Ahaha, that's awesome! I, of course, take all the credit since I called it back on the 10th:
It's true! Could you please put in a good word for my Dragon story?
This is usually the type of thing I frown on in rejectomancy, but this time I feel only happy for you! Congrats! That's freakin' amazing.
Yeah, I wouldn't normally but I just couldn't bear to lose the context.
Ok, when you put it like that I guess there's some logic there
But I'm still thinking that waiting 2 years for $1000 is like driving 20 miles to save 2p a litre of fuel...
Yeah, definitely about the prestige more than the money. Also, bear in mind that if you make it past the six month point, it means you've been passed up to the senior editors, so that would be a really silly point at which to withdraw. I think if you are counting on an acceptance, you need to allow for a one-year turnaround for Tor. Mine was excessive, to be fair.
There are plenty of people who treat them as an invite-only market but Tor.com have published at least one story from the slush that I know of.That story won a Hugo.
For the record, my response was from Liz Gorinsky. It was very clear about what she did and did not like about the story and ended with:
I do hope things will speed up considerably now that we've recovered from the massive initial flood and have several more hands on deck to do first reads.
Thanks all for the good wishes!