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amyhg wrote:wotf058

O_O

I can't decide if I'm twitching more from waiting for placement results or for my twins to come.

Yay!! Congratulations!!!

*gets popcorn and takes a seat on lawn*

Oh, and that seemed a fast response for e-subbers!

Was better than I hoped for this story! Holiday-themed revolt by pumpkins. I won't be submitting this again to the contest. ;)

My commiserations to the Rs, and congratulations to the latest HMs and higher.

Silver HM

If it's anything like the quarter I got Finalist, all Finalists have already gotten the call--same day as the flood of latest results. But that was an unusually fast turnaround Joni had said at the time. I'm hoping for an HM with the story I submitted for Q2, Vol 34. wotf007 Good luck to all waiting...

Congratulations to all the HMs and SHMs and commiserations to all the Rs.

I suspect it will be a while before email subs hear back.

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*

greenroom wrote:Updated through here, I think.

Just FYI, as of the Tuesday wave, Dave still hadn't finished his first pass on the paper subs (aka anything mailed in or emailed into Joni on the last day).

Yeah, and paper subs (regardless of result) don't usually hear back for a *very* long time...

Joni got back to me today. I'm in for Q2!

She said judging won't be done for another three months.

I never heard back from Joni, so I might not be entered. wotf017 Did you email her to ask? I hadn't heard back either, but when I queried her about it, she replied that she had received it and my story had been entered. I emailed her a month ago, and again today (at two different email addresses). ...

I never heard back from Joni, so I might not be entered.

I can't submit either. Emailing my story off to Joni...

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!