: Re: How to know the reason for rejection? Just out of curiousity, how do people figure out the reason their work is not accepted? I tried submitting my work to a newspaper but the editor rejected

Writing in particular suffers from what I call "The Artists' Bane", which is the fact that there is a LOT more good talent out there than there is market to absorb that talent.

I once sent a submission to a major literary agency, that said it could take up to 8 weeks to consider a proposal. 10 weeks after I sent that, I sent a very polite follow-up query asking if was still under consideration. Almost immediately they sent me back a rejection, leading me to believe that they automatically reject anything that gets a follow-up query.

The reason they said I was being rejected was that my material was not suitable for their list, whatever that means.

As others here have said, it could have nothing to do with the quality of your material. Remember, it took J. K. Rowling over a year for her agent to place the Harry Potter series with a publisher.

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