Publication Response Statistics

Overall Statistics for Fiction Publications

Some general statistics based on the responses that have been reported within the last 12 months. Note that these statistics are updated once an hour.

In All Categories:
Number of responses reported*: 171,357
Average response time: 73 days
Shortest response time reported: 0 days
Longest response time reported: 1,888 days
Number of rejections: 139,234 (81.254%)
Number of acceptances: 14,920 (8.707%)
Number of non-responses*: 17,183 (10.028%)

In the Fiction Category:
Number of responses reported*: 81,916
Average response time: 68 days
Shortest response time reported: 0 days
Longest response time reported: 1,888 days
Number of rejections: 66,668 (81.386%)
Number of acceptances: 5,346 (6.526%)
Number of non-responses*: 9,896 (12.081%)

Rejection Acceptance Withdrawal No Response Lost

* These figures do not include pending submissions or statistical outliers. Non-responses are Withdrawals and Lost/Never Responded submissions.

Remember: The more people who report their response times to us, the more accurate our statistics are. Please report your responses to us!

Date compiled: Thursday, September 3, 2026 9:16:45 AM UTC.