Great Lakes Review

Poetry rejections

Standard

2023

Dear —,

Thank you for thinking of us, but your submission, —, does not meet our current editorial needs.

Unfortunately, we can only accept a small percentage of submissions. We wish you the best of luck in placing this piece elsewhere.

Sincerely, Editors

Great Lakes Review

Tiered

2025

Thank you for submitting to GLR. We appreciate having had the chance to read your work, unfortunately, we have decided to move on with other pieces. This decision is not a judgment of the quality of your writing, rather, a constraint imposed by the number of submissions to GLR this year and what works for GLR at this time as determined by our editors.

We hope that you find the right home for your work and that you will consider submitting to our next submission period in the summer of 2026. Respectfully,

GLR