Arthur Klepchukov's Writing
If you send writing out into the world, it will be rejected. The trick is to view each rejection as an attempt on the unpredictable journey to share your words with those you don't know—aka publication. If you wade into a maze, would you cry at every dead end? I turn around and find another… Continue reading Meet the Rejection Whisperer
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Fall 2023 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from September 2023 - November 2023. Since introducing The… Continue reading Fall 2023 Rejections: The Paris Review, Gulf Coast, The Kenyon Review, storySouth, and More Literary Journals
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Summer 2023 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from June 2023 - August 2023. Since introducing The… Continue reading Summer 2023 Rejections: Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, Granta, and More Literary Journals
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Spring 2023 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from March 2023 - May 2023. Since introducing The… Continue reading Spring 2023 Rejections: Threepenny Review, Lightspeed, The Gettysburg Review, Witness, and More Literary Journals
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Winter 2023 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from December 2022 - February 2023. Since introducing The… Continue reading Winter 2023 Rejections: The Kenyon Review, Witness, Baltimore Review, and More Literary Journals
I'm teaching a practical, hands-on online workshop about submitting for publication: Perhaps you’ve written a few stories, poems or essays and want to know where and how to submit your work for publication. What’s the best draft to send? How do you choose among the deluge of submission opportunities? How do you make sense of submission guidelines?… Continue reading Attend My Online Submissions Workshop for Hampton Roads Writers
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Fall 2022 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from September 2022 - November 2022. I've decided to… Continue reading Fall 2022 Rejections: One Story, Granta, Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, and More Literary Journals
See my latest roundup of fiction contests for Writer Unboxed: This contest submissions season covers deadlines from December 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023. Thanks to Literistic, Poets & Writers, Submittable Discover, and New Pages for many of these contests. Much like editors are looking for reasons to reject work, I want to focus on opportunities worth my time. Thus,… Continue reading Worthwhile Fiction Contests for Winter 2022-2023
Join my revision workshop on October 15, 2022 from 5:00 - 6:30pm Eastern: Still staring at the same words for your next draft? Learn how to revise in this playful, hands-on workshop by experimenting with techniques that go beyond writing–like creating movie posters, floor plans, caricatures, mind maps, and typography bombs. Your next draft needs… Continue reading Attend My Revision Workshop at The Writer Unboxed OnConference
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Summer 2022 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from June 2022 - August 2022. I've decided to… Continue reading Summer 2022 Rejections: The Missouri Review, Uncharted, Epiphany, Hobart, Boulevard, and More Literary Journals
See my latest roundup of fiction contests for Writer Unboxed: This contest submissions season covers deadlines from September 1, 2022 through November 30, 2022. Thanks to Literistic, Poets & Writers, Submittable Discover, and New Pages for many of these contests. Much like editors are looking for reasons to reject work, I want to focus on opportunities worth my time. Thus,… Continue reading Worthwhile Fiction Contests for Fall 2022
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Spring 2022 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from March 2022 - May 2022. Rejection from Daily… Continue reading Spring 2022 Rejections: Witness, Narrative, CRAFT, and More Literary Journals
Gaithersburg Book Festival logo I've been invited to give my submissions workshop at the lovely Gaithersburg Book Festival in Gaithersburg, MD for a third time on Saturday, May 21. Perhaps you've written a few stories, poems or essays and want to know where and how to submit your work for publication. What's the best draft… Continue reading Attend My Free Submissions Workshop at the 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Photo by freestocks on Unsplash When are traditions worth breaking? When can they heal other patterns that hurt? My latest short story publication, "Evergreen Promises," explores these questions and appears in print in Palooka #12: Evergreen Promises “I’ll never buy a real Christmas tree again,” I say as I flip on the car’s emergency lights. “Huh?” My stepdaughter… Continue reading Acceptance Isn’t Always Publication, or How “Evergreen Promises” Got Published
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Winter 2022 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from December 2021 - February 2022. Rejection from Fiction… Continue reading Winter 2022 Rejections: Mystery Magazine, Asimov’s, Epiphany, Alaska Quarterly Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, and More Literary Journals
See my latest roundup of fiction contests for Writer Unboxed: This contest submissions season covers deadlines from March 1, 2022 through May 31, 2022. Spring is a great time to submit to literary journals associated with universities before the end of their semester. Response times may lag over the summer though and the pandemic continues… Continue reading Worthwhile Fiction Contests for Spring 2022
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Fall 2021 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the rejections I collected from September 2021 - November 2021. Rejection from Boulevard… Continue reading Fall 2021 Rejections: Boulevard, The Southern Review, Nimrod International Journal, and Kenyon Review, and More Literary Journals
See my latest roundup of fiction contests for Writer Unboxed: This contest submissions season covers deadlines from December 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. Thanks to Literistic, Poets & Writers, Submittable Discover, and New Pages for many of these contests. Much like editors are looking for reasons to reject work, I want to focus on opportunities worth my time. Thus, my… Continue reading Worthwhile Fiction Contests for Winter 2021
Welcome to The Rejection Quarterly, Summer 2021 edition. Sharing rejections shares the effort behind submissions and makes celebrating acceptances even sweeter. What kind of literary journal rejections are you seeing? On the road to publication, why not "publish" the rejections themselves? Here are the various rejections I collected from June 2021 - August 2021. Rejection from… Continue reading Summer 2021 Rejections: Crazyhorse, Epiphany, Ninth Letter, The Normal School, and More Literary Journals
See my latest roundup of fiction contests for Writer Unboxed: This contest submissions season covers deadlines from September 1, 2021 through November 30, 2021. Thanks to Literistic, Poets & Writers, Submittable Discover, and New Pages for many of these contests.Much like editors are looking for reasons to reject work, I want to focus on opportunities worth my time. Thus, my… Continue reading Worthwhile Fiction Contests for Fall 2021
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