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swallow the moon's avatar

Jumping out of my pants with excitement.

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Jazzy Jones's avatar

Looking forward to this, it’s a concept I never knew I needed!

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Sonia Blough's avatar

Love this idea and feeling inspired to create some eco-fiction!

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Jenifer Jorgenson's avatar

This is such a great idea!

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Liam Ray III's avatar

I've been trying to submit more writing lately and this one struck me. Can't wait and thanks for creating the opportunity!

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Carly Jean Puch's avatar

This is incredible!

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Rebekkah Brainerd's avatar

Literally cannot express how excited I am for this

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aleksander aleksander's avatar

Amazing news! I'm so excited to read the new lit mag.

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emily's avatar

Oh this so awesome Ben!!

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T. Callahan's avatar

Complete the rot! πŸ₯€πŸ‚πŸͺ±πŸ•ΈοΈ

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Karen's avatar

This is exciting!!! Time to start writing something!

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Alex Shvartsman's avatar

Very cool. Will you consider reprints for this, or original stories only?

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Ben Lockwood, Ph.D. πŸŽ„'s avatar

Good question. I’m still mulling it over. It might be originals only, but maybe allowing re-prints from places that are now defunct

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Alex Shvartsman's avatar

A fresh growth from the tombs of fiction markets past would be on point for your theme. :)

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Ben Lockwood, Ph.D. πŸŽ„'s avatar

Brilliant

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ClimateWorrier's avatar

Extremely cool, Ben

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Robert Bagnall's avatar

Given the limit on submissions, when do you open for submissions exactly, i.e. is it midnight as 30th November turns to 1 December, in which case which time zone? If not, when?

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Ben Lockwood, Ph.D. πŸŽ„'s avatar

Yes, Rotting Leaf Mag will open to submissions at midnight (12AM EST) Dec. 1st. This will be accompanied by announcements here and across other social media

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Lorraine Schein's avatar

Are you closed already? How can I submit?

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Ben Lockwood, Ph.D. πŸŽ„'s avatar

We are. We hit our submission quota very quickly. But we'll be open again on January 1st, 12am EST (same for every month). Full submission details are at https://www.briefecology.com/p/rlm-submissions

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Mike Adamson's avatar

We're into the first reading period for this exciting new project--how does one submit material?

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