tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post8001317009131364294..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: $3 Bill is Nonrefundable in MassachusettsWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-88644733725592126122008-10-23T11:56:00.000-04:002008-10-23T11:56:00.000-04:00I'm glad I never send my querys through e-mail.I'm glad I never send my querys through e-mail.The Rejection Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288683065588449736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-29697711928217625662008-10-22T17:55:00.000-04:002008-10-22T17:55:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link, Writer Rejected. It's been 5 ...Thanks for the link, Writer Rejected. It's been 5 days and I still have no response from Mass Review. How long would you say is reasonable to wait before following up?<BR/><BR/>To the previous comments, like TMR, Mass Review only charges for online submissions. My guess is they took their pricing directly from TMR and they're using it to offset the annual cost they incur in licensing Submission Manager, which frankly seems reasonable to me. I don't consider it a reading fee--and you can always submit snail mail if you prefer no fee. From my calculations it does indeed pretty much equal the costs I'd incur if I were to submit snail mail: postage ($1.68), return postage (.42), manila envelope (.25), regular envelope for return (.10), 20 sheets paper (.25), printing ink (~.10), driving to post office (I don't know--somethin), horrifically boring time spent printing and assembling the mailing (equivalent of a few days off my life span).<BR/><BR/>That said, if the thing don't work, it ain't $3 dollars very well spent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891763820728184092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-75239680920408700782008-10-22T16:52:00.000-04:002008-10-22T16:52:00.000-04:00POTUS Review is now up at potusreview.blogspot.com...POTUS Review is now up at potusreview.blogspot.com. or click on 'bob' up there.<BR/><BR/>happy submitting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-15280352684681512852008-10-22T14:01:00.000-04:002008-10-22T14:01:00.000-04:00Bob, I'm in. Hope you accept checks. Written in bl...Bob, I'm in. Hope you accept checks. Written in blood. I'll be submitting to POTUS just as soon as I finish mashing the lyrics to Thriller on one of those Greeking sites. The resulting Flash Fiction will be beer-worthy, even if only you, the ed, get to drink it. Peace out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-5866375593206475232008-10-22T12:06:00.000-04:002008-10-22T12:06:00.000-04:00Mass and Miss Reviews at least pay their contribs ...Mass and Miss Reviews at least pay their contribs more than $3...think of it as an expensive lottery ticket. I'm more worked up over Mass Rvw not responding to a submitter-in-distress email. What's up with that? They haven't earned their $3 until they read the submission, get with it ppl!<BR/><BR/>I'm totally starting the 'POTUS Review', doesn't that sound like a typical zine name? Our reading fee is $2.99. To cover beer and pizza. For us, not you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-58783379189435672702008-10-22T11:48:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:48:00.000-04:00Who's that I see on that three dollar bill? Isn't ...Who's that I see on that three dollar bill? Isn't that our beloved batshit 45th POTUS, Michael Jackson?E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03460716722505030063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-7461661226076089952008-10-22T11:34:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:34:00.000-04:00Hey Queen,the $3 is only for electronic submission...Hey Queen,<BR/>the $3 is only for electronic submissions, not surface mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-50539003059570767342008-10-22T11:33:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:33:00.000-04:00Hey Mousse, The Missouri Review does the same thin...Hey Mousse, <BR/>The Missouri Review does the same thing, except they don't claim that charging $3 is to save the writer money. They say it's "to cover administrative costs on our end".<BR/>(I don't think it costs them 3 big ones to print out something from the submissions manager, so I don't think these guys are any more honest than the Massachusetts Review.) Where did all these litmags come up with 3 dollars as a magical reading fee?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-64403784250596603652008-10-22T11:31:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:31:00.000-04:00Are you freaking kidding me? If this the wave of t...Are you freaking kidding me? If this the wave of the future then we are all screwed. I'm already paying enough for damn stamps...now they want 3 bucks more? Give me a break!The Rejection Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288683065588449736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-62712372013558862602008-10-22T11:20:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:20:00.000-04:00Their reasoning that a $3 fee saves the writer mon...Their reasoning that a $3 fee saves the writer money is garbage. As creative types, they couldn't have come up with a more believeable excuse? Seriously, I have never more than $1.50 on sending out a manuscript by post, and usually it's less.<BR/><BR/>If they had any balls, they would just come out and say what they are really doing: charging a reading fee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-36742491826919494952008-10-22T11:15:00.000-04:002008-10-22T11:15:00.000-04:00I said it before and I'll say it again: Lit journa...I said it before and I'll say it again: Lit journals that charge reading fees = scam. Don't fall for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com