Duosuma Changelog

New Feature: Request links to Duotrope Profile Pages 01 September 2026

In Project settings, you can now request links to the submitter's Duotrope Profile Page. This can help demonstrate a submitter's credibility. We recommend it as final step in your review process. For anonymous submissions, only members of your team with "Can Reveal Identity" permission will have the option of seeing these links. By default, this will be set to "yes" but you can opt out through the Manage Projects page.

New Submission Period Options 26 March 2026

You can now set the opening and closing hours on your Submission Periods. (All openings will occur at the start of the hour, and all closings will occur in the last minute of the selected hour in the selected time zone.)

Updates for Test Submissions 10 December 2025

Team Members can now test any active Submission Call, even if it's temporarily closed. Access Levels have been simplified to just Public or Private; Internal Testing Only has been removed. (Existing calls set to "Internal Testing Only" have been switched to Private calls.)
Also, accounts in their Trial phases who haven't taken any calls "live" yet will get an extra 50 trial credits if they test submissions before opening a submission call. As with regular trial credits, any unused credits will expire at the end of the trial period.
See our Guide to Testing for more information.

Update: Send to Kindle 10 November 2025

Kindle can be finicky about DOCX file formats, so we added an option to convert files to PDF format before being sent if you have trouble sending certain files. (You can read about how to set up sending submissions to a Kindle device in our Guide to your Personal Submission Settings.)

New Feature: Require Line Count 21 October 2025

You can now set Require Line Count on submission calls for poetry. if you set this, submitters will need to state how many lines each poem they submit is. For existing calls, this setting will mirror the setting for Require Word Counts, but you can change it in Call Settings.

New Feature: Allowed Countries 10 September 2025

In Project settings, you can now set whether submissions are allowed from anywhere, or only from a specific country or countries (up to 60). For more information, see the Guide to Setting up Projects (Submission Settings section).

Overriding Automatic Assignment on Specific Calls 05 September 2025

If your account uses one of the Automatic Assignment options, you can set individual calls to override that and use Predetermined Assignment instead, where you pick the specific team member(s) who will initially receive every new submission.

Setting Priority on Submission Calls 28 August 2025

You can now set the Priority of your submission calls, which determines the order in which your calls are listed on the Project's public page. For more information about how this works and the other variables used in determining the order, please see our Guide to Setting up Calls for Submissions. By default, all existing calls are set to "Average" priority, so you only need to make updates to those if you need to change the order.

CLMP Member Discounts 11 June 2025

Duosuma is pleased to announce that we've started a partnership with CLMP (the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses). As part of this, Duosuma now offers all CLMP members a 20% discount! Read the full details to find out how to request the discount. We thank Montana Agte-Studier at CLMP for facilitating this exciting opportunity.

Redesign & Dark/Light Mode 04 June 2025

You might notice that things look a bit different on Duotrope and Duosuma! We have upgraded some of our underlying technology, which required a full redesign. We have kept things as similar as possible, while adding some UI improvements. This upgrade will make it possible for us to add new features and make other improvements in the near future.
Also, you can now set whether the site displays in Dark or Light mode in your Duotrope User Profile.

Bluesky Accounts 27 March 2025

If you use Bluesky, you can add your handle to your Duosuma account. We'll link to it on your public pages, and we may even give you a shout-out from our @duosuma.com Bluesky account from time to time. See the Guide to Account Settings for full details.

Updated Feature: Multiple Pieces in a Single File or Separate Files 05 March 2025

In addition to being able to require submissions of multiple pieces in a single file, you can now require them to be submitted in separate files, or you can give the submitter the option of doing either. This is set in Call Settings > Submission Settings > File Setting. You can find more details in the updated Guide to Setting Up Submission Calls.

New Submission Period Caps 30 September 2024

You can now set caps on specific Submission Periods, using the Manage Dates feature on your Projects and Calls page. Please note that Submission Period caps work differently from other caps. Other caps (Account, Project, and Call-level) reset monthly on your billing date, while Submission Period caps do not reset once reached. Submissions will not re-open until either your next open Submission Period or you manually re-open submissions. You can learn more about setting caps in our Guide to Planning your Projects and Submission Calls.

