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A SIMPLE ‘NO, thanks’ would have sufficed.
Being rejected is tough enough with the jobs market at such a low ebb.
Being rejected in this manner is just cruel (and it’s not a new phenomenon if 1938 Disney HR is anything to go by…)
Sub Pop Records addresses its letter ‘Dear Loser’.
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The New York Times does not like the use of the word “asshole”.
Source: Other People’s Rejection Letters/Random House
The literary quarterly New Delta Review couldn’t describe how bad a manuscript was.
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Source: Other People’s Rejection Letters/Random House
Author Gertrude Stein was probably fuming when she got this letter from publisher Arthur C Fifield mocking her manuscript of Three Lives.
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An editor offered about the harshest criticism you can give a freelancer.
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Literary Rejections on Display
Before he became famous for masterpieces such as Beetlejuice and The Nightmare before Christmas, Tim Burton was rejected by Disney.
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In 1938, Disney wouldn’t even consider women in the creative department.
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- Vivian Giang and Lynne Guey
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