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Rejection Road … to publication BETA

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Rejection is universal, and sometimes it feels endless. Everyone understands this, but that doesn't take the sting out of rejection's bite. Rejection Road aims to reframe the submission process as a journey towards eventual success. We're all on separate paths, but we experience the same trials and tribulations. In this space, we support one another, celebrating the victories and offering compassion for the minor setbacks along the way.

Meet your fellow travelers (Note: all counts are based on the past 30 days)

Michele Cacano reported 4 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Tracie McBride submitted 1 piece and reported 2 rejections, 1 withdrawal, 1 non-response, and 1 acceptance!
Dixon Wragg reported 1 rejection.
Nick Theisen reported 1 rejection.
Steve Kemple reported 10 rejections, 9 withdrawals, and 4 acceptances!
Lillian Csernica reported 1 acceptance!
Gwendolyn Hicks reported 3 withdrawals and 1 acceptance!
Martha Petersen reported 2 rejections.
Mike McLaren reported 1 withdrawal.
Shannon Ryan reported 7 rejections.
Barbara Ruth Saunders submitted 1 piece and reported 1 acceptance!
Austin Allen James reported 1 rejection.
Andrea DeAngelis reported 3 rejections.
Bob DeRosa submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection.
Sarah Emma Ruth Ahlers submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection.
Clyde Liffey reported 1 rejection.
Keira Reynolds submitted 1 piece and reported 2 rejections.
Samuel Johnston submitted 1 piece (goal met!) and reported 4 rejections.
Samantha Bryant submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection and 2 non-responses.
Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes submitted 2 pieces and reported 1 rejection and 1 acceptance!
Ruth Goring reported 3 rejections.
Duayne Thayer submitted 4 pieces and reported 6 rejections and 1 withdrawal.
Bethany A. Reid submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection.
Win Karnath submitted 7 pieces and reported 1 rejection and 7 withdrawals.
M F Drummy submitted 2 pieces and reported 1 rejection, 1 non-response, and 2 acceptances!
John Eric Vona submitted 1 piece and reported 4 rejections and 1 non-response.
J. Scott King submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection and 1 withdrawal.
Mark Nuzzi submitted 2 pieces and reported 5 rejections and 2 acceptances!
AJ Luxton submitted 4 pieces and reported 4 rejections.
L. Martin reported 2 rejections.
James A Foster submitted 4 pieces and reported 39 rejections, 2 withdrawals, and 2 acceptances!
Jess Cruikshank reported 2 rejections.
Sal Morano submitted 2 pieces (goal met!) and reported 7 rejections, 3 withdrawals, and 1 acceptance!
Megan Stolz Rogers submitted 3 pieces and reported 24 rejections.
Marshall Wayne Lee reported 4 rejections.
Zach Edson submitted 2 pieces and reported 2 rejections.
Chris Gladis submitted 3 pieces and reported 6 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Jake Cosmos Aller submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection and 1 non-response.
Carl Tait submitted 5 pieces and reported 5 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Patricia A Joslin submitted 1 piece and reported 7 rejections.
Jisun Park reported 4 rejections.
Aeryn Rudel submitted 2 pieces and reported 2 rejections, 4 non-responses, and 1 acceptance!
Joanna Friedman submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection and 1 non-response.
Samantha M Slaven submitted 5 pieces and reported 15 rejections.
Ryan Peed submitted 5 pieces and reported 3 rejections, 13 withdrawals, and 1 acceptance!
Sigrun Benjamin reported 3 rejections.
Kenny Norton submitted 8 pieces and reported 13 rejections and 1 acceptance!
