Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Best Rejection Letter Ever

I hope I can get a rejection letter of this quality some day...

We have read your manuscript with boundless delight, and if we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of a lower standard. And, as it is unthinkable that in the next thousand years we shall see its equal, we are, to our regret, compelled to return your divine composition and beg you a thousand times to overlook our short sight and timidity.
--A Chinese publication rejecting a writer, as quoted in the Kenyon Review

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