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Monday, January 24, 2011

Why Even Let Yourself Hope?

Posted on 6:50 AM by humpty

This journal takes the guess work out of your submission. "The founding principle of the Journal of Universal Rejection (JofUR) is rejection. Universal rejection. That is to say, all submissions, regardless of quality, will be rejected." 
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