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JANUARY 2022 ISSUE - FINALLY ONLINE

6/5/2022

Hello,

As result to an accident, I can't use one of my arms, so I will be very short.

That is why it has taken me so long to put January online.

I am working on February right now, so, please, be patient.

Have fun reading this issue. It is worth your time.

Roxana
Editor in Chief

60 Comments

Ben Gilbert

6/21/2022 02:54:04 am

Get well...we can all wait!

Eleanor Lerman link

6/21/2022 08:10:06 am

I look forward to seeing the 2022 issues online whenever you are able to publish them.

Mark Johnson

7/29/2022 11:04:56 am

Please keep me up to date on these comments.

Doug Hawley link

7/31/2022 11:21:20 pm

Roxana - As with the others, I hope that your arm is better. I'm having a hard time getting into the site because my attempts end up with "privacy error". I think that my sub went through, but when I try to access a publication, it doesn't work at all.

Thanks, Doug Hawley

Roxana Nastase

8/1/2022 12:06:00 am

I am trying to find out. Weebly was bought by squaew, and there are lots of problems.

Roxana Nastase

8/1/2022 12:09:21 am

It should work now

Nicole Le

9/19/2022 12:52:31 pm

Hey Roxana - I'm also having issues with website. Please get in touch with me asap. Thanks.

Kathryn Coluzzi Stewart McDonald link

4/13/2023 07:07:26 am

Hope all is well Want you to know you do an excellent job and have quality publication. When us deadline? Hope to hear from Scarlet Leaf Review, my last submission was in 2019.Hope I have improved since then.
Sincerely, Kathryn Stewart McDonald 681 328 1327 Kathrynstewartmcdonald@hotmail.com

shakti pada mukhopadhyay

8/30/2022 12:17:41 pm

Hope you are well now. Please inform me whether any tentative date is contemplated for publication of the pending issues of the magazine from Feb 2022 onward.

Roxana Nastase

9/19/2022 02:44:54 pm

I intend to have an issue online by the end of next week

Nicole Le

9/15/2022 03:12:58 pm

Hey Roxana - are you still checking messages at scarletleafpublishinghouse@gmail.com? Previous author here trying to get in touch with you asap. Thanks!

Roxana Nastase

9/19/2022 02:43:52 pm

I see that there is no problem with the website. Please, try again.
I will check for your email.

9/19/2022 02:47:13 pm

Thanks - please get in touch asap. I sent another email today and sent one 9/14/2022.

Mark Johnson

9/29/2022 11:34:50 am

Hi Roxana,
How are you feeling? Any updates on when your next issue will be published?

Ellie Whitsett link

9/30/2022 01:04:25 pm

Hi Roxana. Hope you’re feeling better. My sub is to be in April issue. Any eta for April yet? Thanks so much. Ellie

Jenny Santellano

10/2/2022 02:19:25 am

Hello Roxana, I have not received any responses to my emails requesting my poems be deleted from the site. I would appreciate if you could respond and delete them asap. Thanks, Jenny

Rachael

3/13/2023 07:14:47 pm

Neither have I. I wonder how we are to go about this?

Mark Johnson

3/13/2023 07:19:59 pm

This is kind of a black hole of information with the editorial staff. If you find any avenues to contact them or they you, please post.

Mark

10/11/2022 05:28:55 pm

Are there any updates on future issues being published?

Tommy

4/23/2023 09:31:37 pm

It also appears the website domain is up for sale. I wonder if someone purchasing it and then just deleting it would be an option .

Mark

10/24/2022 05:53:35 pm

Does anyone have a realistic update of when the next issue is coming out?

Alex

11/15/2022 08:00:51 pm

Hello, Roxana. I've sent several emails over the past several months asking about updates on the release of the next issue. The last issue was published in June, and the February issue is now 9 months late. Please provide us with an update as to when you expect the issue will be released. And please let us know if your email is still working or not.

Isaiah Pyle

11/21/2022 10:35:32 am

Hello Ms. Roxanna.

My story was accepted for publication some time ago. It has been delayed over a year now, and I am just wondering if I can expect it to be published at all anymore. Please let me know if my story's publication is still going to happen or not.

Thank you for your time.

11/28/2022 07:05:39 pm

Does anyone have any updates on what is going on?

Alex

11/29/2022 08:56:06 am

No idea. I've tried reaching out to Roxana directly, but I never get any response. Seems that's the same for a lot of people here.
I don't know what's going on, but even with a broken arm, being 10 months behind with almost no clear communication or consistent updates is not good.

Mark

12/8/2022 02:48:57 pm

Does anyone get the weird sense they may be hoarding stories and printing them under different names?

Alex

12/8/2022 06:12:46 pm

I didn't think of that. Is that even a thing?

Alex

12/8/2022 06:16:18 pm

Except, if that were the case, then why have so many other short stories published on the website?
I think it's more plausible that this year's issues are just dreadfully behind schedule for a variety of reasons. All I want is some communication from Roxana about this, because I'm almost at the point of pulling my story and looking for someplace else to submit it. I hate having to air my thoughts on this on a public comment section, but if she won't respond to emails, I don't know what else to do.

