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Although we also haven’t seen SHMs yet.

LittleRed -
Did you have to send your story to Joni in an email because the site was down? If not, sounds like you might have a semi finalist.

I just received mine and it was an HM, so could be.

On the “is it worth revising discussion”, I think that: * a rejection usually means Dave has read two pages, and has found enough wrong with it that he won’t read further. If you really believe in your story and want dave to read and judge the whole thing, you need to completely rework your opening ...

If they are talking about q1 in the podcast, that means finalists have probably been notified. Joni usually calls finalists before the stories go out to the guest judges. Jury duty may have thrown things out, of course, but I expect that Joni is just prioritising email notifications last. Also, I wr...

I think in that case the stories were withdrawn right before judging - they drew on the semi-finalists so they’d have 8 stories for the guest judges.

I came to share, but you beat me to it! I reckon finalists will hear over the next week, so stay very close to your phones people!

I think it is good to be mentally prepared. Sometimes results come earlier than you expect, and an R-Grenade in your email is a nasty shock if you're not ready. That's why I always check the forum before checking my emails in the morning.

Wow, day 4 already? Crazy! Can’t wait to hear/see how the art reveal goes, that’s my favourite bit!

Well, it’s not impossible that we get results today. My phone call was on a Saturday right about now.*

/checks phone is on. Looks at it significantly.

Right... about ... now ...

/sigh

*Australian time, of course.

Oooh, nice!

If anyone felt like doing some analysis on the results days over the last few years, though,
I for one would be interested!

Dave’s been seriously ill, guys, I think that will delay things a lot.

Expectomancy! Nice! This is how I think it goes at the moment: 1. Finalists get a phone call. They are asked not to share on the internet yet. 2. The first waves go out on email over a few days - includes R, HM ,SHM. There doesn’t seem to be a clear order or anything. 3. Semi finalists wait a week o...

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.