Fail

(This is upsetting. Mostly because this is a form and no real specific editorial comment was given. And I used their submission form online and they want to know if they should return it or shred my email?–showing me there was not much thought to this email.)

Dear John Paul Jaramillo,

 Thank you for submitting your manuscript entitled Huerfanos to Arte Público Press. Unfortunately, your submission was not selected for publication.

 If you wish your materials returned to you, please send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with the appropriate amount of postage.  If we do not receive your SASE within a month, we will shred and recycle all materials.

 We appreciate your interest in Arte Público Press.  Please feel free to submit other selections of your work for our consideration in the future.

 Sincerely
 Nicolás Kanellos, Ph.D.
Publisher

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John Paul Jaramillo’s debut story collection The House of Order was named a 2013 Int’l Latino Book Award Finalist, and his most recent work Little Mocos is now available from Twelve Winters Press. In 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read. He is currently a professor of composition and literature at Lincoln Land College-Springfield, Illinois.

2 thoughts on “Fail”

  1. That’s the fastest response rate I’ve ever seen from a publisher. I think you should as them to return your ms.

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