Rejection from Radar Poetry

A rejection with a request to send more work: Dear Trace, Thank you for sending these poems. Although we’ve ultimately decided to decline, we enjoyed reading your work. We hope you will submit again. Because we are inviting you to send more work, you do not have to abide by any waiting period. We look […]

Rejection from Rust+Moth

Started submitting a new poem yesterday, From Here to There. This rejection came one day after submitting it. This is a hard journal to get into, but still such a quick turnaround seems like a bad omen. Thank you for your submission. We are grateful that you reached out to us and honored at the […]

Rejection from Arcturus

Dear Trace, Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to read and consider your submission. We regret we won’t be able to publish it in Arcturus as it doesn’t fit our current needs. We realize that time and talent goes into every piece, so we appreciate you trusting us to read and discuss […]

A Pile of Rejections

My poem “If They Weren’t Old Bones” has now been rejected by twelve journals. I think it is time to revisit and revise. These are all form rejections – Baltimore Review: Dear Trace Ramsey, Thank you for sending us “If They Weren‘t Old Bones.” We appreciated the chance to read your work. We will not […]

Rejection from The Spectacle

Dear Trace Ramsey, Thank you for submitting “Maltby Road” to The Spectacle. We truly appreciate the opportunity to read your work. While we can’t accept this submission right now, we want to let you know that we really enjoyed reading it. We were particularly impressed with all of the highly evocative descriptions in the piece. […]