Thank you for doing this again! I publish under the same name as my handle here (Ariel Marken Jack). I'm mostly eligible in short fiction categories, and my eligibility post is here: arielmarkenjack.com/2023/11/19/2...
Ah, you got it. One editor's rejection, is another's acceptance.
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