Feature Updates: Tags 30 September 2024

On the List of Submissions page, there's a new option to "Show Tags" for accounts that have enabled Tagging. Also, you can now manage Tags on accepted submissions, as well as pending submissions. For more details, see our Guide to Tagging.

New Submission Reassignment Options 03 July 2024

We've added a few new submission re-assignment options: Editor or Higher, Manager or Higher, and Escalate (assign to someone above the level of the person doing to the re-assigning). Those options will be available for both individual submissions and as Bulk Reassignment options on the list of submissions, if there are at least two team members in those categories. In all cases, to be eligible to be re-assigned a submission, the receiving team member needs to be in the Assignment Pool, able to review that type of submission, and must have not reviewed it previously.

Announcing Pricing Changes... For the Better! 23 April 2024

Test Submissions can be Deleted 27 February 2024

Test Submissions, which self-destruct after 7 days, can now be deleted prematurely using the "Change Status" feature by any Team Member at Editor level or above.

Added Final Draft File Support 25 January 2024

For Drama submissions, you can now accept Final Draft (.fdx/.fdr) files. If you'd like to add this for an existing project, simply update the details for the submission call.

Feature Update: Submission Calls are More Flexible 11 December 2023

On Submission Calls, when you allow multiple pieces per submission, you can now set different limits per category (fiction, poetry, etc.) For example, you can set poems to 1-5 per submission, flash fiction to 1-3 per submission, and long fiction to a single piece per submission, all in one Submission Call. (Note: Requiring a single file for multiple pieces is still a separate setting, so be sure that both are set up correctly for your team's needs.)

Changes to Some Behaviors for Visual Art/Multimedia Submissions 04 December 2023

If you set up a Call with "Single File Required," this will be overridden for Visual and Multimedia submissions, which will always be prompted to provide a file per piece. This is because art and multimedia submissions are always a file per piece and can't easily be combined into a single file. We also made other minor changes that will help visual and multimedia artists submit smoothly and easily.

Updates to Team "View Others' Ratings" Settings (action may be needed) 30 November 2023

The permission "Can View Others' Ratings and Reviews" has been split into different options, to allow greater flexibility. If you want a team member to be able to see all ratings and reviews all the time, select "Can View Others' Ratings and Reviews." If you want to ensure impartial review but allow the team member to see other ratings and reviews ONLY after they have themselves reviewed the submission, select "Can See Others' Ratings and Reviews ONLY after they have reviewed the submission" (but leave "Can View Others' Ratings and Reviews" unchecked). If you don't ever want the team member to see other team members' rating and reviews, don't select either option.

New Feature: Tracking and Assigning Translations 12 September 2023

Duosuma accounts that accept translations have a new way to track and assign those submissions, so that they can be handled differently from non-translation submissions. There is three-step setup process. First, turn on the Translations setting in Account Settings. Next, make sure your Team Settings are correct. You can set Team Members to: Can be assigned translations (default), No translations, or Only translations. You can set this individually or by using the Bulk Actions. Finally, set up your Calls to state whether: Translations accepted (meaning both translations and non-translations can be submitted, which is the default), Translations only, or No translations. Once that's set up, submitters will be asked if their submission is a Translation. Then, the system will decide whether that submission is allowed, and if so, it will be assigned to a team member who is set up to handle translations. You can also filter your Submission List by Translation status. If you have translation submissions that were received before this feature was introduced, you can manually change the Translation setting for those. (If you need this done in bulk for submissions to a specific call, contact Duosuma support.)

New Feature: Report Submission as Spam/Junk 12 September 2023

Duosuma Team Members at Editor level or above can report individual submissions as Spam/Junk. Duotrope's staff will then investigate and take appropriate action, which may include banning the person from Duotrope/Duosuma. We also recommend taking advantage of Duosuma's Ban List in these circumstances.

