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The Offing

2025-12-16T21:40:36Z

Venushruti: /* Tiered rejection */

===Standard rejection===
'''2023'''
<blockquote>Hi —,

Thanks so much for submitting to The Offing; we truly appreciate it. Unfortunately, we don't have enough staff to offer individual critiques, but please know that a department editor did review your work with thought and care. This piece isn't right for us, but we hope it finds an excellent home elsewhere — and we wish great success with your writing.

We also want to thank you for your patience, as we know this has been a longer wait than anticipated. We apologize for the delay—we always hope to respond more quickly, but with a small staff, sometimes that proves to be impossible—and are again very grateful for the opportunity to have read your work.

Warmly,

The Offing Editors</blockquote>

'''2015 & 2022'''
<blockquote>
Hi,

Thanks so much for submitting to The Offing; we truly appreciate it. Unfortunately, we don't have enough staff to offer individual critiques, but please know that a department editor did review your work with thought and care. This piece isn't right for us, but we hope it finds an excellent home elsewhere — and we wish great success with your writing.

Warmly,

The Offing Editors
</blockquote>

===Tiered rejection===
''2019''
<blockquote>
Hi there, and thank you so much for submitting to The Offing — we're truly grateful for your interest and support.

Please know that a department editor reviewed your work with thought and care, and while this particular piece doesn't work for us right now, we admire what you're up to, and would be happy to consider work from you in the future. For real.
</blockquote>

''2021''
<blockquote>
Hi there [first name],

Thanks so much for submitting your work, [title], to The Offing. We're truly grateful for your interest and support.

Unfortunately, we don't have enough staff to offer individual critiques on submissions, but please know that our staff reviewed your work with thought and care; while this particular piece doesn't work for us, we'd be happy to consider submissions from you in the future.

Warmly,

The Offing Editors
</blockquote>

''2025''
<blockquote>

Hi FIRST NAME,

Thanks so much for submitting to The Offing. We're truly grateful for your interest and support.

This particular piece doesn't work for us right now, but we really like your work and would be happy to review a new submission in the same genre. If you're interested, please feel free to resubmit to the same department through our Submittable portal and include in your cover letter that you received a note of encouragement.

Thanks again, and we hope to hear from you soon!

Warmly,

The Offing Editors

</blockquote>

Sheila-Na-Gig

2025-11-14T18:37:42Z

Venushruti: /* Standard */

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===

<blockquote>

Thank you for submitting your poetry to Sheila-Na-Gig online. Although we did not select your work for our upcoming issue, we appreciate your interest in the journal and the opportunity to read your poems.

</blockquote>

</blockquote>
NOVEMBER 2025
<blockquote>

Dear FIRST NAME,

Thank you for submitting your poetry to Sheila-Na-Gig online. Although we did not select your work for our upcoming issue, we appreciate your interest in the journal and the opportunity to read your poems.

For each issue we publish, we generally receive up to 200 submissions and select about 18% - 23% of these for our 35-45 poets issues (not including our Sheila-Na-Gig Editions authors who have published books with us). We strive to support our frequent contributors as well as to welcome writers new to Sheila-Na-Gig online for about 1/2 of each issue.

We always welcome writers to try again.

Best wishes for all your creative endeavors,
Hayley Haugen & Barbara Sabol (Associate Editor & Curator, Winter Issue)

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Sheila-Na-Gig

2025-11-14T18:37:00Z

Venushruti: /* Standard */

== Poetry rejections ==

=== Standard ===

<blockquote>

Thank you for submitting your poetry to Sheila-Na-Gig online. Although we did not select your work for our upcoming issue, we appreciate your interest in the journal and the opportunity to read your poems.

</blockquote>

NOVEMBER 2025

<blockquote>
Dear FIRST NAME,

Thank you for submitting your poetry to Sheila-Na-Gig online. Although we did not select your work for our upcoming issue, we appreciate your interest in the journal and the opportunity to read your poems.

