My Great American Acceptance Letter
By far, composing an enthusiastic acceptance letter has been my favorite task as a new fiction editor; and sending this newly crafted letter to a writer, who is being published for the first time, is pure joy!
Dear Writer,
I am delighted to select ??????? for publication in ???????'s May issue.
We receive a number of quality submissions—each strong in its own way, but only those stories which are well-crafted and well-suited to ???????'s progressive and innovative tone make the final cut.
Congratulations!
Fiction Editor
Future topics I plan to cover in the Diary of a Literary Fiction Editor. . .
(I am also open to other suggested topics as they are presented to me. )
Sending the right story to the right publication: Bull's eye marketing
The importance of supporting the markets you wish to be published in
Story craft vs. content/Why did you bother to write that so well?
The infamous first sentence, and why it means more than the entire story.
How I will determine what stories I select/my criteria
My name won't even be added to the magazine's masthead until the May issue is published. Open the gates and let the submissions roll in--I'm ready!
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4 comments:
Lol, you're missing some ego-inflating praise in that acceptance letter ;)
I think the power of the letter is in seeing your name in place of 'Dear Writer,'.
That said, send me something I can place in June's issue, and I'll customize a mega ego-inflating acceptance letter just for you :)
Well, that letter sounded a lot more fun to write than the rejection! That's the kind of acceptance that'd put a smile on any writer's face. Sounds like you're enjoying yourself. :)
Very interesting, reading an editor's perspective on stuff. I'll be baaaccckkkk...../arnold
Anne,
I agree with you; it is interesting to read an editor's perspective. I'm speaking first hand about my experience this morning when I read "Confessions Of a Lit-Mag Editor" a feature article in the May/June issue of Poet's and Writer's.
The author, Peter Selgin, is one cranky editor. I had to wonder if I was looking into a crystal ball at what I might eventually morph into. I'm going to comment on the article in my next blog.
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