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Active Submissions
Last Week: 1613 | Increase: 15 | Decrease: -97 | This Week: 1531 | Net Change: -82

Status of all submissions as of 2014-12-06
New: 30 | In Progress: 1501 | Withdrawn: 655 | Declined: 2059 | Accepted: 186

Status change since last week
New: -199 | In Progress: +117 | Withdrawn: +57 | Declined: +38 | Accepted: +2

Submissions received during the week ending 2014-12-06
Total: 15 | Max: 11 | Average: 2.14

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-12-06
Prose: 5 | Poetry: 10

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-12-06
Total: 4431 | Prose: 2795 | Poetry: 1636

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Active Submissions
Last Week: 1476 | Increase: 75 | Decrease: -23 | This Week: 1528 | Net Change: 52

Status of all submissions as of 2014-11-22
New: 211 | In Progress: 1317 | Withdrawn: 627 | Declined: 2021 | Accepted: 183

Status change since last week
New: +41 | In Progress: +11 | Withdrawn: +17 | Declined: +1 | Accepted: +5

Submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-22
Total: 75 | Max: 18 | Average: 10.71

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-22
Prose: 39 | Poetry: 36

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-11-22
Total: 4359 | Prose: 2762 | Poetry: 1597

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Active Submissions
Last Week: 1524 | Increase: 50 | Decrease: -95 | This Week: 1479 | Net Change: -45

Status of all submissions as of 2014-11-15
New: 170 | In Progress: 1309 | Withdrawn: 607 | Declined: 2020 | Accepted: 178

Status change since last week
New: -15 | In Progress: -30 | Withdrawn: +11 | Declined: +81 | Accepted: +3

Submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-15
Total: 49 | Max: 11 | Average: 7.00

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-15
Prose: 20 | Poetry: 30

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-11-15
Total: 4284 | Prose: 2722 | Poetry: 1562

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Active Submissions
Last Week: 1552 | Increase: 61 | Decrease: -89 | This Week: 1524 | Net Change: -28

Status of all submissions as of 2014-11-08
New: 185 | In Progress: 1339 | Withdrawn: 596 | Declined: 1939 | Accepted: 175

Status change since last week
New: +4 | In Progress: -32 | Withdrawn: +83 | Declined: +4 | Accepted: +2
In an effort to better manage our slush pile, this week we contacted all authors who had more active submissions than allowed by our guidelines and asked them to voluntarily withdraw one or more pieces. The response was very positive. Thank you!

Submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-08
Total: 62 | Max: 23 | Average: 10.33

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-08
Prose: 37 | Poetry: 24

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-11-08
Total: 4234 | Prose: 2702 | Poetry: 1532

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Active Submissions
Last Week: 1552 | Increase: 95 | Decrease: -65 | This Week: 1552 | Net Change: 30

Status of all submissions as of 2014-11-01
New: 181 | In Progress: 1371 | Withdrawn: 513 | Declined: 1935 | Accepted: 173

Status change since last week
New: -219 | In Progress: +249 | Withdrawn: +6 | Declined: +57 | Accepted: +2

Submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-01
Total: 93 | Max: 22 | Average: 13.29

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-11-01
Prose: 45 | Poetry: 50

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-11-01
Total: 4173 | Prose: 2665 | Poetry: 1508

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Active Submissions
Last Week: 1507 | Increase: 59 | Decrease: -44 | This Week: 1522 | Net Change: 15

Status of all submissions as of 2014-10-25
New: 400 | In Progress: 1122 | Withdrawn: 507 | Declined: 1878 | Accepted: 171

Status change since last week
New: -17 | In Progress: +32 | Withdrawn: +14 | Declined: +25 | Accepted: +5

Submissions received during the week ending 2014-10-25
Total: 59 | Max: 17 | Average: 8.43

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-10-25
Prose: 37 | Poetry: 22

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-10-25
Total: 4078 | Prose: 2620 | Poetry: 1458

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Submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-23
Total: 45 | Max: 11 | Average: 6.43

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-23
Poetry: 16 | Prose: 29

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-08-23
Total: 3543 | Poetry: 1106 | Prose: 2437

Status of all submissions as of 2014-08-23
New: 299 | In Progress: 846 | Withdrawn: 430 | Declined: 1808 | Accepted: 162

Change since last week
New: +24 | In Progress: -6 | Withdrawn: +10 | Declined: +7 | Accepted: +1

Have you submitted to Spark? One of the best ways to get a feel for what a market might publish is to see what they’ve published in the past. This shouldn’t be prohibitive! As an aid in the submission process and as our “Thank You” for considering us a potential home for your writing, please use the code SPARK-SUB-2014Q3 to get the eBook of any volume for just $2 (or get 22% off any print copy). Redeem the code during checkout at store.sparkanthology.org.

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Submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-16
Total: 48 | Max: 11 | Average: 6.86

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-16
Poetry: 10 | Prose: 38

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-08-16
Total: 3498 | Poetry: 1090 | Prose: 2408

Status of all submissions as of 2014-08-16
New: 275 | In Progress: 852 | Withdrawn: 420 | Declined: 1801 | Accepted: 161

Change since last week
New: +14 | In Progress: +16 | Withdrawn: +10 | Declined: +10 | Accepted: +1

Have you submitted to Spark? One of the best ways to get a feel for what a market might publish is to see what they’ve published in the past. This shouldn’t be prohibitive! As an aid in the submission process and as our “Thank You” for considering us a potential home for your writing, please use the code SPARK-SUB-2014Q3 to get the eBook of any volume for just $2 (or get 22% off any print copy). Redeem the code during checkout at store.sparkanthology.org.

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Submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-09
Total: 51 | Max: 11 | Average: 7.29

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-09
Poetry: 13 | Prose: 38

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-08-09
Total: 3450 | Poetry: 1080 | Prose: 2370

Status of all submissions as of 2014-08-09
New: 261 | In Progress: 836 | Withdrawn: 410 | Declined: 1791 | Accepted: 160

Change since last week
New: +4 | In Progress: +21 | Withdrawn: +12 | Declined: +5 | Accepted: 5

Have you submitted to Spark? One of the best ways to get a feel for what a market might publish is to see what they’ve published in the past. This shouldn’t be prohibitive! As an aid in the submission process and as our “Thank You” for considering us a potential home for your writing, please use the code SPARK-SUB-2014Q3 to get the eBook of any volume for just $2 (or get 22% off any print copy). Redeem the code during checkout at store.sparkanthology.org.

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Submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-02
Total: 90 | Max: 25 | Average: 12.86

Categories for submissions received during the week ending 2014-08-02
Poetry: 40 | Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: 50

Categories for all submissions as of 2014-08-02
Total: 3399 | Poetry: 1067 | Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: 2332

Status of all submissions as of 2014-08-02
New: 257 | In Progress: 815 | Withdrawn: 398 | Declined: 1786 | Accepted: 155

Change since last week
New: -28 | In Progress: +98 | Withdrawn: +11 | Declined: +8 | Accepted: 0

Have you submitted to Spark? One of the best ways to get a feel for what a market might publish is to see what they’ve published in the past. This shouldn’t be prohibitive! As an aid in the submission process and as our “Thank You” for considering us a potential home for your writing, please use the code SPARK-SUB-2014Q3 to get the eBook of any volume for just $2 (or get 22% off any print copy). Redeem the code during checkout at store.sparkanthology.org.