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by Deborah Ward
9th March 2014

If you have made a submission, how long before you can assume your manuscript has been rejected? Not all will respond, as they are very busy.

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It can be anything up to 6 months, each agent and publisher have a different guide line!

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Most Agents submission guidelines will say how long it takes them to respond. Usually it's six to eight weeks, but no longer than twelve weeks. If you haven't heard anything in eight weeks I would give them a gentle reminder.

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