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Great category! After all this time, didn't even know it existed...Like ranting without the rant. Hmmm...Okay, so I'll write these out, without mention of who sent them. Enjoy!
#5: "Lucie, Thank you for your poetry submission to us here at *** **********. Unfortunately, while we enjoyed reading these, in the end we decided against keeping any of them for publication. We feel that, while these show promise, they can still be more fully developed in terms of their language: metaphor, image, idea, etc. Thanks again for letting us have a look. All the best." *signature*
(handwritten, in red, on separate sheet of paper)
#4: "Dear Poet, Thank you for your recent submission to ******** ******. Unfortunately, it does not fit our needs at the present time. We appreciate the time and effort you took in sending us your poetry, so we thought we would give you some issues of ******** ******. We wish you good fortune in placing your work elsewhere. Sincerely, etc"
(form letter, but with giveaways, and polite)
#3: "Dear Submitter, We appreciate the time and effort it took to create and send us your work - and above all the chance it gave us to see it. As ****** ******'* readership and reputation continue to grow, we receive more and more excellent submissions. Currently we have a considerable backlog of work we have already accepted for publication. Consequently, we are forced to set the bar for acceptance of current submissions almost impossibly high. We thought you would want to know that your work was judged by these standards, which preclude acceptance at this time. Please excuse the necessity of sending you a slip like this one. Best of luck on placing your work elsewhere. And thanks for thinking of us. The Editors."
(form letter, not slip, on 8.5 by 11 paper, using a nice font)
#2: "These aren't bad but they don't jump at me, either. Because we're in Poet's Market we get 100's of submissions. To get accepted, something has to be striking, not merely competent. Keep at it." *signature*
(handwritten, in red medium point ink roller, at the bottom of the cover letter)
#1: "Didn't eviscerate me, but I appreciate your talent. Thanks for the look."
(handwritten, in black fine ballpoint, at the bottom of the cover letter)
I think editors' comments need to be either useful, or absent altogether, but that's just me.
I think number 3 is incredibly etiquette-conscious, and respectful, as well.
Number two has the kind of handwriting that says "I don't have time for you but never mind...Here, have this!" Love that 'tude. Love being seen as "merely competent".
Number one, though, will be my fave for a while yet, I suspect, as I still laugh out loud reading it. Eviscerate???
Thanks, everyone, for partaking,
Lucie
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Of all known institutions, I attend only two: church, in my heart, and school, in yours. Both are subject to demolition. - Lucie Adams, 2007
It is only for poetry to know how many stanzas fit into one caress. - Lucie Adams, 2008
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