The numbers are in: we received over 2,100 submissions in our last reading period.

That's the most submissions we've ever received, and brings total submissions for 2020 to just under 4,000.

WOW.

Thank you SO MUCH for sending us your work, Augurians. :)

Of those 2,100 pieces, approximately 225 went to our Editor in Chief, @lexdepompa, to review for longlist consideration. So 11% of pieces hit recommended (a rating of 8+) status from our readers.

Of those, 76 were longlisted. 34% of recommended pieces, and 3.6% of total pieces.

From there, we will be selecting 12 pieces to be published in Augur 3.2.

That's 16% of our longlist.
5% of recommended pieces.
And 0.6% of total submitted pieces.

There will be MANY factors that allow us to decide which pieces get placed in our issue. So many pieces that we received will be EXCELLENT--but not the exact right fit for this issue.

So please, please, please submit again. To us. To others.

:) We love reading your subs.

That 0.6% is made of many things. Most importantly:

Market fit
Issue fit
Theme fit
Whether an editor thinks THEY'RE a good fit for the piece
Number of slots for a certain medium/story length
And, always, unfortunately: budget

On top of the actual writing itself.