Tag: Acceptance

  • Rejections: Toasting Confidence

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    I think the best rejections are really just flawed acceptances. The best rejection I ever received was an email from Speer Morgan at The Missouri Review. It pertained to a piece that I was really proud of, and one that I was hoping would find its way in at one of the tougher markets and help…

  • Rejections: A Good Lesson

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    I read with interest that you’re running a piece on rejection. Being an expert on the subject myself, I was extremely excited by that news, and am sending you limited excerpts from my own archive of smashed dreams. The best, and least painful thing to do, is to wait for the right opportunities to come…

  • Rejections: Creative, Fun, Appreciative

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      We appreciate your submission. Unfortunately I had trouble keeping interest. It just didn’t roll me up in a rug and carry me around on its shoulder, which is required. Sorry, and good luck with it elsewhere, and please try us again sometime.   -From a journal called Pequin, which I don’t think is around…