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The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:20:11Z

Allahades:

'''Poetry Submission'''

'''2011'''

'''Standard'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us "---". We appreciated the chance to read it. Unfortunately, this piece is not right for us at this time.

Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Fiction Submission'''

=== Standard ===

'''2021'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us [Title]. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nevertheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===

'''2015'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us '_ _ _.' Our staff enjoyed reading this piece and it prompted much discussion in our office. I'm sorry to say we have ultimately decided not to take it. However, the editorial staff and I want to emphasize how much we appreciated the opportunity to read this piece. I hope you'll send us more of your work for consideration in the future.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''2023'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us ___________. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

Our staff enjoyed reading your piece, and it went through several rounds of discussion here in the office. We hope to see more of your work in the future.

Best Wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Non-Fiction Submission'''

'''2018'''

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending us "xxxx." Although we appreciate your interest in The Pinch, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that often these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nonetheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work in the future.

Best wishes,
</blockquote>

The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:19:11Z

Allahades: /* Higher Tier */

The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:16:56Z

Allahades: /* Standard */

'''Poetry Submission'''

'''2011'''

'''Standard'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us "---". We appreciated the chance to read it. Unfortunately, this piece is not right for us at this time.

Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Fiction Submission'''

=== Standard ===

'''2021'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us [Title]. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nevertheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us '_ _ _.' Our staff enjoyed reading this piece and it prompted much discussion in our office. I'm sorry to say we have ultimately decided not to take it. However, the editorial staff and I want to emphasize how much we appreciated the opportunity to read this piece. I hope you'll send us more of your work for consideration in the future.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

2018 Nonfiction
Thank you for sending us "xxxx." Although we appreciate your interest in The Pinch, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that often these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nonetheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work in the future.

Best wishes,

The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:16:46Z

Allahades: /* Standard */

'''Poetry Submission'''

'''2011'''

'''Standard'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us "---". We appreciated the chance to read it. Unfortunately, this piece is not right for us at this time.

Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Fiction Submission'''

=== Standard ===

'''2021'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us [Title]. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nevertheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work.

Best wishes,
---
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us '_ _ _.' Our staff enjoyed reading this piece and it prompted much discussion in our office. I'm sorry to say we have ultimately decided not to take it. However, the editorial staff and I want to emphasize how much we appreciated the opportunity to read this piece. I hope you'll send us more of your work for consideration in the future.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

2018 Nonfiction
Thank you for sending us "xxxx." Although we appreciate your interest in The Pinch, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that often these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nonetheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work in the future.

Best wishes,

The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:16:29Z

Allahades: /* Standard */

'''Poetry Submission'''

'''2011'''

'''Standard'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us "---". We appreciated the chance to read it. Unfortunately, this piece is not right for us at this time.

Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Fiction Submission'''

=== Standard ===

'''2021'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us [Title]. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nevertheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work.

Best wishes,
Moriah McStay
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us '_ _ _.' Our staff enjoyed reading this piece and it prompted much discussion in our office. I'm sorry to say we have ultimately decided not to take it. However, the editorial staff and I want to emphasize how much we appreciated the opportunity to read this piece. I hope you'll send us more of your work for consideration in the future.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

2018 Nonfiction
Thank you for sending us "xxxx." Although we appreciate your interest in The Pinch, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that often these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nonetheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work in the future.

Best wishes,

The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:15:54Z

Allahades: /* Standard */

'''Poetry Submission'''

'''2011'''

'''Standard'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us "---". We appreciated the chance to read it. Unfortunately, this piece is not right for us at this time.

Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Fiction Submission'''

=== Standard ===

'''2021'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us [Title]. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nevertheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work.

Best wishes,
Moriah McStay
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''2015'''

===Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us '_ _ _.' Our staff enjoyed reading this piece and it prompted much discussion in our office. I'm sorry to say we have ultimately decided not to take it. However, the editorial staff and I want to emphasize how much we appreciated the opportunity to read this piece. I hope you'll send us more of your work for consideration in the future.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

2018 Nonfiction
Thank you for sending us "xxxx." Although we appreciate your interest in The Pinch, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that often these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nonetheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work in the future.

