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Los Angeles Review

2025-12-08T22:58:04Z

Kshell:

== Unspecified genre Rejections ==
===Standard===
<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting to The Los Angeles Review. While we have read your work with interest, it does not meet our editorial needs at this time. We appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best in placing this work elsewhere.

We will reopen to submissions August 1.
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===
<blockquote>
Standard rejection with handwritten note from editor
</blockquote>

== Poetry Rejections ==
===Standard minus===
'''2025'''
<blockquote>
No message sent. Just a “declined” recorded on Submittable.
</blockquote>
===Standard===
'''2019'''
<blockquote>
Dear first-name,

Thank you for submitting to The Los Angeles Review. While we have read your work with interest, it does not meet our editorial needs at this time. We appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best in placing this work elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The Editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===
<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting to The Los Angeles Review. While we have read your work with interest, it does not meet our editorial needs at this time. We appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best in placing this work elsewhere.

While this group of work wasn't ultimately a fit for us, we did enjoy your voice and found your work engaging. We hope you will try us again in the future.

We will reopen to work on August 1.

All the best,
Poetry Editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

== Prose Rejections ==
</blockquote>
===Standard===
'''2025'''
<blockquote>
Dear first-name,

Thank you for submitting [story] to The Los Angeles Review. We have read your work with interest but unfortunately it does not meet our editorial needs. We wish you luck in placing it elsewhere.

Best,

Fiction Editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===
<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting [title] to The Los Angeles Review.

While [title] wasn't right for us at this time, we enjoyed reading your work, and we would be happy to see more from you in the future. We wish you all the best in placing this piece elsewhere. Please try us again in during our next open submission period in 2012.

Sincerely,

Stefanie Freele
Fiction Editor
The Los Angeles Review

</blockquote>

'''2025'''

<blockquote>

Dear [name],

Thank you for submitting [title] to The Los Angeles Review. Though we are passing on your story at this time, we wish you the best of luck placing it elsewhere, and hope to see more of your work in the future.

Best,

Fiction editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

Los Angeles Review

2025-12-08T22:53:08Z

Kshell: /* Higher Tier */

== Unspecified genre Rejections ==
===Standard===
<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting to The Los Angeles Review. While we have read your work with interest, it does not meet our editorial needs at this time. We appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best in placing this work elsewhere.

We will reopen to submissions August 1.
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===
<blockquote>
Standard rejection with handwritten note from editor
</blockquote>

== Poetry Rejections ==
===Standard minus===
'''2025'''
<blockquote>
No message sent. Just a “declined” recorded on Submittable.
</blockquote>
===Standard===
'''2019'''
<blockquote>
Dear first-name,

Thank you for submitting to The Los Angeles Review. While we have read your work with interest, it does not meet our editorial needs at this time. We appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best in placing this work elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The Editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

===Higher Tier===
<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting to The Los Angeles Review. While we have read your work with interest, it does not meet our editorial needs at this time. We appreciate your efforts, and wish you all the best in placing this work elsewhere.

While this group of work wasn't ultimately a fit for us, we did enjoy your voice and found your work engaging. We hope you will try us again in the future.

We will reopen to work on August 1.

All the best,
Poetry Editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

== Prose Rejections ==
===Higher Tier===
<blockquote>
Thank you for submitting [title] to The Los Angeles Review.

While [title] wasn't right for us at this time, we enjoyed reading your work, and we would be happy to see more from you in the future. We wish you all the best in placing this piece elsewhere. Please try us again in during our next open submission period in 2012.

Sincerely,

Stefanie Freele
Fiction Editor
The Los Angeles Review

</blockquote>

'''2025'''

<blockquote>

Dear [name],

Thank you for submitting [title] to The Los Angeles Review. Though we are passing on your story at this time, we wish you the best of luck placing it elsewhere, and hope to see more of your work in the future.

