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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 4767441" data-attributes="member: 64209">It seems there is not the infrastructure to even give a thorough reading to all of the pitches, let alone reply.   Possible solutions: 1. Assuming they ARE being read, I assume they are placed into one of three piles: accept, deny, and delay (i.e. hold on to in case it might become useful in the future). Why not simply shoot off an email as soon as this determination is made? Heck, I'd imagine things could be set up to be as simple as hitting "reply" (or a "reply" macro), copy/pasting one of three letters, and then hitting send.  Really, not that hard.  2. Assuming they ARE NOT being read (or are not being read thoroughly), then a solution is needed to address the lack of manpower. My suggestion here is to give them over to the forums. Create a forum for submissions, and divide it by month. Once a month of submissions goes by, lock that forum and open up a new one. Have the forumgoers comment, tweak, offer up advice, critique, and, most importantly, VOTE. There is already a mechanism for voting on threads. I see no reason why this couldn't be used. Then the pitches that are fan selected are given special consideration. NO GUARANTEES about the top selection being accepted, but this would cut down the wading through submissions considerably, as probably only the top 20 or so would need to be looked at by the editors (rather than thousands). A simple announcment of which ones were accepted into the magazine as the top post of the locked forum would let everyone else know that their submissions were not accepted. ONE CAVEAT: A potential problem with this would be people trying to "stack the deck" for their own submission. This might or might not be an issue. Since the "winner" on the forums wouldn't necessarily be picked, that might decrease people trying to stack the deck (by voting from multiple aliases for example). That would also give WotC a bit of an "out" to explain to fans why they can't just pick the submission with the best rating (in addition to duplication of other materials that are already being developed). If this is deemed an issue, this could be a "D&DI subscribers only" forum linked to the account of people paying. You want another vote? Pay for another D&Di account. Since the product is only for people using D&Di anyway, this exclusivenes shouldn't be a problem. Use your fanbase. They want to help! Note that, even if they are being read, the second option could be a fun and useful way of restructuring workload and involving the fans.</blockquote>

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