# Just had my first short story accepted! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819 "2016-06-19T20:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/1 "2016-06-19T20:43:54Z")
So happy right now, and just wanted to share… I’ve written four fantasy and sci-fi short stories (as well as a couple of self-published novels that I’ve posted about here), and I’ve been submitting the short stories to various publications for the last year or so, and I finally got one accepted! The relatively new sci-fi webzine [Solarpunk Press](http://www.solarpunkpress.com/) has accepted my short story titled “Untethered”, which will be published as their August short story. Solarpunk is a subgenre of sci-fi that I hadn’t even heard of before submitting to this webzine, and they describe it as “near future science fiction that deals seriously with the major environmental and social problems of the 21st century, and approaches them with optimism”. My story is far future, not near future, but does deal heavily with themes of action and responsibility with regard to ecology and environment, and I guess they decided it was close enough to fit. It’s a semi-pro magazine, meaning that they pay approximately half the rate per word of those markets considered professional, but it’s a start! Now I can include this as a publishing credit with every submission I make from now on. Writing career, here I come! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/2 "2016-06-19T21:14:01Z")
Congrats! I’ve been using a web tool called The Submission Grinder to find places to submit stories. You might find it useful too… [http://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Search/ByFilter](http://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Search/ByFilter) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/3 "2016-06-19T21:30:17Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/4 "2016-06-19T21:39:46Z")
Great news–felicitations! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/5 "2016-06-19T21:55:07Z")
Thanks folks! > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Congrats! > > I’ve been using a web tool called The Submission Grinder to find places to submit stories. You might find it useful too… > > [The Submission Grinder](http://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/Search/ByFilter) And thanks for this, I’ll try it out. I’ve been using [this list](http://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2015/02/speculative-fiction-magazines-accepting.html). ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/6 "2016-06-19T21:57:18Z")
Congratulations. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/7 "2016-06-19T22:02:20Z")
That’s awesome, **iiandyiiii**! Congrats, and keep going! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/8 "2016-06-19T22:11:18Z")
Yay! Happy noises and skipping and jumping! Huzzah! How do we get copies? I mean, how does the magazine work? I looked at their site and am still confused. Do we have to subscribe, or do they sell single issues? (I’m presuming web/ e-copies, which is cool.) Gotta get a copy! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/9 "2016-06-19T22:15:22Z")
Thanks to everyone again! > [@Trinopus](#): > > Yay! Happy noises and skipping and jumping! Huzzah! > > How do we get copies? I mean, how does the magazine work? I looked at their site and am still confused. Do we have to subscribe, or do they sell single issues? (I’m presuming web/ e-copies, which is cool.) > > Gotta get a copy! I think it’s free – they might print collections occasionally (though I’m not exactly sure), but the regular issues are free on their website, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/10 "2016-06-19T22:35:18Z")
Congratulations from this corner, too. Do you know of this Facebook group: [OPEN CALL: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & PULP MARKETS](https://www.facebook.com/groups/440107622678110)? They list new markets almost daily. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/11 "2016-06-19T22:59:32Z")
Awesome congrats! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/12 "2016-06-19T23:05:33Z")
Thanks again to everyone! > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Congratulations from this corner, too. > > Do you know of this Facebook group: [OPEN CALL: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & PULP MARKETS](https://www.facebook.com/groups/440107622678110)? They list new markets almost daily. Thanks – I just joined. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/13 "2016-06-19T23:23:52Z")
Congratulations! May there be many more. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/14 "2016-06-20T12:10:46Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Congratulations! May there be many more. Thank you! Got three other short stories in submission to various magazines, so fingers crossed! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/15 "2016-06-20T14:35:23Z")
Fantastic!! Best wishes for future writing efforts. I hope you remember us when you’re rich and famous! _Untethered_, huh. Is that sort of a _50 Shades of Grey_ set in the future? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/16 "2016-06-20T16:18:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Fantastic!! Best wishes for future writing efforts. I hope you remember us when you’re rich and famous! > > _Untethered_, huh. Is that sort of a _50 Shades of Grey_ set in the future? 🙂 Thanks so much! As for the title, when it’s published, read the story and find out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/17 "2016-06-20T17:08:11Z")
Congrats,\*\* iiandyiiii\*\*. May it be the first of many. How long did it take you to come up with that particular story - idea to final cut? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/18 "2016-06-20T17:37:51Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Congrats,\*\* iiandyiiii\*\*. May it be the first of many. > > How long did it take you to come up with that particular story - idea to final cut? Thank you! As for how long it took: not long – maybe 3 or 4 weeks, and roughly the same for my other short stories. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/19 "2016-06-20T17:49:42Z")
I’ve been nursing an idea for a story (fiction) for 3 years now. Just can’t seem to get it down on paper (as it were). I envy your ability to work so quickly. Resurrect this thread when it’s published to remind us; I look forward to reading it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819/20 "2016-06-20T17:53:55Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’ve been nursing an idea for a story (fiction) for 3 years now. Just can’t seem to get it down on paper (as it were). I envy your ability to work so quickly. Thank you. My rule is that every day I have to write something – even just a sentence. But usually I can get a few hundred words out. Even if it’s just a few sentences every day, it adds up, and short stories don’t have to be long. > [@](#): > > Resurrect this thread when it’s published to remind us; I look forward to reading it. I definitely will! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-had-my-first-short-story-accepted/757819.md?page=2)