Jan 01 – The listed markets were Fantasy Magazine or The Fairy Tale Magazine. Sadly, Fantasy were only open for BIPOC authors so I sent Life Is Grim to The Fairy Tale Magazine.
1 story subbed. I also made a sale, not related to the challenge.
Jan 02 – Todays markets, Clarkesworld or Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores. I Live The Future In Reverse went to Clarkesworld & King For A Day to Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. No on Smoke & Mirrors from Kaliedotrope.
3 stories subbed, 1 rejection.
Jan 03 – Todays markets, Flash Fiction Online or Cosmic Horror Monthly. Waking Hours to Flash Fiction Online & 2 AM Check In to Cosmic Horror Monthly.
5 stories subbed, 1 rejection.
Jan 04 – I Dream Of Plastic went to Hexagon.
6 stories subbed, 1 rejection.
Jan 05 – Sent Clip Clop, And The Kid to Interzone & Do Bears… to Planet Scumm. No on Bizarre Life Triangle from Book Worms. Had more arrive later the same day, No on It All Happened At Taco Bell from Taco Bell Quarterly & I Live The Future In Reverse from Clarkesworld.
8 stories subbed, 4 rejections.
Jan 06 – Stranding Room Only to Best of British Science Fiction Anthology Series & A Pale Imitation to Augur. No on Clip Clop, And The Kid from Interzone. Best of British Science Fiction are a sub for me. I’ve been trying to break them about 3 years now.
EDIT:- No on King For A Day from Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores.
10 stories subbed, 6 rejections.
Jan 07 – Only subs going out today, it seems. The Bivouac to Analog, On Reflection to Fantastic Other & The Safety Of Checkpoints to The Fabulist.
13 stories subbed. 6 rejections.
Jan 08 – Just the 1 sub today, after yesterdays 3. There were a few markets who were closing, is why. War Driver to Electric Spec. No on Survival Of The Fittest from Stanchion.
14 stories subbed. 7 rejections.
Jan 09 – This Is Not A Side Quest to Beneath Ceaseless Skies & And The Pervading Smell Of Lilac to Sci Phi Journal.
16 stories subbed. 7 rejections.
Jan 10 – I had 2 markets listed for today, but had nothing to send to Dose Of Dread. Just A Small Slice Of Life to Fusion Fragment.
17 stories subbed. 7 rejections.
Jan 11 – Just the one market today, Univercity to Radon Journal.
18 stories subbed. 7 rejections.
Jan 12 – Another single market day. Forever, Young to Bourbon Penn. No on Just A Small Slice Of Life from Fusion Fragment.
19 stories subbed. 8 rejections.
Jan 13 – And a 3rd day of single markets. The Recently Declassified History Of South Bend Flight School to Apex Magazine.
20 stories subbed. 8 rejections.
Jan 14 – John Lennon Is Feeding Me Instructions Across Time to 34 Orchard. I wanted to also sub to F&SF but I’d screwed up when they were open. More on that tomorrow.
21 stories subbed. 8 rejections.
Jan 15 – A rare day. I don’t normally sub reprints, today I subbed two! The Boxing Men to Dark Matter Mag & Lost Souls to Manawaker Studio Flash Fiction Podcast.
23 stories subbed. 8 rejections
Jan 16 – A bunch of new markets popped up for the rest of the month so todays subs got interupted whilst I filed those. I managed to get 3 subs out, even though there was only 1 listed market. Desperately Seeking… Something to Deadly Drabble Tuesdays, Volunteer To Be A Martyr to Habitats Mag & Scenario 12 to Horror Library Anthology.
EDIT:- And a late rejection:- No on War Driver from Electric Spec.
26 stories subbed. 9 rejections
Jan 17 – Just the 1 market today. There were two, but I wanted to be able to get on with other stuff so I bumped it down. I’ve Fallen In Love With A Hologram, Again to Factor Four Magazine.
EDIT:- And a rejection later in day, just after my zoom writing course finished. No on Desperately Seeking… Something from Deadly Drabble Tuesdays.
