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Oh, no! Time slipped away from me this quarter, but I'm nearly done with the third book in the series I'm on.

*frantically searches for any possible ready to submit as-is stories*

*pulls hair and runs in circles while Kitty leaves a trail of chocolate wrappers*

Submitted September 30th
Finalist November 9th

Love those bananas!

That's awesome, George!

I do not have proof of this, but suspect this to be true. Two things help your submission. One, having some previous creds in your cover letter (this guy's stories can't be too bad, so and so bought one) and two, submitting to that market before (This is the fifth story from this guy this year. He'...

Congratulations, HL!

I guess you'd call it a conversion rate. At least in direct marketing you would... The markets I'm submitting to accept between half a percent and a percent of submitted stories. As a writer, what is a good conversion rate? Three percent of your submissions accepted? Ten percent? I don't mean three...

Hi RHB, welcome back. Your story sounds a lot like mine. Are you Rebecca? That was me being silly. Rebecca Birch loves the dancing bananas so I put them in there for her but this user is not Rebecca as far as I know. wotf007 wotf049 wotf049 wotf049 wotf049 wotf049 wotf026 wotf026 wotf037 wotf037 wo...

LaurieG wrote:Hi RHB, welcome back. Your story sounds a lot like mine.
Are you Rebecca?

That was me being silly. Rebecca Birch loves the dancing bananas so I put them in there for her but this user is not Rebecca as far as I know.

Jason Parker wrote:

storysinger wrote:wotf030 it'll be ok.

Onward!

Just received a nice personal from F&SF. *sigh*

Congratulations, Philip!

Welcome back, RHB! I was gone for a few years (three) as well. Feels good to be back. Life swept me away for a while. Took some unexpected turns, and wrote a few novels. Trying to get back into the swing of short stories again and making a more concerted effort to get them published. Good luck to yo...

rharp wrote:Mike Resnick at Galaxy's Edge accepted my finalist story!! I'm super excited of course. My first pro sale!!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations, Nick!

Yay to Philip, George, and Emily!

hazlett wrote:Keep it up everyone!

It took me exactly 4 years after entering the contest, but I never missed sending an entry each quarter until I won.

Never give up! Never surrender!

I missed three years of submissions, but I vow not to miss another until I win or pro out.

Corbin Maxwell wrote:And you might wonder how many of those people from yesteryear are still writing. Still believe that they can succeed.

Hi Corbin!

Yes! Still writing. Never give up! Never surrender!

I actually write sales copy for a living. Been doing it full-time since 2009. That's how I know I need more credibility, proof elements. Over the years I've learned that a strong proof element is GOLD because it can't be manufactured by a copywriter. It's best when you couple a powerful proof eleme...

I actually write sales copy for a living. Been doing it full-time since 2009. That's how I know I need more credibility, proof elements. Over the years I've learned that a strong proof element is GOLD because it can't be manufactured by a copywriter. It's best when you couple a powerful proof eleme...

I've never thought that of either of them. The Submissions Grinder lists both as not accepting simsubs. I assume "no simsubs, no multisubs" as the default, to be honest, as it's such a commonly held position, and there's little to gain (a publication three months sooner than otherwise) an...

If you're concerned with the amount of time that WOTF might have your submission, you can submit towards the end of a quarter, rather than the start. That's what I do.

Everything has changed. Maybe Thursdays no longer exist. And since today is Thursday for many of us, we're stuck in a parallel universe where every day is Thursday and never any results. Of course, being in this parallel universe, we *think* there are other days of the week, but really, they're all...

Congrats to George and Preston!

Submitted June 28, 2016

Congratulations, Jeremy!

george nik. wrote:Congrats Matt -- and Stewart!

And Stewart! Yes!

Congratulations, Matt!

Read all the Dune books by end of high school and I've seen the David Lynch Dune movie too many times to count, though it's been ages since I watched it.