Best wishes,

The Pinch

2023-07-27T00:15:20Z

Allahades: /* Standard */

'''Poetry Submission'''

'''2011'''

'''Standard'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us "---". We appreciated the chance to read it. Unfortunately, this piece is not right for us at this time.

Thanks again and best wishes.

Sincerely,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''Fiction Submission'''

=== Standard ===

'''2021'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

We appreciate your interest in The Pinch. Thank you for sending us [Title]. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nevertheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work.

Best wishes,
Moriah McStay
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

'''2015'''

'''Higher Tier'''

<blockquote>
Dear [Author],

Thank you for sending us '_ _ _.' Our staff enjoyed reading this piece and it prompted much discussion in our office. I'm sorry to say we have ultimately decided not to take it. However, the editorial staff and I want to emphasize how much we appreciated the opportunity to read this piece. I hope you'll send us more of your work for consideration in the future.

Best wishes,
[---]
The Pinch Journal
</blockquote>

2018 Nonfiction
Thank you for sending us "xxxx." Although we appreciate your interest in The Pinch, we are unable to publish your work at this time.

We're aware that writing is hard work, and that often these letters do not reflect the time and care put into your submission. Nonetheless, we thank you for thinking of us, and we wish you the best of luck placing your work in the future.

Best wishes,

Third Coast

2023-07-27T00:13:14Z

Allahades: /* Higher Tier */

"Founded in 1995 by graduate students of the Western Michigan University English department, Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres. Third Coast consistently publishes excellent, and often award-winning, fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama.

In the past year, two published stories and one poem have been chosen to appear in the O Henry Award Series, The Pushcart Prize Series, and Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri."

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===

'''2011'''

<blockquote>
Dear ---:

Thank you for submitting your work for our consideration. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication in Third Coast. We wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===
'''2023'''

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting ________ for our consideration. We have read your work with interest, and although it doesn't fit our present needs, we enjoyed reading it.

Please know that your submission received serious consideration from our editors. We wish you the best of luck placing it elsewhere.
</blockquote>

== Prose Rejections ==

===Standard===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting your work for our consideration. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication in Third Coast. We wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

===Slightly Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting work for our consideration. We have read your work with interest, and although we have decided not to accept it, we invite you to submit again.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

===Another Tier===

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending us "-----."

Unfortunately this particular piece was not a right fit for Third Coast, but we were very impressed by your writing. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and will send us more work in the future.

We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,
The Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

'''2018'''
<blockquote>
Dear [Name],

Thank you for sending "[Title]" for our consideration.

We have read your submission with interest, and although it doesn't fit our present needs, we were very impressed by your writing. We hope you're encouraged by this note and will send us more work in the future.

Best of luck in placing the piece elsewhere. We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,
The Nonfiction Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

Third Coast

2023-07-27T00:11:52Z

Allahades: /* Higher Tier */

"Founded in 1995 by graduate students of the Western Michigan University English department, Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres. Third Coast consistently publishes excellent, and often award-winning, fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama.

In the past year, two published stories and one poem have been chosen to appear in the O Henry Award Series, The Pushcart Prize Series, and Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri."

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===

'''2011'''

<blockquote>
Dear ---:

Thank you for submitting your work for our consideration. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication in Third Coast. We wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting ________ for our consideration. We have read your work with interest, and although it doesn't fit our present needs, we enjoyed reading it.

Please know that your submission received serious consideration from our editors. We wish you the best of luck placing it elsewhere.
</blockquote>

== Prose Rejections ==

===Standard===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting your work for our consideration. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication in Third Coast. We wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

===Slightly Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting work for our consideration. We have read your work with interest, and although we have decided not to accept it, we invite you to submit again.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

===Another Tier===

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending us "-----."

Unfortunately this particular piece was not a right fit for Third Coast, but we were very impressed by your writing. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and will send us more work in the future.

We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,
The Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

'''2018'''
<blockquote>
Dear [Name],

Thank you for sending "[Title]" for our consideration.

We have read your submission with interest, and although it doesn't fit our present needs, we were very impressed by your writing. We hope you're encouraged by this note and will send us more work in the future.

