Improve Your Chances of Getting Published

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When I first started submitting stories for publication, I figured I wouldn’t be considered for any of the more popular and competitive magazines. I set out to find possibilities that I thought I might actually have a chance at being accepted at.

First I read a ton of stories in journals, on websites and many that were self published. I decided on an extremely rough estimate of where I fell…