It has been 20 days since the mechanical design and manufacturing paper was submitted, and there is no news at all. Is it normal? Yes, it may take 1 to 3 months to receive a reply. Understand your urgency. I have been there.
Have you decided which newspapers are hired now-the magazine will send a letter whether it is hired or not.
I hope to change the query and handling into "engineering technology" classification.
Good luck.