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HM here.

Results so far have come during the night for me since I'm in the CET timezone. So this past week I've checked my emails immediately the moment I've woken up.

Finished the first draft for my Q4 story. Should have it cleaned up in a few days. My goal is to submit by the end of the week. If results for Q2 don't come out before then that'll mean I'll have 3 stories pending. Exciting! Anyone willing to swap stories? wotf008 I'll swap with you, though it'll b...

If someone submits their Q4 this coming week, they might even have three in queue. I'm starting to twitch, though it's like a murmur right now. Think it was Beth Powers that wrote earlier in this thread that she had had responses for previous Q2s come back through end of July. So we could still be i...

I'm in for Q3. Just sent it in, a fresh one.

I've been absent from the forum all of June (focusing on edits on my novel) and missed out on the awesome flash piece assignment, but it sounds like it helped.
I'll be sure to jump in on that next time!

I'm in for Q3.

That's awesome!! Congrats!

Can some of the necessary information be sprinkled through out the rest of the story to allow the beginning to be sleeker? Just a thought. Good Luck! That's just it. The stuff I'm debating isn't necessary to the development of the plot but it is to the character and setting and since the setting ch...

Good luck on fleshing it out. You've still got a little more than a month.
I'm trying to tighten the beginning of mine. It's too long, but I'm having difficulty choosing what parts to trim off in order to not lose the story's essence and light humor.

I've been mentally working on a fresh idea for Q3. Early this morning it began to gel. Time to let it flow. wotf042 Go go go go go! One of the twins got sick the day before they turned six months old (cold plus pneumonia in one lobe of one lung) and still has some minor symptoms, although he's most...

WOTF posted on their Facebook page about this on the 15th. They said they were increasing it.

Congrats on the fifth finalist KD. I hope the next one gets you that deserved win!!

Congrats Brittany! That's awesome, twice in a row. Three's a charm!

It's been three weeks now since the first results were announced. I'm twitching for our forumite finalists. Hopefully you guys hear back really really soon! Crossing my fingers for you!

Congrats hannahAZOK!!!

I'm starting to wonder if I'd do better to simply aim at novels instead of short fiction. They're what I really want to write anyway. They're just... really hard for me to retain my momentum on. If you treat every chapter like a short story, it's easier to keep the momentum. That's one of the thing...

Congrats Milo!!!

Received my copy today. :)

The only story I have resubmitted to this contest was an outright R that I firmly believed was a mistake. It became my Q1 entry and, uh, I don't have the final results on it yet... Exciting! Crossing my fingers for you! Considering the numbers of stories they receive, I guess it happens for a coupl...

I'll have a read

That's awesome LittleRed! Congrats!

I'm wondering what happened with the SHM. Did none of us forumites get one or are they doing away with that type of honor or is it being delayed like semi finalists?

Woke up to a shiny R (different time zone) Congrats on your HM wotf010 . Do they mention your story received HM in the email? Just curious maybe one day I'll get it too. wotf001 wotf001 Ya, the email says it in the subject line. Well, I edited my 1st Q story and sent it out elsewhere. Crossing my f...

HM for me.

In the podcast, Dave talks about still having 25 stories to choose his finalists from (which we know he finished judging beg of last week), so I think Tim and OSC were talking about Q4.

I have avoided my phone for the last few hours specifically for this reason. I couldn't stop checking it.

Ya that means that results for Q1 won't get back before tomorrow or Thursday at the earliest considering how many of those emails she has to send out today

disgruntledpeony wrote:Got my second submissions confirmation direct from Joni, today. At least I know this story's been received.

Did you get it only today?

JVAshley wrote:

disgruntledpeony wrote:

KD Julicher wrote:So... NOW it's time to start twitching.

Yep, sounds about right. *sets up pillow fort, hands out blankets and hot cocoa*

I'll bring the brownies. Give me just a minute. I'm on my way.

And i'll bring a classic movie to watch while we twitch and stuff our gobs in anxiety. Any suggestions?

A good crime mystery in SFF is always fun to read!

I've got an idea for my Q3, but am not able to start writing it just yet. What with editing my novel and then finishing a novelette, I hope to get to it by mid May.