Thank you so much for your interest in Barren Magazine. It was a pleasure to read your poetry.

Sadly, I must inform you that our reader panel did not select your submission for Issue No.4.

Please know that our acceptance rate for this issue was around 4% overall (a little less for poetry), and our decisions are based on how content is deemed fit for each specific issue.

We would love to read more of your work. Please feel encouraged to send more in at any time. We are currently accepting submissions for Issue No.5 through December 7. Prompts for Issue No.5 are: separation, resolve, shame, wonder, and desolation. If you have any pieces that might fit that aesthetic, please consider sending them our way.

Kindest regards,

Jason D. Ramsey
Founder / Editor-In-Chief
Barren Magazine