The Rejects is back

Submissions Open in July

This is the announcement post.

I have to write one. You have to read one. Let’s both get through this.

The Rejects is back. Different shape. Same name.

I already wrote 700 words explaining how it works and why.

It’s on the about page. Go read it.

What you need to know:

• Quarterly. Five rejected stories per window.

• Writers get paid. $100 to the winner. $50 to each runner-up.

• Submissions are free. No reading fee. No required subscription.

• Brutal feedback on every submission. Two to four sentences. Where the piece works, where it doesn't, why it didn't make the cut.

• Annual print edition at year’s end.

• Print ships to US addresses only for now. International readers get everything else.

Submissions open July 2026.

Subscribe to get the call when the window opens.

— George

M.P. started this with me. He’s stepped away. I run it now.