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I have a question regarding these things, and if it's been answered somewhere then feel free to give me the hose again. If you get an R on a technicality, is there any way to know this? This might be completely wishful thinking, but I recently became aware of the Microsoft Word meta data it include...

Is there a way to get notified of submission openings? I figure there must be. I think SFWA does something but I haven't found what I imagined I saw a while back.

Last night I felt pretty devastated about my R because it was the first story I wrote after the babies were born, but you know what? That story was kind of dark for WotF. It may do better elsewhere. On another note, we gave the babies oat cereal in their bottles for the first time last night and th...

I notice one long-time submitter who has been knocking at the door that has not posted here or in results yet. Hope that means good news for them. Wonder how long we have to way for winner news?

Is Dave's blog the one starting with mydoctor? I can't access the website I guess due to geo-restriction. wotf024 wotf024 Yes. Look at his"writing Tips" link. I'm not sure what "geo-restricting" is but I guess it means you can't access Dave's website from where you are? Wulf's &...

After 80 days, I heard back from GE: "...We’re overflowing with submissions right now, and so I must be extra-picky. Your* writing is strong, but not quite up to the other pieces I’m passing... Wish I had better news. Good fortune on submitting to another market..." Never made it to Mike'...

Sorry to hear, Chuck. Expected or not, rejections sting. Now I’m twitching. Best of results to all concerned! Thanks. I have to laugh at myself. Knew nothing of the guidelines for my Q1 or Q2. My main character died at the end in my Q1. It was a sacrifice but still a suicide which I now know is a h...

Speak of the Devil. Got my R just now. Expected it as I did not know about the guidelines and was well outside them. I hope someone(s) here got good news!

R on 4/18

I'm confused. They were at the gala workshop. So when he said he had 25 he was looking at then, it had to be Q1 didn't it?

Win this thing! By writing FRESH stories! All the beast, ~Moon~ I didn't even notice the present tense when I read it. Well done. Speaking of fresh stories, what's the scuttlebutt on HRs and SHRs revising their stories and achieving a win or higher placement? They don't get feedback so maybe they w...

It's gotta happen soon! Has anyone been a finalist more than you? Seriously!!!! I salute you wotf009 And I love that she calls instead of emails. She's personable, really encouraging, and it's just a nice touch from this contest. I mean, who else calls you with an 'almost' acceptance. NO ONE lol. H...

Yeah, I think last quarter only took 2 weeks (or less really for the winners. Pretty sure I got my 'not a winner' call AFTER Moon. And how long ago did Dave say his part was done?). BUT that's quarter 4, where everyone is scrambling to get things finished for the anthology and whatnot. Could be. Co...

It occurred to me last night that, if Dave finished his job last week as he said, they would not wait on Joni to do her thing. They would go ahead with final judging. So we may get the whole kit and caboodle this week, winners and all. I think final judging takes awhile. It was about a month betwee...

It occurred to me last night that, if Dave finished his job last week as he said, they would not wait on Joni to do her thing. They would go ahead with final judging. So we may get the whole kit and caboodle this week, winners and all.

If anyone felt like doing some analysis on the results days over the last few years, though, I for one would be interested! Actually, this is a thing I track (sometimes, my submitomancy goes pretty in-depth!). I don't have it broken down by year, but since V27Q3, which was in 2010 (probably when I ...

I'm over 2500 words now on my story. I think it's within Dave's guidelines. I even have three try/fail cycles! Heck, more than three depending on how those are counted. :) It may not be good enough otherwise but it was a step forward. A couple of you guys were a huge help reading it for me. Thanks.

Dragonchef wrote:I asked Joni if she had any tidbits or bones to toss to us for the Q1 results. Here is her reply:
"Well I got slapped with jury duty right after the event! Ahhh! So next week for sure!"

Arghhh!

My phone shattered. It's alive, it rings, it dings, but I can't access any of it. I will admit, I keep giving my computer the side-eye and then plunging into the forums and Facebook for clues. But it just takes longer to log on and check in...obviously I'm back again. Again. AGAIN. Checking to see ...

Dave Farland: Just finished my part in judging the first quarter of Writers of the Future. Wow, we got some great stories! A bit of advice for entrants: very few of the entrants send in paper copies nowadays, and as a judge I prefer to see electronic copies. A couple of our judges have eye problems...

In volume 35 I found

Shit 9
Crap 3
Damn 38!
GD 1
Hell 14

I’ve only read a few stories so far. No sex scenes yet

No F-bombs

Remember, if a winner gets disqualified, they pull from the semifinalists. I'm guessing that's why semifinalists are no longer notified with the rest of the crowd. Just curious, but why wouldn't they pull from one of the other finalists? Aren't there like 8 of them? I think this is the time period ...

Do Rs ever get any feedback? I seemed to recall someone posted that they got an R but Katy liked their opening. (I could have misunderstood-I often do). Only semifinalists get feedback in the form of a critique from the coordinating judge. Because of the critique, it disqualifies the story from bei...

Do Rs ever get any feedback? I seemed to recall someone posted that they got an R but Katy liked their opening. (I could have misunderstood-I often do).

Since my first post, I found a few things that indicate it is fine, particularly where it is clear the character isn't passing it off as his own saying.

For example, what if my character says "may the force be with you" or a jokey spinoff like "may the force be with you too jerk."

I can't seem to find the answer to this. What if a character uses a phrase, witticism, etc. that I did not create?

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 ...

DaneCurley wrote:Good is good.

Totally agree. But it you can avoid violating an unwritten rule ... one less thing.

Hey Moon! Still on Cloud 9? I bet you are. How many try/fail cycles would you say Super-Duper has? I'm thinking you didn't have any. Just the problem and then the solution. Mind you-I think the story is perfectly written. I consider your story an example of the old "exception to the rule" ...