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Submission Responses to Nonfiction Submissions (received in the last 7 days, based on reports from Duotrope subscribers)

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1. 42-day rejection from Current History on September 4.
2. 170-day form rejection from CutBank Chapbook Contest (CutBank) on September 4.
3. 246-day form rejection from CutBank Chapbook Contest (CutBank) on September 4.
4. 1-day acceptance from The Forge Literary Magazine on September 4. Congratulations!
5. 2-day rejection from The Forge Literary Magazine on September 4.
6. 3-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
7. 3-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
8. 5-day acceptance from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4. Congratulations!
9. 10-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
10. 32-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
11. 36-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
12. 54-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
13. 61-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
14. 66-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
15. 94-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
16. 119-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
17. 127-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 4.
18. 0-day acceptance from Inkhorn Review on September 4. Congratulations!
19. 40-day form rejection from Ivo Review on September 4.
20. 50-day acceptance from Ivo Review on September 4. Congratulations, Peyton Stich!
21. 74-day form rejection from Ivo Review on September 4.
22. 48-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on September 4.
23. 49-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on September 4.
24. 89-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on September 4.
25. 107-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on September 4.
26. 124-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on September 4.
27. 4-day rejection from McSweeney's Internet Tendency (McSweeney's) on September 4.
28. 19-day acceptance from Persimmon Tree on September 4. Congratulations, Sandy S. Lish!
29. 1-day form rejection from Public Discourse on September 4.
30. 12-day personal rejection from Remington Review on September 4.
31. 95-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on September 4.
32. 32-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 4.
33. 45-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 4.
34. 2-day form rejection from trampset on September 4.
35. 32-day form rejection from Your Impossible Voice on September 4.
36. 2-day personal rejection from Amethyst Review on September 3.
37. 2-day form rejection from Amethyst Review on September 3.
38. 33-day rejection from ANMLY (Anomalous Press) on September 3.
39. 45-day form rejection from Five Minutes on September 3.
40. 47-day personal rejection from Five Minutes on September 3.
41. 59-day personal rejection from Five Minutes on September 3.
42. 2-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
43. 2-day acceptance from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3. Congratulations!
44. 2-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
45. 3-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
46. 11-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
47. 56-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
48. 76-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
49. 83-day form rejection from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 3.
50. 98-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on September 3.
51. 8-day form rejection from January House Literary Journal on September 3.
52. 0-day form rejection from The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts (Matter Press) on September 3.
53. 113-day form rejection from Literally Literary Magazine on September 3.
54. 115-day form rejection from Literally Literary Magazine on September 3.
55. 115-day form rejection from Literally Literary Magazine on September 3.
56. 117-day form rejection from Literally Literary Magazine on September 3.
57. 42-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on September 3.
58. 8-day rejection from The Missouri Review on September 3.
59. 38-day acceptance from The MockingOwl Roost Magazine on September 3. Congratulations, Marguerite Schneider!
60. 94-day rejection from The Paris Review on September 3.
61. 9-day form rejection from Pithead Chapel on September 3.
62. 41-day form rejection from Ploughshares on September 3.
63. 3-day acceptance from Table Salt Press on September 3. Congratulations, Barb Natividad!
64. 3-day personal rejection from Table Salt Press on September 3.
65. 46-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 3.
66. 60-day personal rejection from wildscape. literary journal on September 3.
67. 44-day form rejection from Your Impossible Voice on September 3.
68. 5-day form rejection from Afterwords (Broad Ripple Review) on September 2.
69. 99-day form rejection from AGNI on September 2.
70. 163-day form rejection from Astrolabe on September 2.
71. 31-day form rejection from Broad Ripple Review on September 2.
72. 85-day form rejection from Carolina Muse Literary & Arts Magazine on September 2.
73. 123-day acceptance from Hand to Mouth Anthology (Loblolly Press) on September 2. Congratulations!
74. 25-day rejection from Identity Theory Micros (Identity Theory) on September 2.
75. 12-day acceptance from Little Old Lady Comedy on September 2. Congratulations, James W. Morris!
76. 35-day acceptance from Meat for Tea on September 2. Congratulations!
77. 29-day form rejection from The Missouri Review on September 2.
78. 2-day form rejection from On The Seawall on September 2.
79. 14-day personal rejection from Ploughshares on September 2.
80. 0-day acceptance from Rang Yan Review on September 2. Congratulations!
81. 70-day form rejection from South 85 Journal on September 2.
82. 71-day form rejection from South 85 Journal on September 2.
83. 73-day form rejection from South 85 Journal on September 2.
84. 15-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
85. 30-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
86. 32-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
87. 35-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
88. 36-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
89. 40-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
90. 42-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 2.
91. 9-day form rejection from Your Impossible Voice on September 2.
92. 31-day form rejection from Your Impossible Voice on September 2.
93. 90-day form rejection from Your Impossible Voice on September 2.
94. 24-day form rejection from Air/Light Magazine on September 1.
95. 111-day form rejection from The Ana on September 1.
96. 68-day form rejection from Another Chicago Magazine on September 1.
97. 2-day form rejection from The Bookish Magazine (OneTribune Media) on September 1.
98. 1-day personal rejection from Bright Flash Literary Review on September 1.
99. 2-day personal rejection from Bright Flash Literary Review on September 1.
