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Hello. Last year, I submitted a short story to a reputable University's literary magazine that had published selected work from writers from around the world for at least a decade, as a hardcover on Amazon. The top three would receive monetary payment, while the rest would be honorable mentions.
Several months later, the editor of the university's literary magazine informed me that my piece, along with around 50 others' short pieces, had been chosen by judges to be included in the University's future journal, as one of the honorable mentions. He gave a date of when it would be announced on their journal's Facebook page. I saw on their Facebook page, comments from previous writers who'd been chosen (some twice), where they'd thanked the editor for the two, free complementary copies that he'd sent them. So, I was excited and expecting I'd receive a couple of copies of the journal my work would be in, too.
The date passed. Then, a few months after the date I'd been told, at the beginning of this year, the editor finally made the announcement on their Facebook page and apologized for the delay. He listed everyone's names, along with the titles of their work, and congratulated everyone.
That was the journal's last post. Now, several months after that, I found out through an internet article (that was written and published from last fall, by one of the previous writer's whose work was chosen and published in the journal's spring edition), that the journal's editor was planning on leaving the University, and that they mentioned that might be the last journal. There wasn't any mention of this made on their webpage (It just says the same thing that's been there for the past several months, "We're currently working on updating the site.") There wasn't any mention of the journal's editor leaving the university and discontinuing the journal on their Facebook page.
I found his LinkedIn page, where it confirms that he now lives in a different state and no longer works at the university. Duotrope has a recent update that writers shouldn't submit any work there and that the journal is in "indefinite hiatus."
Unlike the previous journal's works, which were released every year, this one, which was supposed to be sold to the public on Amazon, hasn't been put up there at all, and I haven't received any complementary copies. I was really excited at the thought of being able to read others' work that was also selected, from around the world.
I'm a little bummed that this journal had specifically asked for submissions last year, and made it seem like writers' work would be published, again, just like all of their previous years' journals.
So, I'm wondering, "Does this mean I can't include this on my bio, anymore, when querying agents, since my piece turned out not to be published, yet was named, along with my name, as being selected for their journal's publication?" and "Does this mean I can't submit it to another publication?" It was very short (the journal asked for a short story no longer than 150 words), and I don't think it'll be accepted by most journals, who normally publish longer short stories.
Several months later, the editor of the university's literary magazine informed me that my piece, along with around 50 others' short pieces, had been chosen by judges to be included in the University's future journal, as one of the honorable mentions. He gave a date of when it would be announced on their journal's Facebook page. I saw on their Facebook page, comments from previous writers who'd been chosen (some twice), where they'd thanked the editor for the two, free complementary copies that he'd sent them. So, I was excited and expecting I'd receive a couple of copies of the journal my work would be in, too.
The date passed. Then, a few months after the date I'd been told, at the beginning of this year, the editor finally made the announcement on their Facebook page and apologized for the delay. He listed everyone's names, along with the titles of their work, and congratulated everyone.
That was the journal's last post. Now, several months after that, I found out through an internet article (that was written and published from last fall, by one of the previous writer's whose work was chosen and published in the journal's spring edition), that the journal's editor was planning on leaving the University, and that they mentioned that might be the last journal. There wasn't any mention of this made on their webpage (It just says the same thing that's been there for the past several months, "We're currently working on updating the site.") There wasn't any mention of the journal's editor leaving the university and discontinuing the journal on their Facebook page.
I found his LinkedIn page, where it confirms that he now lives in a different state and no longer works at the university. Duotrope has a recent update that writers shouldn't submit any work there and that the journal is in "indefinite hiatus."
Unlike the previous journal's works, which were released every year, this one, which was supposed to be sold to the public on Amazon, hasn't been put up there at all, and I haven't received any complementary copies. I was really excited at the thought of being able to read others' work that was also selected, from around the world.
I'm a little bummed that this journal had specifically asked for submissions last year, and made it seem like writers' work would be published, again, just like all of their previous years' journals.
So, I'm wondering, "Does this mean I can't include this on my bio, anymore, when querying agents, since my piece turned out not to be published, yet was named, along with my name, as being selected for their journal's publication?" and "Does this mean I can't submit it to another publication?" It was very short (the journal asked for a short story no longer than 150 words), and I don't think it'll be accepted by most journals, who normally publish longer short stories.
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