Personal rejection!

Ellis Clover

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Heh, not much of an accomplishment in the scheme of things but my week's been otherwise hideous, so I'll take it - according to Rejection Wiki, I just received a 'personal' rejection from a verrry prestigious lit mag! (No, not the New Yorker.) After a slew of form Rs for this story (*waves to the New Yorker*), my faith in it is restored!
 

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I've always taken personalized rejections as a sign that my story had real merit, sufficient to cause a harried editor to take time to respond personally rather than to have an auto response generated.

Sorry your week's been hideous.
 

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High five! Yeah, it's a rejection, but your work still stood out from the crowd.