New Feature: Comments for Submitter 18 August 2023

We have added a new substitution for Response Templates: {{Comments}}. If you create or edit a Response Template to include that substitution, it will unlock a "Comments for Submitter" field on all submissions. That field is accessible to anyone on your team who can see others' ratings and also has Can Update, Can Accept, and/or Can Decline privileges. You can also filter your Submissions List to show submissions with/without Comments (same permissions are needed). Any Comments for Submitter will also be shown on the submitters' tracking page, once the submission is finalized. If you send a response with the Comments substitution and the Comments for Submitter field is left blank, it will substitute "No comments provided."

New Feature: Allow/Prohibit AI-assisted submissions 22 June 2023

In Account Settings, you can now set whether you will prohibit (or allow) use of AI or machine learning tools in the creation of works being submitted. If prohibited, submitters will have to affirm that they did not use any AI or machine learning tools in the creation of the work before they can submit; otherwise, they will not be able to submit. If you don't update this setting, the default will be to make no changes (submissions will work as before, with no questions asked about the use of AI). For more details, please see our Guide to Account Settings.

Submission List has a new Filter Option 23 May 2023

You can now filter the Submission List to show only those with Pending Messages.

Updates to Team "View Submissions" Settings (action may be needed) 02 May 2023

The permission "Can View All Submissions" has been split into "Can View All Pending Submissions" and "Can View All Completed Submissions" to allow teams greater control. Team members that had the original "Can View All Submissions" permission have been given both of the new permissions. If you need to change this for individual team members, please go to your Manage Team page.

More Improvements to Team Management 28 March 2023

We added more bulk actions for managing your active team members. You can now bulk add them to: the Assignment Pool, All Categories, a specific Category, All Projects, or a specific Project.

Improvements to Team Management 15 March 2023

To help teams set up properly and easily, we have added new features and improvements to the Manage Team page.

• There's a new "Assign to All Projects (current and future)" option for Team Members. If you use this option and then create a new project in the future, the people with this option will automatically be assigned submissions for the new project, without you having to make any changes to the team setup.
• By default, new Team Members are assigned to all genre categories (poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, visual art, and multimedia). You can, of course, unselect any of the options, but we recommend keeping categories you don't currently use selected, in case you start accepting those categories in the future.
• New Bulk Abilities: Set selected Team Members as: Active, Inactive, or On Leave.

New Setting: Require Legal Names (Action Recommended) 07 March 2023

In Manage Project, you can now set whether or not you require submitters' legal names. If required, submitters will always provide their full legal names. If not required, submitters will use their preferred name (as entered in their profiles). (If not set, the default behavior will be NOT to require the full legal name.)

New Feature: Twitter Images 07 March 2023

Since Twitter images ideally use a different image ratio (square) than banner images (wide), we have added the option of adding an image specifically for our @Duosuma Twitter posts. If you want to set one up, you can do it in Manage Account (for a global image) and/or Manage Projects (if you want a separate image per project).

Introducing the Gold Star Program! 21 February 2023

Duosuma has a new automatic discount program! The Gold Star Program rewards projects with good submission management practices. Every account that qualifies for the Gold Star program will automatically receive a 15% discount. (If they also qualify for the Volume Discount, those discounts stack to 30%.)

Added Monthly Recurrence Option for Submission Periods 08 November 2022

In addition to being able to set up Submission Periods that recur annually, we've added an option for them to recur monthly. For more information see our Guide to Setting up Calls.

New Feature: Submission Statistics 26 September 2022

You can now see basic statistics about the submissions you've received, and compare those to previous time frames. Anyone on the team with "Can View All Submissions" permission can see this report. The link is on the Duosuma Control Panel.

New Ability: Clear File Locks 28 July 2022

When someone on a team requests new files for the submitter, this locks their submission files from being viewed until the new files have been provided. In cases where new files were requested by mistake or the new files are no longer needed, you can now clear that File Lock (must have "Can Update" permission). There is a "Clear File Locks" link on the Submission Details page. Keep in mind that if you clear the file locks, that submitter will no longer be able to provide new files unless you request them again (or the project allows submitter-requested file changes).

