I got this from Sarabande, the Mary McCarthy Prize. Look at who was a runner up! I guess he has a collection that he's sending out now. Also, do they write the little note so you'll keep sending in your manuscript even though you're never going to win? Probably.
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any word from that agent pursuing appel?
Radio silence...but will send up a flare as soon as I hear anything.
I got same exact rejection.
Yes, the handwritten note is universal.
The web site said the announcement of the winners was going to be made in July. I guess they ran early. Too few submissions? Speed-reading judge?
Eh, I don't see how you can bash him for this--not the same. This is a book contest. And it's Sarabande. Good press.
At least he's trying to do more than win The Roanoke Review's contest.
Yep-- same handwriting on my rejection. And the same croseed-out "Dear Writer" in favor of my name. Even before I saw your blog, I had the same cynical feeling that they were doing it to everyone's rejection so we'd all fell, um, "special".
Bashing? I thought we were his official fan club page.
He's a finalist in this year's Crazyhorse prize, too.
Jacob Appel just got a finalist nod from Crazyhorse Fiction Contest.
Echo, echo.
How appropriate that his collection is title Natural Selection...considering his bioethicist stances.
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