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I've been getting “encouraging” rejections (“admire your work,” “generated interest from our editors,” “please send more soon”) from some pretty good journals (Southern Review, Meridian, Adroit, Image). I must be doing something right. And something wrong.

10/6/25, 8:00 pm0 reposts3 likes

Belinda Rule

@belindarule.bsky.social

10 June 2025

I mean nah, if you’re generating feedback like that then it’s just luck that’s missing, maybe you only didn’t get in because it’s too similar to other recent pieces or didn’t fit tone of issue etc. sounds like you just need to persist :)