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rejections

October 22, 2009

List: 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

List: Rejected Introductions to Days of Our Lives

by Andy Friedhof
February 8, 2007

List: Band Names Rejected by the Smashing Pumpkins

by Ryan Vaughn
February 8, 2007

List: 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

List: Rejected Names for Nerds Candy

by Hannah Schaefer
April 18, 2006

List: Rejected Marketing Slogans for National Poetry Month

by Emily Lloyd
November 18, 2005

List: Intimidating But Rejected Sports-Team Names

by Richard Long

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February 13, 2019

Don’t Get Married Before You Live Together

by Ginny Hogan
February 19, 2019

Don’t Let the Pigeon Build a Border Wall!

by Clancy Tripp
February 8, 2019

List: Word Problems for the Race Conscious

by Dymir Arthur
February 14, 2019

List: New Love Languages

by James Folta and Kasey Borger

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February 22, 2019

Sophocles’ Acceptance Speech for Best Original Tragedy

by Arthur Imperatore and Brian Geiger
February 22, 2019

List: My 2019 Oscar Night Predictions

by Wendi Aarons
February 22, 2019

Don’t Call It a Comeback: Animated Features Forthcoming From John Lasseter’s New Studio

by Kimberly Harrington
February 22, 2019

List: Things That Outnumber Women Who’ve Been Nominated for an Oscar for Best Director

by Jesse Shamon