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For what it’s worth, you can always email Joni and ask for the status of your story. She’s very friendly and replies quickly. Don’t pester her, obviously, but a short polite email has worked before.

PM me. I’m no expert but I’ve entered five quarters in a row. If I don’t know the answer I can probably point you to someone who does.

Wulf Moon wrote:

cfkreitzer@gmail.com wrote:Oh whew! Thank you!

No worries. It's confusing keeping track of Q. Plus, he jumped episodes, series, you just never knew what Trek ship Q was going to play god on.

Congrats to all the representatives from the forum! And commiserations to the Rs. Onwards!

Sataris wrote:just got off the phone with joni, who was lovely as you'd expect—finalist this time! still shaking a little bit. best of luck all!

Congratulations!

historythatneverwas wrote:I don't know how to do the little guy with a sign, but I just got a Semi-Finalist notification!

Congratulations!

Blake Wallace wrote:I guess what I just received constitutes an R. Email said my story had been judged and did not place. First time through the process...hopefully the next time will be better.

That is an R Commiserations. Best of luck in the future! Keep writing, keep submitting!

It’s Thursday! For a story I was really uncertain about and worked SO hard on. I’ll take it! I really needed some good news this week. Watching closely for all of your results!!

Great read. Thanks for sharing. Now if only I could identify which of those eight I’m failing on so I can work to improve that specifically!

You all looked amazing! Seriously. Congratulations!

Good luck to all of you tonight! Enjoy it!

When inspiration strikes we know that this one is the winner. We lay our fingers on the keys; Some expert, some beginner. We sweat and strive and type and cry to exorcise our thoughts. We love and hate our characters as we tie them up in knots Then we make a pass for conflict, Then a pass for settin...

Always down to work with people, although I’m still deciding between a fantasy or a science fiction for my Q4 so I might be out. Question: when does the log line need to be ready? I’ve only got the vaguest conception of a plot for my Q4 (and I may go with the other one anyway). Is that a pre-requisi...

1. Response times vary, you can browse old threads to get an idea. Q1 results will probably be out before the end of April. For Q2 I believe I heard in May last year. Maybe June? Just checked it was July 9, in the second wave because I submitted on paper. Long waits! 2. Semi finalists get feedback. ...

Agreed. I’m being ambitious with my Q3 and am almost done with a first draft. I expect there to be many more! I’m not expecting results this week all with the gala. Which is good since I’m moving!

Subbed Christmas Eve. Hoping this coming week is our Thursday because I am working on my Q3 and I really don’t know what it would do to my brain to have three pending stories from the contest.

Honorable Mention received Monday April 16.

The contest (and most/all other markets) goes by word count not page number or other measures of length. I saw a thread recently where Dave Farland said he goes by word processor word count as well. 17k or under. Good luck!

That’s a huge sale. Congratulations! Can’t wait to read it.

Subbed March 14

Hang in there folks.

I'll try to be succinct, but I'm thinking with my fingertips to an extent here so grant me patience wotf001 Quite often, I'll have an inspiration for a story, an "idea". Well, these are always perfect and exciting. Naturally, once I start writing the darn thing, it's not so perfect anymore...

I have so many notes in google keep of random ideas, characters, settings, what have you. Brandon Sanderson mentioned in one of the Writing Excuses episodes that he has a file on his computer called "Cool Stuff I have to Use" or something along those lines- my google keep is essentially th...

Above and elsewhere it’s been discussed that an HM is essentially a rejection, though, and that putting it in a cover letter is not recommended.

Makes sense. Would you only use it for that story specifically or would you put it in all your letters? ie "My story, X, was a finalist for Writers of the Future." I would guess not, because it isn't a publishing credit?

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 really hope we get the wave today! I’ve always been notified mid-afternoo...

At what level of WotF rejection would it be acceptable to put it in the cover letter? Finalist?

Just want to reiterate that I'm happy to read anyone's stories over the next ten days! I'm between projects at the moment so I can do 24 hours or less turnaround time. Good luck with the final push!

Thanks. It's funny what counts as hopeful encouragement in this field!

Thanks, that was kind of my thinking. Thanks for the point that the story that matters is the one you're submitting, not any you've written in the past. It's just nice when they give feedback and say, "I hope you'll try us again," and for some reason I was thinking I should respond to that...

I've gotten personal rejections from a few places, but I'm still chasing that first sale. When I submit a story to a publication I've gotten a personal from in the past, should I change my cover letter at all? Or do you just trust that when they said they wanted you to try again, they'll remember? T...

I’m in as well, and my Q3 is mentally plotted and ready to write. Hope everyone finishes up their stories with minimum difficulty and much inspiration!