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Hi there! Welcome to the forum! Preston gave a solid answer to your question in a different thread a while ago. Here's the link: http://forum.writersofthefuture.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2556&p=79448&hilit=silver+honorable+mention#p79448 Thanks for the link! Do you agree with Preston that...

Hi there! Welcome to the forum!

Preston gave a solid answer to your question in a different thread a while ago. Here's the link: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2556&p=79448&hilit=silver+honorable+mention#p79448

Hi Chris, "Win" means getting first, second, or third place in any given quarter. Essentially, if you get any form of cash prize, you have "won" the contest, even if you did not get first place or the grand prize. You can absolutely enter multiple quarters in a row before result...

Hi Chris, "Win" means getting first, second, or third place in any given quarter. Essentially, if you get any form of cash prize, you have "won" the contest, even if you did not get first place or the grand prize. You can absolutely enter multiple quarters in a row before results...

jficke13 wrote:
And I have a (very) rough first draft that needed a kick in the pants to edit. Is it weird that due dates and deadlines are some of my most powerful motivators?

Not weird at all. They are for me as well. The tricky part comes when you're trying to write and you don't have a deadline to work for.

Normally, an agent is the person who gets your book in front of an editor. Angry Robot has these open door periods specifically to try and find authors who have good books, but who are having a hard time finding an agent, or simply haven't found one yet. Wesley Chu is probably the most notable succe...

I'm going to disagree here, but with good reason. Editors will never, ever publish you out of pity: they will only publish you when the story is good enough and right for them. And the reason it's important I disagree is that one day soon the brain weasels will start to whisper "they only publ...

Hi all, In case you hadn't heard yet, Angry Robot will be having an Open Door Submission Period in November and December of this year. Here's their post about it with a link to a FAQ and specific guidelines: https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/2017/09/open-door-2017-send-us-your-novel/ This is a pretty ...

Good luck everyone!

Woohoo! Three finalists from the forums! Congrats you guys!

Good luck with the next three to six weeks (or more) of twitching like lunatics!

thegirlintheglasses wrote:Interstellar alien Eddy leapt from a holographic helicopter, slapping Hornblower's head.

Interstellar stuntman Eddy leapt from a holographic helicopter, slapping Hornblower's head.

After a pretty fallow six months are we on a roll here? http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/9781786645562.jpg?t=1503591280088&width=190&name=9781786645562.jpg Flame Tree have accepted my story 'Heavy Weather' for their 'Pirates and Ghosts' anthology. We're going to be antho budd...

amyhg wrote:
Just read it. Thoroughly enjoyed it too! Beautifully written. Did you use a similar style with your winning story? I look forward to reading it.

Well...I don't want to say here, for fear of outing my story before the grand prize judging.

If you'd like we can exchange winning stories!

amoskalik wrote:
Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured from a holographic snake on Mother's bed.

Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured from a holographic helicopter on Mother's bed.

Jessica Jones is my pick, as well.

amoskalik wrote:
Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured to the spooky snake under our bed.

Fearless intellectual Eddy lectured to the spooky snake on our bed.

amoskalik wrote:

MattDovey wrote:
Forever flabby birds lectured at the spooky snake under our woodshed.

Forever flabby Eddy lectured at the spooky snake under our woodshed.

Fearless flabby Eddy lectured at the spooky snake under our woodshed.

Depends on the kind of story. Is it going for a realistic, hypothetically plausible near-future vibe? Something like The Expanse? If so, I wouldn't use aliens unless the story was about them. Otherwise, I like me some creatures and aliens. Aliens do, however, force you to spend words describing them...

disgruntledpeony wrote:

Ishmael wrote:

Rebecca Birch wrote:
The flabby birds balked at the speckled donut under our woodshed.

Even flabby birds balked at the speckled donut under our woodshed

Even flabby birds balked at the speckled snake under our woodshed.

Even flabby birds balked at the spooky snake under our woodshed.

amoskalik wrote:

Jeremyteg wrote:My story, The Broken Karwaneer, is now free to read on Beneath Ceaseless Skies! Check it out: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/ ... karwaneer/

Wow. Great story. The ending is very profound.

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Okay, that was awesome. The setting and characters hold a great deal of depth. I would legitimately love to read a novel set in that world. Thanks! wotf007 What about a novel set in that world three thousand years ago? Because I may or may not be doing the prewriting for just such a novel... It's s...

My story, The Broken Karwaneer , is now free to read on Beneath Ceaseless Skies! Check it out: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-broken-karwaneer/ Okay, that was awesome. The setting and characters hold a great deal of depth. I would legitimately love to read a novel set in that wo...

My story, The Broken Karwaneer, is now free to read on Beneath Ceaseless Skies! Check it out: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/ ... karwaneer/

The issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies featuring my story is available for subscribers via Weightless Books! Non-subscribers can get one issue for $0.99US...or wait a couple of weeks for the issue to come out for free on the BCS website.

And the results? Joni giggled. I got SECOND PLACE! *happy dance* If I understand correctly, that removes me as a contender for the Golden Pen, which means I can officially stop twitching and kick back until April. wotf010 wotf010 wotf010 Congrats Amy! Excited to meet you in LA next April! wotf010 w...

I've noticed a lot of people talking about numbered drafts, or saving each edit under a different file name. Since I started writing, I've just kind of edited as I went, changing things piecemeal based on notes I made to myself while thinking about the story or with deliberate beginning-to-end and ...

EDIT: I lied. I also need a view outside like most folks have mentioned. I live out on an old farm, so the vistas are quite stunning. Just staring out the back door for 10-15 minutes is usually enough to get me back to my desk. I am super envious! I work so much better when I can take brain breaks ...

My impression from reading the volumes aligns with what Matt and Amy are saying. Plenty of the stories that win Writers of the Future could be easily considered YA. Some of them are not, but some of them are. By "children's stories" I think they mean something that could appear in a Highli...

I have a desk by the door in the living room of the apartment my wife and I are living in while I finish my Masters. She is also an artist, and her desk is bigger, so she got the tiny second bedroom for her office space. Because we don't have kids it works pretty well for me to use the living room a...

I believe KD Wentworth's story was the shortest win at 2k. Wow. I get the impression that you're the WOTF Anthology guru. Out of curiosity, how many volumes have you read? Legend tells that Dustin was there at the dawn of WOTF, long before the first winners walked the earth. His knowledge is vast, ...