Moksha has the ability to turn on or off the "Quick Reject" button in the submissions list. When viewing the list of submissions, if you have claimed a submission (or if you have the permission to Quick Reject Other's submissions) you will see a dark gray box with the "Reject" text in the last column of the list. Clicking this button will send a form rejection using the default rejection form. Some publishers wish for this feature to be turned off, so that readers can be encouraged to give … [Read more...]
Controlling Workflow in Moksha
Moksha is designed to be as flexible as possible when it comes to your editorial workflow. With this in mind, we have implemented several features which will make managing your slush pile much easier. To control workflow in Moksha, visit your Submission Type and click "Edit." Scroll down to the Workflow section and click the [+] to open the options. You will see this: These features work as follows: o) New Submission Forwarding - With this feature enabled, new submissions can be … [Read more...]
Submission period scheduling
Moksha has the ability to schedule submission periods. You can schedule your submission types to automatically open, close, or archive to submissions at a specific date and time. To use this feature, do the following: Visit your submission type settings page by viewing your submission type and clicking the "Edit" button. Scroll down to the "Submission Periods" settings and click the "+" to open. Here you can add or delete a submission period schedule. To add a new schedule, … [Read more...]
How to Control What Filetypes Users Can Submit
Moksha allows you to control what filetypes users are allowed to submit. Currently, Moksha supports the following types of files: Text files (.txt) RTF files (.rtf) Word 97–2003 Documents (.doc) Word Documents (.docx) PDF file types (.pdf) Image file types (.jpeg, .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, or .svg) To control what filetypes user can submit, do the following: Go into your submission type settings. Visit your submission type and click "Edit." Scroll down to the setting … [Read more...]
Withdrawing Submissions
Moksha enables authors to withdraw their own submissions, as long as this feature is enabled by the publisher. For authors - how to withdraw Visit the status page you received via email when you submitted your story. Or use the recovery form on the publisher's Moksha site (publisher.moksha.io/submission/status/recover, where "publisher" is the name of the specific Moksha instance.) Click on the "Withdraw submission" button and click on the confirmation button. This cannot be … [Read more...]
Automatic Author Notifications
Moksha now has a feature to automatically notify authors when their submission status changes. This is useful, for example, if you wish to let authors know their submission is under review, e.g. if their status changes to "recommended." To find this feature, edit your submission type. You will find this feature under "Automatic Author Notification": Click "Add Author Notification" to add a new author notification: Choose the status and the form you wish to use. Note that … [Read more...]
Submission Timeout
Moksha has a feature called "submission timeout." With this feature, if a submission remains in the "claimed" status in a reader's queue for too long, it can be returned to the unclaimed queue automatically. This is useful, for example, if a reader claims a submission, but she never acts on it. You may decide that after a specified period of days, e.g. 30, you might return the submission to the unclaimed queue for another reader to claim and review. You can find this feature in the Submission … [Read more...]
Submission Status
When you receive your confirmation email from Moksha, you will receive a link to your submission's status page. This is your personal link. You may access the status of this submission using this link. No password is required. For authors, the status options are: in progress* This means your submission is in the Moksha queue and ready to be accessed by a reader, or that your submission has been read by a reader and is awaiting further review. closed Your submission has been … [Read more...]
Submission fees
Question: Does Moksha support charging submission fees for submissions? Answer: No, and we have no plans to. We at Moksha are firm believers in Yog's law, which states, "Money flows toward the writer." As such, submission fees do not abide by this law. Others have addressed this topic in broader detail: Nick Mamatas on why he's Against Submission Fees. Neil Gaiman on Yog's law. The Rumpus on Reading Fees. We understand that some journals and magazines use submission fees as their … [Read more...]
Submission Throttling by Publication and Submission Type
Sometimes you might wish to limit the number of submissions you receive based on certain criteria. Moksha lets you do this via its "Submission Throttling" feature. In Moksha, you can limit submissions in the following ways: After a submission is closed, force authors to wait a certain number of days before they can submit again. Users will see a warning message telling them they must wait X day(s) before submitting again. Default: no limit Limit the number of submissions a … [Read more...]