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Hi Toto! Welcome to the forum and contest in general. I'm relatively new to both myself, but I think the forum has been around for at least several years. Looking forward to having you join us all on our WotF journey. You'll be hard pressed to find a more supportive and friendlier bunch, so don't he...

Wulf Moon wrote:Thursday cometh. If Dave sent those rejections to Joni he talked about over a week ago, she would have had some time to compile the emails to go out. Brace yourselves for impact!

~Moon~

TLBenjamin wrote:Hi everybody. I’m Tony. Submitted for the first in December. I’m from Utah, I write mostly SF. Seems like a pretty friendly forum.

Hiya Tony! Good luck on the sub and thanks for hopping in the forum.

jficke13 wrote:Hey team WotF, the kickstarter for Tales of Ruma is live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ar ... es-of-ruma

Maybe check it out? There are some pretty cool people on that ToC (including DF).

I'm so in! Just pledged. Thanks for posting.

morganb wrote:I really like the look of the new WOTF website. Very modern. New look for them, maybe some new results for us...?

~Morgan

Wow, it looks fantastic. They've definitely kicked things up several notches.

preston wrote:My first story for Daily Science Fiction is now live!
I'm ridiculously excited. Yay!

http://dailysciencefiction.com/

Congrats! Really fun story. Note to self: Don't drink anything with gnome nuts...

disgruntledpeony wrote:

RSchibler wrote:I’m not ready! Last year it was March. I’m not ready, I have to focus! *hunkers protectively over Q2 submission”

Weird though it may sound, getting results earlier tends to help me focus. It gets that worry out of the way so I can move on XD

Yup, just rip the band-aid off!

I mentioned being accepted into an anthology of game-tie-in fiction a few months ago and the publisher finally announced it: http://azurekeep.com/portfolio/tales-of-ruma/ Looks like Dave and I are going to be anthology buddies again. /channels Matt Dovey and celebrates success whilst stabbing malic...

Looking at last year's Q1 thread, it seems things didn't start rolling in until March. Sorry guys. I'm right there with you...

I've recently had stories published in the gallery of Curiosities (in print and audio) and Phantaxis Magazine (November 2017 Issue). https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7zcbv-802252 http://amzn.to/2BjpoHz I tried to figure out how to post links correctly, but alas, I have failed. Very cool! Cong...

I signed the contract, so I guess I can announce that my novelette "An Empty Cup" will be appearing in the upcoming Spring issue of Deep Magic! wotf007 I wasn't sure I would ever be able to sell this one, but it does have sort of a YA tone, so I guess Deep Magic decided they wanted it! Wh...

Just wanted to send a THANK YOU to Martin L. Shoemaker for getting the SPAM filter issue in order. Glad to see we're all back in business!

Well, when you put it that way, all that more reason! :)

FYI, forgot to mention that my certificate arrived on Wednesday! Now to go shopping for frames... wotf013 I never framed my HM certificates. I left them on the desk by where I write to remind myself that "hey, you can maybe sorta do this, keep writing." Now that I think of it, they coulda...

FYI, forgot to mention that my certificate arrived on Wednesday! Now to go shopping for frames...

My story has been outlined but now that it's time to write, I feel all out of sorts. What is a beginning? How do I do this? How have I done this before? Every single time I sit down to write something, I become convinced that I don't know how to write wotf019 Ah well. Enough procrastination. Here I...

morganb wrote:Thanks Phillip! Send me a PM with your email addy and I'll send it over. And whenever you get your story done and need a review, just let me know.
~Morgan

Done! Let me know if you don't get the PM. It looks like it's stuck in the Outbox, but not sure if that's just how it appears...

morganb wrote:As it was just pointed out to me, Q1 is over and we're on Q2 right now! Anyone interested in swapping for Q2? My story is currently @ 4300 words.

I'm not quite sure what I'll be submitting for Q2 yet, but I'd be more than happy to read and provide feedback on your story if you'd like.

-Phillip

Blog is up! http://www.writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-the-future-contest-4th-quarter-2017-winners/ Lots of new names on there. I'm getting old... Thanks for sharing the link, Dustin! Very exciting to see the names up there! Congratulations again to all who placed as well as those who didn't -- m...

I ran into this problem a couple of times. It's kind of a dull answer, but I subbed the one I liked better. Which story are you more excited about? Which one has more unique ideas, or more interesting themes, or more compelling characters? That's the one to send. If you can't decide by that metric,...

Firstly, welcome to the contest! Glad to hear that you're putting something together for it. Now, on to your question: I think so long as your story is just that, and not a poorly crafted attempt at preaching (and I believe this applies to ALL things 'controversial'--politics, dietary preference, St...

I love that people are already jumping into the Q2 waters! With my current pace of writing, I'm now running into a problem I've never faced--choosing which story to submit. Given the prolificness of everyone here, I'm assuming I'm not the only one with this predicament...so how do you choose? wotf017

Congratulations to all the people finding success! It's wonderful to see. wotf007 In the last two months I've received acceptances from both Cricket and, just yesterday, Flash Fiction Online. No idea when either story is coming out, but glad that the stories will be read! Wishing everybody happines...

Right at the very beginning, aiming at short stories - have submitted one and had it rejected, but know why, have now submitted another which i had a hoot writing, but have read you need to get about 30 to 50 under your belt to expect any sort of acceptance - New Years resolution to keep going! Sta...

It's so awesome seeing everyone getting their stories in! Happy New Year and best of luck to all!

Hello all! My name is Grace. I'm an English/Creative Writing student and fledgeling writer and I had never heard about the WOTF contest until a month ago; I discovered it sort of by accident and just submitted my story for Q1 and since then I've been fully absorbed in this forum. The contest itself...

Thank you michaeljwyantjr and amoskalik! It's definitely an amazing feeling.

Made my very first ever paying sale last week! It took six months to hear back from the publication and to be honest, I'd completely forgotten I had submitted. Just another reminder, I suppose, that patience is a must in this game. I'll post more info when the publication goes live (sometime early 2...

Hello Brad (and everyone ), My name is Andrew L. Roberts. Like all f you, I am a writer and was fortunate to win 3rd place in last year's 4th Quarter. The entire experience was incredible and I hope to share whatever I can with any of you who are writing and submitting your work to the contest. Fee...

The best way to 'get better' is to write, write, write. Couldn't agree more! I've always been writing, just not with the intent to publish or submit. But I think ultimately it's unhealthy to keep everything to myself, so I'm gonna start putting it out there and see how it fares in the wild. By the ...