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gorgeous! poster looks great too

Just got the call from contest coordinator Joni Labaqui. It's now okay for me to wave this sign: wotf059 SECOND PLACE! I'm going to Hollywood! I get to meet Preston! Where's that Topanga Canyon banner? Fortune favor the brave...in hopefully less time than it took me! All the beast, ~Moon~ yeaaaaaah...

So I got a personal rejection letter today, from C.C. Finlay of F&SF, and he was kind enough to explain what hadn't worked for him about my story. He also said that my writing was very good, and to keep submitting to F&SF. You can imagine how pleased I was to hear that, and I'm excited beca...

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Dimension of Miracles, by Robert Sheckley
Galaxies, by Barry N. Malzberg
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The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester
Star Maker, by Olaf Stapledon

thanks for this! added to the queue

I don't think self-identifying will hurt you in any way at either of those markets, doubly so when it has relevancy to the story like yours does. they might not have the same inclusive language that Fireside, BCS and crew have, but they're still putting out some pretty progressive stuff. as for whet...

I've sold three HMs. Heck, there are people who've sold Rs. That's pretty awesome. I've gotten into the odd habit of wondering how some of the pro stories I've come across would fare on Dave's desk--and how some of the WotF stories would fare on, say, Neil Clarke or C.C. Finlay's desk. You really n...

i've got a super cheap laptop i travel with for work that I threw kingsoft office on, and it works fine. totally free too. as to the point about novels v short stories, I've found scrivener to be super helpful for novels (particularly if you're on a mac). it's got some super cool organizational feat...

Welcome, spiraledpen and sifimarine! Hope you find the forums helpful, and good luck with your entries!

Thanks for the kind words, Preston! And the link (whoops lol)

Congrats wiseserpent and Ishmael!

Also have a story of my own out today-an early version of which was a shm a little ways back.

You can read it (free!) over at syntax and salt

So is there a general feeling that having complex longer stories (between 15k and 17k) with multiple viewpoints may not be as competitive, even if they're otherwise sold? I'd not considered this. My woefully unqualified opinion is that no matter where you submit, you start edging into the realm of ...

Very pleased to announce that my new story "Korba's Revenge," is now live at Stupefying Stories! It's my first attempt at steampunk. (2000 words). Here's the link if you'd like to take a peek: https://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2018/09/showcase-korbas-revenge-by-preston.html wotf026 w...

I saw that on Twitter! What an awesome idea, going to grab one shortly

preston wrote:

WiseSerpent wrote:I got a story published in Swords & Sorcery Magazine Issue 79. August 2018!

Congrats! A very vivid and inventive story. Well done. I enjoyed it very much.

seconded!

and congrats as well, Ishmael!

And to Ym Pang!

Well this is my first post on the "sucess" thread. .. I just got the news a few days ago that a short story of mine as been accepted into an anthology. (I'm dancing on the inside. Really. Otherwise a 40+ year old man dancing beside a public pool with a phone in his hand might just come of...

I think if you’ve got two stories of about the same quality ready for submission, it couldn’t hurt to trunk the similar one and send it out a bit later. At that point you’re just getting rid of a potential concern so why not. But if it were me and I felt like the similar one were stronger, I’d just ...

in general, agents expect that you're querying widely, but often ask that if you're offered representation before they've responded to your query you let them know and give them a week or so to respond (to decline or ask for pages). You might get a request for an exclusive somewhere along the way, t...

oooh thanks for the heads up!

congrats, that's awesome! personally I never reply since those emails are often automatically generated when a reader puts a story forward, and generally speaking the editor who is emailing you probably hasn't had a chance to read the piece yet themselves. doubt it would hurt you if you replied, but...

Welcome to the forums and congrats on submitting your first story! By far the hardest send button to hit. Let the twitching begin!

I think you're fine. I've always personally included the information on the MS unless explicitly told not to and have never had a problem.

ohh, thanks for the details on PodCastle, Matt, that's good stuff. I love all the Escape Artist markets. I don't have anything half as informative to say, but as for Apex: we don't generally personalize responses (at least at the first level), so don't ever let a form get you down or make you feel l...

i feel you. i just had a market that doesn't ask for revisions very often ask me to make some pretty specific ones, so I went ahead and made them, then they told me that the story was worse for the changes I'd made and rejected it. i dont take the rejection personally, but man, a little surprised th...

Hi all! Figured I'd drop by and say hello. I've been following the contest for a while now, but my first entry was Q4 of 2017, and I was lucky enough to get a SHM. Like everyone else, I'm sitting here twitching over the Q1 results. I've sold a couple of stories, most recently to DSF, but I've mostly...