Pro Forma Rejection Letter

PRO FORMA RESPONSE LETTER

(insert date)

(insert name and address)

Dear (insert first name)/ Mr/s (insert surname) / (insert serial number),

Thank you for sending us your manuscript for (insert name of genius manuscript).

We have read your manuscript and consider it:

(a) a work of indisputable genius,

(b) not quite right for our organization,

(c) a complete abuse of the English language we know and love.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept your manuscript in spite of:

1. its obvious merit,

2. its usefulness as a make–shift doorstop,

3. its flammability.

This is because:

1. we have a full list of clients / publications at present,

2. a down-turn in the book market,

3. the El Nino effect.

Please find enclosed with this correspondence:

1. your manuscript which we are returning,

2. a complimentary sticker and hat,

3. a restraining order preventing you from attending our offices or writing to us again.

Of course, another organization may:

1. feel completely differently,

2. not bother opening the envelope to begin with,

3. hunt you down in the name of good taste.

Good luck with your writing:

1. and best wishes for the future,

2. because you sorely need it,

3. although that luck might best be spent elsewhere.

Kind regards,

(insert name / mark here)