a friend ( @Arcturus) of mine and I can see, that approvals are taking much longer than expected. Also reqeust to admin (be reply to publish notification) are missing a reaction.
Do you need help in your team? Can we (the authors) do anything to make it easier for you?
There was a backlog for a while, and there still is, but we are nearly caught up, stories published on march 5th are the next round of stories to be approved. There are also some stories with publishing dates in April I believe, so those will take a backseat.