Best of luck in placing the piece elsewhere. We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,
The Nonfiction Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

Third Coast

2023-07-27T00:10:10Z

Allahades: /* Higher Tier */

"Founded in 1995 by graduate students of the Western Michigan University English department, Third Coast is one of the nation’s premier literary magazines—and one of only a handful of nationally distributed literary magazines to regularly include four genres. Third Coast consistently publishes excellent, and often award-winning, fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama.

In the past year, two published stories and one poem have been chosen to appear in the O Henry Award Series, The Pushcart Prize Series, and Best of the West: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri."

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===

'''2011'''

<blockquote>
Dear ---:

Thank you for submitting your work for our consideration. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication in Third Coast. We wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===

<blockquote>
We have read your work with interest, and although it doesn't fit our present needs, we enjoyed reading it.

Please know that your submission received serious consideration from our editors.
</blockquote>

== Prose Rejections ==

===Standard===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting your work for our consideration. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication in Third Coast. We wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

===Slightly Higher Tier===

<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting work for our consideration. We have read your work with interest, and although we have decided not to accept it, we invite you to submit again.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

===Another Tier===

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending us "-----."

Unfortunately this particular piece was not a right fit for Third Coast, but we were very impressed by your writing. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and will send us more work in the future.

We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,
The Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

'''2018'''
<blockquote>
Dear [Name],

Thank you for sending "[Title]" for our consideration.

We have read your submission with interest, and although it doesn't fit our present needs, we were very impressed by your writing. We hope you're encouraged by this note and will send us more work in the future.

Best of luck in placing the piece elsewhere. We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,
The Nonfiction Editors of Third Coast
</blockquote>

Fourteen Hills

2022-12-22T19:05:14Z

Allahades: /* Prose rejections */

== Prose rejections ==

=== Standard ===
<blockquote>
Thank you for sending ______ to Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State Review. We have considered your submission and, unfortunately, it isn't a match for our current issue.

Many authors of original and well-crafted pieces will receive this letter. Please don't let this deter you from submitting in the future, and, in the meantime, subscribing to Fourteen Hills. As a token of our respect for your work, we would like to offer you a reduced subscription rate of 15% off. We know this is a small condolence, but we hope you take us up on our offer.
</blockquote>

The only offered me 15% off, so it must be lower tier! :)

2016:
<blockquote>
Thank you for sending "Three short-shorts" to Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State Review. We have considered your submission and, unfortunately, it isn't a match for our current issue.

Please don't let this deter you from submitting in the future.

Thanks again. Best of luck with your work.

Sincerely,

Bradley Penner
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending "Story Title" to Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State Review. We have considered your submission and, unfortunately, it isn't a match for our current issue. Many authors of original and well-crafted pieces will receive this letter. Please don't let this deter you from submitting and subscribing to Fourteen Hills. As a token of our respect for your work, we would like to offer you a reduced subscription rate of 25% off. We know this is a small condolence, but we hope you take us up on our offer. </blockquote>

=== Higher Tier [?] 2022 ===

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending "Story Title" to Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State Review. We have considered your submission and, unfortunately, it isn't a match for our current issue.

Many authors of original and well-crafted pieces will receive this letter. Please don't let this deter you from submitting and subscribing to Fourteen Hills. We truly appreciate your continued patience and support.

Thanks again. Best of luck with your work.

Sincerely,

Fourteen Hills </blockquote>

<blockquote>
Thank you for sending "Story Title" to Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State Review. We have considered your submission and, after bringing it to the editor's discussion table, we unfortunately decided it isn't a match for our current issue.

Many authors of original and well-crafted pieces will receive this letter. Please don't let this deter you from submitting in the future. We truly appreciate your continued patience and support.

Thanks again. Best of luck with your work.

</blockquote>

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===
<blockquote>
Dear [name],

Thank you for sending "[title]" to Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State Review. We have considered your submission and, unfortunately, it isn't a match for our current issue.

Many authors of original and well-crafted pieces will receive this letter. Please don't let this deter you from submitting in the future. We truly appreciate your continued patience and support.

Thanks again. Best of luck with your work.

Sincerely,

Sen Ruiz
Fourteen Hills
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===

<blockquote>
Text of Higher Tier Rejection
</blockquote>