Best,

Fiction editors
The Los Angeles Review
</blockquote>

Witness

2025-11-01T15:42:38Z

Kshell: /* Higher Tier */

"Witness blends the features of a literary and an issue-oriented magazine to highlight the role of the modern writer as witness to his or her times. Launched in Detroit in 1987, the magazine is best known for showcasing work that defines its historical moment; special issues have focused on political oppression, religion, the natural world, crime, aging, civil rights, love, ethnic America, and exile. The issues “New Nature Writing,” “The Sixties,” “Sports in America,” and “The Best of Witness, 1987 – 2004” eventually appeared as university press anthologies.

In 2007, Witness moved to Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The magazine now publishes one special print issue and two general online issues each year and increasingly seeks out work that contextualizes the American experience by highlighting issues of global concern."

== Prose rejections ==

=== Standard ===
'''2023, 2015'''
<blockquote>
Dear —:

Thank you for allowing us to carefully consider “—.” Unfortunately, we have to pass at this time. We wish you the best in placing this piece elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The Editors
Witness Magazine
http://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider "Other than us." We have read the work closely and regret that it does not meet our needs. We are grateful that you thought of us and hope you are successful in placing your manuscript elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The editors
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===

<blockquote>
Dear Author:

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider "Story Title." Our readers admired many elements of the work, but we've decided that the manuscript isn't right for us. We wish you success in placing it elsewhere.

Sincerely, The editors
</blockquote>

'''2012'''
<blockquote>
Dear —,

Thank you for sending us "—." We enjoyed this manuscript, but we didn't feel it was a good fit for Witness.

We hope that you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,
The editors
</blockquote>

'''2016'''
<blockquote>
Dear –:

Thank you for your patience as we gave “–” careful consideration. We enjoyed this submission, but unfortunately it wasn't right for us at this time.

We do hope you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,
The Editors
</blockquote>

'''2019'''
<blockquote>
Dear --:

Thank you for allowing us to read “-” and for your patience as we considered it. While we have to pass on this particular submission, we were very impressed by your work and hope you take this note as particular encouragement to send us more in the future.

Thank you also for your patience while we considered this piece. I do want to share with you that this story was positively received by several of our editors and upvoted by them, making it to the very final round of selection for this issue. One of my absolutely most astute editors really championed this piece very strongly -- but unfortunately in the end, we received over 500 short story submissions and can print only about 8, so we have to make some heartbreaking decisions about what we have space for. I do hope you'll submit another story when we reopen for submissions for the print issue in August.

Sincerely,
Wendy Wimmer
Fiction Editor
</blockquote>

'''2024'''
<blockquote>
Thank you for allowing us to read “----” and for your patience as we considered it. While we have to pass on this particular submission, we were very impressed by your work and hope you take this note as particular encouragement to send us more in the future.

Sincerely,
The Editors
Witness
</blockquote>

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===
<blockquote>
Thank you for allowing us to read [poem titles]. Unfortunately, we have to pass at this time. We wish you the best in placing these poems elsewhere.
</blockquote>

=== Higher Tier ===

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

The McNeese Review

2024-12-28T18:34:54Z

Kshell: /* Tiered (2024) */

== Fiction rejections ==

=== Tiered (?) ===

<blockquote>Dear —,

Thank you for sending "—" to The McNeese Review. We're honored you thought of us for your work.

In this case we must, regretfully, decline it for our next issue. While we cannot respond individually to every contributor, please know that we read your work carefully, and that we might be passing on it simply because we feel it doesn't fit within the pattern of pieces we see developing in our next issue.

All the very best to you and for your work. We hope you'll think of us again.

--The Editors
</blockquote>

=== Tiered (2024) ===

<blockquote>Dear —,

Thank you for sending — for us to consider, but we've decided to decline it. I want to let you know, your piece made it into our top cut and our final round of consideration, but it ultimately wasn't a good fit for our issue.

Again, thank you for giving us the opportunity to read your writing.

Best wishes,

[editor], The McNeese Review </blockquote>

==Poetry Rejections==
===Standard===
'''2020'''
<blockquote>
Dear first-name,

Thank you for sending "[ ]" to The McNeese Review. We appreciate your interest in our journal, and we apologize for the long delay in responding. As you may have heard, our home of Lake Charles was hit by two hurricanes this fall, and on top of the pandemic, it extended our response time significantly. So sorry for your long wait to hear from us. Unfortunately these poems aren't quite right for us at this time.