Mark

12/8/2022 06:24:05 pm

Hopefully, openly speculating about potential plagiarism can spur some response from Roxana. This is bizarre there has been nothing for months without a perfunctory acknowledgment of concerns.

Goose

4/24/2023 06:17:21 pm

I think that's what is happening. Go to her Twitter and you can Google her and find she posts tons of books weekly. There is no other explanation for it. This website should get shut down

Alex

4/24/2023 09:10:38 pm

Holy crap I didn't know about this! Well I guess we can rule out her being dead or MIA. Thanks a ton for the heads up! I'm gonna look at everything she's posted (and boy, it looks like she's been busy!) and see if she's plagiarized any of my work. Oh boy, I am ready to sue her ass if I find my work in there!

Alex

4/24/2023 09:19:14 pm

Well, I can't find anything that seems plagiarized, but it's even weirder than that. Her Twitter feed is just an endless scroll of the same exact 5 or so tweets advertising her self-published books. I have no idea how far back it goes because she keeps sending out the same group of messages every day like ten times every few hours like it's automated. So, I guess that doesn't rule out the possibility that she died/went missing and her Twitter feed is just auto-running at this point. Very strange.

Sally Quon

12/11/2022 04:04:51 pm

Please remove all my poems from consideration, (Feb. Issue) as they have been accepted as part of a full-length manuscript. Thank you.
Best regards.

Mark Johnson

12/19/2022 06:43:44 pm

We still have zero word? No one has heard anything?

Alex

12/19/2022 09:08:32 pm

Nada. I'm gonna give it until the end of the month for either Roxana or one of the other editors to give some kind of response, but after that, I think I might just pull my story from the site and go elsewhere. This is honestly ridiculous.

Mark

12/27/2022 06:26:30 pm

Did the entire editorial staff disappear into a vortex? This is ridiculous we haven't heard anything.

Mark Johnson

1/11/2023 11:52:45 am

And still nothing from anyone on the editorial staff?

Alex

1/11/2023 03:07:37 pm

Nothing. I'm incredibly disappointed with how this paper is being run. I'm already looking into other outlets for submitting my story. I regret submitting to this publication now, it's clear that it isn't being run professionally. I can maybe find some excuse why the editor-in-chief might be MIA—we all struggle with stuff in our personal lives, and I have no idea what Roxana might be going through—but to have the entire team be this silent for this long is just unacceptable. I'm just glad they didn't make us sign a contract or anything so we aren't bound to wait for them.

Kate Meyer-Currey

1/12/2023 02:28:27 pm

Hello Roxana

Any news on when my pieces are coming out? Update appreciated-

Kate Meyer-Currey

Mark Johnson

2/6/2023 08:55:24 pm

Updates??

Alex

3/11/2023 09:24:04 am

Dear Roxana and staff (wherever you all are),

Please remove my short story from publication. I no longer want my work to be associated with this magazine.

While I doubt I have to request this since I don't believe you're ever going to publish anything more at this point, I feel I should make my desires clear nonetheless. We have been waiting for over an entire year for the release of the February 2022 issue, and I can only imagine how despondent those applying for later issues must feel seeing how far behind the journal has fallen at this point. We have received almost zero contact from you all during this period despite repeated attempts at outreach both via direct email and via these comment threads, and it has become unacceptable.

I find this particularly insulting to each of us, because as writers, we each put a great deal of effort into our stories, and into making them as good as possible for a reading audience. And not only do we put effort into these stories, but we are willing to submit them to publications such as yours that do not pay us for our labors. And while that is unfortunately a common practice in this industry, it does not excuse the kind of negligence and unprofessionalism that this publication has engaged in.

We have all made repeated efforts to contact you and your team for updates, only to be repeatedly met with silence over the last year. You probably aren't even going to read this comment. If you do, and you do choose to respond to it, then I must ask where you and your arguably non-existent editorial staff have been over the past year and why you have refused to keep any of us updated. If there has been some personal difficulty that has prevented you from engaging in work on this journal, then that should have been communicated to us either by yourself or by your staff a long time ago. Otherwise, I can't fathom what reason you must have for just disappearing and leaving us all with radio silence.

Speaking for myself, I don't care much what the reason is. I don't want my work to be published in your journal, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would remove my story from consideration, assuming you ever had any intention of publishing it in the first place.

Sincerely,
Alex

Mark

3/11/2023 11:33:30 am

Thank you for adding these, Alex. I'm heartened someone else has met with the same frustration (to say the least) as I have regarding the lack of communication. I'm completely at a loss for what has gone on with this group.

Ben

3/16/2023 03:18:28 am

None of us on this blog know what has happened to this Website and, as such, it's unfair and mean to be nasty in the comments. As writers, we can submit anywhere we like; the list of international journals is huge.

Alex

3/16/2023 08:29:57 am

Speaking for myself, I'm not trying to be mean. But there is a level of unprofessionalism and disregard here that has to be addressed. Regardless of whether we can publish elsewhere, we shouldn't have to deal with over a year of silence from a journal that professes to be legitimate in any way. For some of us, this is our first ever publication, and to have it delayed interminably with not even a word of assurance or communication on their end is nothing short of rude and inconsiderate. I don't think it's something we should tolerate, especially since we're literally giving away our work for free.

shakti pada mukhopadhyay

3/27/2023 12:03:17 pm

I hereby withdraw all my poems sent to you for publication in your magazine. Please do not publish any of my poems sent to you for publication in your magazine.

