Rejection 247 and Residency Rejection
Peter Slapnicher
The Seattle Review didn't bother to send an email when they declined the long poem I sent them. I just logged into Submishmash and saw that they'd turned it down.
Hedgebrook doesn't want to give me a home on an island in Washington for 2 weeks. This is the second time they're rejected me. When all is said and done, due to some unfortunate life events, I would have been unable to go even if they'd asked, but that doesn't change the fact that they didn't want me.
Merry Christmas, fools.