I'm not a fan of form rejection letters which include suppositions of what's wrong with your story.

My most recent rejection included "Sometimes a narrative can be excellent work but simply not be right for the journal. One common reason for this is that the text, though under 1000 words, isn't a flash narrative. This might mean your story would work better as a longer story, part of a longer story, or even poetry."

Another time, I received a form rejection that said my work might be offensive or poorly edited.

Lit mags, don't put stuff like this in your form rejections. If it's personalized and you want a writer to revise and resubmit, ok. But including this in all rejections comes across as condescending or alienating.

Sometimes the story is perfectly fine and just doesn't fit in your issue, and that's ok. I've had stories rejected with these sorts of copy/paste commentary that went on to win contests.

Writers, don't take this stuff personally. Maybe your story does need a bit more revision. Or maybe the form rejection was written by a crankyass. #WritingCommunity #LitMags #publishing #RejectionLetters

February has been a dry spell for me, but I did just receive my author's copies of OnSpec Magazine. My poem "Angakkuq" is featured inside. This magazine is technically a December 2024 release but the print copies were delayed because of the mail strike.

I have three pieces scheduled for print next month: a poem in Strange Horizons, an essay in ALOCASIA, and a story in Flash Fiction Online. In theory, a longer short story will be printed in an anthology, but that anthology has been going through delays for about a year. We'll see. https://onspec.ca/
#writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #IndigenousCreatives #LitMags #SpeculativeFiction #SpeculativePoetry

LESS DOOMSCROLLING, MORE POETRY: issue 8 of +doc, my little journal of longer poems, is now available! Featuring work by MICHAEL CHANG, BEE LB, and Mahaila Smith, it'll distract you better than scrolling through Reddit (again).

$4/$6 Canada/Int'l. More info at https://julianday.ca/press.html

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been on mastodon since 2018. I noticed all the #OpenSourceSoftware sites I was checking out had mastodon icons.

here's an #introduction for all new arrivals from #TikTok, #Instagram, or #Facebook

I am a #writer of #FlashFiction #horror and #haiku #poetry I am an #artist and sometimes I make #music

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Just a quick note that I'm now reading for the next two issues of +doc. If you're interested in submitting, more info at https://julianday.ca/press_+doc.html

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