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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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May 25, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Woke Third-Grade Teacher, as Imagined by a Far-Right Politician

by Ashley Ingle
May 18, 2023

HBO’s Sensitivity Reading for Entourage

by Max Davison
May 18, 2023

Cat Food Flavors Made by Cats

by Tori Multon
May 19, 2023

You’re Going to Love Camping, According to Me, Your Outdoorsy Friend

by Emily Kling

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by Bobbie Armstrong and Justine Cotter
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I’m the Epigraph to the Novel You’re Reading, and I Don’t Know Why I’m Here Either

by Jeff Bender