Difference between revisions of "Spillway"
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| − | Thank you for your submission to Spillway. It’s always hard to say no. All editorial decisions are, as you | + | Thank you for your submission to Spillway. It’s always hard to say no. All editorial decisions are, as you know, subjective. Sometimes a good poem does not fit into the theme or match the tone of other work. Sometimes a good poem duplicates subject matter of a poem already accepted. I’m sorry your work was not selected for this issue of Spillway and wish you success at placing it elsewhere. |
| − | know, subjective. Sometimes a good poem does not fit into the theme or match the tone of other work. | ||
| − | Sometimes a good poem duplicates subject matter of a poem already accepted. I’m sorry your work was | ||
| − | not selected for this issue of Spillway and wish you success at placing it elsewhere. | ||
All the best, | All the best, | ||
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| − | Thank you for your submission to Spillway. We're sorry to be saying no. Many poems submitted had | + | Thank you for your submission to Spillway. We're sorry to be saying no. Many poems submitted had overlapping subject matter. This made our job as editors unusually difficult. All editorial decisions are, as you know, subjective. Often, especially this year, good poems duplicated subject matter of a poem already accepted. Yes, we're wringing our hands. We wish we'd been able to accept your work for this issue of Spillway and wish you success at placing it elsewhere. |
| − | overlapping subject matter. This made our job as editors unusually difficult. All editorial decisions are, | + | |
| − | as you know, subjective. Often, especially this year, good poems duplicated subject matter of a poem | + | All the best, Marsha & Phil |
| − | already accepted. Yes, we're wringing our hands. We wish we'd been able to accept your work for this | + | |
| − | issue of Spillway and wish you success at placing it elsewhere. | + | Marsha de la O & Phil Taggart |
| + | Editors, Spillway | ||
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| + | === Higher tier === | ||
| + | '''2020''' | ||
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| + | Thank you for your submission to Spillway. We're sorry to be saying no. We received many terrific | ||
| + | poems, more than our page allowance. Many poems submitted had overlapping subject matter. This | ||
| + | made our job as editors unusually difficult. All editorial decisions are, as you know, subjective. Yes, | ||
| + | we're wringing our hands. We wish we'd been able to accept your excellent work for this issue of | ||
| + | Spillway. Do try us again next year. . . . | ||
All the best, Marsha & Phil | All the best, Marsha & Phil | ||
Latest revision as of 14:08, 18 April 2020
Poetry rejections
Standard
Thank you for your submission to Spillway. It’s always hard to say no. All editorial decisions are, as you know, subjective. Sometimes a good poem does not fit into the theme or match the tone of other work. Sometimes a good poem duplicates subject matter of a poem already accepted. I’m sorry your work was not selected for this issue of Spillway and wish you success at placing it elsewhere.
All the best,
Susan Terris Editor, Spillway
Standard+?
2019
Thank you for your submission to Spillway. We're sorry to be saying no. Many poems submitted had overlapping subject matter. This made our job as editors unusually difficult. All editorial decisions are, as you know, subjective. Often, especially this year, good poems duplicated subject matter of a poem already accepted. Yes, we're wringing our hands. We wish we'd been able to accept your work for this issue of Spillway and wish you success at placing it elsewhere.
All the best, Marsha & Phil
Marsha de la O & Phil Taggart Editors, Spillway
Higher tier
2020
Thank you for your submission to Spillway. We're sorry to be saying no. We received many terrific poems, more than our page allowance. Many poems submitted had overlapping subject matter. This made our job as editors unusually difficult. All editorial decisions are, as you know, subjective. Yes, we're wringing our hands. We wish we'd been able to accept your excellent work for this issue of Spillway. Do try us again next year. . . .
All the best, Marsha & Phil
Marsha de la O & Phil Taggart Editors, Spillway
