Harpur Palate

"Harpur Palate is an acclaimed literary journal published bi-annually by the Department of English at Binghamton University that prints poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from all over the world." http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/

Prose rejections

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Dear [name],

Thank you for submitting your work to Harpur Palate. Though it does not meet our current needs, we appreciate the opportunity to consider it for publication. We wish you the best in placing it elsewhere.

As writers ourselves, we know how much effort goes into each piece you send out, so we regret the use of a form rejection, but the volume of manuscripts we receive makes a personal reply impossible.

Sincerely,

[name] Harpur Palate

Higher Tier

Text of Higher Tier Rejection

Poetry rejections

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Text of Standard Rejection

Higher Tier

We hope this email finds you well. Thank you for submitting—. Although it doesn't currently meet our needs, we do appreciate the chance to read your work.

As writers ourselves, we know that this isn't a pleasant email to receive. Harpur Palate's acceptance rate is less than 5%, and genre editors read each submission. We thank you for trusting us to read your work and wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

Please try us again in the future,

The Editors