Rejection ratio

[Jennaystock]

Is there a rejection ratio that most photographers try to stay at realizing that zero is the goal?

[Jill_C · Accepted solution]

My goal is to keep rejections at around 5% max. I think if you aim for zero, you might be screening out too many images that are probably acceptable. Many of my rejections are for IP issues, mainly due to inconsistent moderation. For instance, I submitted some interior and exterior images of the South Dakota State Capital building. Some were accepted, and some were rejected for IP reasons. I'll probably try to resubmit the rejected ones as Illustrative Editorial.

[Abambo]

 I'll probably try to resubmit the rejected ones as Illustrative Editorial.

By @Jill_C

You can also resubmit as is after a while. If it's really only because of inconstancy, the chance that they pass the second time is high. If they don't pass the second time, it's consistent, and you could try the Illustrative Editorial submission.

[Jill_C]

That's good advice; I'll see if I hit the "right" Moderator on the second attempt....

[daniellei4510]

I try to maintain 5%. Of course, if you have even one rejection, you'll never see a true 0% ratio. 🙂

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

Well, I suppose that everyone would like to tend to 0%, but that is rarely achievable. You should simply keep 2 limits in sight:

• keeping your rejection rate below 50% -- There is no published rejection rate, but at some stage, Adobe mentioned that rate for getting a privilege. So we think that that is a soft limit, not to get over for confirmed contributors.
• improving your acceptance rate, as you learn from prior refusals. If you get under 10%, you're good. A certain number of refusals should be accepted, as everyone needs to experiment to see what works and what doesn't.