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The rules are for "more than three short stories," etc, in a professional publication, ie one that pays at least 6 cents a word and has a circulation of (I think > 5000?). A lot of people have a nice string of very reputable semi-pro publications, that is, in venues that pay less than 6 ce...

michaeljwyantjr wrote:

KD Julicher wrote:My V34 Q4 SHM is out now from InterGalactic Medicine Show!

Congrats KD! It's a beautiful tale!

Thanks Michael, Preseton, et al! And thanks Michael for reading! I think the paywall has scared a lot of my friends off I'm proud of this piece.

My V34 Q4 SHM is out now from InterGalactic Medicine Show!

So every story submitted gets entered into the contest. They all get judged by the first round judge, who "grades" them - most stories will get a rejection. They just weren't there yet! Some will get an "Honorable Mention" - they're good stories, the judge read them all the way t...

For the interested, Dave peeped. His note today said he was on his first pass. I believe that’s code for Calm Down Writers. But who knows... Ha ha...just NOW getting to his first pass for the thousands of entries from May 31st? This could be a very long twitch! ~M March 31st :) Q1 and Q2 are always...

Hey, is it time to twitch for Q2 yet?

I've had missing words in finalist pieces. It's not a fun feeling when you spot them but it doesn't automatically disqualify you from making finalist! Now, winning on the other hand...

Also, hello! My name is John. I've entered this twice now (HM in Q3 16, ? Q2 18) and I'm nervous as heck all about this latest one. : goes back to twiddling thumbs : Welcome! I think I remember your username from when I used to hang out at AW - yes? Believe I used "KateJJ" over there as i...

IWhat always worried me were the requirements around profanity. I actually stripped all the profanity out of my Q2 (and thought it weakened the story) but what I read later suggested that I might not have needed to do that. Darn it. It turns out I have 46 swear-words in my Q2 entry (out of 51 pages...

welp, took some time to let everything sink in, buuut wotf059 first place! looks like you and I will be getting better acquainted, Preston! Congrats again! in related news, when Joni called I gave maybe the weirdest response ever? it went something like this: oh god thank you so much this is amazin...

Preston! I am SO THRILLED FOR YOU!!!!!

That's so, so amazing. Hoping I get to meet you this April! Wow. That is an AMAZING story.

I believe Dave tends to select one story in 8 or so subgenres as finalist each quarter - one epic fantasy, one contemporary, one space opera, etc. Those go to the quarter judges, who pick their favorites out of the 8. The top 3 are then the winners of the quarter. So if the judges in each quarter pr...

(Another judge was also overheard declaring "I can't believe they let the fantasy story win!", but I'll not name names there. I suspect KD can remember who I'm referring to #teamfantasy) I love this judge as a writer and a person but I know for a fact that he judged 3 of my 4 finalist qua...

My V34 Q4 SHM should be appearing in Intergalactic Medicine Show later this summer, so yes! Just because it's not a finalist, don't trunk that story. Get it out there and find it a home!

This is a great list for enjoyment. It makes me cry because I like most of what's on it a lot better than most of what's being published today. My tastes are so dated. I would add, anyone who is reading through this for a sort of history of the genre, put C.L Moore on your list. Her "Northwest ...

glenn84 wrote:When Joni calls the finalists does it show up on caller ID as private? If so, I think I may have missed the call....

It sure does. I answered an "unknown" number this afternoon hoping it was her. Grrr...

Honorable Mention. I'm losing track of them now!

On to Q3....

Remember that Joni is the one sending out the notifications, and she'll be recovering from the gala. So it might be a week or two; on the other hand, it could be Thursday...

Congratulations to all the winners!

morganb wrote:Matt -- were you able to get a print of Adrian's final artwork for your story? That would be amazing.


~Morgan

We got to take home the framed prints they revealed for us! Mine is on the wall in my library, and I love it.

I'm waiting to see pictures of the big reveal - that was yesterday, right? And hear stories about the 24 hour writing challenge.

Link to Day 1 blog post! https://www.writersofthefuture.com/2018 ... hop-day-1/

Also there's all sorts of pictures on Facebook, take a look and pretend you're there!

We won't see anything this week. Workshop/Gala week. Probably not next week either since they'll be in recovery mode! So get a cool glass of lemonade, kick back, and start planning your Q3 entry!

Have an amazing time, v34-ers! You'll probably be too busy to check in during the week but we'll be watching the blog for pictures of you!

Got an email from Galaxy Press. SuperTwitch moment, followed by reading it and seeing it was letting me know my Q2 entry had been recieved.

Well played...

Dave mentioned recently (at a convention) that SHM are often stories that need just one more pass by the author to tighten or fix things, in order to bring them up to Finalist quality. He definitely encouraged re-submissions of SHMs after that work is done.

In. I like being a couple days ahead of the deadline.

So if we don't see first results this week, I think we won't see them till mid-to-late April. The workshop week and Gala are coming right up, and everything will be swamped.

This is always the long quarter. Get your Q2s in!

I got called yesterday with a frantic "don't open your mail." Somebody screwed up and the preorders shipped early. At this point I just want to make sure I don't see the art before LA... Oh.... oh, yes, you most certainly do want to be unspoiled on the artwork. It's one of the best moment...

So we probably have another month and a half till Thursdays come again...

Hoping this will be my quarter! But working on my Q2 entry nonetheless.

Dustin Adams wrote:Blog is up!

http://www.writersofthefuture.com/write ... 7-winners/

Lots of new names on there.

I'm getting old...

Drat, I must have forgotten to reply to Joni since my name's not there as an SHM. Oh well!