Here's my rejection from the Black Warrior Review: As you can see, there's something missing. They forgot to put the rejection letter in. I don't know if it's a disappoint not to see the rejection slip or a relief. I'm going t… more »

I really like this rejection letter. Mostly because of the little bear insignia holding a lamps. I never heard of Five Points before I submitted my story, but now I really want to get in! I'm about bears. And I'm all about lamps. If you know anythin… more »

I've had this rejection for a while, but I haven't had time to scan it until now. The old "Thanks for Failing," always a pick me up. A two second hand written response really brightens up a relatively lackluster form letter by Shenandoah. This goes in… more »

If you haven't heard of On the Premises, you're not the only one. It's a small, literary ezine, and what I thought was a pretty good shot of getting a story out there. Here's what their Writer's Guideline says: On The Premises aims to promote newer and… more »

Here's the my latest rejection for "Four Dimensional Love (Tesseract Fuckfest)." A pretty standard form letter from the Virginia Quarterly Review. Perhaps it's the name? But I get a kick out of Tesseract Fuckfest, it's just funny to say, funny to pict… more »

Got this form letter from The Pedestal Magazine. All and all a nice form letter, it almost looks personal. It was the "enjoying" part. I read that and thought, well, that is something who read the story would say. Currently reading: What is the Wh… more »

Here's my rejection from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It's a personal rejection letter, but F&SF always gives personal rejection letters so that's not a terribly big deal. It is from the Editor in Chief, Gordon Van Gelder, and not… more »