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Osiris
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Just wondering from folks who have submitted to Apex Magazine before (as in the Apex Book Company magazine).

Is it a standard form rejection if they say 'try us again soon'?


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here is the standard rejection I received 9 days ago. I got a couple from them before and they were the same message.

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Apex wishes you future writing successes, and to try us again soon.


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Osiris
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That is what I got, Snapper. I'm wondering how seriously I should take the 'try us again soon' bit, because I'd heard there are tiers of form rejection with some magazines.
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We had a discussion about this some while back and as I remember, the overall message seemed to be that if such a magazine tells you they'd like to see your work again, they mean it.
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I think I tried them once. I forget what they said. However as someone just said we have discussed statements like yours here before... actually I think it's been twice, and surprisingly- to me anyway- when a mag says try us again it's not just the usual form letter. It's a special form letter.


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Merlion is 100% correct. Where you don't want to read too much into a response, it would be unwise to take their words for granted.

If they ask to see more of your work, I would indeed send them more.


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Thanks guys. This is my first such form rejection, so I wasn't sure how to take it despite the fact it'd been discussed before. I guess it is a small victory, if it can be called that.
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