I'm proud to announce that my first official review sale is with this fine publication, which has been bringing readers "thrilling tales of dark wonder" for seven years.
Every time I see the Shroud submission call posted across various Facebook groups, it is evident how many writers are striving to achieve the kind of status publication in an anthology or issue of Shroud affords. Though I rarely discuss rejections and try to focus on acceptances, I recently had a fiction submission rejected from Shroud and was both impressed and encouraged by the reply:
"We sincerely wish you the best in finding a home for your work. Please do not look at this as a "rejection." I honestly wish I had more room and resources to publish more writing. I truly hope you submit to Shroud Quarterly again."
I think it's important for us as writers to think of the process this way, as it can become pretty disheartening when you send out a piece of yourself that is not well-received—but it's also uplifting when the editors and publishers are emphasizing that it's not time to give up hope just yet.
After all...we're in this together, right?
"We sincerely wish you the best in finding a home for your work. Please do not look at this as a "rejection." I honestly wish I had more room and resources to publish more writing. I truly hope you submit to Shroud Quarterly again."
I think it's important for us as writers to think of the process this way, as it can become pretty disheartening when you send out a piece of yourself that is not well-received—but it's also uplifting when the editors and publishers are emphasizing that it's not time to give up hope just yet.
After all...we're in this together, right?
In Shroud Quarterly #14:
Opening Words: Purgatory in Riyadh
by Tim Deal
Fiction
But Now I See
by Nu Yang
Blood of the Vine
by Bracken MacLeod
Tales of K’aeran:
“A New Road”
by
D.W. Craigie
Poetry
Night Thing
by Alan Meyrowitz
Last Call Before Isha
by Olga Slivovich
Nonfiction
Mountain Home, Bracken MacLeod
Review by Shawna L. Bernard
Trending Markets: Eric Beebe’s Jamais Vu
by Tim Deal
Someone Oughta Sell Tickets…!
By Scott Christian Carr
Opening Words: Purgatory in Riyadh
by Tim Deal
Fiction
But Now I See
by Nu Yang
Blood of the Vine
by Bracken MacLeod
Tales of K’aeran:
“A New Road”
by
D.W. Craigie
Poetry
Night Thing
by Alan Meyrowitz
Last Call Before Isha
by Olga Slivovich
Nonfiction
Mountain Home, Bracken MacLeod
Review by Shawna L. Bernard
Trending Markets: Eric Beebe’s Jamais Vu
by Tim Deal
Someone Oughta Sell Tickets…!
By Scott Christian Carr
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