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Same text as standard, with a handwritten "Many thanks. Hope you'll send more."
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Not sure if this is personal or form: 
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Thank you for the opportunity to consider your work. Although in the end we have decided that "The [Exploding] Arm" does not meet our needs at this time, please know your work was seriously considered. We sincerely hope you will continue to send more our way.
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Many Thanks,
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The Editors
 
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=== Standard ===
 
=== Standard ===
 
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Text of Standard Rejection
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We thank you for the opportunity to read your manuscript. Unfortunately, your work does not meet our needs at this time. Because we know how much effort went into this submission, we regret the use of this form. But the volume of manuscripts we receive makes a personal reply impossible.
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[Hand-written "Many Thanks"]
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The Editors
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'''2020'''
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Dear First Last,
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We'd like to thank you, sincerely, for giving us the opportunity to read your work. Though it doesn't meet our needs at this time, we're so thankful for it; now more than ever, the arts feel as necessary as they are fragile, and it's up to each of us to keep them going.
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For the foreseeable future, we'll only be accepting submissions via Submittable. Information regarding open submission reading periods will be posted on our website in late summer.
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Wishing you safe and well, all our best,
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The Editors
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Alaska Quarterly Review
 
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Text of Higher Tier Rejection
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Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work. Though the poems from your October submission were not selected for publication, please know they were carefully considered. Your interest in AQR is greatly appreciated, and we hope you will send more work our way in the future.
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'''2020'''
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Dear First Last,
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Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to consider your work, and thank you for your patience while we reviewed it. Though in the end it was not advanced for publication, please know your work was seriously considered. We will still be reviewing hard-copy submissions during the submissions window (August 15 - May 15), should you wish to send more of your work our way.
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All the best,
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Hannah Perrin King
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Deputy Poetry Editor
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Alaska Quarterly Review
 
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Revision as of 12:08, 27 June 2020

Prose rejections

Standard

We thank you for the opportunity to read your manuscript. Unfortunately, your work does not meet our needs at this time. Because we know how much effort went into this submission, we regret the use of this form. But the volume of manuscripts we receive makes a personal reply impossible.

The Editors

[with a hand-written "Many Thanks"]

Higher Tier

Same text as standard, with a handwritten "Many thanks. Hope you'll send more."

Not sure if this is personal or form:

Thank you for the opportunity to consider your work. Although in the end we have decided that "The [Exploding] Arm" does not meet our needs at this time, please know your work was seriously considered. We sincerely hope you will continue to send more our way.

Many Thanks,

The Editors

Poetry rejections

Standard

We thank you for the opportunity to read your manuscript. Unfortunately, your work does not meet our needs at this time. Because we know how much effort went into this submission, we regret the use of this form. But the volume of manuscripts we receive makes a personal reply impossible.

[Hand-written "Many Thanks"]

The Editors

2020

Dear First Last,

We'd like to thank you, sincerely, for giving us the opportunity to read your work. Though it doesn't meet our needs at this time, we're so thankful for it; now more than ever, the arts feel as necessary as they are fragile, and it's up to each of us to keep them going.

For the foreseeable future, we'll only be accepting submissions via Submittable. Information regarding open submission reading periods will be posted on our website in late summer.

Wishing you safe and well, all our best, The Editors Alaska Quarterly Review

Higher Tier

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work. Though the poems from your October submission were not selected for publication, please know they were carefully considered. Your interest in AQR is greatly appreciated, and we hope you will send more work our way in the future.

2020

Dear First Last,

Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to consider your work, and thank you for your patience while we reviewed it. Though in the end it was not advanced for publication, please know your work was seriously considered. We will still be reviewing hard-copy submissions during the submissions window (August 15 - May 15), should you wish to send more of your work our way.

All the best, Hannah Perrin King Deputy Poetry Editor Alaska Quarterly Review