"Read our magazine to get an idea of our editiorial style ..."

Usually works, except in the case of magazines you can't find on any newsstand or in even the biggest bookstore, whose websites, if they have them, offer no sample content. Whose editors still they're offering content the public can't dare do without.

The more brazen -- or clueless -- editors boldly suggest in their writers' guidelines that you BUY a subscription to their magazine.

In both cases, one gets the feeling that the editors can't adequately put into words what they want, and leave it up to the writer to try to figure it out.

As with anything in life, your results mirror your commitment. 

We all know that writing is difficult and getting published is even harder, with lots of boulders in the way on the road to success.  (And those who don't know that probably won't get published at all.) 

How serious are you at becoming the very best you can be?  How committed are you?  A serious commitment requires serious effort.  Study your craft, study the industry and write, write, write! 

After that, it's a matter of attitude.  We know the boulders are going to be there to block our way, but we have choices.  We can complain and blame the industry, editors, agents, the process, etc., or we can climb over them or roll them out of the way.  (i.e., deal with them.)  We all get frustrated and need to vent sometimes. That's natural!  But whining and complaining doesn't help you or anyone else.  What do you think of people around you who whine and complain?  Nobody likes or wants to help them.  Remember, writing isn't a one person achievement.  It's a partnership between the writer and the editor.  Flexibility, humility and teachability are all characteristics of successful writers. 

Publishing isn't fair, but what is?  Being a writer requires developing a thick skin, patience, creativity, the determination to jump hurdles, roll boulders, and the realization that publishing is a business aimed at making money and making readers happy.  (Surprise!  It's not all about me!)

If you don't like an editor's or publisher's submission requirements, rules, guidelines or process, then YOU get to decide whether or not you're willing to submit to them.  Do the reasearch first and if what you learn frustrates you too much, move on. 

In short, don't blame others and don't whine and complain.  In the industry, they're sure signs of hotheads, amateurs and difficult people.  Study your craft, learn from the mistakes of those who've gone before you and determine to be the best writer you can be.