New Feature: Messages from Submitters 21 June 2022

If permitted, submitters can now send your team messages about their submission. To set this up, go to Project Settings, where there's a new setting for "Allow Messages." The options are: Never (default), Any time, or a set number of days (after the submission was sent). Messages are only ever permitted on submissions that are pending or accepted (not declined or withdrawn). When a message is received, everyone assigned to that submission will be notified about the message in their Digest (if they are set up to receive one). Also, the submission details page will show an alert that there's a pending message. You reply to a message using the Reply link in the Messages list. If you need to send another reply simply use the "Update" option. (Note: Only team members with "Can Update" permission can reply to messages.)

Feature Updates: Revealing Identity 21 June 2022

For anonymous submissions, team members with "Can Reveal Identity" have two new options for revealing identity: (1) On the submission details page for any anonymous submissions (where the identity hasn't been revealed already), you can set it to reveal all submitters' identities for this session. (2) If you want to go further, in Personal Settings, there's an option to always reveal submitters' identities. (Leave this off if impartial review is important for your role.)

Feature Updates: Requesting New Files 01 June 2022

Team Requested: When you request a new file for a submission (as a member of the team with "Can Update" permission), you will be able to set a due date for the submitter to provide the file(s) by.
Submitter Requested: Also, in Project Settings, you can now set whether and when a submitter can initiate providing new files post-submission. The options for that setting are: Never (default), Any time, or Before File Review has started. Once a submitter starts this process, they will have 24 hours to complete the process, so the longest a submission would be locked due to submitter-initiated file changes would be 24 hours. (Note that anyone on your team with "Can Update" permissions can initiate a request for new files for any Pending or Accepted submission at any time.)

Update: More Submission Paging Features 16 May 2022

The new Submission Paging feature now also has a "Back" button, and if you are using a search preset (such as "pending submissions assigned to me") the system will attempt to regenerate the list once an hour to ensure fresh data.

Update: Purchase Orders 16 May 2022

When you purchase blocks of Duosuma Credits, you can specify a Purchase Order ID for your records.

New Feature: Submission Paging 11 May 2022

When possible, submission details pages will have a "Next Submission" button so you can page through your submissions more easily. If the "Next Submission" doesn't appear, that means the system needs to fetch fresh data to ensure you don't miss any newly assigned submissions. When that happens, simply return to your Submission List (using the link on the submission details page) and then continue going through your submissions.

Update: Public Project Pages 30 March 2022

Public project pages now provide "Quick Links to Open Calls" if there is more than one open call (only includes public calls).

New Feature: Private Calls 09 March 2022

You can now set the Access Level of your Calls for Submissions to: Public, Private (requires a special link), or Internal Testing (only members of your team can access the call for testing purposes). Learn more in our updated Guide to Setting up Calls. (Note: If you had previously set up calls as "Internal Testing Only" those have been updated under this new system, but you will need to go to the Manage Call page for new links for your team members to access those.)

Notification Option Changes 23 February 2022

We are phasing out Instant Email as a notification option and replacing it with Hourly Digests. Hourly Digests will go out once an hour if there's new submission activity to report, and up to once a day if there's no new activity to report. If you are currently set to receive Instant Emails, you have one month to choose your new notification option: Daily Digest, Weekly Digest, or Hourly Digest. At the end of the month, anyone who hasn't made their choice will be set to Hourly Digest. (This can be changed at any time in Personal Settings.)

New Features: Response Targets and Assignment Deadlines 07 February 2022

Duosuma accounts can now set Response Targets (which sets when a submission is considered "late" for response) and Assignment Thresholds (which sets when a submission assignment is considered "overdue"). Both of these settings are optional, but it you do use them, you'll be able to set use Reminders and/or Automatic Reassignment (of overdue assignments), Notification settings (so your team knows what submissions need attention), and Submission List search filters and presets. These settings are available on the Account Management page. For more information, please read the Team Settings section in our Guide to Account Settings. (Note that, by default, people on teams at Editor level or higher will be set to receive notifications of late assignments and/or overdue assignments. You can change that setting on an individual basis in Team Settings.)

