American Literary Review

The American Literary Review is a national biannual literary magazine of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Since its Fall 2013 issue, ALR has been an online digital publication. Print publications are cataloged under ISSN 1051-5062.

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2023

Thank you for sending us "[greatest poem ever written, and others]". We sincerely appreciated the chance to read your work; however, we have decided it is not the right fit for us at this time.

We wish you the best of luck in finding a home for these poems elsewhere.

With kind regards, American Literary Review Staff

2019

Dear [wonderful poet],

Thank you for sending us "[list of your wonderful poems]". We sincerely appreciated the chance to read your work; however, we have decided it is not the right fit for us at this time.

We wish you the best of luck in finding a home for "[list of your wonderful poems]" elsewhere.

With kind regards, American Literary Review Staff

Higher Tier, Flash Flood contest

2024

Dear [Writer],

Thanks for giving us the chance to consider your work. Unfortunately, it was not selected as the winner this time around. However, there was a lot to admire in this piece. Please keep us in mind for our future windows.

Best, Lucas Jorgensen Flash Flood Editor

Even Higher Tier, Flash Flood contest

2024

Dear [Writer],

Thank you so much for your submission to Flash Flood. We appreciate the opportunity to have read your work. Unfortunately, we've decided to go another direction this time. We also wanted to let you know this made it to our final round of readings; we found much to admire in your piece. Please do think of submitting to us again in the future.

Best, Lucas Jorgensen Flash Flood Editor