Late response to submission?

Forty percent of submissions will receive a reply within a few days. Fifty percent could be waiting three months as we are wading through a backlog. My apologies. We currently have a very small percentage of stories awaiting a decision from as far back as April 2009. By all means request an update after two months of your sending if you'd prefer reassurance. Please send your inquiries here using the subject line "QUERY: Story Title".

If you have been waiting a long time and are feeling frustrated and want to submit somewhere else we understand, but please let us know that's what you have decided. It helps everyone. A recent rejection we sent was answered with "Oh, I placed that with [so-and-so] months ago"; which frustrates us because we could have been considering someone else's story - one of the reasons we frown upon simultaneous submissions (ie sent to more than one market).

We don't want you waiting around unnecessarily, or Murky Depths getting a bad reputation about responding!

Last updated 12 February, 2010