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Recent Responses to Nonfiction Submissions from Publishers

Want to know which publications have been sending rejections and acceptances lately? You've come to the right place! This is where you can see all the submission responses received recently.

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

Did you know that you can see 30 days of responses from a specific market? Look for the link to view recent responses in the Response Times section of a listing.

1. 4-day form rejection from Moocat le Meaux on October 16.
2. 38-day form rejection from Bellevue Literary Review on October 15.
3. 173-day form rejection from Boulevard Magazine on October 15.
4. 2-day personal rejection from Bright Flash Literary Review on October 15.
5. 17-day acceptance from Chicago Story Press Literary Journal (Chicago Story Press) on October 15. Congratulations! 
6. 66-day form rejection from Colorado Review on October 15.
7. 122-day form rejection from Dog Daze Contests (Blue Earth Review) on October 15.
8. 17-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on October 15.
9. 2-day form rejection from Larina's Lit Lounge on October 15.
10. 174-day form rejection from The Maine Review on October 15.
11. 60-day form rejection from The Manifest-Station on October 15.
12. 67-day personal rejection from The Manifest-Station on October 15.
13. 347-day acceptance from Merion West on October 15. Congratulations!  outlier
14. 13-day personal rejection from The Missouri Review on October 15.
15. 77-day personal rejection from Mulberry Literary on October 15.
16. 5-day form rejection from Orion's Belt on October 15.
17. 164-day acceptance from Outlook Springs on October 15. Congratulations! 
18. 226-day form rejection from Redivider on October 15.
19. 30-day form rejection from The Rumpus on October 15.
20. 28-day personal rejection from Silver Wings Review on October 15.
21. 10-day form rejection from SugarSugarSalt Magazine on October 15.
22. 41-day form rejection from the tiny journal on October 15.
23. 1-day personal rejection from wildscape. literary journal on October 15.
24. 132-day form rejection from Black Lawrence Press on October 14.
25. 32-day form rejection from Blue Earth Review on October 14.
26. 4-day personal rejection from Bottle Rocket Literary Magazine on October 14.
27. 101-day form rejection from Conjunctions on October 14.
28. 106-day form rejection from Conjunctions on October 14.
29. 106-day form rejection from Conjunctions on October 14.
30. 210-day form rejection from Fourteen Hills on October 14.
31. 16-day rejection from Inlandia Journal on October 14.
32. 29-day personal rejection from JackLeg Press on October 14.
33. 49-day acceptance from January House Literary Journal on October 14. Congratulations! 
34. 8-day rejection from Lake Effect on October 14.
35. 77-day acceptance from The Manifest-Station on October 14. Congratulations! 
36. 119-day personal rejection from The Manifest-Station on October 14.
37. 69-day personal rejection from Michigan Quarterly Review on October 14.
38. 147-day form rejection from North American Review on October 14.
39. 151-day form rejection from North American Review on October 14.
40. 26-day form rejection from Peatsmoke Journal on October 14.
41. 7-day acceptance from Pithead Chapel on October 14. Congratulations!  outlier
42. 3-day rejection from The Point on October 14.
43. 43-day acceptance from The Razor Literary Magazine (Gotham Writers Workshop) on October 14. Congratulations! 
44. 4-day form rejection from Sky Island Journal on October 14.
45. 7-day form rejection from SmokeLong Quarterly on October 14.
46. 62-day personal rejection from Stonecoast Review on October 14.
47. 346-day form rejection from Twelve Winters Journal (Twelve Winters Press) on October 14.
48. 51-day personal rejection from Under the Sun on October 14.
49. 2-day acceptance from Virgo Venus Press on October 14. Congratulations! 
50. 1-day acceptance from The Writing Disorder on October 14. Congratulations!  outlier
51. 39-day form rejection from Arcturus Magazine (Chicago Review of Books) on October 13.
52. 27-day rejection from Bellingham Review on October 13.
53. 42-day form rejection from The Berlin Literary Review on October 13.
54. 152-day form rejection from Black Fox Literary Magazine on October 13.
55. 111-day form rejection from CRAFT on October 13.
56. 30-day form rejection from CRAFT Flash Prose Prize (CRAFT) on October 13.
57. 161-day acceptance from Generation Gap on October 13. Congratulations! 
58. 161-day rejection from Generation Gap on October 13.
59. 246-day form rejection from Gulf Coast on October 13.
60. 36-day form rejection from Hippocampus Magazine on October 13.
61. 10-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
62. 22-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
63. 26-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
64. 27-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
65. 27-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
66. 27-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
67. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
68. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
69. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
70. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
71. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
72. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
73. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
74. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 13.
75. 46-day rejection (rewrite requested) from Intima on October 13.
76. 29-day form rejection from The Journal on October 13.
77. 222-day personal rejection from Michigan Quarterly Review on October 13.
78. 42-day form rejection from New England Review on October 13.
79. 42-day form rejection from New England Review on October 13.
80. 11-day rejection from Res Publica on October 13.
81. 12-day personal rejection from Short Reads on October 13.