27 stories subbed. 10 rejections
Jan 18 – A mixed day. Some rejections, some subs too. No on Hansel & Gretel & Wilhelm from Cast of Wonders & on This Is Not A Side Quest from Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
The Adventures Of The Amazing Jill, And Otter Bob to Escape Pod & Running With Scissors to Ghoulish Tales.
29 stories subbed. 12 rejections
Jan 19 – I had 3 markets set today, but didn’t have anything for Dark Void. The Witch In The Fog to The Future Fire & One Small Step to F&SF.
31 stories subbed. 12 rejections
Jan 20 – Had 2 markets lined up today but one of them closed early on me. No on Dial Stuck On Summer from Flash Fiction Podcast. Two Little Birds to Brilliant Flash Fiction.
32 stories subbed. 13 rejections
Jan 21 – I had 2 markets set out but was told one of them was not open. No on One Small Step from F&SF & The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon from riddlebird.
11 Walls In The World to Asimov’s.
33 stories subbed. 15 rejections
Jan 22 – Spent the previous evening selecting the stories for the rest of the month. I really haven’t had any motivation to do anything to be honest. My subs get later each day to the point where I’ll possibly miss a day due to procrastination. At least I got shit done today. Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing to James Gunn’s Ad Astra.
34 stories subbed. 15 rejections
Jan 23 – I had 2 markets today, so I subbed to both. No on On Reflection from The Fantastic Other & on 11 Walls In The World from Asimov’s.
I Screamed Into The Cosmic Void And All I Got Was A Lousy T-shirt [subbed to Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award & The Princess And The Sandwich to Baen Fantasy Adventure Award.
Had a rejection come in later, also spotted one I’d somehow missed earlier in the challenge.
No on The Recently Declassified History Of South Bend Flight School from Apex & Sixteen Tons from Calliope. Apparently I failed to log Calliope on Jan 10th, when it was received. Not sure why, but it’s logged now.
36 stories subbed. 19 rejections
Jan 24 – No on Reserved For Special Treatment from The Vanishing Point.
Dial Stuck On Summer to Penumbric. I did have another market for today but my motivation just NOPED there. I also got my 1st acceptance of this challenge. Can’t say anything yet, but as soon as they acknowledge receipt of the signed contract. Their editor said some super nice things.
37 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 1 acceptance (unannounced).
Jan 25 – The Boxing Men has been sold to Dark Matter Magazine, it’ll appear in issue 14. That’s a reprint, so free money!
I did have 2 markets lined up, but I can’t confirm The Arcanist as open so I decided to pass there. I Will Send Diamonds to Bards & Sages Quarterly.
38 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 1 acceptance.
Jan 26 – 38 Days to Nature Futures & Moon Walker to Not One of Us.
40 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 1 acceptance.
Jan 27 – The Boxing Men was sold to Amazing Stories! Finally able to announce this now. One Small Step to Mythaxis Magazine & Dragon’s Tower to Dragon Gems Anthology Series.
42 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 2 acceptances.
Jan 28 – When Does The Screaming Stop to Three-Lobed Burning Eye.
43 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 2 acceptances.
Jan 29 – Another non-challenge related sale! Empty Chest was sold to Spring Into SciFi Anthology.
No on Two Little Birds from Brilliant Flash Fiction, on Waking Hours from Flash Fiction Online & on Do Bears … from Planet Scumm.
Observation Log; Day Shift subbed to Archive of the Odd. I had NewMyths down as todays market, but decided to try something else instead. I may still sub there this month, we’ll see.
44 stories subbed. 23 rejections. 3 acceptances.
Jan 30 – Feeding The Ghosts Of The Abandoned Asylum to ParSec & A God’s Day Off to Flash Point SF.
46 stories subbed. 23 rejections. 3 acceptances.
Jan 31- Final day. In the last couple of weeks it felt like it couldn’t come soon enough. No on I Dream Of Plastic from Hexagon.
The Sex Lives Of Robots to Triangulation Anthology.
47 stories subbed. 24 rejections. 3 acceptances.
I am amazed at three acceptances in a month. Sure, 2 weren’t challenge related but that is an excellent start to my year. I hope the wave holds a little longer.
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