First submission in... I lost track of how long. Wish me luck!

A couple years ago, I wrote a poem. I don't normally write poems, but for some reason this one happened. I submitted it a couple places, got an offer--and realized I had no idea what to DO once I had an offer, so that never went anywhere. So it's been sitting on my computer for two years, and once I picked up my writing again I started thinking how much I really did want to see it published.

Well... I found a market. On accident, really. I have this site bookmarked that collects every paying SFF/horror submission call they can find and puts it up, organized by what kind of story they're looking for, what kind of payment they offer, etc. I occasionally browse the current listings just to see what the smaller markets are looking for. And I stumbled on one that was asking, specifically, for poems about supernatural creatures--like mine.

So I took a deep breath and submitted it. At the last minute, naturally, so that I could maximize my anxiety in all directions.

I don't know if the poem is dark enough for the particular anthology, but they did specify they don't mind if the creatures aren't nasty as long as there's something dark about it. So I figured, why not. I tossed my hat in the ring. Wish me luck!

pamrobi said:

Good luck! And, regardless of what happens, congratulations on getting it out there. I just sent my first two "real" queries and I now know how hard it is.

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Thanks! Good luck to you too!

dtam3292 said:

Good luck! I'm sending good vibes

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Thanks! Honestly, even if it doesn't pan out, I'm glad I got something out there again, and I'm glad I got something submitted to this place--it's a really neat anthology that I'd quite like to be in.

Thanks everybody. Sadly, I got a reply today that they had too many submissions with witches, werewolves, and vampires, and so they returned my submission unread. I'm looking on the bright side though, of which there are many:

1) I'm submitting again. That's awesome.
2) I had another market on my list. So it's time to move on.
3) They returned it UNREAD. Seems to me that means if they have another anthology that it fits I can submit it again. (Right? Seems like sound logic to me. It wasn't actually rejected, they had too many so it wasn't considered. So I should be able to get it considered later. Logic? If this logic does not actually work, refer again to bright side #2.)

Edit: Three bright sides is a lot of bright sides. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.