Team Activity Report has new filter option 17 January 2022

You can now filter the Team Activity Report (found on the Team Management page) to show only people in the Assignment Pool.

Updated Feature: Set "File Should Include" Instructions 20 December 2021

If you have a call for submissions with Type of Piece set to "Collections or chapbooks" or "Full-length works", you can state what the file should include. For example: "query letter and first 15 pages only." For more information, see our Guide to Setting Up Calls.

New Options for Collections, Chapbooks, and Full-Length Works 14 December 2021

You can now set up your Calls for Submissions to be for: Individual pieces (default), Collections/Chapbooks, or Full-Length Works. If you have any calls for submissions of collections, chapbooks, or full-length works, please update them to use these new options. Read more in the updated Guide to Setting up Calls. As always, if you have any questions or would like help or advice, contact us.

Submitters can Filter/Sort their List of Submissions 02 November 2021

Submitters can now Filter and/or Sort their list of Sent Submissions. Also, for Declined and Withdrawn submissions, they can delete their submission files.

New Feature: Moving Calls 30 September 2021

For Duosuma accounts with multiple active Projects, Submission Calls can now be moved from one Project to another, if needed. Please see our Recommendations for Setting up your Projects and Calls. If you need any help or would like our advice, don't hesitate to contact us.

New Interface for Managing Projects, Call, and Dates 27 September 2021

We have completely retooled the interface for viewing Projects, Calls, and Dates. These changes should make it easier to navigate between the Project, Call, and Date settings.

Changes to Auto-Response Templates 01 September 2021

Now you can set different auto-response templates (for submission received and tip/fee paid actions) for different projects and/or calls. Please see the updated Guide to Response Templates for full details.

New Notification Option: Weekly Digest 01 September 2021

In addition to Daily Digests and Instant Emails, there's a new notification option to be alerted when there's activity related to submissions that may affect you. You can change your setting to Weekly Digest on the Personal Settings page in your Duosuma Control Panel.

New Feature: Ban List 28 July 2021

If necessary, Duosuma Accounts can now set up to block certain individuals from submitting to them in the future. See the Guide to Banning Submitters for full details.

Show Individual Rating on Submissions List 13 July 2021

On the Submissions List, team members with "Can View All Submissions" and "Can See Others' Ratings" can choose to display the rating of the selected Reviewer (in addition to showing the average rating) and can sort the list by the selected Reviewer's rating (or the average rating). The selected Reviewer can be anyone on the team.

Submission Call Review 06 July 2021

Account Owners and Managers can request review of their submission call(s) to ensure they're set up properly.

Billing Date Changes 06 July 2021

On the Manage Billing page, you can choose to have your billing date be set to the first of the month. This will also affect when any submission caps (quotas) reset, so it's especially useful to accounts using those.

Control Panel Addition 22 June 2021

The Duosuma Control Panel now displays lists of your Open and Temporarily Closed Calls (for people with Manage Projects permissions).

Update: Submission Process 19 May 2021

The submission process has been streamlined and partially redesigned to make it simpler. Also, Duotrope non-subscribers can now opt in to share their anonymized submission report with Duotrope, which will improve the accuracy of the statistics on Duotrope's listing for that project.

New Submission Opportunities Calendar 19 May 2021

In addition to the Submission Opportunities page(s), we have a new Submission Opportunities Calendar that lists all open calls by deadline (and includes those without deadlines as well).

New feature: Manually Change Submission Status 05 May 2021

Members of a team at Editor level or above can change the status of a submission without contacting the submitter. This is for situations when you have been informed of a withdrawal outside of the Duosuma system, or you have been in communication with the submitter outside of Duosuma and you need to update the status accordingly. Do not use this in replace of the Decline or Accept options, except when absolutely necessary.

