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  • Reject A Hit. . . Have you seen this?

    Reject A Hit . . . Writer’s Digest Magazine, Rejection Letter column is a hit with local writers.

    Sonoma County Writer Amy Marincik’s spoof rejection on Great Expectations was selected for the March/April 2013 issue of Writer’s Digest magazine.

    Writers Forum presenter, Daniel Ari, wrote a pithy rejection letter to e.e. cummings, published in the July/August 2014 issue of the magazine.

    Reject A Hit.Daniel Ari

    You, too, can be featured on the last page of Writer’s Digest magazine’s, Reject A Hit column.

    300 words or fewer. Submit via email to wdsubmissions@fwmedia.com with “Reject a hit” in the subject line.

    Go for it!

    Here is a list of books that have been spoofed rejected.

    2012

    September       The Godfather by Mario Puzo

    October           Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

    Nov/Dec          How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss

     2013

    January           Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

    March/April    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, spoofed by Amy Marincik

    May/June        Burning Down My Masters’ House: My Life at the NY Times Jayson Blair

    July/August    The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

    October           The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

    Nov/Dec          The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

    2014

    January           The Road by Cormac McCarthy

    February         The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    March/April    Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

    May/June        Tess of the D’Urbevilles

    July/Aug         Tulips & Chimmeys by e.e. cummings, spoofed by Daniel Ari

    Your Turn!  Write your 300 word Spoof Rejection and submit to Reject A Hit, Writer’s Digest magazine.