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