Submission Process Simplified for Non-Subscribers 19 April 2021

The submission process has been simplified for people who aren't Duotrope subscribers. They will add new pieces to their submissions within the regular submission form. Duotrope subscribers who need to add new pieces to their list will still be redirected to the main page to add a piece to their Pieces List, which gives them more subscriber-only features for those entries.

New Feature: Require Word Counts 19 April 2021

You can now require Word Counts for fiction or nonfiction pieces (does not apply to poetry, drama, visual art, or multimedia). By default this is off, but you can turn it on in Submission Call settings.

Introducing Custom Questions 30 March 2021

If you need to ask your submitters custom questions as part of the submission process, we now have a BETA release of Custom Questions. Read the Guide to Custom Questions for full details.

New feature: Editing Project/Call/Type 22 March 2021

Members of a team at Editor level or above can change the Project, Call, and/or Type of a submission, if needed.

Two changes to Reassigning/Unassigning Submissions 22 March 2021

Bug fix: Submissions can now be reassigned and unassigned at the same time, as intended.
Also, teams of one person will no longer see the Reassign options, since they aren't applicable.

New Feature: Gallery 09 March 2021

For visual art submissions, there's a new option to see a Gallery of all visual art files for that submission on one screen. (The files must be web-compatible.)

Bug fix: Downloading docx files 23 February 2021

Downloaded Word files were getting an alert about "unreadable content." This has been resolved.

Update: Set Submission Periods to Permanently Close 08 February 2021

You can now choose to set up Submission Periods to permanently close (set to "Inactive") at the end of the period, instead of the status going to "Temporarily Closed."

New Feature: Bulk Mailing Lists 08 February 2021

Members of your team at Manager or Owner level who have "Can See Address" permissions can generate mailing list files in CSV format from the "Mailing List" link on the Control Panel page.

New BETA Feature: Manually Adding Submissions 19 January 2021

We have a beta release of a feature that allows you to manually add submissions that were sent outside of Duosuma. Please read our Guide to Adding Submissions Manually for full details, including important limitations and restrictions.
In order to be able to manually add submissions, Team Members need "Can Add Submissions" permission. For existing teams, this permission has been given to everyone at Editor level or higher, but can be added or removed as needed.

New Feature: Request Opt-In to Mailing List 19 January 2021

In Project Settings, you can now request permission of submitters to opt-in to your mailing list. If you do turn this feature on, it is optional for the submitter and will be requested in the first step of submitting. (As a reminder, per the Duosuma Account Terms of Service, you may not ever sell or share a submitter's personal information, and you may not add them to your mailing list without their explicit permission.)

Bug Fix with Submission Counts 19 January 2021

There was a bug with reporting the number of submissions assigned to others when submissions are assigned to multiple people. This now reflects an accurate count.

New Menu 21 December 2020

All Duosuma pages now provide a Manage menu with easy access to the Duosuma management pages if you are logged into your Duotrope account.

New Team Activity Report 21 December 2020

The Team Management page now provides a Team Activity Report, which shows a number of statistics for your team members, including: submissions assigned, submissions completed, and submissions pending.

Changing Response Templates as Needed 16 December 2020

When responding to an individual submission, you can now make changes to the Response Template text on the fly, if needed. (Those changes are not saved to the template, so if you need to make permanent changes to the template, you'll need to edit it on the Manage Response Templates page.)

Bug Fix: Submission List 16 December 2020

The Submission List was improperly reporting the total number of reviews when Reviewed By had been set. This has been fixed.

Notification of Important Changes 16 December 2020

People on Duosuma teams can now choose whether to get notifications of new features, improvements, and bug fixes announced on the Changelog. By default, all team members at Editor level or above and those already subscribed to the Daily Digest will get these notifications, but that can be changed in your Notification settings.

Filename Options for Submission Downloads 24 November 2020

In Account settings, you can now choose how submission files that you download should be named. The options are: Pattern (lastname-title-date or title-date for anonymous submissions), Original filename, or Tokenized.

