tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post615719227661655764..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Look Who's Gone Digital!Writer, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-79664212906988355362014-03-07T07:46:10.877-05:002014-03-07T07:46:10.877-05:00Wow...this is newsworthy! I will post as new and l...Wow...this is newsworthy! I will post as new and let's see what the peanut gallery thinks.Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-74385592053311603782014-03-07T02:02:45.817-05:002014-03-07T02:02:45.817-05:00I have received the standard rejection reply from ...I have received the standard rejection reply from the New Yorker magazine many times. This last however was different.<br /><br />Dear (my name),<br /><br />We are grateful for the opportunity to read and consider your new work. <br />We are very much regret that we are unable to carry it in the magazine. We do, however look forward to reading more when the time comes.<br />Sincerely Paul Muldoon (poetry editor)<br />Elizabeth Denison (poetry coordinator)<br />What does this mean?<br />I'm not obtuse.<br />Maybe paranoid.<br />Does anyone think this is positive or a tiered response or "here's a nice way to reject your work so that you don't go postal on our offices?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com