Things Left Unsaid Words that Matter Anthology

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (May 2026). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

What are the conversations you most wanted to have and who are the people you most wanted to have them with? We don’t mean fantasy conversations with famous people. We mean heart-to-hearts or exchanges of ideas between couples, parents, children, fathers, daughters, mothers, siblings, colleagues, friends or anyone who’s important to you. We know that you have all looked forward to, tried to, or wished you’d said that "perfect" thing in a particular moment. Did you have that conversation? And did it matter? Or did you miss it—and has that mattered more?

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: One-time publication

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Nonfiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: Up to 4,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 4,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Things Left Unsaid Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 29 reports from 27 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

0 min | 19.0 mean avg | 11.0 median | 105 max days (29.0 std dev)

Responses

93.10 %

Acceptances:

55.17 % of submissions accepted (27.9 avg. days per acceptance) | 59.26 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

37.93 % (10.7 avg. days per rejection) | 100.0 % personal, 0.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

6.90 % (7.0 avg. days per withdrawal)

Other Information

Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 06 Jun 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 30 May 2026.
Date compiled: 08 Oct 2026 01:32 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 31 May 2026