Angry Robot 2017 Open Door

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Thanks, SciSarahTops.

Hey BlinkerBot, given the odds, this is probably what's going to happen to most of us (if not all here). You just happened to submit it earlier. Nevertheless, it's still fun to have a thread like this to follow the process. This is better than the other queries we sent. At least here, we have group support :)
 

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Hey, Robinski. Generic but polite response, which is what I'd expect given the number of submissions. To paraphrase: thanks for submitting, glad we got the chance to give it a read, not quite right for us. That said, the response was MUCH quicker than I expected so I guess that's something :)

Thanks Blinkerbot :)
 

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Good luck to the rest of you. Fingers crossed at least one of the AW peeps gets picked up for publication. :)
 

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Hi Amal, welcome aboard! Added you below


Member Genre Submitted Date Response Date Outcome
MARothman SF November 1st
BlinkerBotSpace OperaNovember 1stJanuary 22ndR
AJ_Writes FantasyNovember 6th
ArcsWTFNovember 16th
DJGuest WTF November 16th
kaysaFantasyNovember 21st
karlequinContemp SFFNovember 27th
Dryad
Space Opera
November 27th
Amal22
Fantasy
November 29th
Anarchic Q SF December 1st
BlueLobster SF December 3rd
Camaria Fantasy December 4th
C.M. Dahmer SF December 5th
RaindropWTFDecember 10th
ErinSFDecember 10th
Usefulidiot SF December 12th
chracatoa SF December 14th
RemusShepherd SF December 14th
AngryCumbrianFantasyDecember 15th
Harlequin WFT December 17th
Skyfire SF December 18th
Yorkie1SFDecember 19th
crystalizingWTFDecember 20th
noranne SF December 21st
Mandamon Fantasy December 23rd
joeyc Fantasy December 24th
Belomar Contemp Fant December 25th
sideshowdarb WTF December 26th
TSJohnsonMil SFDecember 28th
ClovitideSFDecember 30th
Robinski SF December 30th
EnshantaWTFDecember 31st
Patty SF December 31st
Channy SF December 31st
 

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Nada...

Still waiting on a full request as well. Clearly, the longest wait in this journey is when someone has your full manuscript. I have also not submitted to other publishers at the moment until I get a reply from that request (not the one from Angry Robots since it's different). Even it's a rejection, there's a chance I'll get some feedback. And yes, I'm well aware it's okay not to get any feedback.
 

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me too... I due a nudge for another place in March but not expecting them to actually have time till Mayish. Which is about when I'd think to hear from AR, given how late I subbed.

By then I'll hopefully be querying MS2 and waiting on that as well...
 

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Just to help manage expectations, when I went through this process with AR I got my Full request in November. Granted that was an exceptional year for them, but this does take a while...
 

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Nothing on my end either, and yeah wanted to check into the thread to see if anybody had heard yet. Fingers crossed for all!
 

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It has been quiet over here as well. I've been querying agents in the mean time. What a horrible business that is, haha!
 

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All quiet here as well (but mine is also on the later end of the submissions timeline so don't expect it will have gotten far along the line yet).

Pete was the submission timeline the same for yours? Submissions were in November/December and you didn't get a request for the full manuscript until November the following year?

I wonder how it changes things when full manuscripts are being submitted. If it actually slows things down or if it speeds things up. Part of me thinks that it would be slower because they have more to read so might get farther along in a submission before deciding. But overall would it speed up rejections because they don't do a whole additional process of requesting the full manuscript and reviewing it before making a decision.

Well however much slower or faster the process is with full manuscripts - good luck to all - hope to see updates from more people on here next time I check in :)
 

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Pete was the submission timeline the same for yours? Submissions were in November/December and you didn't get a request for the full manuscript until November the following year?

Correct, although the company was going through a change of ownership at the time which probably held things up that year.
 

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Got my rejection today! Curious to see if everyone gets the same email. Here's the body of mine:


"Thanks for your submission during the Angry Robot Open Door period.

Alas, although we're glad to have had the chance to give it a read, we've decided it's not right for us.

Best of luck with this, and we hope you'll submit something again next time around."


Can't say I'm surprised. I took a chance and tossed something very YA-leaning in there though they were looking specifically for Adult Sci Fi/Fantasy. Good luck to you all!
 

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Hopefully you will find another outlet more YA focused for it. Good luck and most of all - have fun as you keep writing!
 

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Sorry to hear that, AJ. Table updated


Member Genre Submitted Date Response Date Outcome
MARothman SF November 1st
BlinkerBotSpace OperaNovember 1stJanuary 22ndR
AJ_Writes
Fantasy
November 6th
February 27th
R
ArcsWTFNovember 16th
DJGuest WTF November 16th
kaysaFantasyNovember 21st
karlequinContemp SFFNovember 27th
Dryad Space Opera November 27th
Amal22FantasyNovember 29th
Anarchic Q SF December 1st
BlueLobster SF December 3rd
Camaria Fantasy December 4th
C.M. Dahmer SF December 5th
RaindropWTFDecember 10th
ErinSFDecember 10th
Usefulidiot SF December 12th
chracatoa SF December 14th
RemusShepherd SF December 14th
AngryCumbrianFantasyDecember 15th
Harlequin WFT December 17th
Skyfire SF December 18th
Yorkie1SFDecember 19th
crystalizingWTFDecember 20th
noranne SF December 21st
Mandamon Fantasy December 23rd
joeyc Fantasy December 24th
Belomar Contemp Fant December 25th
sideshowdarb WTF December 26th
TSJohnsonMil SFDecember 28th
ClovitideSFDecember 30th
Robinski SF December 30th
EnshantaWTFDecember 31st
Patty SF December 31st
Channy SF December 31st