2/13/06

sincerity

7500 word story

less real people will probably read this story starting now

than interns have already read it since a year ago
missouri review (2.03.05 rejected 2.18.05)
one story (2.03.05 rejected 6.15.05)
mcsweeneys (2.03.05)
oxford american (2.03.05)
the new yorker (2.03.05 rejected 3.14.05)
swink (2.03.05)
mid-american review (2.04.05 rejected 5.31.05 with note)
night train magazine (2.06.05 rejected 2.25.05)
prairie schooner (2.10.05 rejected 5.10.05)
chattahoochee review (2.10.05)
a public space (6.03.05 rejected 7.01.05)
hobart (6.19.05 rejected 9.06.05)
spork (7.27.05 rejected 9.09.05)
post road (8.10.05 rejected 10.28.05)
the new yorker (9.13.05 rejected 12.12.05)
pindeldyboz (9.14.05 withdrawn 1.02.06)
opium magazine (10.10.05 todd never read it)
american short fiction (10.19.05 rejected 11.13.05 with note)
monkeybicycle (10.21.05 rejected 11.27.05)
nerve (11.13.05 withdrawn 1.02.06)
new york tyrant (11.30.05 withdrawn 1.02.06)
one story (12.04.05 withdrawn 1.02.06)
dirt press (12.04.05 accepted 1.02.06)

21 Comments:

Blogger Noah Cicero said...

That was my favorite story in the collection.

11:26 PM  
Blogger bamabro said...

tao, you need to slow down. relax and let's have a party here in bama. i'm a little surprised at your growing popularity among us bamabros and mississippians.

12:11 PM  
Blogger Karin said...

That's too bad about the question marks. My friend just had a story published online and all of the italicized portions were no longer italicized.

I liked your story, though I admit I didn't read the whole thing. I liked what I read, though.

1:45 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

karin, the question marks look normal on my screen

so that's too bad about your computer

bamabro, you're a little surprised at my growing popularity... uh what are you talking about

3:43 PM  
Blogger Karin said...

I think my browser converted the quotes into question marks.

Oh, and by the way, the $10 I paid to Kitchen Sink was NOT for a competition.

4:15 PM  
Blogger bamabro said...

They really charge ten bucks! Why pay ten bucks to that shitty magazine!

WE LIKE IT WHEN YOU SUBMIT!


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4:40 PM  
Blogger bamabro said...

tao--

you're embraced by us disillusioned southern bros. we can't stand the asian/african diaspora or multi-cultural shit like you

4:51 PM  
Blogger CLAY BANES said...

for the record, this is my ever favorite blog.

5:33 PM  
Blogger bamabro said...

I wonder what I and Karin can do together with ten bucks...

5:52 PM  
Blogger Maya said...

I love you, and your story, and your style. That is all.

8:30 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

no one pay kitchen sink

submit to juked.com instead

i'm tired of people starting things then complaining about money

instead of giving money to kitchen sink give it to homeless people

and submit to juked.com

or read your things to homeless people and submit ten dollars to them

no one needs to read about bright eyes in kitchen sink

clay, thank you

maya, thank you for being in love with me

8:44 PM  
Blogger this is just taking up space said...

I bet you're bamabro, Tao.

Oh yeah, great story. It's been a while since I've been here.

4:14 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

i bet clay banes is bamabro

4:39 PM  
Blogger (d.d.c.) said...

i can think of one really easy way to not get rejected anymore. stop submitting.

it worked for me.

4:54 PM  
Blogger (d.d.c.) said...

no.

4:57 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

go away dennis, we don't need your stupid comments.

4:58 PM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

you just time-traveled, what happened?

5:01 PM  
Blogger (d.d.c.) said...

i did time travel? how the hell did that happen?

5:17 PM  
Blogger CLAY BANES said...

i'm a slobbering & mystifying look-at-me suck-up. i only answer to bamabro when i've been drinking.

8:31 PM  
Blogger Hissy Cat said...

Of course, Tao, you're assuming that someone at those magazines read the story through before rejecting it.

12:28 AM  
Blogger Tao Lin said...

no, i don't assume that

i don't think any real people will read the entire story either

maybe one or two

2:10 PM  

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