: Re: Why do most literature magazines take so long (several weeks or months) to respond to submissions despite having only a few hundred subs per month? I have heard that the the editor of F&SF

Some reasons for magazines having a large backlog:

They don't have enough staff to cope with the volume of submissions
They are in the business of making money and commenting on submissions does not generate revenue
Not every organisation is as adept at juggling priorities as F&SF and Clarkesworld
It's just policy, and that's that. And why do companies have policies like that? See above.

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