Rejection is a ship that never sinks

Prairie Schooner Book Prize goes to Mari L'Esperance. Second place to Craig Arnold.


In the rejection letter, Hilda Raz says:
"...we hope you will submit again in 2008. We were pleased by the high number of quality submissions received...."

I think what she really meant was:
"...we hope you will submit again in 2008. We were pleased by the high number of ... submissions received...."