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Dear [full name],
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Thank you for your submission to Michigan Quarterly Review. We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. Thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck on your writing.
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Thanks again.
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Sincerely,
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The Editors
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Michigan Quarterly Review
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Dear Contributor,
 
Dear Contributor,
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=== Higher Tier ===
 
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Dear [Writer],
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Thank you for your submission to Michigan Quarterly Review. We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. However, we very much enjoyed reading your work, and we hope you consider submitting to us again sometime.
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Thanks again.
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Sincerely,
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The Editors
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I found this very moving and effective, but its not the sort of thing we do. Keep writing!
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=== Standard ===
 
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'''2019 and 2023'''
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Dear First Last,
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Thank you for your submission to Michigan Quarterly Review. We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. Thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck on your writing.
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Thanks again.
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Sincerely,
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The Editors
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Michigan Quarterly Review
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=== Higher Tier ===
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Dear Contributor,
 
Dear Contributor,
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Keith Taylor
 
Keith Taylor
 
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=== Higher Tier ===
 
  
 
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Same as Standard tier with handwritten note.
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Same as above with handwritten note.
 
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 24 December 2023

"MQR is an eclectic interdisciplinary journal of arts and culture that seeks to combine the best of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with outstanding critical essays on literary, cultural, social, and political matters. The flagship journal of the University of Michigan, MQR draws on lively minds here and elsewhere, seeking to present accessible work of all varieties for sophisticated readers from within and without the academy."


Prose rejections

Standard

2022

Dear [full name],

Thank you for your submission to Michigan Quarterly Review. We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. Thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck on your writing.

Thanks again. Sincerely, The Editors Michigan Quarterly Review

2011

Dear Contributor,

We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. Thank you, though, for thinking of us, and for pursuing the difficult art of putting words to paper. We hope you continue to consider us in the future.

With best wishes,

Jonathan Freedman

V.V. Ganeshananthan

Keith Taylor

Higher Tier

Dear [Writer],

Thank you for your submission to Michigan Quarterly Review. We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. However, we very much enjoyed reading your work, and we hope you consider submitting to us again sometime.

Thanks again. Sincerely, The Editors

I found this very moving and effective, but its not the sort of thing we do. Keep writing!

Poetry rejections

Standard

2019 and 2023

Dear First Last,

Thank you for your submission to Michigan Quarterly Review. We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. Thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck on your writing.

Thanks again. Sincerely, The Editors Michigan Quarterly Review

Higher Tier

Dear Contributor,

We regret to say that your recent submission doesn't meet our needs at the moment. Thank you, though, for thinking of us, and for pursuing the difficult art of putting words to paper. We hope you continue to consider us in the future.

With best wishes,

Jonathan Freedman

Keith Taylor

Same as above with handwritten note.