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Find markets for your fiction.Track your submissions in one place.

We are building Dear Slush to help fiction writers find markets and track submissions across publishers' portals. The previews also explore poetry packets and editorial review.

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Slushy at rest
Out for consideration Autumn 2026 · preview
Piece Publication Status
The Orchard Granta Pending
Salt Year Ploughshares Held
Harbour Poetry Daily Accepted
Gull Rattle Declined

Next: withdraw Salt Year from Tin House · query Granta on 17 Jan

For writers · fiction first

Keep each piece's submission history together.

Where can this go?

Compare a piece with market rules for length, genre, pay, rights, and simultaneous submissions. See the reason, source, and checked date for each match. Check unknown rules with the publisher.

One history, any portal

Keep submissions sent through Submittable, Duosuma, web forms, or the post in one history for each piece. Record the version sent, the response, and who logged the submission.

After acceptance

After acceptance, review other pending submissions, record publication, and check when the piece is available again. Keep these records beside the submission history.

Portable by design

Import your spreadsheet. Export your history.

Review fields and possible duplicates before importing a CSV. Export pieces, versions, submissions, and outcomes together.

Read the data-handling plan

For publishers · planned

Receive manuscripts and manage editorial review.

Publisher intake comes after the writer workspace. Try the previews for receiving manuscripts, assigning anonymous reads, recording decisions, and keeping an archive between reading periods.

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Intake

Set reading periods, capacity, and packet rules. Confirm which files arrived and when.

Anonymous reading

Give readers numbered manuscripts and private queues. Hide other reviews until they submit their own.

Decisions

Preview the recipient, message, and outcome together. Keep a record of what changed.

Seasons

Track how long writers have waited and when reader assignments are due. Keep the archive available between reading periods.

Switching

How we plan to handle your data.

  1. 01

    Preserve submission history when a title or version changes.

  2. 02

    Show a source and checked date for each market rule. Label missing information as unknown.

  3. 03

    Create no submission record when a portal opens. Let the writer log what they actually sent.

  4. 04

    Ask before merging imported records. Include the full history in exports.

About Dear Slush

What is Dear Slush?
Dear Slush is a submission tracker and market finder in development for fiction writers. The previews also explore poetry packets and editorial review.
Can I browse markets without an account?
You can browse markets without an account. Sign in to compare a piece and keep a shortlist. Read the official publisher guidelines before submitting.
Does Dear Slush submit my work for me?
No. Opening a publisher submission site sends no work and creates no submission record. You log what you actually sent.
Can publishers receive manuscripts through Dear Slush?
Publisher intake is planned. The editorial workspaces in the previews use sample people, policies, and records.

Create your account.

Create a free account while work tracking is in development. Explore the previews with sample records.

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Running a magazine?

Try the sample publisher inbox, anonymous reading queue, and decision preview.

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