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    A Graduate School Rejection Letter As Written by My Anxiety Disorder at 3 AM
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  • March 12, 2019
    Caveman Rejection Letters
    by Jamie Allen
  • October 12, 2018
    We Regret to Inform You That We Won’t Be Publishing Your Gym Advice
    by R. Johanna
  • December 9, 2016
    RE: Memoir Submission of Gilmore Girls by Rory Gilmore
    by Dave Housley
  • October 14, 2016
    Rejected Song Titles from Bon Iver’s Album, 22, A Million
    by Brian McGovern
  • February 10, 2016
    An Open Letter to Magazine Editors On the Best Times to Send Rejections
    by Kavita Das
  • February 25, 2012
    Rejected AWP Panels
    by Dan Moreau
  • August 9, 2011
    Your Crafts Are Not Renegade Enough for the Renegade Craft Fair
    by Julia Ryken
  • August 13, 2010
    Rejected Silly Bandz Shapes
    by Gregory Mazurek
  • August 10, 2010
    An Objective Look at My Seven Graduate School Rejections Compared to Other Historic Rejections
    by Chelsea Biondolillo
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