A. Distribution of works published:
A1. Total number of individuals who contributed work: 53
28 women (52.9% of total) and 25 men (47.1% of total)
A2. Content written by Clare MacQueen is not factored into these data:
| Category |
New Works |
Reprints |
Total #
of Works |
Reprint Rate
(Percentage) |
| CNF and Essays |
11 |
3 |
14 |
21.5 |
| Commentaries |
2 |
3 |
5 |
60.0 |
| Flash Fiction |
12 |
1 |
13 |
7.7 |
| Haibun |
3 |
2 |
5 |
40.0 |
| Micro-Fictions |
19 |
3 |
22 |
13.7 |
| Poems |
15 |
13 |
28 |
46.5 |
| Prose Poems |
13 |
9 |
22 |
41.0 |
| Renga |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Reviews |
0 |
2 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Tanka Prose |
2 |
2 |
4 |
50.0 |
| Visual Arts |
8 |
10 |
18 |
55.6 |
| Grand Totals |
86 |
48 |
134 |
35.8 |
Over-all reprint rate is 35.8% of the total number of works.
B. Submissions received via Submittable:
B1. Data collection period: From 20 June through 21 August 2014
B2. Total number of individuals who submitted work: 33
B3. Total number of individual submissions: 36
| Category |
# of Words |
Submissions |
Percentage |
| 1 |
up to 300 |
10 |
27.78 |
| 2 |
301–750 |
15 |
41.66 |
| 3 |
751–1,000 |
11 |
30.56 |
Total Number
Accepted |
Total Number
Declined |
Total Number
Completed * |
Total Number
Withdrawn |
| 13 |
14 |
8 |
1 |
Percentage
Accepted |
Percentage
Declined |
Percentage
Completed * |
Percentage
Withdrawn |
| 36.11 |
38.89 |
22.22 |
2.78 |
* NOTE: “Completed” means that at least one of 2–5 pieces within
a single submission was accepted, while the remainder were declined.
B4. Total number of individual works received: 64
| Category |
# of
Words |
# of
Works |
Accept |
Percentage/ Category |
Decline
* |
Percentage/ Category * |
| 1 |
up to 300 |
33 |
12 |
36.3 |
21 |
63.7 |
| 2 |
301–750 |
20 |
8 |
40.0 |
11 |
55.0 |
| 3 |
751–1,000 |
11 |
6 |
54.5 |
5 |
45.5 |
* Figures under Category 2 appear to be off, only due to withdrawal of one work
(i.e., the remaining five percent of the total in Category 2).
B5. Data for accepted works:
Accepted After
Revisions Made |
Total #
Accepted |
Percentage of
Total Works Rec’d |
Average Time
to Notification * |
| 3 |
26 |
~ 40.7 |
4.3 days |
* Accepted: shortest time to notification was two hours; longest time, 33 days.
B6. Data for declined works:
Declined After
Revisions Made |
Total #
Declined |
Percentage of
Total Works Rec’d |
Average Time
to Notification * |
| N/A |
37 |
~ 57.8 |
21.6 days |
* Declined: shortest time to notification was 3 days; longest time, 32 days.
B7. Data for withdrawn works:
Withdrawn After
Revisions Made |
Total #
Withdrawn |
Percentage of
Total Works Rec’d |
Average Time
to Notification |
| N/A |
1 |
~ 1.5 |
13 days |
B8. Admin fees collected (USD):
36 submissions multiplied by $5 each = $180
$180 minus 25% Submittable processing fee of $44.64 = $135.36
$135.36 minus refund of admin fee to 19 contributors for a total of $95 =
$40.36
Net amount of $40.36 will be applied toward Submittable annual subscription
fee of $174 (i.e., $14.50 billed monthly).
B9. Sources where writers learned about KYSO
Flash’s call for submissions:
- ⚡ AWP (Association of Writers & Writing
Programs): 2
- ⚡ Every Writer’s Resource: 2
- ⚡ Facebook: 8
- ⚡ Literary Mama: 1
- ⚡ Other, such as instructor or advisor: 7
- ⚡ The Review Review: 9
- ⚡ Unspecified: 1
- ⚡ Winning Writers tweet: 2
- ⚡ WritingCareer.com: 1
- ⚡ Total number of writers who submitted
work via Submittable = 33
B10. Notes from Clare MacQueen about advertising
data:
- ⚡ An ad placed online with The Review
Review under “Call for Submissions” only cost $20 for the
entire month of July, and attracted the highest number of submissions: nine, with
a total of 19 works, of which seven were accepted. This works out to roughly
$2.86 each in ad costs per acceptance. (Thank you,
Becky Tuch!)
- ⚡ Interesting to contrast that with the
one-time Twitter ad posted by Winning Writers for $30, which netted just two
submissions—only one of which was accepted.
- ⚡ All other sources listed above in B9 were
free of charge, including the notice at AWP—where editors of new journals may
submit a brief ad to a pool from which notices are then drawn randomly for
publication.
- ⚡ By the way, the folks at New
Pages didn’t want my money. They refused my request for an ad because
KYSO Flash “lacks editorial transparency.” Not to mention a
track record, of course. Maybe I will try them again next year after KF achieves
both.
- ⚡ In the meantime, I placed an ad under
Calls for Manuscripts in
Poets & Writers,
which cost $150 and will run September through October 2014 on their website.
- ⚡ One last tidbit: Because we ask a
five-dollar admin fee per submission category, KYSO Flash is not eligible
for a listing in Duotrope. This is another reason I offer detailed data
here for editors and potential contributors.
C. Unsolicited submissions received directly by email:
C1. Data collection period: From 8 July through 26 August 2014
C2. Total number of individuals who submitted work: 2
Submissions
Received |
Works
Rec’d |
Text |
Images |
Total Works
Accepted * |
Total Works
Declined |
| 3 |
11 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
* All works accepted were images.
D. Submissions received by email via other editors/advisors:
D1. Data collection period: From 20 June through 28 August 2014
D2. Total number of individuals who submitted work: 5
Submissions
Received |
Works
Received |
Accepted After
Revisions Made |
Total Works
Accepted |
Total Works
Declined |
| 7 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
| |
E. Submissions received via personal solicitations from Founding Editor:
E1. Data collection period: From 7 June through 19 September 2014
E2. Total number of writers and artists contacted: 40
- ⚡ Of those, 18 kindly sent previously
unpublished works for consideration, in addition to granting permission to reprint
works as requested.
- ⚡ Eleven folks simply granted permission
for reprints as requested and declined to send new works.
- ⚡ Reprints are not factored into the
following data:
Author Said
No Thanks |
No Response
Received |
Initial Response;
No Follow-Thru |
Total New Works Rec’d from 18 Respondents |
| 1 |
6 |
4 |
53 |
Works
Accepted |
Percentage
Accepted |
Works
Declined |
Percentage
Declined |
| 40 |
75.5 |
13 |
24.5 |
E3. Total number who are friends/colleagues of Founding Editor:
6
- ⚡ This is 15 percent of the total number
(40) of authors and artists contacted.
- ⚡ Three of these folks sent previously
unpublished works. The first two authors sent one work each, both of which were
accepted; and the third author sent five works, two of which were accepted.
Authors four thru six simply granted permission for reprints as requested.
- ⚡ Reprints are not factored into the
following data:
Total Works
Received |
Works
Accepted |
Percentage
Accepted |
Works
Declined |
Percentage
Declined |
| 7 |
4 |
57.0 |
3 |
43.0 |
| |
