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| (1) Posted by Christophe Préchac [Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 13:37] |
status still pending...
Hello all,
I have submitted two originals in internet form to this magazine respectively 3 and 2 months ago and still have no news about them.
Is it normal delay??
My only former experience in submitting compositions is with Die Schwalbe and The Problemist where in both cases I have had responses within a few weeks, if not days.
What is the usual delay here and in other magazines?
Thanks for sharing your experience. I am relatively new to chess composition and I feel that 3 months, and even 2 months, is definitely too much. But perhaps I am wrong and Die Schwalbe and The Problemist are exceptionnaly fast in reviewing problems?
Christophe
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| (2) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 14:37] |
Three months? You must be *very* new :-)
As a rule of thumb, I'd say six months between submittance
and publication (*notification* may come earlier) is normal -
and wait at least one year before resubmitting elsewhere.
(The Codex probably has official values here.)
There is no point in noting SCHWALBE is a dead trees
publication and MatPlus mostly a dead electrons publication :-)
- because the time is 90% dependent on the fastness of the
subeditor.
Hauke
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| (3) Posted by Ivan Antonov [Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 17:20] |
Cristophe, to what section have you sent your problems ?
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| (4) Posted by Kevin Begley [Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 17:27] |
I have the opposite view -- I am nearly sold on Mat Plus entry.
I have known some editors to take much more than three months just to aknowledge having received my email!
Or worse, they respond quickly that they'll publish, and you wait 2 years for their journal to finally be printed (and back-dated).
Here, I can instantly see the entry & trust it will be in the editor's hands (and time-stamped!) when they have time to make their decisions.
Honest: 3 months is not long to wait for the editor's decision (to publish or not).
A really good editor might take some walks & think about whether your problem could improve.
Give 'em a small slice of the 4th dimension, eh?
Instant approval is the path to later regrets.
If your entry is marked "pending," trust that it will be considered.
It's not like some judgement which hasn't yet arrived after 8+ years.
And, I can't even try to complain here about that one -- it seems some judges are far worse!
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| (5) Posted by Christophe Préchac [Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 18:09] |
Thanks you all for your swift replies!
I see that, sadly imo, it takes as much time as in academic research (I have had some experience in Mathematical Economics, now I am through with this).
Possibly the fast replies and publications in The Problemist last year were due to the fact that these were my very first publications and Editor John Rice wanted to encourage me. With Die Schwalbe it was a one-shot try of correction of a moremover with big historical background as it turned out, which may explain the fast reply too (negative btw as it was anticipated).
@Ivan: one Fairies and one Helpies
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| (6) Posted by Michael McDowell [Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 19:20] |
If you submit an original to as magazine I think you are entitled to a reasonably quick reply telling you whether or not your problem has been accepted, and if it is, giving a rough idea of when the problem will be published. Of course this will depend on how many originals the editor has to hand at the time. Also, some magazines are more highly regarded than others and receive more originals, and some publish more originals per issue than others.
If your problem disappears into limbo then you know not to send anything to that source in future.
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| (7) Posted by Geoff Foster [Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 00:34] |
Sub-editors vary greatly. One famous sub-editor seems to respond straight away whan accepting a problem, but not to reply at all when not accepting. I had an unfortunate experience with one particular sub-editor. I had an idea for a problem but didn't know if it was worth pursuing, so I sent him an email with an example of my idea. I said that I would work on a better setting if he thought the idea was worthwhile. There was no reply, but my example problem was published some time later. Worse, the diagram was misprinted! I sent him an email explaining that the diagram was wrong, but again there was no response and I don't think the diagram error was mentioned in the magazine. So solvers had the impression that I had submitted a sub-standard problem which had an obvious cook. Needless to say I didn't send any more originals to that sub-editor!
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| (8) Posted by Kevin Begley [Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 02:41] |
Geoff,
That is a horor story -- I would contact the main editor.
Yet another reason I prefer online journals w/ Mat Plus type entry...
I don't see the delay for an editor to decide as a huge deal, but maybe they could target some time frame for approval...
Say after 4 months pending, a problem should go into red-alert mode:
1) main editor is auto-notified,
2) a 30 day countdown to armegedon begins (read: auto-rejection!),
3) alert the online media/ send a 2nd-day telegraph to print journalists,
4) scramble a disinformation network (dafault talking point: 8-man EGTB w/Nightriders discovered: dates back to at least 1996!),
5) video of Jack Bower laughing on the Mat Plus homepage,
6) free coffee mug for the author (their problem + caption: top 10 things to do while your status is pending),
7) sub-editor's health care lapses/permanent DNR status!
8) put the word out to bookies, bailbondsmen, and snitches in county: "blue horse shoe loves anacot steel.",
9) blame Barrak H. Bush the 3rd,
10) Take a moment to consider that things could be worse: you could be in the underworld, listening to a new Jacko/McCartney duet.
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| (9) Posted by Vladimir Tyapkin [Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 06:26] |
Kevin, you mean "24" Jack Bauer, not http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jack%20Bower, don't you?
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| (10) Posted by Kevin Begley [Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 11:55] |
OK, it's official: I made the worst spelling error in history.
I don't know whether to laugh, or make space on my bucket list.
Just kidding -- not such a difficult decision...
I'll just remove item #37: "$100 theme."
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| (11) Posted by Sarah Hornecker [Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 16:20]; edited by Sarah Hornecker [09-06-28] |
At least we don't have to see the Ultimate Showdown...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBK31tC5QM
or the parody that I won't post here due to explicit content
(edit: newgrounds original added)
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| (12) Posted by Harry Fougiaxis [Monday, Jun 29, 2009 08:56] |
I just approved your h#5.5 for publication. Could you, please, send a note to me advising the postal address that the magazine should be sent to, thanks.
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| (13) Posted by Eric Huber [Friday, Jul 3, 2009 20:06] |
Sorry for the delay, Christophe. I have not been very present on Mat Plus website for 3 months because of professional obligations. Your fairy problem will also be published in the next issue.
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