My slush pile has no trackage on it. My slush pile is usually filled with total crap that is "published." My other slush pile has no trackage on it, either. It's a little magazine. It doesn't track, either.
Some places do, but only for so long. The do encourage resubmission. What you can do is dust off all the copies and make changes, that way if you're resubmitting to a magazine, and the editor remembers it, then it's possible they might see how it has been altered. If you can improve the first page, that's a good start. Slush rejects happen most often there.
Personally, I keep hard copy because simultaneous submissions can lead to blackballing in incestuous sized writing circles. I have a list of magazines, submissions, and dates that I do in excel that I print off every time I update it. Well, I write the reject date on it rather than reprint the whole thing. Breaking oneself of anal retentiveness isn't pretty.
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Date: 1 Feb 2009 12:07 am (UTC)Some places do, but only for so long. The do encourage resubmission. What you can do is dust off all the copies and make changes, that way if you're resubmitting to a magazine, and the editor remembers it, then it's possible they might see how it has been altered. If you can improve the first page, that's a good start. Slush rejects happen most often there.
Personally, I keep hard copy because simultaneous submissions can lead to blackballing in incestuous sized writing circles. I have a list of magazines, submissions, and dates that I do in excel that I print off every time I update it. Well, I write the reject date on it rather than reprint the whole thing. Breaking oneself of anal retentiveness isn't pretty.