Another open submission window approaching: Angry Robot Books

[E.Maree]

What link?

It will have been a link to aThenian's Submittable account -- you can see your own current status by logging in here. The system e-mails out whenever that status changes.

 

[Denise Tanaka]

Ooooh, I'm on pins and needles. I checked my Submittable account and it still shows "received." Or perhaps they are working their way down the list alphabetically?

 

[aThenian]

Good luck to you Denise! Hope you get an answer soon.

 

[E.Maree]

Mine's still in received too. According to folks over at the AbsoluteWrite thread (not sure if we're allowed to link?), the switch fro Received to In Progress just means one reader has looked at it. All submissions are getting at least two readers looking at them before any decisions are made, so don't panic when your status changes.

 

[PeteMC]

Hi, sorry I haven't been back for a while.

Yes E.Maree is quite right, when your status changes from Received to In Progress it means that someone from the acquisitions team has picked it up and at least started reading it. It takes two people to say "yes" to move it to a request for the full MS, and two people to say "no" to trigger a rejection so you might find you sit at In Progress for a long time.

If your submission is still at Received then you're still in the queue and no one has looked at it yet.

 

[ctg]

Dear Mr Grey,

Thank you for sending us "First Interview". Thanks also for your patience as the Robots read through all the many submissions.

We have now worked through your opening chapters, and while we appreciated the chance to read them, this proposal is not for us.

We wish you the very best of luck with your writing, and hope you will be able to find a home for it elsewhere.

Best wishes,

Angry Robot

 

[Boneman]

Bummer, ctg. See, Robots read it - they're incapable of emotion, so they wouldn't get it. Onwards!

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

I'm sorry, ctg. Hard luck. It's not been my week, either.

 

[Boneman]

Mine still listed as 'received'... anyone else heard?

 

[E.Maree]

Nope, all quiet here.

 

[Boneman]

Ooh... status changed to 'in progress...' No idea what that means!

 

[Droflet]

Well, it's got to be better than bugger off.

 

[Boneman]

Well, it's got to be better than bugger off.

"Bugger off" might be the progress... Good fun waiting though.

 

[Susan Boulton]

"Bugger off" might be the progress... Good fun waiting though.

In progress means someone is reading it, before they say....

 

[E.Maree]

I got my R on the 18th July. Form rejection.

Good luck to everyone still in the running, I hope you all hear some good news soon!

 

[Boneman]

Sorry to hear that E. You'd think a weensy bit of feedback, after all this time? Yes, I know they can't do that for everyone, but when it's been in progress for so long, the readers could have made a note or two. Onwards and upwards!

I'm still waiting, which is good and bad... kinda sideways...

 

[Boneman]

There you go: mine says declined, and I haven't had a form rejection yet!!


No, wait.... there it is, in my junk file. Poorly worded (they need an editor if they can't even get form rejections right) standard rejection.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Sorry to hear that, B. They're idiots who need your services

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

Condolences, @Boneman.

 

[aThenian]

Sorry to hear that...and after such a long wait.