82. 336-day form rejection from The Southern Review (Louisiana State University Press) on October 13.
83. 351-day acceptance from The Southern Review (Louisiana State University Press) on October 13. Congratulations, Sydney Tammarine! 
84. 35-day form rejection from The Sun Magazine on October 13.
85. 48-day form rejection from The Yale Review on October 13.
86. 48-day form rejection from The Yale Review on October 13.
87. 48-day form rejection from The Yale Review on October 13.
88. 17-day form rejection from Arcturus Magazine (Chicago Review of Books) on October 12.
89. 42-day form rejection from Backchannels Journal on October 12.
90. 23-day form rejection from Beautiful Things (River Teeth) on October 12.
91. 33-day form rejection from Beautiful Things (River Teeth) on October 12.
92. 12-day form rejection from BlinkerLit on October 12.
93. 180-day form rejection from Boulevard Magazine on October 12.
94. 181-day form rejection from Boulevard Magazine on October 12.
95. 35-day form rejection from Brevity on October 12.
96. 73-day personal rejection from Cagibi Journal on October 12.
97. 10-day form rejection from Chestnut Review on October 12.
98. 42-day form rejection from Chosen Anthology (Renard Press) on October 12.
99. 52-day acceptance from Chosen Anthology (Renard Press) on October 12. Congratulations! 
100. 62-day personal rejection from Colorado Review on October 12.
101. 159-day form rejection from Colorado Review on October 12.
102. 28-day personal rejection from Flash the Court on October 12.
103. 41-day acceptance from Flash the Court on October 12. Congratulations! 
104. 32-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
105. 32-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
106. 32-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
107. 33-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
108. 35-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
109. 36-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
110. 37-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
111. 38-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
112. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
113. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
114. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 12.
115. 26-day acceptance from Great Lakes Review on October 12. Congratulations! 
116. 63-day personal rejection from How I Learned on October 12.
117. 27-day form rejection from In Short on October 12.
118. 27-day form rejection from In Short on October 12.
119. 28-day form rejection from In Short on October 12.
120. 1-day form rejection from Inkhorn Review on October 12.
121. 35-day form rejection from The Journal on October 12.
122. 38-day rejection from The Journal on October 12.
123. 62-day form rejection from The Journal on October 12.
124. 83-day form rejection from The Journal on October 12.
125. 83-day form rejection from The Journal on October 12.
126. 84-day form rejection from The Journal on October 12.
127. 85-day form rejection from The Journal on October 12.
128. 4-day form rejection from Lowestoft Chronicle on October 12.
129. 21-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on October 12.
130. 30-day form rejection from Presence Haiku Journal on October 12.
131. 158-day form rejection from Root Smoke on October 12.
132. 91-day form rejection from The Rumpus on October 12.
133. 27-day form rejection from Short Reads on October 12.
134. 121-day rejection from Short Reads on October 12.
135. 121-day rejection from Short Reads on October 12.
136. 60-day personal rejection from wildscape. literary journal on October 12.
137. 61-day personal rejection from wildscape. literary journal on October 12.
138. 36-day form rejection from Brevity on October 11.
139. 3-day personal rejection from Bright Flash Literary Review on October 11.
140. 21-day personal rejection from Chicago Story Press Literary Journal (Chicago Story Press) on October 11.
141. 148-day form rejection from Colorado Review on October 11.
142. 125-day form rejection from CRAFT on October 11.
143. 51-day acceptance from Flash the Court on October 11. Congratulations! 
144. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 11.
145. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 11.
146. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 11.
147. 40-day form rejection from Fourth Genre on October 11.
148. 24-day form rejection from Harpur Palate Literary Journal on October 11.
149. 24-day form rejection from Harpur Palate Literary Journal on October 11.
150. 18-day form rejection from The Ilanot Review on October 11.
151. 3-day personal rejection from The Itch Lit on October 11.
152. 123-day personal rejection from Marrow Magazine on October 11.
153. 20-day acceptance from Moocat le Meaux on October 11. Congratulations! 
154. 21-day personal rejection from The Palisades Review on October 11.
155. 4-day acceptance from AC | DC on October 10. Congratulations! 
156. 36-day form rejection from Brevity on October 10.
157. 36-day rejection from Brevity on October 10.
158. 37-day form rejection from Brevity on October 10.
159. 38-day form rejection from Brevity on October 10.
160. 10-day form rejection from Chestnut Review on October 10.
161. 25-day rejection from Chestnut Review on October 10.
162. 75-day form rejection from The Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize (The Malahat Review) on October 10.
163. 18-day form rejection from The Ilanot Review on October 10.
164. 19-day personal rejection from Little Old Lady Comedy on October 10.
165. 57-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on October 10.
166. 74-day form rejection from The Markaz Review on October 10.
167. 36-day form rejection from The Markaz Weekly (The Markaz Review) on October 10.
168. 52-day form rejection from The Markaz Weekly (The Markaz Review) on October 10.

Note: This list is compiled every five minutes. Last compiled: 16 October 2026 12:48 AM UTC (less than a second ago).
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