Pedestal Magazine
Pedestal Magazine
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Prose rejections
Standard
Dear NAME:
Thank you for submitting your fiction to The Pedestal Magazine. We enjoyed reading it but after careful consideration have decided that we cannot use it at this time.
We wish you the best of luck in placing your work elsewhere and sincerely hope that you will submit other writing to us in the future.
Best,
The Editors
Higher Tier
Dear NAME:
Thank you for submitting your fiction to The Pedestal Magazine. We enjoyed reading it but after careful consideration have decided that we cannot use it at this time.
Please feel free to submit other work to us in the future.
Best,
The Editors
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Poetry rejections
Asterick Achieved
2025
Dear [Disappointed poet]:
Thank you for sending your work to Pedestal Magazine. We navigated hundreds of poems during this cycle and regret that we can't offer a home to many stellar pieces. For what's it's worth, your submission was asterisked by at least one editor. That said, after careful consideration, we’ve decided to pass on your current submission. We certainly hope that you will send other work to us in the future.
Best, The Editors Pedestal Magazine
Final Batch
2024
Dear [disappointed poet],
Thank you for sending us your work. We were flooded with poems during our recent submission cycle, and the editorial process of narrowing down content and making final selections was particularly difficult. In the end, while your poem [Entirely Perfect Poem] was included in our “final batch,” the editors were split. So, this time around, we’ll have to pass. We hope that you’ll send other work to us in the future.
With best wishes, Arlene Ang, melissa gooddrum, Stefan Lovasik, Christopher Shipman Pedestal Magazine
Previous Contributor
2023
Dear [writer's name]
Thank you for sending your work to Pedestal Magazine. We navigated a flood of poems during this cycle and regret that we can't offer a home to many stellar pieces. It’s especially difficult to decline poems by poets whose work we admire. That said, after careful consideration, we’ve decided to pass on your current submission. We certainly hope that you will send other work to us in the future.
Best, The Editors Pedestal Magazine
Note: While I am not a "previous contributor" the subject line from Submittable read "Response to Previous Contributor"
Standard
2006
Dear [Writer's Name]:
Thank you for submitting your work to The Pedestal Magazine. We enjoyed reading it but regret that we cannot use it at this time.
We wish you the best of luck in placing your work elsewhere and sincerely hope that you will submit other writing to us in the future.
Best,
The Editors
2011
Dear [Writer's Name]:
Thank you for submitting your poetry to The Pedestal Magazine. We enjoyed reading it but after careful consideration have decided that we cannot use it at this time.
Please feel free to submit other work to us in the future.
Best,
The Editors
The Pedestal Magazine
2024
Dear [Writer's Name]:
Thank you for submitting to Pedestal Magazine. We enjoyed reading your work but after careful consideration have decided that we cannot use it at this time. We wish you much luck in placing your poetry elsewhere.
Best, The Editors Pedestal Magazine
Higher Tier
Dear NAME,
Although your poetry was not selected for this issue of the THE PEDESTAL MAGAZINE, it was considered very carefully and made it onto our list of final candidates! Please do submit again.
Best Wishes,
new standard?
2020
Thank you for submitting your work to Pedestal Magazine. We received thousands of poems during this cycle and regret that we will not be able to offer a home to many stellar pieces. We enjoyed reading your submission but after careful consideration have decided that we cannot use it at this time. We wish you much luck in placing your work elsewhere.
Best,
The Editors
Pedestal Magazine
2022
Thank you for submitting to Pedestal Magazine. We enjoyed reading your work but after careful consideration have decided that we cannot use it at this time. We wish you much luck in placing your poetry elsewhere.
Best,
The Editors
Pedestal Magazine
new tiered?
2024
Dear, ____
Thank you for sending your work to Pedestal Magazine. We navigated thousands of poems during this cycle and regret that we can't offer a home to many stellar pieces. For what's it's worth, your submission was asterisked by at least one editor. That said, after careful consideration, we’ve decided to pass on your current submission. We certainly hope that you will send other work to us in the future.
Best,
The Editors
Pedestal Magazine
