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Just got my results - semi finalist. I know intellectually it is a great result, but I’m still really disappointed. I was beginning to think I might actually be a finalist.

Still nothing but crickets in this corner. Maybe Joni is sick. (or maybe I should chill ac because it is still the weekend in the states.)

Yes, fingers crossed! Although I take the submissions grinder results with a pinch of salt, because it also claims there are two acceptances, which just isn’t possible at this point in the competition. It all depends on how users are managing their data.

I’m still waiting ... are many other people still in the same boat?

Yeah, my experience has been that q4 has come out really fast of recent years - presumably so they have plenty of time to organise the gala, and give the q4 illustrators time to work.

Well, it’s not Thursday in Australia anymore...

Joni Labaqui here from the Writers of the Future contest with some good news. You are still in the running for the 3rd Quarter. Your story made it through the "first pass", meaning you will be judged now by our coordinating judge, David Farland. But I also wanted let you know that you sho...

What is going on??? Even with the changes, I would have expected to see either more first pass oks or Rs at this point ... this is a really small trickle.

R. :(

I'd reply, even if it's just to say thanks for the update. But probably I'd ask if they have any idea of what the approximate timeframes might be.

Ok contest, I'm ready for results now.

I'll be curious to see if Q2 follows recent patterns and Joni rings the finalists before the email responses go out.

Really KD, what are the signs from the blog?

Yayyyyyyy Preston! Super congrats!

I have been checking everyday in the hopes for finalist news! This must be agonizing for you guys... Beavs, I personally don’t expect to hear q2 results till at least mid July. At the moment, the process seems to be the finalists get notified by a phone call, and not long after that everyone else ge...

Congratulatulations Rui and Preston! It's awesome to have finalists on the boards, and three is the perfect number. I hope you take out the top spots :). Also, I agree with all those who have said that once you're in the top group, they are ALL great stories, so it's just a matter of luck in that yo...

I am worried that I may have introduced a half finished sentence in a last minute edit.

The deadline is the 30th April.

http://www.ufopub.com/submissions/

She left a voicemail for me when I was a finalist last year, and then called back later.

Congratulations Satarist!!!!! I really hope you place :). And that they don’t leave you twitching for long.

Surely once Dave has recorded the result on the electronic copies, it is simply a matter for Joni to press a button? I feel for her if she has to manually go through and add them to the "R" email list.

What Preston said.

Also: I'm in! I'm in! I'm in, I'm in, I'm in!

Still going through crits and doing the final polish. I should probably do an outloud read through, as well, but this one is at the upper word limit ...

Hmmm, am leaving this one down to the wire. What Timezone is the deadline due in?

OMG!! Congratulations! That is SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There aren't enough exclamation marks in the world right now.

You should totally ask Joni about the other judges the next time you speak to her, though.

It’s been a week, JF, have you heard? Did Joni tell you how long they’d take to judge?

When you do hear, don’t forget to ask her which judges judged your quarter.

Congrats JF! And good luck :) I feel like it’s time for another forum win.

I do quite like the current trend of everyone hearing at the same time.

Now we are in the last week, one of traditional heavy traffic. Also remember the online entry system has a habit of shutting down part way through the last day, so if you're going to run it to the line, make sure you have Joni's email. And, for what in all probability will be my lost shot at the ti...

I did not place either :( I'm not as sad about this outcome as I expected to be. Finalist is still pretty awesome, and like peony, they're holding it for published finalist. That's, what, like a 1 in 15 chance of getting to the workshop? 2 in 15 if they take two PFs. Still pretty good odds consideri...

I just got my first HM. wotf008 Now to figure out how to make the next jump. No time to rest on my current submission. Congrats to those who have made finalist! Do you got any advice on how to make that leap from HM? All the blog posts seem to point to profundity. My honest suggestion would be to t...

I just got this message: You missed a call from a Private Number, who said "Hi Kristy Johnny Baki(?) from Raiders(?) the future urgently trying to reach you. I don't know what this means." This message was provided by Telstra at no charge to you. My first reaction was: "Cool message! ...