tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860859.post240734487941570133..comments2023-10-29T06:51:23.896-06:00Comments on satoriworks: Rejection Collection - North Dakota QuarterlyDamon Garrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456046136677180690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860859.post-85496521585620083812008-10-27T11:15:00.000-06:002008-10-27T11:15:00.000-06:00I received a "thanks but no thanks" rejection slip...I received a "thanks but no thanks" rejection slip from NDQ in September. It didn't say anything about not taking submissions at this time. I'll have to check their website, but I think they claim to take submissions year round<BR/><BR/>R E HOPKINSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860859.post-55733024180587459402006-10-18T15:44:00.000-06:002006-10-18T15:44:00.000-06:00I'm so skeptical. But not about rejection. (Read m...I'm so skeptical. But not about rejection. (Read my latest post if you don't believe me...)LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860859.post-44083389711217592712006-10-16T15:18:00.000-06:002006-10-16T15:18:00.000-06:00LK,
Thanks for the comment.
It's funny how after ...LK,<br />Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />It's funny how after receiving many rejections, you get a little skeptical. I'm looking for meaning in everything.Damon Garrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456046136677180690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7860859.post-28447734315478336182006-10-16T15:05:00.000-06:002006-10-16T15:05:00.000-06:00Hi, saw your post from Metaxcu, and have to say: Y...Hi, saw your post from Metaxcu, and have to say: Yes, there is a pecking order in rejection slips.<br /><br />There is the standard thanks, but no thanks. -- Mimeographed, no comments, totally impersonal. Like the one you received. What I don't like about the one you received is they should notify writers -- via their submissions guidelines -- if they are not looking for fiction submissions. <br /><br />There is the we liked it, but no thanks. When you're a novice struggling writer, as all of us pretty much are all the time, this is a big deal. Almost like an acceptance. Especially if it's from a Big Name Zine. How can you tell this is different from a standard thanks but no thanks? Well, often there is a handwritten note on it, like Try Again. Some sort of human stain. Or your name is spelled correctly in the salutation. Some sort of personalized touch.<br /><br />Then there is the Oh, you were sooooo close! This, too, is just under the gratifying level of an actual acceptance. This arrives usually as an e-mail from the editor, with all sorts of heartwarming bowing and scraping and "please submit again." You know one of these when you see it -- totally Sally Field (You really liked me!)<br /><br />Eventually, you will get an acceptance. And there's no need for me to explain those...LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.com