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Hi! I've got 1698 words so far, could someone critique my work? I would suggest you finish the story first and then get critiques on either the whole or whatever beginning section you'd like so as to not get over influenced by your readers' feedback and in case your ending or middle changes your be...

Thanks Moon. I just bought the book. Won't get it for a while since it has to ship to Europe, but based on what you said about it, it's worth it.

Back after Hiatus. Anyone up for a swap? 4K words Urban fantasy. I'll be up for a swap in a few weeks if you're still interested at that point. Until then, I've already reached my goal for this week and I'm now aiming for at least 1-2k words per week for my Q2 story and another 5k a week for the ch...

It would be an interesting to know what the average and median winning story length is, since Dave took over as 1st judge... Any one ventured that far into the contest's statistics?

Welcome Daniel!

Congratulations to all who made it in. It's all about submitting and taking that risk, last minute or early, to see if your story can tickle the fancy of another chunk of flesh. You win, whether you "win" or not, because submitting is the plunge into the depths. So, congratulations fellow...

Happy New Year!

Nope you're not blind.
I've starting my research and have a goal to write the first 300 words before the end of the week.
Yay for Q2! This is exciting.

Entered December 27th

Thanks for the links!

I submitted and actually went with a fresh instead of a canned. The planned canned still needs so much work so we'll see if the rewrite will go in this year or not. Already thinking of Q2's story.
And my fresh for Q1 was mostly a first draft except for the ending which required two big edits.

I'm in. Reworked my ending and sent it in. Now onto the next story.

I'm almost in. I decided to change submission stories during the beginning of December because the first one still needed a lot of work. I'll probably have to do a major rewrite on it next quarter. For now though I'm correcting typos and working on a few revisions on this much shorter story. Just se...

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I'm in but it'll be one canned, three fresh. Sounds like fun!

That's so awesome Wulf!! Congratulations!!! How exciting and thrilling!!

Congrats Brittany!!!

I sent you an email. Thanks

I'll give it a look.

So I put in my first submission last quarter and got rejected. Reading over the first section, I doubt Dave even got past the first page so I have been doing a complete rewrite. The story is on the longer end nearing the max word limit, but I'm searching for a critique primarily on the first 1900 wo...

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. Congrats Kristy, even though it's not what you were hoping for. Either way, it's a really nice stepping stone. And to you too ...

R for me.

There once was a group with the itch To make worlds from words and get rich But every three moons They’d stop in their swoons With their heads put together, and twitch That group did hard search for a sign Whilst the wizards required more time, Questing for a spell With all the right intel For whic...

Thanks Kary!

So with Dave heading to Fiji... do you think that means he's done judging?

Dang, I'm here twitching my socks off! Don't know how you all deal with it every quarter! Got tons going on at home with an incoming international move next summer and putting our house up for sale on the personal side and working, writing a novel, and everything to do with two kids but I can't stop...

Yay, the Q3 results have begun to get released... Now the real twitching begins!

So the Q3 illustrator results are up, congrats to all those listed who placed and to all those that placed but chose not to be listed.

That's some serious perseverance! Congrats again Brittany, on submitting each quarter and on your baby. She's absolutely lovely.

I'm expecting quick results this Q. First reader Kary clipping away, Dave healthy again, pressure to move quick to get the anthology printed before the gala, seems like a perfect storm! That would totally increase my twitching for results, but as I've read on the Q3 forum, not everybody has their r...