by Linda Gilden @LindaGilden
After reading the title, you may be wondering exactly what the slush pile is in publishing. The slush pile refers to manuscripts that have been sent to editors without being asked for. These are called unsolicited manuscripts. Many of these are written with very little thought as to whether or not these have been sent to the right markets or without studying the magazine and the craft enough for the article to present the standard of writing the magazine is looking for.
