A heartening rejection: Dear Trace, This work is very good! While it’s not quite a fit for what we’re reading for now, we really hope you’ll send us more work in the future. Huge Thanks, 8 Poems

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

This rejection comes with some nice feedback from the judges – Dear Trace, Thank you so much for your application to the Sustainable Arts Foundation. As our program grows, it becomes even more competitive; in our 7th year, over 3,000 writers and artists submitted their portfolios. We continue to be humbled by the stories we […]