Comments on: Would you like a rejection notice with that? http://hotmetalbridge.org/2007/01/would-you-like-a-rejection-notice-with-that/ published by MFA students at the University of Pittsburgh Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:36:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Liz Lopatto http://hotmetalbridge.org/2007/01/would-you-like-a-rejection-notice-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Liz Lopatto Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:50:34 +0000 http://hotmetalbridge.org/?p=8#comment-10 The volume is part of the problem. The budget is the other. It's a dirty secret, but it's true: most of these magazines don't make money. They're funded through grants and donations, not subscriptions. You have to pay people to read those stories. And there are a lot of them. But most lit mags have tiny budgets--so they can't hire enough staff to read all the submissions. Even the "heavy hitters" have this problem. And then, for those that haven't gone online, there's the business of logging all the stories in, and then after they're read, sending them back... Give the editors a break. They're likely doing the best they can. The volume is part of the problem. The budget is the other. It’s a dirty secret, but it’s true: most of these magazines don’t make money. They’re funded through grants and donations, not subscriptions.

You have to pay people to read those stories. And there are a lot of them. But most lit mags have tiny budgets–so they can’t hire enough staff to read all the submissions. Even the “heavy hitters” have this problem.

And then, for those that haven’t gone online, there’s the business of logging all the stories in, and then after they’re read, sending them back…

Give the editors a break. They’re likely doing the best they can.

]]> By: howard junker http://hotmetalbridge.org/2007/01/would-you-like-a-rejection-notice-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-8 howard junker Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:16:13 +0000 http://hotmetalbridge.org/?p=8#comment-8 yo, bridge: thanks for the shout out. but if you guys live near campus, that is, not on the West Coast, you shouldn't be submitting to me in the first place. sorry. best, howard yo, bridge:

thanks for the shout out.

but if you guys live near campus, that is, not on the West Coast, you shouldn’t be submitting to me in the first place. sorry.

best,
howard

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