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I'm throwing a hail Mary as well. Currently I'm 3/4 this year and would like to be 4/4. 5k words in. Three scenes left. Gahhhhh! I'm also very pregnant. Due date was yesterday. WOTF due date looming. Pretty sure I'll be writing/editing in the hospital room lol... Let's do this thing! (Even if it's ...

When do you think we will see results for this quarter? Q3 results look like they will drop in october. Is there any hope for december or are we looking at january? I'm pretty sure they'll want to get results ASAP. Remember, they need Q4 done so the book can be laid out and printed in time for the ...

I'm cheering for you guys!

Submitted my story yesterday. 4/4 this year. That feels good!

I got a rejection, and will be resubmitting in Q1 after another pass.

Oh, long stories definitely win and get published! V31 has Sharon Joss's story that pushes the length requirements pretty hard: I think Darci Stone's V34 piece is similarly long, and my V32 PF was almost 15k, so.... go for it, if the story is good!

Sataris wrote:...and someone correct me because I'm very possibly wrong, but I think finalist stories can still be sent back in?

No, Finalists are completely disqualified as well.

Dave's been doing a workshop and I think planning some writing time. I'd wager we have another 2-3 weeks before we get anything.

I've noticed there tends to be a relatively low number of stories that make it into the anthology every year that are alternate world fantasy. At least more recently. It seems most fantasy I see as winners in the contest lately tend to be some blend of modern/contemporary/urban fantasy. I know alte...

Dave's conducting a workshop in England this week, I believe, so I wouldn't expect any results for a while from him - but our intrepid first reader's pass might go out soon! Remember we have two sets of twitching to worry about now.

Hi all. A quick question for off of you that have been published in the WOTF annual books. How different was your original story from the final published version? Did you find your stories required a lot of polishing/revision/editing? Or were there only minimal polishing edits??? (I'm gaging the st...

I just realized I can't 100% guarantee that I sent my Q3 submission in with the last round of edits in it or with comments turned off. ... wotf025 Hey, if you get an R you can ask Kary English if she remembers seeing your name in the comments wotf001 wotf001 wotf001 Sorry. I've had those fears SO m...

You'll want to check with Joni, but I believe it would be "sold more than 5000 copies of a single ebook". So if you have 50 books and each has 100 sales you're still good. And I believe it has to be sales, not give-aways.

I am halfway done with my Q4 entry, which will be 4/4 for me this year. Hoping to knock it out today - I just locked myself in my writing closet and once the music kicks in, I'm off.

All three winners get a very nice trophy, at the big award ceremony every year. They get flown out to LA for a workshop and a big gala and recieve their trophy. The Golden Pen award is between the four first-place winners in a year. All the WOTF judges read their stories and vote one the grand prize...

I think this is great news for the contest, as fast as it's been growing. Kary is a wonderful person to help Dave read the thousands of entries every quarter. So exciting! Congrats, Kary! https://www.prweb.com/releases/writers_of_the_future_announces_kary_english_as_new_first_reader/prweb15668179.htm

Reminder: Now that Q2 is judged, please transfer all regularly scheduled Thursday twitching to this thread.

Not that I think we'll see results for a bit.

I bet someone has! There are plenty of writers who dictate their stories. Kevin J. Anderson, prolific writer and WOTF judge, dictates his (though not with dragon). And I believe our own Martin Shoemaker dictates his, but maybe not with Dragon? I think he records himself and then transcribes later. W...

I got an email from "galaxypress" with an email domain of wizehive.com addressed to "Dear Entrant" and telling me that my story earned honorable mention in the 2nd quarter. I did in fact enter a story in WOTF this past quarter, so it could be legit! But since this is the first t...

HM for me. Now I can start twitching for Q3!

I don't resubmit. Writing a new story generally is going to improve your craft more than sweating over edits to an old one.

That said, Dave has said that an SHM essentially means the story just needs one more pass / a couple fixes to reach Finalist status, and you're certainly welcome to resub!

I'll probably send mine in tonight. I always get nervous about sending something in early, because then I think of something, and yep, his eyes were blue and I said they were green , but it's now out of my hands... All the best on your entry, KD. If it's the one I gave a critique on the opening, it...

I subbed on Friday. 3 for 3 so far this year, and I like this one a lot.

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...