We wish you luck in finding a home for your work.

--The Editors
</blockquote>
===Standard+?===
'''2019'''
<blockquote>
Dear first-name,

Thank you for sending "[Title]" to The McNeese Review. We appreciate your interest in our journal, but unfortunately this submission is not quite right for us at this time.

We wish you luck in finding a home for your work and hope that you'll try us again in the future.

--The Editors
The McNeese Review
</blockquote>

The McNeese Review

2024-12-28T18:34:38Z

Kshell: /* Tiered (?) */

Four Way Review

2024-07-06T14:54:13Z

Kshell: Added tiered fiction rejection

"Four Way Review is a biannual electronic literary journal from non-profit, independent literary publisher Four Way Books. We publish poetry and fiction from both established and emerging authors through our open submissions process. In 2012, we celebrated the Review’s inaugural issue and the 20th anniversary of Four Way Books."

==Poetry Rejections==
===Standard===
<blockquote>
Dear :

Thank you for your submission to Four Way Review. We’re sorry to say that it wasn’t a right fit for us at this time. We do greatly appreciate your interest, and are glad we had the chance to read your submission. We wish you the best of luck publishing your work.

Sincerely,

Victoria McCoy
Editor, Four Way Review
</blockquote>

===Standard 2020===
<blockquote>
Thank you for your submission to Four Way Review. While we greatly appreciate your interest and are glad we had the chance to read your submission, we’re sorry to say that it wasn’t the right fit for us at this time. We wish you the best of luck publishing your work.

Sincerely,

FWR
</blockquote>

===Slightly Higher? 2022===
<blockquote>
Dear [worthy poet]:

Thank you for allowing us to consider [titles submitted] for Four Way Review. We receive hundreds of submissions each month, which creates a highly competitive process. We read your work with interest, but unfortunately, it was not a fit for one of our upcoming issues.

We appreciate your support of Four Way Review, and wish you the best of luck in placing this work. We hope that you will send us work again sometime in the future.

Sincerely,
The Editors of Four Way Review
</blockquote>

==Fiction Rejections==
===Tiered 2024===
<blockquote>
Dear [writer]:

Thank you for allowing us to consider [title] for Four Way Review. We receive hundreds of submissions each month, which creates a highly competitive process. We are sorry to report that while we read your work with great interest, ultimately it wasn't a fit for our upcoming issue.

This is not our customary rejection. We hope that you will send us work again in the future.

Sincerely,

[editor]
Four Way Review

</blockquote>

American Chordata

2024-06-14T22:38:04Z

Kshell: Added a tiered rejection

==Fiction Rejections==

=== Standard ===
'''2017'''
<blockquote>Dear —:

Thank you for sharing your work with American Chordata. We considered your submission "—" carefully, but ultimately we could not find a place for your work in this issue. We do hope you'll keep us in mind for the future!

Our apologies for being a bit slow in getting back to you about this. We are a small team, and we've been humbled by a large volume of submissions, but we're very glad to have had the opportunity to spend time with your words.

With warm regards, and all best wishes,

The Editors
American Chordata
Magazine of New Writing
http://americanchordata.org
</blockquote>

'''2022'''
<blockquote>
Dear[full name]:

Thank you for sharing your piece, "FICTION: [title]," with American Chordata. We're sorry to inform you that, after careful consideration, we could not find a place for your work in our next issue. We are grateful for the opportunity to have read your work and wish you the best of luck placing it elsewhere.

With warm regards,

The Editors
American Chordata
Magazine of New Writing
</blockquote>

=== Tiered ===
'''2024'''
<blockquote>Dear [full name]:

Thank you for sharing your piece, "-," with American Chordata. Our editorial team admired the quality of the work and enjoyed reading it. After careful consideration, we've decided that the manuscript isn't right for us at this time, but we hope you'll consider sending other work in the future. We are grateful for the opportunity to have read this manuscript and wish you the best of luck placing it elsewhere.
With warm regards,

The Editors
American Chordata
Magazine of New Writing
http://americanchordata.org
</blockquote>