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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...

Hi, Jeanette. Selected non-winning stories go to the workshop and are paid for the publication, but no extra prize money. Not all non-winning stories get held, but I believe most do. (My first finalist was not held. My second is being held.) I actually asked Joni if she has any idea when the select...

Published finalists - just wondering how that works? Joni asked if I wanted them to hold my story for consideration for a published finalist, and I said of course. I didn't ask her for any details about the process, though, if my story's selected. You just get published, right? No payment for the st...

I had thought this story was going to get a rejection. I almost didn't submit it, because I thought it was too dark. I suspect its subject matter might not have sat well with the judges?

emilymccosh wrote:Congrats morshana!!

Thanks! Love the dancing bananas.

Thank you, everyone! Congrats Jeanette! So did you get two calls or just one saying you were finalist but not the winner? I got two calls. One two days ago, and one earlier this afternoon. I was told this quarter was unusual in its speed (fastest quarter in history), and I wasn't allowed to say anyt...

Congratulations to all the HMs and SHMs and SFs and other Finalists and to the Winners, whoever you are!

Well, I did not win... just got that call, but I get to use this!

Just submitted.

Expecting an R for this one.

Good luck everyone!

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!