Brevity

Prose rejections

Standard

Thank you for sending us your brief essay '____’.

Although we do not have a place for your work in the issues for which we are currently reading, we wanted you to know that our readers read your essay closely.

We have been blessed with a large number of excellent submissions lately, and we hope that you understand that we can only publish a small fraction of the material we receive.

Good luck with your writing,

Sincerely, The Editors Brevity

Tiered

Thank you for submitting your work to Brevity, the journal of concise nonfiction. Although we do not have a place for your work in the issues for which we are currently reading, we wanted you to know that our readers enjoyed your essay.

We have been blessed with a large number of excellent submissions lately, and we hope that you understand that we can only publish a small fraction of the material we receive. We encourage you to submit your work elsewhere and to consider us again (remembering our rule, no more than two submissions per author per calendar year.)

Good luck with your writing,

The Editors

Thank you for sending us your brief essay 'TITLE'. This one came very close, up to the final round of decision making, in fact, but we've decided to pass.

I don't know if that makes you feel good or if such 'close but no cigar' news is just hard to hear, but we have been blessed with a large number of excellent submissions lately, and hope that you understand that we can only publish a small fraction of the material we receive.

We hope that you will consider us again.

Good luck with your writing,

The Editors