Barrelhouse

"Barrelhouse is an independent non-profit literary organization. Barrelhouse bridges the gap between serious art and pop culture. Barrelhouse is a biannual print journal featuring fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays about music, art, and the detritus of popular culture. Barrelhouse is a web site that regularly posts new short fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and random stuff."

Prose rejections

Standard

2019

Dear —,

Thanks for letting us read —. Unfortunately, we've decided this one's not right for us. We wish you the best of luck in finding a home for the story elsewhere, and in your continued writing.

Sincerely,

Team Barrelhouse

www.barrelhousemag.com

Dear ---,

Thank you for letting us read "---". Unfortunately, we've decided this one's not quite right for us — a purely subjective judgment, of course.

Best of luck in finding a home for the piece elsewhere, and in your continued writing. We hope you'll consider trying us again in the future.

All the best.

Team Barrelhouse

2021

Dear —,

Thanks for letting us read —. Unfortunately, we've decided this one's not right for us.

Please take this for what it is: a subjective judgement by a few people who read a lot of short stories and select very few for publication in Barrelhouse.

We really do appreciate you thinking of us. It's pretty amazing how much great work people send our way, how much great work is being made out there in the world, all the time! It warms the heart. Please keep at it, and consider trying us again.

Best,

Barrelhouse Editors

www.barrelhousemag.com

Poetry rejections

Standard

2023

Dear —,

Thanks for letting us read —. Unfortunately, we've decided this one's not right for us. We wish you the best of luck in finding a home for these poems elsewhere, and in your continued writing.

Sincerely,

Team Barrelhouse

Thanks for letting us read your work. Unfortunately, we've decided it's not quite right for us -- a purely subjective judgment, of course.

Best of luck in your continued writing.

All the best.

Tiered?

2024

Hi — -- Thanks for submitting this for our special call, and very sorry to have taken so long to get back to you. Unfortunately, we are passing on this submission, but are grateful to you for your work, and hope you'll keep sending stuff in the future. Sorry this one didn't work out, and thank you again.