This is Sarabande Books' announcement of its Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, complete with famous judge, book contract, and prize money--none of which I won, obviously. What I'm wondering, though, is whether every rejection included the impersonal address of "writer" crossed out with name inked in and a cozy British-sounding notation at the bottom of the page. It says: "Thanks so much for sending. *Do* try us again next year?"
Anybody know?
Gotta give 'em props for trying to make a form letter sound less... uh... formal.
ReplyDeleteMine from a few years ago is just plain. No special note. Maybe they decided to go for less formal?
ReplyDeleteFormal=British accent.
ReplyDeleteI love that!
I do give them props; it's nice to get a little note within a note.