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All posts tagged

rejections

May 27, 2010

A Campus Tour for Rejected Applicants

by Eric Hague
May 13, 2010

The Rejection of Anne Frank

by Mike Sacks and Teddy Wayne
October 22, 2009

Seven Rejected Improv Troupe Scenarios

by Eric K. Auld
May 6, 2009

My Pitches for Political-Satire Skits Playing on President Obama’s Foibles Keep Getting Shot Down

by Teddy Wayne
March 13, 2009

Marvel Comics Backs Out of My Publishing Contract

by Jon Methven
January 24, 2008

Rejected Introductions to Days of Our Lives

by Andy Friedhof
February 8, 2007

Band Names Rejected by the Smashing Pumpkins

by Ryan Vaughn
February 8, 2007

Opening Sentences to A Tale of Two Cities Rejected by Dickens Before He Settled on “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …”

by John Andreini
December 8, 2006

Rejected Submissions for Seventeen Magazine’s “Daily Traumarama”

by Dede Preno
October 20, 2006

Rejected Names for Nerds Candy

by Hannah Schaefer

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June 14, 2022

My Favorite Controlled Substance Is Daycare

by Sarah Suksiri
June 17, 2021

What Your Favorite ’90s Rock Band Says About the Type of Bored Suburban Dad You Are Today

by Talia Argondezzi and Jared Bilski
January 14, 2022

What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You

by John Moe
June 16, 2022

How to Give Directions Like My Dad

by Charles Stayton

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by McKayley Gourley
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by Louie Aronowitz and Patrick Coyne
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by Wendi Aarons and Johanna Gohmann
June 28, 2022

I’m the Last Bottle of Ketchup at Mar-a-Lago and I Live in a State of Constant Fear

by Matt Fotis