Friday, January 25, 2008

We Regret to Inform You...

1st rejection letter EVA, thus starting the new blog feature: "We regret to inform you.."


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SUB: Your Submission to Ploughshares

Dear Writer:

We regret that the manuscript you submitted does not fit our current editorial needs. Thank you very much for sending us your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors of Ploughshares
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Aiming a bit lower next time and possibly at a more speicialized literary magazine. New Yorker maybe?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Writer:
Are we the only ones who bask in advertising out rejection letters? This is hilarious. And they are dumb. And we gotta brunch -- sometime in the future. I love brunch!

~ Editor

overheardinmymind said...

I want one too!