Bateau Press

Poetry Rejections

Standard

2012

Dear "_____",

Thank you for sending us "_____". We appreciate the time and effort it took for you to send us your work. Unfortunately, we don't think it's a good fit for us right now.

Thanks again and best of luck.

James Grinwis Bateau Press

Tiered

2012

Dear "_____",

Thank you for sending us "_____". We appreciate the time and effort it took for you to send us your work. Unfortunately, we don't think it's a good fit for us right now.

Nice surprisng poem though.

Thanks again and best of luck.

James Grinwis Bateau Press

Higher Tier

Thank you for sending us "Five Poems". We really enjoyed this piece, but we didn't feel it was right for Bateau Press.

We hope that you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Bateau Press

2018

Dear first-last:

Thank you for sending us "[title]".

Unfortunately this particular piece was not a right fit for Bateau Press, but we were very impressed by your writing. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and send us something else.

We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Bateau Press

Creative Non-Fiction Rejections

Standard

2013

Dear "_____",

So sorry for the too long wait, we were in hiatus. Thank you for sending us "_____". We appreciate the time and effort it took for you to send us your work. Unfortunately, we don't think it's a good fit for us right now.

Thanks again and best wishes and sorry again for the delay,

James Grinwis Bateau Press

Fiction rejections

Tiered

2018

Dear —:

Thank you for sending us "—".

Unfortunately this particular piece was not a right fit for Bateau Press, but we were very impressed by your writing. We hope that you will feel encouraged by this short note and send us something else.

We look forward to reading more.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Bateau Press

2017

Dear "______":

Thank you for sending us "______". We really enjoyed this piece, but we didn't feel it was right for Bateau Press.

We hope that you will continue to send us your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Bateau Press

Higher tier (?)

Dearest Writer

Thank you for submitting your work to Bateau Literary Magazine. We received a ton of really wonderful, really odd, really strong, and just plain bizarre work. We loved it and loved you for thinking of us.

Unfortunately, your work did not fit into Bateau 6.1. Please think about submitting again for the literary magazine (open for submissions January 15, 2017) and / or submitting your work to our BOOM Chapbook Competition (opening August 15, 2016).

Again, thanks for trusting us with your work.

ONWARD!

Dan Mahoney, Editor in Chief.