New Submission Assignments Options 19 November 2020

We have added new options for assigning submissions: Load Balancing, Round Robin, and Predetermined. Load Balancing is the default and our recommended option. Predetermined is for teams that want to assign new submissions to the same person/people every time. You can read more about all the options in our new in-depth guide to Submission Assignment.

Reveal Names on Submission List 19 November 2020

People on your team with "Can Reveal Identity" privileges now have the option to show submitters' names on the Submission List even for anonymous submissions.

Introducing Tags! 13 November 2020

Tags provide a way to label submissions with custom tags that meet your team's unique needs. You can read more about this in our Guide to Tagging Submissions. All existing accounts have been set to Enable Tags. However, if you do not want to use tags, simply update your Account Settings to disable tags.

Submission List Improvements and New Team Member Setting 13 November 2020

People on your team with "Can See All Submissions" privileges can now filter their List of Submissions by "Reviewed by" to find submissions that have already been reviewed by a specific team member.
There is a new "Can See Fees/Tips" Team Member setting. If set, they will be able to see an icon showing whether a fee/tip was paid with a submission. For existing Team Members, we have set those at Editor level or above to have this ability, although you can update this on the Team Management page.
We have fixed a bug that was preventing correct results from being shown when filtering for "Max. # Ratings: 0." This has been fixed, so you can now search for submissions that have not been rated yet.

Bug Fix: Responses 13 November 2020

When you use a response template that includes the {{Piece}} substitution for a multiple-piece submission that has been partially withdrawn, the resulting email will not include the titles of the withdrawn pieces.

Earnings Reported on Invoices 04 November 2020

For accounts that accept submission tips or fees, we now report Gross Earnings in your Invoice details. (For detailed earnings and accounting, please see the reports in your Stripe account.)

Simplified File Management for Submitters 28 October 2020

When a submitter uploads a file for a piece, we will keep a copy of that file on their account, so for future submissions they can simply select that file from a list instead of having to upload another copy. These files will be kept indefinitely for Duotrope subscribers, but we will delete them on free accounts after six months of inactivity (does not affect submission files, which are stored separately).

Text Search Options for Submissions 28 October 2020

People on your team with "Can View All Submissions" privileges can search the List of Submissions for a particular piece title or Submission ID. Also, people on your team with "Can Reveal Identity" privileges can search the List of Submissions by submitter's name.

Downloadable List of Submissions 28 October 2020

You can download the List of Submissions in Excel/CSV format. The list includes metadata about each submission (not the submission files) and will use the filter settings at the top of the page.

Twitter Trial 15 October 2020

We are trialling announcing projects that are open to submission on Twitter. We'll select a few on most days to announce, with the aim of announcing each qualifying open project once a month. As more qualifying projects are listed, we may have to revisit this approach, but for now, we're aiming for equity among all open projects. (To qualify, you must provide a Twitter handle in Account settings or Project settings.)

Bug Fixes: Reviewing Submissions 15 October 2020

There was a bug preventing the reassigning of a submission to someone who had already reviewed it. This has been fixed. Also, Owner and Manager-level team members now have full access to response actions (accept/decline/update), even when they are not assigned to the submission, as intended.

Submission Assignment Improvements 13 October 2020

Submissions can now be initially assigned or be reassigned to more than one person! This will allow smoother workflows for medium and large teams. You can set the number of people to be initially assigned submissions in Project and Call settings. Also, using either the Bulk Assign feature or Reassign feature on a single submission, you can select the number of people to be assigned/reassigned the submission(s). It is important to note that assigning/reassigning submissions does not clear the existing assignments, unless you use one of the Unassign options as well. Finally, to prevent a submission receiving more than one response from different people at the same time, submissions are automatically checked out (and checked back in) when a response is sent. While it is checked out, only that person can send a response. For more information on all of this, please see our revised Guide to Managing Submissions.

Option to Require Comments with Ratings 13 October 2020

In Account Settings, you can now require comments with all ratings. (Off by default.)