100. 86-day personal rejection from Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards (Line of Advance Literary Journal) on September 1.
101. 102-day form rejection from CRAFT on September 1.
102. 109-day rejection from CRAFT on September 1.
103. 80-day rejection from The Dublin Review on September 1.
104. 90-day personal rejection from Electric Literature on September 1.
105. 95-day form rejection from Electric Literature on September 1.
106. 95-day form rejection from Electric Literature on September 1.
107. 80-day rejection from Epiphany on September 1.
108. 80-day form rejection from Epiphany on September 1. outlier
109. 81-day form rejection from Epiphany on September 1.
110. 81-day rejection from Epiphany on September 1.
111. 61-day personal rejection from Flash the Court on September 1.
112. 156-day form rejection from Fourth Genre Multimedia Essay Prize (Fourth Genre) on September 1.
113. 216-day form rejection from Fourth Genre Multimedia Essay Prize (Fourth Genre) on September 1.
114. 16-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
115. 17-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
116. 17-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
117. 18-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
118. 18-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
119. 18-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
120. 18-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
121. 19-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
122. 19-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
123. 19-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
124. 28-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on September 1.
125. 1-day form rejection from Inkhorn Review on September 1.
126. 5-day form rejection from McSweeney's Internet Tendency (McSweeney's) on September 1.
127. 29-day personal rejection from The Missouri Review on September 1.
128. 31-day personal rejection from The Missouri Review on September 1.
129. 92-day personal rejection from MudRoom Magazine on September 1.
130. 11-day form rejection from New Ohio Review on September 1.
131. 11-day form rejection from New Ohio Review on September 1.
132. 17-day form rejection from New Ohio Review on September 1.
133. 77-day form rejection from Propagule Magazine on September 1.
134. 1-day personal rejection from Red River Review on September 1.
135. 2-day form rejection from Salvation South on September 1.
136. 30-day personal rejection from Scrawl Place on September 1.
137. 159-day form rejection from Split Lip Magazine on September 1.
138. 91-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on September 1.
139. 147-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on September 1.
140. 153-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on September 1.
141. 183-day form rejection from swamp pink on September 1.
142. 33-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on September 1.
143. 96-day form rejection from Tolka on September 1.
144. 111-day form rejection from Tolka on September 1.
145. 62-day form rejection from Amaranth Journal on August 31.
146. 112-day form rejection from The Black River Chapbook Competition (Black Lawrence Press) on August 31.
147. 114-day form rejection from The Black River Chapbook Competition (Black Lawrence Press) on August 31.
148. 146-day form rejection from The Black River Chapbook Competition (Black Lawrence Press) on August 31.
149. 0-day personal rejection from Bottle Rocket Literary Magazine on August 31.
150. 5-day personal rejection from Bright Flash Literary Review on August 31.
151. 31-day form rejection from Broad Ripple Review on August 31.
152. 17-day form rejection from Chestnut Review on August 31.
153. 30-day form rejection from Eleventh Hour Literary on August 31.
154. 67-day form rejection from Extra Teeth Magazine on August 31.
155. 29-day form rejection from The Forge Literary Magazine on August 31.
156. 153-day form rejection from HerStry on August 31.
157. 94-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on August 31.
158. 99-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on August 31.
159. 99-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on August 31.
160. 99-day personal rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on August 31.
161. 244-day personal rejection (rewrite requested & long/shortlisted) from Holy Cow! Press on August 31.
162. 85-day form rejection from The Masters Review Best Emerging Writers Anthology (The Masters Review) on August 31.
163. 74-day form rejection from The Masters Review Reprint Prize (The Masters Review) on August 31.
164. 75-day form rejection from The Masters Review Reprint Prize (The Masters Review) on August 31.
165. 136-day acceptance from The Metaworker Literary Magazine on August 31. Congratulations!
166. 136-day rejection from The Metaworker Literary Magazine on August 31.
167. 61-day form rejection from MudRoom Magazine on August 31.
168. 16-day form rejection from New Ohio Review on August 31.
169. 3-day form rejection from The North Lit Review on August 31.
170. 36-day acceptance from Oregon Humanities on August 31. Congratulations! outlier
171. 4-day form rejection from Pithead Chapel on August 31.
172. 5-day form rejection from The Point on August 31.
173. 301-day form rejection from Puerto del Sol on August 31.
174. 42-day personal rejection from Saint Katherine Review on August 31.
175. 91-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on August 31.
176. 91-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on August 31.
177. 0-day form rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on August 31.
178. 0-day personal rejection from Tabula Rasa Review on August 31.
179. 3-day acceptance from BAUXITE Magazine on August 30. Congratulations, Penny Nolte!
180. 138-day form rejection from The Dodge (Artful Dodge) on August 30.
181. 0-day form rejection from Fahmidan Journal on August 30.
182. 23-day form rejection from The Forge Literary Magazine on August 30.
183. 41-day form rejection from The Good Life Review on August 30.
184. 157-day personal rejection from HerStry on August 30.
185. 2-day personal rejection from Infocalypse Arts & Literary Magazine on August 30.
186. 36-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on August 30.
187. 90-day personal rejection from matchbook on August 30.
188. 63-day form rejection from OPEN on August 30.
189. 25-day acceptance from Persimmon Tree on August 30. Congratulations!
190. 91-day form rejection from Redivider on August 30.
191. 93-day personal rejection from Redivider on August 30.
192. 112-day rejection from Redivider on August 30.
193. 23-day acceptance from ScribesMICRO (Fairfield Scribes) on August 30. Congratulations!
194. 23-day personal rejection from ScribesMICRO (Fairfield Scribes) on August 30.
195. 97-day rejection from swamp pink on August 30.
196. 41-day rejection from West Trade Review (Iron Oak Editions) on August 30.

Note: This list is compiled every five minutes. Last compiled: 5 September 2026 11:13 AM UTC (less than a second ago).

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