tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post4126957503839850318..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Express Lane: 12 Rejections or LessWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-30997784175257726592008-04-21T12:14:00.000-04:002008-04-21T12:14:00.000-04:00"I don't think there's any problem with a speedy r..."I don't think there's any problem with a speedy reply; seven days is long enough to receive a story and read it, and reject it if it's not right for the magazine. I'd prefer that to a 4-6 month wait!"<BR/><BR/>Not The Point.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, 7 days much better than 6 months. (Speaking of, Paris Review and New Yorker have subs from me for longer than that, grr.)<BR/><BR/>But you do have to WONDER about the snappy turnaround here. Does Leavitt really read each sub? Elsewhere on the web it was hinted at that grad students read it. However Leavitt has said that he does read them all. In any event it's better than Howard Junker who "ages" his subs, that sucks.<BR/><BR/>I am *so* frustrated with the whole process. The only answer is to write non-fiction. Then at least you can make a living at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-11832098845349971092008-04-21T09:34:00.000-04:002008-04-21T09:34:00.000-04:00I don't know. I still wonder about Subtropics. The...I don't know. I still wonder about Subtropics. The quick rejections that we've all experienced so well. How can they possibly read these things? I think half of each issue is solicited anyway. Can you get in through the slush? Maybe, but I think that everything they print is more or less the same anyway. So you better have that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-38115474302817305902008-04-20T21:52:00.000-04:002008-04-20T21:52:00.000-04:00He's about to break big. I can feel it. Mark my wo...He's about to break big. I can feel it. Mark my words. You know who I mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-89590138108689109692008-04-20T13:53:00.000-04:002008-04-20T13:53:00.000-04:00Here's a look at a 32-day poetry rejection, which ...Here's a look at a 32-day poetry rejection, which came in April 17:<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much for your submission to Subtropics. We enjoyed the opportunity to review your work. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find a place for your poems in the magazine, though we do wish you luck in placing them elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>All best,<BR/><BR/>The Poetry Editors<BR/>Subtropics<BR/><BR/>jes<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>SUBTROPICS 6 will be published in May 2008, a double issue with two covers! Featuring stories by Jacob M. Appel, John Brandon, Nadia Kalman, and Celeste Ng; an essay by Timothy Cook; a novella by Peter Wells; and 41 poets, including Peter Cooley, Averill Curdy, Richard Kenney, John Kinsella, Kathleen Rooney, Reginald Shepherd, A. E. Stallings, G. C. Waldrep, and Suzanne Zweizig. In translation: poems by Silvio D'Arzo, Tomaz Salamun, and Hai Zi and a story by Ricardo Silva Romero.<BR/><BR/>http://www.english.ufl.edu/subtropicsDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163757563835192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-22534722776033443592008-04-19T22:38:00.000-04:002008-04-19T22:38:00.000-04:00I've been feelin' your blog, wanted you to know.Ha...I've been feelin' your blog, wanted you to know.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever read Martin Eden by Jack London? It's about a writer's excruciating journey through his attempts to get published. Eventually he does get published, and famous, and then he tries to kill himself by jumping off a ship--and as he struggles to drown himself, he keeps popping up and can't fully go under. I won't tell you what finally happens so as to not spoil the ending, so to speak.<BR/><BR/>And thus, I suppose, we must draw our own conclusions from the novel's symbolism...Kate Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478737570632377733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-43860902518367662592008-04-19T11:56:00.000-04:002008-04-19T11:56:00.000-04:00Wasn't complaining, other than because I got rejec...Wasn't complaining, other than because I got rejected.Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-26800466988635968562008-04-19T11:49:00.000-04:002008-04-19T11:49:00.000-04:00There's a great interview with David Leavitt here:...There's a great interview with David Leavitt here: <BR/><BR/>http://courtthejesters.blogspot.com/2008/04/david-leavitt-dire-state-of-fictions.html<BR/><BR/>I don't think there's any problem with a speedy reply; seven days is long enough to receive a story and read it, and reject it if it's not right for the magazine. I'd prefer that to a 4-6 month wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com