100 Rejections in 2023 ❌

Mar 7, 2023

Here’s a splendid (mostly up-to-date) record of my attempt to reach 100 spectacular rejections.

  • S = Submitted

  • D = Declined

45 Submissions | 16 Rejections | 84 Submissions To Go

  • 45. Anchors Aweigh! (Taipei Shorts, S: 03/04/2023)

  • 42-44. Three Flash Fictions (Miss and Seen, S: 03/19/2023, D: 04/06/2023)

  • 14-41. 28 Flash Fictions (Flash Fiction February, S: 1-28/02/2023)

  • 11-13. Three Poems (Frontier Poetry - 2022 Global Poetry Prize, S: 11/14/2022, D: 02/21/2023)

  • 10. Bread Crumbs (Fractured Literary - Fast Flash Challenge, S: 05/31/2022, D: 06/09/2022)

  • 9. Anchors Aweigh (NYC Midnight - 250-word Microfiction Challenge 2022 1st Round, S:11/20/2022, D.)

  • 8. Treacherous (NYC Midnight - Short Story Challenge 2022 2nd Round, S: 04/10/2022, D.)

  • 7. Hole In One (NYC Midnight - Short Story Challenge 2022 1st Round, S: 01/23/2022, D.)

  • 6. Dense as Milk (CRAFT Flash Fiction Contest, S: 10/31/2021, D: 12/15/2021)

  • 5. Our Daily Bread (CRAFT Flash Fiction Contest, S: 10/31/2021, D: 12/15/2021)

  • 4. Words Knot A Novel (Anvil Press - 2021 International 3-Day Novel, S: 09/14/2021, D.)

  • 3. Unmanned Mannequin (The Journal of Compressed Arts - Triptychs, S: 07/06/2017, D: 07/06/2017)

  • 2. Life (The Journal of Compressed Arts - Poetry, S: 11/25/2016, D:11/27/2016)

  • 1. Try with a little more umph (The New Yorker - Poetry, S:10/10/2016, D:04/21/2017)