We receive hundreds of submissions each week, so you are indeed to be congratulated. Mayes asked me to tell you he has selected two of your poems for publication in Good Housekeeping. Mayes” she mentions is Herbert Mayes, who was editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping until 1958, when he and Ms. Compare this with a note I received from Maggie Cousins, managing editor of Good Housekeeping, to whom I had sent four or five poems to be considered for “Light Housekeeping,” a popular monthly feature of the magazine. So, if the writer has not heard back in a certain amount of time – and this varies, anywhere from one to six months(!) – he/she can assume they are not interested. Most editors today don’t seem to feel obligated to acknowledge they have received, read, or considered your poem/essay/article, even with so much as “thank-you-very-much for sending us your essay/poem/article.” Writers are forewarned: Because XYZ publication receives so many submissions each day, we do not have time to respond individually. Even Harper’s Magazine, a longtime holdout for submissions by mail, does not mention enclosing an SASE in its guidelines. With the advent of email submissions, SASEs have become obsolete and, unfortunately, in many instances, so have rejection slips. Like they say, you always remember your first.
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