Mark Johnson

4/9/2023 07:05:46 pm

At what point does this website get deactivated? This is insane.

Rachel Brands

4/11/2023 01:07:47 am

Hello,

I’d like to please request that my short story “Waste” be removed from this consideration. It was supposed to be published in the February issue and I, like many other commenters, have waited more than a year for this to become a reality. I waited much longer than I should’ve, if I’m being honest, because I was so excited to see my work be published.

Now that it’s become obvious this won’t be happening for whatever reason, I’m asking that my short story be removed from the February 2022 issue (if that ever comes out) so I can shop it around elsewhere.

I’m very disappointed in how this publication is being run and how little the staff seems to care about the time or consideration of the writers looking forward to being published in their magazine.

When my story was accepted here, I withdrew it from countless other magazines and collections – places that may have actually been interested in publishing my work, which is apparently not the case here. I’m sure this is the case for many other writers who were “accepted” at Scarlet Leaf Review, who now have to start submitting all over again after wasting more than a year waiting when they could have been submitting their work elsewhere.

I understand that life can be messy and things come up, but the lack of communication from the staff about what’s causing the delay is unacceptable. I’m sorry if unforeseen forces have affected the ability of the editors and staff to do their jobs efficiently and/or stopped the publication permanently, but whatever the reason, I and the other writers anxiously waiting for updates deserve better than this.

Rachel

Mark Johnson

4/11/2023 02:08:00 am

Week said, Rachel

Mark Johnson

4/11/2023 10:09:36 am

WELL said, not week. Haha.

Herman Edward Seiser

4/19/2023 01:02:11 pm

I signed a book contract in December 2021 with Scarlet Leaf to have my book published. It was finally published on 1 November 2022. I last spoke with Roxana Nastase when she called me in mid-January this year. She promised to get an accounting of my book sales. She also said she would get back to me about getting my bank account information, for royalties. I have not heard from her since. The phone number she called from, I discovered, was disconnected.
-- Herman Edward Seiser

Alex

4/19/2023 03:04:50 pm

Jesus. If she doesn't get back to you soon, you should seriously consider taking legal action of some kind. She might be stealing from you. The majority of us I imagine didn't have to sign any contract and didn't stand to gain money from this anyway. But it's incredibly suspicious to go radio silent on someone to whom you owe book returns. Look for a lawyer, and you might even need to get the police involved. This woman (and this website) just keeps getting shadier and shadier.

Herman Edward Seiser

4/19/2023 04:46:46 pm

I have checked into hiring an attorney. I have two problems, though: I am not a Canadian citizen; I live in Portugal; and attorneys are very expensive. An attorney in Toronto said in an email this could be resolved by arbitration, but that also could be more expensive. I live on a fixed income. I am retired, live on a pension. I have no address for Roxana and I have no phone number. I had contacted the Canadian Publishers Association, the Canadian Bar and the Writers' Union, which gave a list of attorneys I could contact. I cannot join the union because I am not a resident, nor a citizen of Canada. C'est la vie!

Mark

4/19/2023 03:24:14 pm

You need to explore legal action. I cannot believe the active disregard from this site for people who selflessly donated their works. To do it with someone who has a financial stake in it is borderline criminal. Did all these "editors" die in some massive plane crash we aren't aware of?

Herman Edward Seiser

4/19/2023 04:48:13 pm

See my reply to Alex, above.

Alex

4/19/2023 07:19:21 pm

I'm genuinely starting to believe that that's the case. If these people were just straight up crooks, it wouldn't make sense to professionally (and I say "professionally" in hard quotes) publish material for 4 years only to suddenly randomly run off with our work. The only thing that keeps me from thinking they all died in a plane crash is that there don't seem to be any obituaries of them (or at least not of Roxana). So, I don't know what's going on. Is it really possible that each one of them are just so grossly unprofessional that they can run a website for 4 years and then all suddenly decide together that they don't feel like working anymore and never get back to it? Nothing about any of this adds up, and it's freaking me out. But again, as long as I don't find my story getting published under a different name, then at least I didn't lose anything. My heart goes out to Herman, though, for however much he's lost in this bs.

Mark

4/19/2023 07:33:08 pm

Agree with all that, especially Herman getting screwed over on the book deal. Absolutely befuddling.

Goose

4/23/2023 08:28:07 pm

I NEED to have my poem removed from this website. Should we all report the website to Google for copyright infringement?

Mark Johnson

5/21/2023 05:02:39 pm

Does anyone visit this site anymore?

Alex

5/21/2023 06:05:56 pm

I admit I do check in pretty regularly. At this point mainly out of habit and just dumb curiosity. I also want to make sure Roxana doesn't end up publishing my story on her site, because that would block me from getting it published elsewhere.

Mark Johnson

5/21/2023 08:28:35 pm

Same here

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