Working and Its Results

It has been a rough week, but here are the rejections for the week. 

2/22:

Thank you very much for submitting Theresa Pressley Attends Mike Devlin's Viewing to our open reading period. We were blown away by the many remarkable manuscripts that came across our desks, but we can only accept a few titles for publication each year. You make our jobs hard. We appreciate you.

I'm sorry to let you know that we have decided not to publish your manuscript. However, we very much appreciate you considering Black Lawrence Press as a potential publisher for your work.

Open reading period manuscripts are read and responses are sent on a rolling basis. You will find announcements of our selected open reading period manuscripts on the Black Lawrence website during the coming months.

For more, please visit the Resources for Writers page on our website.

Sincerely,

Diane Goettel

Executive Editor, Black Lawrence Press

 

 Unsolicited Press

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to read Scenes From An Indiana Factory Town and for trusting Unsolicited Press with your work. We appreciate the care and intention behind the manuscript, and we recognize the ambition in its structure, voice, and historical scope.

After careful consideration, we have decided not to move forward with publication. This is not a reflection of a lack of merit. Rather, it comes down to questions of fit with our current list and the limited publishing slots we have available in the coming seasons. Your project demonstrates a clear literary sensibility and a willingness to experiment with form, and we want to encourage you to continue developing and submitting your work. Every press has its own editorial shape, and finding the right home is often a matter of alignment rather than quality.

Thank you again for thinking of us and for the chance to spend time with your writing. We wish you the best as you continue placing this manuscript and pursuing future projects.

Apocalypse Confidential

I'm going to pass on this one. Please consider us in the future.

Conor Hultman 

 

2/24: 

Thank you so much for submitting "One Dead Blonde" for consideration in our 2025 Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize judged by Rachel Howzell Hall.

I am sorry to say that your submission was not selected for the Long list. Unfortunately, we always have to decline some good pieces, but we are grateful for the chance to read such high-quality work. We are also not accepting it for a regular submission at this time.

Thank you again for submitting to us. We wish you the best of luck with your writing. We hope you will consider submitting to us in the future.

Thank you again,

Tommy Dean and the Uncharted Team

2/26

Pieces From A Small Indiana Factory Town: 

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work. Unfortunately, we don't feel it's a good fit for our journal.

Please keep in mind that opinions about writing are highly subjective, and just because a piece isn't right for us doesn’t mean it won’t be perfect for someone else.

Editorial Staff,  The Lascaux Review

2/27 

Dear Sam Hasler:

Thank you for sending "Learning The Passion and Control Twist." After careful consideration, we've decided this submission isn't right for AGNI.

Kind regards, The Editors

 And:

Thank you for giving us the chance to read "Pieces About A Small Indiana Factory Town, 1976 - 1984." As an MFA-staffed magazine, we are all writers ourselves, so we appreciate both the courage it takes to share your creations and the trust you have put in us by doing so.

 

With full respect to your efforts, we must unfortunately decline your submission for the current issue of The Coachella Review. We hope you will not be discouraged and that you will soon find publication elsewhere. Finding the right home for your work is one of the hardest parts of writing, so don't forget your talent and chances for success are not determined by any singular submission. 

 

We wish you all the best in your writing journey.

Sincerely, 

The Editors 

The Coachella Review

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