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This has long seemed like the obvious solution, to me, for publications that saw an untenable spike in submissions for the same reason. Just make ‘em print and
by vundercind 2y ago
This has long seemed like the obvious solution, to me, for publications that saw an untenable spike in submissions for the same reason.
Just make ‘em print and send a it in the mail. Instant reduction by 95+%, most of the best stuff still comes in.
- williamdclt 2y ago> most of the best stuff still comes in I don’t see why “the best stuff” would be more acceptant to printing than the rest. Actually I’d expect that the best candidates won’t bend over backwards to submit their application, they have choice
- patrickmay 2y agoI suspect it's not the printing but the postage that adds the most friction.
- vundercind 2y agoIf you can provide much-faster decisions, that’s huge. You’d not turn off serious submissions that way. Many of these want to have an exclusive option at the story for months because their workload is so high. Cut that to even 60 days and you’d make writers very happy.