J. V. Molenaar submitted 2 pieces and reported 2 rejections.
kerry rawlinson reported 15 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Brittany Hague submitted 1 piece and reported 10 rejections, 1 withdrawal, 2 non-responses, and 1 acceptance!
Georgene Smith Goodin submitted 4 pieces and reported 6 rejections.
Mat Wenzel reported 9 rejections.
Betty Stanton reported 10 rejections, 5 withdrawals, 22 non-responses, and 2 acceptances!
KC Vance reported 1 rejection.
Michael Murphy reported 11 rejections.
Víctor Manuel Ramos submitted 1 piece and reported 6 rejections.
John G Sparks reported 1 withdrawal.
Ellen S Romano submitted 5 pieces and reported 23 rejections and 1 acceptance!
M.R. Lehman Wiens submitted 2 pieces and reported 7 rejections.
J.D. Kraft submitted 3 pieces and reported 3 rejections and 2 withdrawals.
Kit MacAllister submitted 2 pieces and reported 10 rejections.
Patricia Wallesverd submitted 5 pieces (goal met!) and reported 5 rejections.
Genaro Aguilar Saucillo reported 5 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Chuck Wilkerson submitted 2 pieces and reported 3 rejections, 1 non-response, and 1 acceptance!
Bennie C Smith submitted 2 pieces and reported 5 rejections.
Christopher Ankney submitted 3 pieces and reported 27 rejections.
Brent Fisk submitted 11 pieces and reported 7 rejections, 5 withdrawals, and 3 acceptances!
Paul Lamb submitted 1 piece and reported 5 rejections and 1 non-response.
Emma Goldman-Sherman submitted 5 pieces and reported 48 rejections.
Bruce Parker reported 12 rejections and 2 acceptances!
Brian A. Dixon submitted 1 piece and reported 2 rejections and 1 non-response.
Sylvia Hollis Ward reported 2 rejections.
Gordon Mitchell Smith reported 21 rejections and 1 non-response.
Elliot Kang submitted 10 pieces and reported 10 rejections.
Larina Warnock reported 9 rejections and 3 non-responses.
Holiday Noel Campanella submitted 25 pieces (goal met!) and reported 40 rejections.
Brian P O'Sullivan submitted 4 pieces and reported 11 rejections and 2 acceptances!
Wendy S Westlake submitted 3 pieces and reported 9 rejections.
Cerys Harrison submitted 2 pieces and reported 2 rejections.
Samuel Cromwell submitted 2 pieces and reported 4 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Charles Stromme submitted 6 pieces and reported 6 rejections.
Anthea Jones submitted 3 pieces and reported 9 rejections.
Donald Pasmore reported 11 rejections.
Caitlin O'Halloran submitted 15 pieces and reported 53 rejections and 1 acceptance!
Ben Cooper submitted 6 pieces and reported 24 rejections and 1 withdrawal.
Deborah Sale Butler submitted 6 pieces and reported 5 rejections, 2 withdrawals, 1 non-response, and 1 acceptance!
Joana Oliveira submitted 2 pieces and reported 11 rejections.
A.J. Litchfield reported 3 rejections.
Dara Laine reported 10 rejections.
Emily Alston-Follansbee submitted 6 pieces and reported 42 rejections, 16 withdrawals, 3 non-responses, and 1 acceptance!
Ân Nguyễn submitted 5 pieces and reported 4 rejections and 1 withdrawal.
Lys Granier submitted 1 piece and reported 14 rejections, 1 withdrawal, and 1 acceptance!
A K Leddon submitted 1 piece and reported 4 rejections.
Kent Koprowicz submitted 40 pieces (goal met!) and reported 65 rejections, 5 withdrawals, and 2 acceptances!
Faye Magnolia Barrett submitted 5 pieces and reported 7 rejections.
Madison Blackwell submitted 1 piece and reported 7 rejections.
John Bruce submitted 46 pieces (goal met!) and reported 61 rejections, 20 withdrawals, and 4 acceptances!
Peyton Stich reported 5 rejections, 2 withdrawals, and 1 acceptance!
Natalie Paris submitted 4 pieces and reported 20 rejections and 1 acceptance!
R. J. Burchett submitted 1 piece and reported 1 rejection.

All counts are for the past 30 days. (Subject to change as we evaluate the beta period.)

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