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Nena Veenstra's avatar

Thank you so much for this useful list! I've been writing poetry for ages and just recently decided that I might want to translate some of my work into English and try to get it published that way. Will definitely reference this post :)

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Julie's avatar

I appreciate the curated list, but for those of us who have no aptitude with Excel, can you please still create a full web list each week? Thanks very much for all your good work.

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Chris_Viscuso's avatar

Thank you for not paywalling this. There’s something sick about paywalling access to a list of paywalled publications that may not even publish your work for no pay.

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Doug Jacquier's avatar

Story Unlikely's idea of respect for writers is having you assume rejection after 90 days of no response. Not good enough in my opinion.

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The Crazy Cat Lady Writes's avatar

Yep. One of the reasons they are on my Do Not Submit To list.

If you can't be bothered to let a writer know either way, I'm not playing that rude and unprofessional game.

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Shannan Mann's avatar

On the contrary, many professional publications ask you to assume that no reply after a certain period means no go for publication. I personally prefer this than many of the generic rejection cut-and-pastes. Honestly, I’ll take no reply over some sappy empty encouragement like “Keep writing, the world needs your words!” This is also why I sometimes prefer and even chuckle at whenever many of the prestigious mags send rejections that are a simple one-liner of “Shannan, we will not be publishing this.” Like, props buddy, thanks for showing me my place.

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Doug Jacquier's avatar

I don't care how terse the response but no reply hints at 'how dare you bother us with your submission, you grain of sand?'

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michael george mclaughlin's avatar

West Coast scrappiness ? Love it.

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Shannan Mann's avatar

it's...it's a thing right...a West Coaster told me it's a thing... 👀

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michael george mclaughlin's avatar

Well...must be a Northern California thing.

The site looks great. Hard work and white wine?

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