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"We like the absurd, the heartbreaking, the hysterical. We like rejection letters, fiction, poetry, CNF, hybrid, whatever."

"We like the absurd, the heartbreaking, the hysterical. We like rejection letters, fiction, poetry, CNF, hybrid, whatever."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

2 weeks - 2 months / 24 days

Acceptance Rate

4.88%

  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

We like the weird, the haunting, the hysterical, the heartbreaking. All that shit. You get it.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

If you're submitting micro, you can submit 3 stories in a single file.

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

It's like fiction, but for real.

Poetry

Max pieces: 4

Photography

pics that are kinda cool but would be cooler if they were on the site

Fiction

Max words: 2000

Max pieces: 1

We like the weird, the haunting, the hysterical, the heartbreaking. All that shit. You get it.

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

If you're submitting micro, you can submit 3 stories in a single file.

Nonfiction

Max words: 3000

Max pieces: 1

It's like fiction, but for real.

Poetry

Max pieces: 4

Photography

pics that are kinda cool but would be cooler if they were on the site

Statistics

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Track submission

56

Total submissions tracked

24 days

Average response time

4.88%

Average acceptance rate

0 days

Fastest response time

83 days

Slowest response time

*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 106 days

How to submit

Process

We use Oleada.

Cover letters

Include a bio and synopsis of your work.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Upload your full manuscript in a word doc or pdf.

Rights for published work

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Additional info

Make you feel at home: cozy, meme-friendly, a sense of community, all that stuff Active on social media Have pop-up submission windows with a fast response

About the Magazine

Founded in 2020 | United States

Rejection Letters was founded in April 2020 by D.T. Robbins. It was kind of a joke at first. “Let’s publish fictional rejection letters!” Of course, this was after getting, like, four or five rejection letters in one day—we all cope in our own weird ways—but then it became something else, something I’m not too sure how to describe, to be honest. We like the absurd, the heartbreaking, the hysterical. We like rejection letters, fiction, poetry, CNF, hybrid, whatever. We are what we are, and we do what we want.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

D.T. Robbins

Editor-in-Chief

Kevin Kearney

Fiction Editor

Felicia Rosemary Urso

Nonfiction Editor

Charlotte VanWerven

Poetry Editor

M.M. Kaufman

Managing Editor

Danielle Chelosky

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