Recent Responses to Nonfiction Submissions from Publishers

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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. 21-day personal rejection from American Literary Review Flash Flood Contest (American Literary Review) on November 5.
2. 2-day acceptance from BULL on November 4. Congratulations!
3. 12-day rejection from Cagibi Journal on November 4.
4. 71-day personal rejection from Colorado Review on November 4.
5. 35-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
6. 37-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
7. 41-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
8. 42-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
9. 49-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
10. 53-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
11. 54-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
12. 54-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
13. 57-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
14. 57-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
15. 57-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
16. 58-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
17. 58-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
18. 58-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
19. 58-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
20. 59-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
21. 59-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
22. 59-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
23. 60-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
24. 60-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
25. 62-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
26. 62-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
27. 62-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
28. 62-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
29. 63-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 4.
30. 76-day acceptance from Hawai'i Pacific Review on November 4. Congratulations!
31. 76-day form rejection from Hawai'i Pacific Review on November 4.
32. 21-day personal rejection from New Orleans Review on November 4.
33. 148-day form rejection from North American Review on November 4.
34. 9-day form rejection from Peatsmoke Journal on November 4.
35. 152-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 4.
36. 152-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 4.
37. 180-day form rejection from Split Lip Magazine on November 4.
38. 76-day form rejection from Under the Gum Tree on November 4.
39. 1-day form rejection from Variant Literature Journal (Variant Literature Press) on November 4.
40. 76-day form rejection from Aquifer (The Florida Review) on November 3.
41. 19-day form rejection from Beautiful Things (River Teeth) on November 3.
42. 36-day form rejection from Bellingham Review on November 3.
43. 29-day form rejection from Broad Ripple Review on November 3.
44. 33-day form rejection from Broad Ripple Review on November 3.
45. 188-day form rejection from Cleaver on November 3.
46. 12-day form rejection from CRAFT on November 3.
47. 13-day form rejection from CRAFT on November 3.
48. 117-day form rejection from CRAFT on November 3.
49. 119-day rejection from CRAFT on November 3.
50. 51-day personal rejection from CRAFT Flash Prose Prize (CRAFT) on November 3.
51. 47-day acceptance from CrayfishMag (Furnace Run Press) on November 3. Congratulations!
52. 56-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 3.
53. 58-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 3.
54. 58-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 3.
55. 59-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on November 3.
56. 1-day personal rejection from HALSEY Literary Reader (Rockwood Press) on November 3.
57. 125-day form rejection from Independence Literary Review on November 3.
58. 5-day form rejection from moocat.net on November 3.
59. 152-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 3.
60. 152-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 3.
61. 152-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 3.
62. 152-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 3.
63. 29-day form rejection from Quibble Lit / Quibble Quarterly on November 3.
64. 98-day form rejection from ROOM Magazine on November 3.
65. 35-day form rejection from The Rumpus on November 3.
66. 36-day form rejection from The Rumpus on November 3.
67. 110-day form rejection from The Rumpus on November 3. outlier
68. 6-day form rejection from Salvation South on November 3.
69. 44-day form rejection from Sequestrum on November 3.
70. 6-day personal rejection from Sky Island Journal on November 3.
71. 91-day form rejection from Slant Books on November 3.
72. 96-day form rejection from Slant Books on November 3.
73. 140-day rejection from Strange Pilgrims Essay of the Year Prize (Strange Pilgrims) on November 3.
74. 28-day form rejection from Terrain.org on November 3.
75. 33-day acceptance from Thomasonian on November 3. Congratulations, Timothy Loftus!
76. 22-day form rejection from West Branch on November 3.
77. 24-day form rejection from West Branch on November 3.
78. 6-day form rejection from Bending Genres on November 2.
79. 47-day form rejection from Booth on November 2.
80. 35-day personal rejection from Brevity on November 2.
81. 26-day form rejection from Chestnut Review on November 2.
82. 65-day form rejection from Colorado Review on November 2.
83. 70-day personal rejection from Colorado Review on November 2.
84. 98-day form rejection from The Headlight Review on November 2.
85. 43-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on November 2.
86. 16-day acceptance from The Jewish Writing Project on November 2. Congratulations, Barbara Krasner!
87. 45-day form rejection from Kenyon Review on November 2.
88. 8-day personal rejection from Literally on November 2.
89. 26-day personal rejection from Moon City Review (Moon City Press) on November 2.
90. 84-day personal rejection from Moon City Review (Moon City Press) on November 2.
91. 59-day rejection from Ninth Letter on November 2.
92. 60-day form rejection from Ninth Letter on November 2.
93. 60-day form rejection from Ninth Letter on November 2.
94. 32-day form rejection from Ninth Letter Web Edition (Ninth Letter) on November 2.
95. 11-day form rejection from The Ones Behind the Bookshelves on November 2.
96. 25-day form rejection from Passages North on November 2.
97. 32-day form rejection from Passages North on November 2.
98. 151-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 2.
99. 151-day form rejection from Pleiades on November 2.
100. 10-day rejection from Points in Case on November 2.
101. 102-day form rejection from ROOM Magazine on November 2.
102. 19-day acceptance from The Rumpus on November 2. Congratulations!
103. 186-day acceptance from Shakespeare Survey (Cambridge University Press) on November 2. Congratulations!
104. 90-day form rejection from Slant Books on November 2.
105. 75-day rejection from Southern Humanities Review on November 2.
106. 87-day form rejection from Southern Humanities Review on November 2.
107. 3-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on November 2.
108. 90-day rejection from The Sun Magazine on November 2.
109. 104-day form rejection from The Sunlight Press on November 2.
