Tor.com Opening to Novella Submissions

At 381 now. I feel that this'll be a graduation or solstice present for hearing back.

Down to 420. How's everyone else looking?

I submitted my novella in July. Got rejected, no explanation except "Not what we're looking for at the moment" which could mean anything.

Still frozen at 26. How fast is the queue moving for the rest of you?

I'm at 282 (started at 500).

Down to 361 (started at 579). They seem to be doing the crayons and then doing a little bit more serious read over of synopses and cover letters before getting chewy into the actual works. This makes sense, as it helps them to prioritize pieces that should get the reading and votes first in slush meetings then the iffy ones. It takes quite a while after that to go through the pieces, and from what I've seen in the thread and their big publisher status, it wouldn't surprise me if they had over 1k+ subs at the close of the entry period.

For those that have already gotten an answer (rejection) at least now the piece is free to be polished up and sent to other publishers. With how my CW teacher gets irked at my adherence to double spacing at the end of a sentence and says that editors would as well, I'm sure at least one editor is annoyed at it. Then again, I'm annoyed at her for making a reading downtown on a day that I have other plans mandatory.

473, considering i started at 706 I guess i am doing better than most. I just can't tell if its because someone actually likes my work or is it that they just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Down to 320 now. Queue around me has seemed to slow down some, so I'm assuming that they're starting the serious read-throughs on the May group and some of the July group. How's everyone else doing?

Hah, and just when I'd told myself I wouldn't check my rank until after NaNo. Oh well. I'm down to 379.

It's just my luck to write my very first novella, and have it get glowing reviews from my betas, a little too late to participate.

Does Tor have a firm schedule for when they open up for submissions again?

So far they have opened most summers

I'm at 239.

Seems like we're hitting a holiday slowdown, perhaps. About a month, and I've only dropped to 350.

How's everyone doing? Any queue movement post-New Years?

Nope. Since the end of Nov, I've only moved to 337.

I just checked. I'm at 201.

Been stuck at 278 since right around graduation. Probably have an editor out sick, seriously considering a piece, or something.

Down to 305.

I think I moved 1 in Dec. Been at 22 for months, no response to agent nudges.

172.

At 248 now. Maybe they're doing their serious considering on the July group while holding the May one as finalists?

According to the Grinder, looks like they just haven't gotten to the later July subs yet. But they're getting closer. I'll probably get my R before the rest of you, having subbed a bit earlier. I'll let you know!

Alright so, I jumped the gun. Didn't see the post date for this.


...eh, I'm still gonna fix that novella. No reason not to.

There will be other open windows in future x

Dropped to 220 at the check tonight. Guess they're back at it.