{"value"=>"<p>This series comprises cover letters, rejection letters, manuscript logs, and miscellaneous manuscripts. Cover letters (1969-1995) make up the bulk of this series and include letters from writers, agents, and other publishers sometimes accompanied by Ecco's response. Cover letters and typescripts sent to Ecco by authors for which there is an author file should be in his or her file; however, there may be some cover letters sent by these authors or other prominent authors in this series. The Rejections (1986-1988) are a small subset of the cover letters. Each of these letters is accompanied by a typed rejection letter, not a form rejection, from Ecco. This subseries also contains correspondence discussing authors' proposals that were eventually rejected. The manuscript logs cover a short period of time (1985-1986) and track manuscripts submitted to both <span class=\"title\">Antaeus</span> and Ecco. The manuscripts comprise any typescripts not originally filed in a particular context, such as with Ecco Dead Matter, <span class=\"title\">Antaeus</span> Issue Files, or Halpern's own writings. While most of these typescripts are probably rejected submissions, they are not all necessarily unpublished and they were not all necessarily submitted for publication in <span class=\"title\">Antaeus</span> or by Ecco: often writers, friends, and former students would send Halpern manuscripts for comment; Halpern also received manuscripts in the course of his other duties as contest judge, writing instructor, or anthologist.</p>"}