By comparison...

For those of you who haven't seen a lot of rejection notices, here is one I recieved today. This is of the much more usual sort and I think it will help you understand why the previous was so welcome.:

"Please find enclosed the return of your visuals. While your work is engaging, at this time we find it unlikely that we will be expanding our program.

In the interim, we thank you for considering this gallery and I encourage you to investigate other Bay Area galleries and local institutions. Again, thank you and we wish you much future success.

Best regards,..."

Not horrible, but preetty plain and printed on really cheap paper as opposed to the previous. Even if the previous is a form letter, it's a really good one.