A press release from Ann VanderMeer, outgoing editor of Weird Tales magazine:
To all writers who have submitted work to us and not yet heard back: We thank you for giving us the opportunity to read your manuscript. Alas, this venerable magazine has recently been acquired by a new publisher. And therefore there will be a new Editor-in-Chief: Marvin Kaye. If you have a submission in the electronic submission portal at Weird Tales, your submission should be considered returned to you whether or not you have heard back. All stories sent via snail mail will be returned. Please check back to the website for updated information. (Note: currently closed to all submissions until further notice).
She adds:
Just to be clear: there is still the possibility that I will be involved in some form with the new incarnation of the magazine—although it has not been finalized just yet.
And the new Editor-in-Chief will be reading fiction soon and is interested in what has already been submitted. However considering it will be a while before Weird Tales re-opens to reading and buying new fiction, we thought it best to let the stories go, so that writers do not have to wait so long.…