Search for crossword answers and clues
Editor's stack of unsolicited manuscripts
Answer for the clue "Editor's stack of unsolicited manuscripts ", 9 letters:
slushpile
Alternative clues for the word slushpile
Word definitions for slushpile in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context colloquial publishing English) A collection of rejected or unsolicited manuscripts.
Usage examples of slushpile.
Such manuscripts go from the slushpile to return mail, usually with nothing more than a standard rejection notice on them.
When I was a magazine editor I personally read all the incoming manuscripts, especially the slushpile.
It is distressingly true that many, many slushpile stories lack such organization.