For each issue we publish, we generally receive up to 200 submissions and select about 18% - 23% of these for our 35-45 poets issues (not including our Sheila-Na-Gig Editions authors who have published books with us). We strive to support our frequent contributors as well as to welcome writers new to Sheila-Na-Gig online for about 1/2 of each issue.

We always welcome writers to try again.

Best wishes for all your creative endeavors,
Hayley Haugen & Barbara Sabol (Associate Editor & Curator, Winter Issue)

Only Poems

2025-10-25T03:37:02Z

Venushruti: /* Standard */

==Poetry rejections==

=== Standard ===

'''2025 (Poets Howl)'''
<blockquote>Dear —,

Thank you for sharing your poem with us. Although we must pass this time, we are grateful you thought of ''ONLY POEMS''.

We hope that your work will be a perfect fit for another publication, and we wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

Feel free to send us new work whenever you like.

We're currently open for the $3500 Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize!

To help foster a more transparent literary community, we encourage everyone to track their submissions on the Chill Subs Submission Tracker.

Sincerely,

ONLY POEMS Editors</blockquote>

'''2024 (Poem of the Month)'''
<blockquote>
Thank you for sharing your poem with us. Although we must pass this time, we are grateful you thought of ONLY POEMS.

We hope that your work will be a perfect fit for another publication, and we wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

Feel free to send us new work whenever you like. We are always open for our Poet of the Week series. We will open again with a new themed call for the next Poem of the Month feature on the 14th February.

Please note that we accept and encourage simultaneous submissions. Receive awesome lists of other publication opportunities from the Sub Club Newsletter by Chill Subs.

Sincerely,

ONLY POEMS Editors
</blockquote>

'''TIERED (?)'''

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'''2025 October (Poem of the Month)'''
<blockquote>

Dear FIRST NAME,

Thank you for sharing your poem with us. We received almost 500 submissions for the Poem of the Month. And though we must pass this time, we are grateful you thought of ONLY POEMS.

We hope that [WORK NAME] will be a perfect fit for another publication, and we wish you the best in all your future endeavors.

Feel free to send us new work whenever you like. We're currently open for the $3500 Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize!

Sincerely,

ONLY POEMS Editors

Pictura Journal

2025-10-15T03:58:01Z

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==== 2025 October ====

==== Standard (?) ====

Dear AUTHOR,

Thank you for sharing your work with us. We appreciated the chance to review it, but it’s not quite the right fit for us. Please wait a few months before submitting again.

We're grateful for your trust and wish you the best of luck in placing your work elsewhere.

Sincerely,
Pictura Journal

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Points in Case

2025-10-15T03:50:30Z

Venushruti: /* Higher Tier */

[https://www.pointsincase.com/ Points in Case] is a literary humor publication featuring enlightening and irreverent comedy daily. PIC began in 1999 as a college humor column from the dorms of Emory University, went online in 2000, and quickly grew to showcase a wide range of comedy stylings from seasoned writers and fresh voices everywhere. We also aim to support and connect the greater community of comedy writers, performers, and enthusiasts.

== Prose rejections ==

=== Standard ===
==== 2020 ====
<blockquote>
Hey AUTHOR,

We appreciate the chance to read this piece, but we're not going to be able to use it on PIC.

Thanks,

——Court
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=== Higher Tier ===
==== 2020 ====
<blockquote>
Hey AUTHOR,

We appreciate the chance to read this piece, but we're not going to be able to use it on PIC. This is clever, but not quite landing for me.

Thanks,

——James
</blockquote>
<blockquote>

Hey [published humor writer],

We appreciate the chance to read this piece, but we're not going to be able to use it on PIC. Some fun lines here, but not quite landing for me.

Thanks,

——James
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==== October 2025 ====
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Hey AUTHOR,

We appreciate the chance to read this piece, but we're not going to be able to use it on PIC. This has some nice moments, but this one's not a great fit for our site, unfortunately.

Thanks,

——James