rejection slip
noun1
Media, Publishing A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for publication, ordinarily printed on a small piece of paper and attached to the returned manuscript.
- The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.1909, Jack London, chapter 11, in Martin Eden:
- The editor . . . returned the manuscript with a rejection slip. Anthony sent it off elsewhere and began another story.1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1, 2, or 3):
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- I told my writers . . . by the end of the term they'd have to bring in either a rejection slip or a check from a publisher.2002 April 14, Frank McCourt, “Reflections on Creative Writing Class”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Aug 2015:
- Related terms
- form letter