Harbor Review

Poetry rejections

Standard

2020

Dear First Last:

Thank you for the privilege of considering your work for Harbor Review, as well as for your patience in awaiting our reply. I'm sorry to report that we have decided not to accept your work for publication. We wish you the best of luck placing this elsewhere.

Thank you again for the chance to consider your work. We wish you all the best and hope you will consider submitting to us again in the future.

Gregory Stapp Editor-in-Chief, Harbor Review

2023

Dear First Name:

Thank you for the privilege of considering your work for Harbor Review, as well as for your patience in awaiting our reply.

I'm sorry to report that we have decided not to accept your work for publication. We wish you the best of luck placing this elsewhere.

Thank you again for the chance to consider your work. We wish you all the best and hope you will consider submitting to us again in the future.

Warmly,

Senior Poetry Editors, Harbor Review

Higher Tier

2020

Dear first-name:

Thank you for the privilege of considering your work for Harbor Review, as well as for your patience in awaiting our reply. I'm sorry to report that we have decided not to accept your work for publication. We wish you the best of luck placing this elsewhere.

Please know that your submission was considered extensively, and we particularly enjoyed the line "[]" from the poem "[]".

Thank you again for the chance to consider your work. We wish you all the best and hope you will consider submitting to us again in the future.

Kristiane Weeks-Rogers Poetry Editor, Harbor Review

2023

Dear ____

Thank you for the privilege of considering your work for Harbor Review, as well as for your patience in awaiting our reply. I'm sorry to report that we have decided not to accept your work for publication. We wish you the best of luck placing this elsewhere.

Please know that your submission made it to our last read-through. We read over 2000 poems during this submission period.

Thank you again for the chance to consider your work. We wish you all the best and hope you will consider submitting to us again in the future.

Senior Editor, Harbor Review