, Laurel, directly (private message system at top right of this page) to ask for a status report on it.

 

[sjt2424]

my story had been rejected - it was about a high school girlfriend but I hadn't clarified that we were both 18.

so I edited it to show we were both of age and resubmitted.

Thanks for the help.

 

[PennLady]

my story had been rejected - it was about a high school girlfriend but I hadn't clarified that we were both 18.

so I edited it to show we were both of age and resubmitted.

Thanks for the help.

You're welcome. Hope it goes through this time.