Welcome to lesson #4 of Swimming lessons in the Slushpile with Benjamin Davis. Learn more about this workshop and find all lessons here. For our final lesson, we’ll explore one of the great mysteries of the submissions game: what’s the deal with previously published work?
Can I Resubmit Previously Published Work?
This is a question we get asked a lot at Chill Subs, because there still seems to be a huge grey area around what constitutes “previously published”, what the rules are around resubmitting work, and why it’s apparently such an issue with editors.
The short answer is: yes, you can.
The longer answer is: it depends on a lot of factors (which we’ll get into shortly).
But before we answer that question more fully, let’s ask this one first: