Commiserations all round for rejections. I had a barrage before Christmas.
Marzioli, I submitted a story to ASIM last year. I got a 'your submission has been received' email with a reference number within one day. It would be a good idea to check your email address. I also emailed the editor before I submitted, because I had a couple of basic questions that weren't answered on their website. She responded really fast, and was very nice to me.
At ASIM, the first round gets one slush reader, and the second round gets three, I gathered from their website. Your story needs to achieve a certain score to get through to the third round, and that score varies at times, apparently. My story got through to the third round that time, but was rejected after 97 days. The feedback was personal and very helpful. They were a great mag to submit to. (Same story was rejected elsewhere after two days - a very nice rejection, but still a rejection - so I'm not reading too much into rejection times. But getting an onslaught of them all at once -- ouch!)
Sorry to hear about the R from Penumbra, Alex. I'm watching their stats with interest. I too have one in the queue. Expect that the response will come out some time in the month before the issue, and while I'm pleased they kept it for the editor to look at, looking at their stats, I'm seeing plenty of rejections for stories that have been held for a while.