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Nick from Toronto is reading Adjustment Day November 13, 2012 - 11:03am

Someone seems to be ignoring my request to withdraw a submission. I have advised them that it is under contract elsewhere. Please PM me if you think you can help.

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like November 13, 2012 - 11:31am

What do you mean? A magazine is publishing / has published your writing despite your request that they not do so?

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JEFFREY GRANT BARR from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my life November 13, 2012 - 1:01pm

They probably just deleted your sub and your email and went on to the next thing. Never expect to receive confirmation etc. Of course, if you signed a contract or something, it becomes much more complex.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 13, 2012 - 1:45pm

I've withdrawn...probably 10 subs? I got responses to 2 of those. I wouldn't worry about it.

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Nick from Toronto is reading Adjustment Day November 13, 2012 - 2:14pm

It now seems to be an issue.

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Mess_Jess from Sydney, Australia, living in Toronto, Canada is reading Perfect by Rachael Joyce November 13, 2012 - 2:26pm

What's become the issue? 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 13, 2012 - 2:52pm

You'll have to be more specific about the "issue". Did you receive an acceptance from a place you withdrew from? If that's the case, just respond and direct them to your withdrawl.

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Nick from Toronto is reading Adjustment Day November 13, 2012 - 3:06pm

I received an acceptance and agreed to a contract.

Then, another place sent me an acceptance. I responded right away and advised the story was under contract elsewhere. No response. A few days later this second place then sent me another email saying the new issue is about to go up, listing my story among the others being published.

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JEFFREY GRANT BARR from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my life November 13, 2012 - 3:12pm

Fucked.

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Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break November 13, 2012 - 3:19pm

Yeah, you kinda fucked yourself. If getting out a contract was so easy, it would sort of negate the purpose of having one. 

Imagine the inverse: a mag that you wanted your story in says, "Hey bud, we're booting you out of the issue."

First thing you'd say is, "But we have a contract!!"

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 13, 2012 - 3:23pm

Yeah, this is precisely why you should withdraw a story ASAP if it gets accepted. Unless I'm reading this wrong, it sounds like you didn't tell them it had been accepted until they accepted it?

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Nick from Toronto is reading Adjustment Day November 13, 2012 - 3:32pm

@ Sparrow, you're right, I didn't withdraw it right away (I think maybe I forgot I had sent it there). Still, they had four or five days after I notified them, prior to putting the story up.

@ Brandon, as a sidenote, the first place that accepted it actually did boot my story after I had signed the contract. Well, boot is a strong word, more like asked if it could be bumped back one issue, which I grudgingly agreed to. 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig November 13, 2012 - 3:57pm

Well, this won't help you now, but it may help in the future--are you using the submissions tracker on Duotrope? It makes things like this very easy. If you're not, or don't want to for some reason, I definitely recommend putting together a spreadsheet or something, because in the end something like this is only going to look bad on you--even if you're doing your best to fix it.

And bumping back an issue probably isn't something to get upset about. I know editors like to spend time making sure a story is not just right for their publication but in the right PLACE in their publication.

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Nick from Toronto is reading Adjustment Day November 13, 2012 - 4:02pm

lesson learned.

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Covewriter from Nashville, Tennessee is reading & Sons November 13, 2012 - 9:19pm

At least you're  it that place where two publications want your work. I think we figure it's hard to get published so we don't think this will happen, then boom.

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Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies November 30, 2012 - 12:45pm

well, at this point, promote the better place and ignore the lesser place.

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Nick from Toronto is reading Adjustment Day December 1, 2012 - 11:11am

...and now it's been taken down. Maybe they checked their email.