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Guys, this quarter I resubmitted my first ever WOTF entry, which received a first round rejection. At the time I was devastated, thinking that a first round rejection must be a reflection of my talent. Obviously I know better now, and in most ways I have the forum to thank for that. The piece has be...

I'm really sorry about your friend, J'Nae. I have no experience on writing while grieving, but I will say that don't beat yourself up if you try, but find you really can't write yet. It's ok to skip a quarter.

Congrats Athena! Published finalist is seriously awesome.

Submitted 29/12/16

Imagination Vortex - FYI, I withdrew my entry for Q4. So unless there is a mix up, I'm out. I'm out. This was by far my best story, so after three HMs in a row... a very confusing result. Oh well, I've already resubmitted elsewhere. We'll see if anyone else likes it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Your story w...

I begin to tire of re-reading my story. I probably couldn't spot a mistake if it jumped up and bit me. Hey, it's the 4th of October already. Should I submit now or not? Hmm. Decisions, decisions. Send it out! You might get some more good ideas, and perhaps your passion will ignite when you have to ...

I'm in. Now I can return to my secret base... (You might enjoy my story just out in the Autumn 2016 Mad Scientist Journal . Title is, "Ships Passing in the Night: Romance and Marriage Between Lovers from Anti-synchronous Worlds." The story is free in the sample Kindle pages.) Congrats! I'...

Update from the judge himself:

He is aiming to get this quarter judged a little earlier than the previous quarters: by the 1st November (!).

I chose the second option. A confirmation immediately appeared in my inbox from Joni, so closely on the heels of the 'submit' button that I'm not sure which vector it came through. Fingers crossed it all works out! At least they definitely have it. On a more cheery note: I WAS ON A PANEL WITH DAVE Y...

PANIC STATIONS. I submitted to Joni, using her joni author services dl, and I haven't heard back with a confirmation. However, at the same time I also responded to her email about my Silver, which is it turns out is on the straight author services email. I DID get a response from this. And now I hea...

Submitted September 30th - by email because portal was closed.

- Withdrawn

Oh god. It says the applications are closed. It's 3pm here in GM10+ (Sydney) on the 30th and they've closed down. I've emailed Joni (I think?), but now I'm seriously worried. Any advice? I'm having this problem too :( I'll email Joni. But Jeremy, I think we'll have to resign ourselves to a long and...

Oh that's awesome/painful Moon!

Good luck JVashley and Jabrwalk, and anyone else waiting. My fingers are crossed for you. You must be going INSANE right now.

At risk of fanning the potentially destructive flames of hope, I want to say that surely this means that you are a finalist! Or semi finalist at least.

Given recent discussion on the threads, I might ask Dave what Silver HMs means to him.

I've seen his kicks on Rejections, and Honourable Mentions, but not on Silver HM. Actually, I haven't seen anything on Semi-Finalist either. I vaguely remember that Finalist means "You are publishable!"

Hi! I'm trying to turn my Q2 R into something more respectable. I've done a ton of work on it over the last week, but I'm hoping someone might be interested in a last minute exchange/look over. My own experience in critiquing is limited, but I am more than happy to give it a go. I intend to join Cri...

If it is not too late, I am interested!

I can't figure out how to PM though, so you'll have to PM me.

Thanks, I will. And of course I'll pass on any words of wisdom I pick up :)

Hi guys, I am SUPER excited, because the weekend after next is Conflux, an Australian Spec fic convention. And guess who is going to be there??? Yes. YES! Dave Farland. He is giving a few presentations/interviews over the course of the weekend. It is like the universe *wants* me to win this thing. (...

If your beta readers really like it to, then why not? If it was an early round R then Dave only read the first page or two, so a stronger hook and he's off to the races this time around. I've made substantial changes to the first few pages. It now has a faster pace and be a bit less explain-y. Here...

I have other stories I could submit, but I'm thinking about tweaking my 2nd quarter R. I really believe in the story, I think maybe it just didn't have a strong enough hook.

Am I crazy?

I got a Silver Honourable Mention. An improvement on the R I got from my previous entry.

That's great news Ishmael!

I was sad to think we wouldn't be seeing you around the boards.

The best of both worlds, really: lots of pro sales and continued contest eligibility

This Thursday just got a whole lot scarier. Don't forget that Dave's in Australia now. And Australian Thursday is only 17 hours away ... But I suspect he'll actually be aiming for Australian Friday so that he can enjoy his weekend site seeing. I agree with the folks who predict more Rs. Looking at ...

So Dave is scheduled to be in Brisbane on the 19th ... I predict a massive wave of HMs and Rs over the next week. I wonder if he intends to get to the point of informing finalists before he goes?

wotf054 This morning I had a story called "A Sound Like Glass Raindrops" accepted to Unsung Stories!! This is the 9th place I sent it out to, and was starting to believe no one would want it, but there it is, the acceptance letter! It's coming out this Friday...I'll give you guys the link...

Another technique I've heard for catching things is reading your story backwards but it is not something I've tried. I've never heard of this before! Do you read it back by chapter, paragraph, sentence or word? I have my husband and a few friends read over my work, but I have been thinking about gi...

Hi RHB! It's nice to see another Aussie on the boards. I think there might be a few others floating around the place, but I'm not sure who they are exactly. That activation issue is frustrating, isn't it? If it doesn't get fixed soon, all the existing members will win or pro out and there will be no...

Thankyou so much Emily and Morshana.

I'm pretty sure I got an "R". Just to confirm with you guys though - what does an "R" look like in an email? Is it a simple "you did not place"? It has been such a blow to my confidence. I know this is just my first entry, but I was so sure it would be at least an HM, a...