does anyone know if mags can read your submission on submittable without actually changing the status to in-progress? the results of a contest i submitted to are supposed to be announced in may (last year it was on 5/19/22) but my submission is still marked as just received...
perhaps the WORST feeling in the world is getting a highly encouraging rejection from a publication that says they want to see more of your work, then when you send more work you get a form rejection