"Perhaps We're Being Dense." Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers | Literary Hub

Here at Literary Hub, we're big fans of rejection. And why not? Everybody gets rejected at some point, including young, aspiring short story writers who go on to win Nobel Prizes in literature. So here, I've collected a few of my favorite writer rejections-for the most part, I've stuck to more substantial ones, as opposed to the one-liners you see frequently repeated around the internet, unsourced except for by the power of consensus. There are also a lot - a lot - of fake literary rejection letters out there. Some are obvious; others are a little more skillful. I've tried my best to use only those I could confirm. The letters below range from the polite and apologetic to the cruel and mocking-rejection being an art, it seems, in its own right. Read on, and take heart.