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William Haskins said:several years ago, i was rejected by MAD magazine. the form rejection began something to the effect of:
"obviously, since no check fell out of the envelope, we have decided not to use your work."
William Haskins said:several years ago, i was rejected by MAD magazine. the form rejection began something to the effect of:
"obviously, since no check fell out of the envelope, we have decided not to use your work."
KTC said:Believe it or not I got one back from a magazine that read a little like this...
It's not you. I swear. Perhaps someone just sh*t in my cornflakes this morning, causing my mood to be unopen to your submission.
It was close to that anyway. I kept it, just can't find it. I think it was from ZYGOTE.
XThe NavigatorX said:I remember I got one of my SASEs once back, and it was extra thick, so I was really excited.
I opened it up and pulled out the papers, and the cover letter said:
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are in the majority! You've been rejected just like most people who submit to us!
The other papers were leaflets on their current publications.
That's right. Show, don't tell.arrowqueen said:I suspect some enraged writer has popped round, shot them all and burned down the building by this time.
MZB utterly decimated a short story of mine that I subbed when I was about 20 and first getting my writing legs. Man, she was brutal. Honest, but I got frostbite just holding her rejection slip.Anaparenna said:About 15 years ago, when I was in my teens and just beginning to submit, Marion Zimmer Bradley threatened to nominate a short story submission of mine for the Bulwer-Lytton award. Then she red-penned the first two pages. It was the best rejection I ever got, actually, but I was crushed. I never did win that award.