RipRap

"RipRap is a literary journal designed and produced annually by students in the Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing program at California State University Long Beach (CSULB). RipRap offers an invitation to all talented and aspiring writers of all genres and is open to everyone. Specifically, RipRap publishes creative short fiction and non fiction, poetry, and art such as photography, illustration, and original art pieces as well as comics."

Prose Rejections

Standard

Dear Name,

It is with regret that I must inform you of our inability to accept your submission for publication in RipRap. Please understand that this decision is not a judgment of your artistic capabilities; rather, we are ardent supporters of all aspiring writers, but we simply do not have the space to print the vast multitude of work that we would like to acknowledge and showcase.

Despite our declination, it is still my greatest hope that you will continue to develop your art and strive to get it published.

All the best in your future endeavors, Eric

Poetry Rejections

Substandard

2021

[NO MESSAGE: just turned to Declined in Submittable]

Tiered?

2019/2020

Dear first-name,

Thank you for submitting to RipRap. We appreciate having had the chance to read your work for Poetry Submissions / RR. N. It is with regret that we must inform you of our inability to accept your submission for publication in RipRap Literary Journal Vol. N. Please understand that this decision is not a judgment of your artistic capabilities; rather, we are ardent supporters of all aspiring writers, but we simply do not have the space to print the vast multitude of work that we would like to acknowledge and showcase.

Despite our declination, it is still our greatest hope that you will continue to develop your art and strive to get it published. We hope that you will consider submitting to our next issue.

Sincerely, Adam Keaton & Rachel Brownell Editors-in-Chief RipRap N CSU Long Beach