110. 101-day form rejection from The Table Review on November 2.
111. 40-day form rejection from West Trade Review (Iron Oak Editions) on November 2.
112. 263-day form rejection from Boulevard Magazine on November 1.
113. 41-day form rejection from Brevity on November 1.
114. 60-day rejection from Brevity on November 1.
115. 57-day form rejection from Canid Literary & Arts Journal on November 1.
116. 29-day form rejection from Chestnut Review on November 1.
117. 9-day personal rejection from Club Plum Literary Journal on November 1.
118. 134-day personal rejection from Conjunctions on November 1.
119. 136-day form rejection from Conjunctions on November 1.
120. 231-day rejection (long/shortlisted) from The Fiddlehead Creative Nonfiction Contest (The Fiddlehead) on November 1.
121. 53-day personal rejection from The Good Life Review on November 1.
122. 2-day form rejection from January House Literary Journal on November 1.
123. 52-day form rejection from Kenyon Review on November 1.
124. 153-day form rejection from Lost Balloon Magazine on November 1.
125. 10-day rejection from The Penn Review on November 1.
126. 7-day form rejection from Post Road Magazine on November 1.
127. 87-day form rejection from Rawhead on November 1.
128. 33-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
129. 62-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
130. 66-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
131. 81-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
132. 81-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
133. 83-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
134. 88-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
135. 90-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
136. 98-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
137. 106-day acceptance from Saint Katherine Review on November 1. Congratulations!
138. 114-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on November 1.
139. 16-day personal rejection from Short Reads on November 1.
140. 29-day personal rejection from Short Reads on November 1.
141. 10-day form rejection from The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (SmokeLong Quarterly) on November 1.
142. 6-day form rejection from SmokeLong Quarterly on November 1.
143. 41-day acceptance from Viridine Literary on November 1. Congratulations!
144. 37-day rejection from West Branch on November 1.
145. 40-day form rejection from West Branch on November 1.
146. 40-day form rejection from Bellevue Literary Review on October 31.
147. 47-day form rejection from Bellevue Literary Review on October 31.
148. 0-day acceptance from Black Fox Literary Magazine on October 31. Congratulations! outlier
149. 25-day acceptance from The Drift & Dribble Miscellany on October 31. Congratulations!
150. 101-day form rejection from The Dublin Review on October 31.
151. 28-day form rejection from Flyway on October 31.
152. 38-day form rejection from Flyway on October 31.
153. 16-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
154. 18-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
155. 19-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
156. 21-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
157. 22-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
158. 22-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
159. 22-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
160. 22-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
161. 23-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
162. 24-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
163. 28-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
164. 28-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
165. 29-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
166. 30-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
167. 30-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
168. 68-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
169. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
170. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
171. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
172. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
173. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
174. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
175. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
176. 69-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
177. 71-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
178. 71-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
179. 71-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
180. 72-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
181. 72-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
182. 72-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
183. 72-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
184. 73-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
185. 73-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
186. 73-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
187. 73-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
188. 73-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
189. 73-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
190. 74-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
191. 76-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
192. 76-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 31.
193. 21-day form rejection from Granta on October 31.
194. 31-day form rejection from Granta on October 31.
195. 56-day form rejection from Harpur Palate Literary Journal on October 31.
196. 105-day form rejection from Harpur Palate Literary Journal on October 31.
197. 110-day form rejection from Harpur Palate Literary Journal on October 31.
198. 122-day personal rejection from Harpur Palate Literary Journal on October 31.
199. 10-day form rejection from January House Literary Journal on October 31.
200. 9-day rejection from Pithead Chapel on October 31.
201. 4-day rejection from Rethinking History on October 31.
202. 30-day acceptance from Revolute on October 31. Congratulations! outlier
203. 15-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on October 31.
204. 37-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on October 31.
205. 54-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on October 31.
206. 131-day form rejection from Saint Katherine Review on October 31.
207. 60-day rejection from The Sun Magazine on October 31.
208. 88-day personal rejection from Acre Books (The Cincinnati Review) on October 30.
209. 30-day form rejection from Arcturus Magazine (Chicago Review of Books) on October 30.
210. 270-day form rejection from Boulevard Magazine on October 30.
211. 12-day form rejection from Chestnut Review on October 30.
212. 18-day personal rejection from The Forge Literary Magazine on October 30.
213. 29-day form rejection from The Forge Literary Magazine on October 30.
214. 15-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
215. 15-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
216. 15-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
217. 25-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
218. 68-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
219. 68-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
220. 68-day form rejection from Glossy Planet Literary Magazine on October 30.
221. 282-day form rejection from Harvard Review on October 30.
222. 114-day form rejection from Hayden's Ferry Review on October 30.
223. 132-day personal rejection from Hayden's Ferry Review on October 30.
224. 137-day rejection from Hayden's Ferry Review on October 30.
225. 25-day form rejection from Inscape Journal on October 30.
226. 2-day personal rejection from The Itch Lit on October 30.
227. 3-day personal rejection from The Itch Lit on October 30.
228. 8-day acceptance from The Itch Lit on October 30. Congratulations, Tracie Adams!
229. 55-day rejection from Occulum on October 30.
230. 128-day acceptance from Persimmon Tree on October 30. Congratulations!
231. 4-day form rejection from Seam Allowance on October 30.
232. 58-day acceptance from South Florida Poetry Journal on October 30. Congratulations!
233. 20-day personal rejection from The Sun Magazine on October 30.
234. 24-day rejection from The Sun Magazine on October 30.
235. 26-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on October 30.
236. 10-day rejection from Tahoma Literary Review on October 30.

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