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This is a wiki for recording literary rejections to help in determining whether you have a standard, tiered or personalized rejection.

If you're looking for information on where to collect your rejections from, we recommend [http://www.duotrope.com Duotrope]

== Purpose==

RejectionWiki was born from the Poets & Writers forums, a place where writers come together to talk about writing and the writing life. A big part—really, a massive part—of writing is dealing with rejection and developing and maintaining a healthy attitude towards it. Everybody gets rejected, hundreds and hundreds of times, and writers need a thick skin in order to persevere. Writers understand the necessity of the form rejection letter, but often the wording can confuse. That’s where the RejectionWiki comes in.

The goal of the RejectionWiki is to house the standard (or “boilerplate” as they are often known) rejections as well as upper-tier rejection letters. These upper-tier rejections are usually still forms, but knowing that you made a few rounds to that upper-tier can be encouraging. The more different tiers of rejection letters people share, the more transparent the whole process will become.

As with most wikis, this is a work in progress. Please be patient and get involved!

== Journals ==
Curious about what kind of rejection letter you received? Find it on the [[Literary Journals and Rejections]] page.

Willow Springs

2011-06-23T22:10:58Z

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'''Standard'''

'''2011'''

Thank you for sending "Title" to Willow Springs. We regret that we are unable to accept it for publication. Best of luck placing it elsewhere.

''''''

== Tiered Rejection'''''' ==

Dear [Jane Writer]:

Thank you for submitting ""Your Story"" to Willow Springs. While we have decided against publishing your submission, we enjoyed it, and encourage you to submit to us again.

We look forward to reading more of your work.

Sincerely,

The Editors

American Short Fiction

2011-06-23T22:07:33Z

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== Fiction ==

=== Standard ===

Thank you for submitting "California Zephyr" to American Short Fiction.

We regret that we are unable to use it at this time. While the volume of submissions prevents us from responding specifically to your work, we wish you the best of luck in placing it elsewhere.

Sincerely,

The Editors of American Short Fiction

==
''''''Tiered Rejection'' =='''

Dear [Jane Writer]:

Thank you for sending us "Your Story."

This particular piece did not work for us, but we were quite impressed by your writing. We hope that you will send us something else--our regular submissions are open now.

Sorry we've had this for so long, [Jane]!

We look forward to reading more of your work.

Sincerely,