Changes to Trial Credits (Good news!) 06 October 2020

Effective today, all new Duosuma Accounts will have their trial credits expire one month after their first call goes live or when 250 credits are used, whichever happens sooner. Previously, trial credits expired one month after account creation (or when 250 credits were used). This change ensures that every account gets the same opportunity to use their trial credits.
ATTN Existing accounts: We don't want you to be left out! If you had already taken a call live, we've extended your trial credits to expire one month after your first call went live. If your original set of credits had already expired and you haven't yet taken a call live, you will be given a new batch of trial credits at that time. For accounts that started their first live calls over a month ago, we have manually issued credits to make up for the difference between the original trial and new trial policies. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to the support team.

New Team Member Settings 30 September 2020

For finer control over a team members' abilities, we have removed "Can Accept/Decline and Respond" and replaced it with four separate settings: Can Decline, Can Accept, Can Update, and Can See Communications. See the Team Management Guide for full details. To transition to these new settings, Team Members with the previous "Can Accept/Decline and Respond" ability have been set to have all four new abilities.

Daily Digest Improvements 30 September 2020

If your Notification setting is "Daily Digest," you'll start seeing improvements in those emails. It will tell you how many submissions you have pending (including how many are new to you), plus other pertinent activity on those, such as withdrawals. If you have "Can View All Submissions" permissions, the email will also state how many submissions are currently unassigned and how many are assigned to others, if applicable. You can sign up for "Daily Digest" using the Personal Settings link on your Duosuma Control Panel.

Control Panel Improvements 30 September 2020

If any pending submissions are assigned to you, that information on your Control Panel will link to just those submissions. Likewise, if there are any unassigned submissions (and you have permission to see all submissions), that will be linked to a list of just those submissions. If you use the big "Manage Submissions" link, that will use your personal filter settings.

Bug Fix: Fees 22 September 2020

There was a bug that erroneously allowed some accounts to enable submission fees and tip jar payments before they had onboarded with Stripe. This issue has been resolved. Please check your account's Fee Settings to see if you still need to onboard with Stripe to begin accepting tips/fees. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience this has caused.

New Submission List Filter Option 14 September 2020

Team Members with "Can See Ratings" permissions can now filter their list of submissions by the number of times a submission has been reviewed.

Testing Submissions 08 September 2020

Duosuma Team Members now have the ability to create test submissions for the purpose of testing Duosuma and the submission process. Learn all about it in our Guide to Testing.

Submission Reassignment Improvements 04 September 2020

We've added a few options to Reassigning submissions (in bulk or individually): You can now send a submission to someone at a specific account level: Manager, Editor, Reader, Reviewer. Also, you can now Un-assign submissions. Please see the Guide to Managing Submissions for full details.

Statement Descriptors 19 August 2020

If you've onboarded with Stripe to collect tips and/or fees, be sure to set a clear Statement Descriptor in your Fee Settings. This is the text shown on your customers' bank and credit card statements and will help them recognize the charge.

Bug Fix: Calls for Submissions 17 August 2020

There was a bug that caused Calls for Submissions that hadn't been completely entered (stopping before the final step) to vanish (seemingly forever). We have un-vanished those. They now appear as "Incomplete" in your Inactive Calls list on your Manage Project pages. You can either delete them or finish adding them.

Volume Discounts! 17 August 2020

We now provide all accounts a 15% discount that automatically applies whenever you get billed for 1,000 credits or more in a month.

Volume Pricing for Bulk Purchases 17 August 2020

If you purchase 10 or more Credit Blocks (1,000 or more credits), you'll automatically get a 15% discount.

Submission Opportunities Page 17 August 2020

The Submission Opportunities page is now live. It lists all Duosuma projects in good standing with "open" calls for submissions. To get the most out of your submission manager, you should also promote and link to your project submission pages.

Mailing Addresses 17 August 2020

When you request mailing addresses, we now collect them in separate fields, rather than one block of text: Street Address, Street Address (line 2), City, State/Province, Postal Code, and Country.