The public record of private refusals
They said no.
Keep it
on file.
Rejection letters, stories, and other evidence of not getting what you wanted.
Every “no” is raw material.
REJECTIONISM
PUBLIC ARCHIVEFILE UNDER:
NOT SELECTED
NO.PUBLIC ARCHIVEFILE UNDER:
NOT SELECTED
Refusal is
the record.KEEP THE LETTER.
KEEP THE SILENCE.
KEEP EVERYTHING.
the record.KEEP THE LETTER.
KEEP THE SILENCE.
KEEP EVERYTHING.
Selected from the archive
Debut Literary Novel Submission to Faber
Sent my completed 85,000-word manuscript after three years of revisions...
A. Miller
Oxford Postdoctoral Fellowship in Epistemology
Applied for a three-year junior research fellowship. Made the shortlist of four candidates...
Anonymous Philosopher
Horizon Europe Consolidator Grant Application
Coordinated an 8-partner international consortium over six months to prepare a €2M proposal...
Anonymous Consortium Lead
About the archive
Not a success story.
A paper trail.
Archive of No is the participatory heart of Rejectionism. A place for the letter, the story, or the silence that followed.
Professional, artistic, romantic, bureaucratic, existential. The system has many ways to say no. We intend to keep a record.
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