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Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ. We've decided against publishing these pieces, but we're grateful for having had the chance to consider them.
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Sincerely,
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Melissa Crowe, editor
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Beloit Poetry Journal
 
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Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ. Though we did not ultimately select it for publication, we read it with genuine interest and hope you'll continue sending poems our way.
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Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ.  Although we've decided against holding it for our next round of deliberations, we're grateful for having had the chance to consider it. 
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We are also deeply grateful for your patience as our reading and deliberating process has taken longer these past few months--we are dedicated to careful, thoughtful review of all submissions to the BPJ. This year, that process has taken longer than we'd have liked; thank you for your understanding and for your faith in poetry.
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Thank you for your submission to the BPJ. Though we haven't selected any poem in your manuscript for publication, we appreciate your work and hope you will keep sending poems our way. We were particularly engaged by "[title]." Please do try us again. Warm regards, [Co-editor]
 
Thank you for your submission to the BPJ. Though we haven't selected any poem in your manuscript for publication, we appreciate your work and hope you will keep sending poems our way. We were particularly engaged by "[title]." Please do try us again. Warm regards, [Co-editor]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:03, 21 February 2024

Poetry Rejections

First-Round/Standard

Thank you for submiting your work to the BPJ. We've decided against holding it for our second round of deliberations, but we're grateful for having had the chance to consider it.

We shall not be using your manuscript. Thank you, however, for giving us the opportunity to consider it.

Sincerely, [Editor]

2020

Dear First Last,

Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ. We've decided against publishing these pieces, but we're grateful for having had the chance to consider them.

Sincerely, Melissa Crowe, editor Beloit Poetry Journal

Higher Tier

2024

Dear —--

Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ. Though we did not ultimately select it for publication, we read it with genuine interest and hope you'll continue sending poems our way.

Warm regards,

Editors, Beloit Poetry Journal

2022

Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ. Although we've decided against holding it for our next round of deliberations, we're grateful for having had the chance to consider it.

We are also deeply grateful for your patience as our reading and deliberating process has taken longer these past few months--we are dedicated to careful, thoughtful review of all submissions to the BPJ. This year, that process has taken longer than we'd have liked; thank you for your understanding and for your faith in poetry.


Warm regards,

Editors, Beloit Poetry Journal

2019

Dear _____--

Thank you for submitting your work to the BPJ. Though we did not ultimately select it for publication, we read it with genuine interest and hope you'll continue sending poems our way.

Sincerely, Rachel Contreni Flynn, co-editor Beloit Poetry Journal

Dear [name],

Thank you for your submission to the BPJ. Though we haven't selected any poem in your manuscript for publication, we appreciate your work and hope you will keep sending poems our way. We were particularly engaged by "[title]." Please do try us again. Warm regards, [Co-editor]

2019

Dear [name]--

Thank you so much for submitting your poems for consideration for the Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry. The quality of the submissions was astonishly high--yours included. While we did not ultimately select your work, we admired it and hope you'll keep the BPJ in mind as a possible home for your poems in the future.

Best wishes-- [name], co-editor