If You Aren’t Getting Your Emails . . .

Recently, Constant Content has been having problems getting request and rejection notices to authors. If your article has “disappeared,” it means it has been rejected. Typically, an email will detail the reason for rejection. We’re all having to work around this problem while it lasts.

If you aren’t getting your emails consistently . . .

DO - Ask a question in the forum (over weekends, you may have better response time than emailing Support). Editors sometimes see over 100 articles a day, so you may not get a definite answer as to why your article was rejected, but we’ll provide you with any information possible.

If you feel more comfortable emailing support, provide the following information so that we know who you are and what articles you are asking about:

YOUR PEN NAME
TITLE OF ARTICLE
DATE OF SUBMISSION (you’ll have the best results if you act as soon as you recognize there is a problem)
CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM

DO - Review the guidelines. Many articles are rejected because authors have failed to follow our guidelines. When in doubt, print them out and read them over carefully. The Author FAQ is also a very useful document.

DO - Proofread your article. You may have typos, grammar errors, punctuation errors, or clarity issues. This may be why your article was rejected.If you typically have a problem with a certain aspect of writing, you may want to check your article for instances of this problem first.

DO - Submit your article with a file attached in one of our accepted article formats.

On the other hand . . .

DON'T - Resubmit your article without considering why your article might have been rejected. Doing something over and over again with expectations of different results is a sign of insanity . . . Not only will you not get a different result, but you will drive your editor insane as the attempt to reject your article for the second, third, or fourth time does not thing to change the end result (same article submitted in the same manner). We're not bonkers yet, but please be kind and refrain from helping to speed up the process!

DON'T - Suffer in silence. We have the forums for a reason. We also have many documents devoted to helping authors submit work that will be accepted by Constant Content. We have submission guidelines in order to maintain a set of standards. We also require that articles submitted be free of errors and exhibit a certain level of quality. If your articles are are generally sound, it may be that there is a problem with your submission process, a guideline has been overlooked, or your article needs one last proofread before being resubmitted. Just ask. The editors will help when possible, but your fellow writers are also a very helpful, friendly bunch.

In addition, as per our guidelines, we do not generally accept personal accounts/narratives. Because they are not considered except in the case of a buyers specifically requesting first-person accounts, please do not submit them.

Thanks!

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