Iron Horse Literary Review
"When we began publishing six issues, we also slightly altered our original mission: not only do we continue to feature our nation’s most established writers and to highlight relatively unknown regional writers who deserve critical attention, but now we also spend a great deal of time ferreting out those up-and-coming writers who keep poetry, fiction, and nonfiction new, challenging the boundaries of what the literary arts can accomplish."
Prose rejections
Standard
Thank you for submitting your Submission entitled "---" to Iron Horse Literary Review.
While we appreciate the time and talent that goes into every submission we receive, we can only accept a very small percentage of them. Unfortunately, this particular submission does not meet our current needs.
Visit our website at: www.ironhorsereview.com to catch up on our latest news or purchase a sample copy for only $5. Or follow us on Twitter @IHLR and on Facebook at http://bit.ly/aTwiSW.
Thank you again for considering our journal, and we wish you success placing this submission elsewhere.
Sincerely, The Editors Iron Horse Literary Review
Personal
2024
Dear [name]:
Thank you for submitting your work, entitled [title of story], to Iron Horse Literary Review. Though we have not selected your work for publication, we did find much to admire in this submission.
[long paragraph offering detailed feedback on story]
We recognize how much talent and skill went in to your submission, but we can only publish a small percentage of the work we receive. In the final round of selections, we start looking for the smallest of reasons--reasons in line with our own personal tastes--to reject a manuscript. This part of the process, we understand, is so very subjective. So we want you to know that while we are not accepting this manuscript, we were pleased with your submission and hope we'll see more of your work in the future.
To learn more about our preferences, you can visit our website at www.ironhorsereview.com. There, you can keep an eye out for our next submission period, stay in touch with our latest news, and read our online interviews with writers as well as our free electronic singles. You can also purchase a sample copy for only $5. Or, follow us on social media to learn about our future free submission days: Twitter @IHLR; Instagram @lunchwithironhorse; and Facebook at http://bit.ly/aTwiSW.
Again, thank you for your interest in IHLR, and we wish you great success placing this submission elsewhere.
Sincerely,
Bibiana Ossai
Managing Editor
Iron Horse Literary Review
