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Why might some stories be read more quickly than others? We Have Lots Of A Particular Genre or Story Length In Stock The story length which we usually have most of in our folders is 1200 words. If you’ve sent in a 1200 word story, it may stay in the reading queue simply because we don’t need stories of that length at the moment. Likewise, we may have lots of stories of a similar genre, or which touch on the same theme. The priority is always our reader – we prioritise the stories which are needed most for readers to enjoy in the magazine, the Special and the Annual.

Here are the answers to some questions we’ve received so far. “What is changing?” The only thing we are changing is the process by which authors who have not previously been published in the magazine can submit their work to “The People’s Friend”. We are not changing the way established authors, who have already been published in the magazine, submit. We are not changing the type of stories we accept, or the word counts or genres, the tone of our stories, or our Terms and Conditions — these remain the same. “Why is there a new process?” Due to coronavirus restrictions, the �...

That means we’re all still working from home. Here’s how that is affecting how quickly we can respond to your submission. If you’re an unpublished author Let’s look firstly at manuscripts from authors who have not yet been published in the “Friend”. We call these unsolicited manuscripts, or USMs. Submissions from unpublished authors remain welcome – by post, please. However, it’s clear that response times for now, and for the foreseeable future, are going to be very much longer than usual. Prior to lockdown, submissions from unpublished authors were likely to receive a respons...