A total of 218 submissions were received this September. Of those, 184 were reviewed by our staff. There were several near-misses, but no acceptances. Clarkesworld reopened on September 20th, so this month’s stats reflect a period of only 11 days. Rounded, we had an average submission rate of 20 per day. Average response time was under 36 hours.

September Submissions by Gender
Male: 147
Female: 70
Unknown: 1