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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Eventually, results are posted here. If you haven't heard back from them after any quarter, and your name isn't on the honorable mention lists at the blog, I agree with Martin that you should query your most recent entry that is greater than 3 months old.
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Anybody else get the e-mail from Author's Services about the upcoming awards thing for V28 and think, "oh, here's my polite rejection?" And then you see the title and go, "Whew (for now)." 

Re: Q1 Volume 29
haha Haven't gotten that email, but *any* correspondence from WOTF, even PM alerts, has me thinking "rejection already?". 

Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
Re: Q1 Volume 29
Yes, I'm the same way. And it seems like we should begin seeing the rejections any day now...
Madison Woods
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Safe money is on "not until the beginning of March," last I saw.
Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
madison wrote:Yes, I'm the same way. And it seems like we should begin seeing the rejections any day now...
With the awards banquet coming up, I think mid-March is a better bet. So you're safe to stop checking your email every hour.

Thomas K Carpenter
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SFx2, SHMx1, HMx12 (Pro'd Out - Q4 2016)
EQMM - Feb 2015 / Abyss & Apex - Issue 50
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SFx2, SHMx1, HMx12 (Pro'd Out - Q4 2016)
EQMM - Feb 2015 / Abyss & Apex - Issue 50
Re: Q1 Volume 29
That's the second invite I've gotten to this year's awards ceremony, and I haven't even submitted anything yet. Which also means I'm not watching for rejections 

My mottos: 1) Hakuna Matata 2) Carpe Diem 3) No Regrets 4) Never Give Up 5) The most futile thing in the world is an unasked question
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Beez wrote:That's the second invite I've gotten to this year's awards ceremony, and I haven't even submitted anything yet. Which also means I'm not watching for rejections
Perhaps the organizers are seeking your protection from airborne pests.

Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.
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They could be at that lol. The airborne ones are the most fun to fight. People, they're alright, but I can really let go against the insect horde. Feels so much better after.
Btw, yes, I have an aggressiveness problem, but I promise I haven't killed anyone. So far
Btw, yes, I have an aggressiveness problem, but I promise I haven't killed anyone. So far

My mottos: 1) Hakuna Matata 2) Carpe Diem 3) No Regrets 4) Never Give Up 5) The most futile thing in the world is an unasked question
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Just came up for an ending for my story. Should be finished in the next couple weeks, if things go as planned. Which, of course, they never do.
My mottos: 1) Hakuna Matata 2) Carpe Diem 3) No Regrets 4) Never Give Up 5) The most futile thing in the world is an unasked question
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Busy as a beez, hey? Sorry, none of my beezwax.
I need to get to work on mine too though, and not ... heehee ... wax nostalgic.


'The only tyrant we accept in this world is the still voice within.' -Gandhi
IOTF:Winner Q1 vol.27 (3x Finalist); WOTF: HM x2
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That's right, let it flow lol. I've heard it all. My favorite has to be my friends' choice, Beezlebub. It's close enough >:D
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Hey! Are results starting to creep in already? Duotrope has a rejection listing as of today (76-days rejection on February 22nd)!
George Nikolopoulos
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page
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Wonderful. Now I'll be plagued with the incessant urge to check Duotrope. Let the madness begin 

Madison Woods
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
3 rejections on Duotrope already. It has definitely began, then.
March Madness, beginning in February.
March Madness, beginning in February.
George Nikolopoulos
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
So what is the difference between a Rejection and a Form Rejection? Are these mean the same thing on Duotrope?
Michael
Q1/V29 -- Rejection
Writer of three part-time characters on USS Galaxy, a Trek sim
http://www.ussgalaxy.net/wiki
Q1/V29 -- Rejection
Writer of three part-time characters on USS Galaxy, a Trek sim
http://www.ussgalaxy.net/wiki
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Rejection means the poster didn't specify what kind. Form rejection means it was one of those form letters. Effectively speaking, I don't see much difference.
WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Where are these results? Can someone post a link please? This is my first quarter entering so I am unfamiliar with the process. Do results usually come through Duotrope?
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RogerLairdWriting wrote:Where are these results? Can someone post a link please? This is my first quarter entering so I am unfamiliar with the process. Do results usually come through Duotrope?
Nothing official from the contest comes from Duotrope. Individuals post personal experiences and Duotrope tracks the statistics. This means that the data is subject to a lot of error from people reporting incorrectly and is in no way a complete representation of the data. Again. Duotrope is not affiliated with the contest.
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Ok, so... I was a last minute paper submitter. I marked the ms as disposable, and I included an SASE. Postage rates have gone up by a penny in the meantime, and I'm not sure if I used a forever stamp. My email addy is part of the contact info on the removable first page.
Will I hear via email or snail mail? And I'll be among the last to hear because I submitted late in the quarter, right?
Thought: I wonder if that 58 day reject is actually a DQ? 58 days is a last minute sub. (MIne is at 60)
Will I hear via email or snail mail? And I'll be among the last to hear because I submitted late in the quarter, right?
Thought: I wonder if that 58 day reject is actually a DQ? 58 days is a last minute sub. (MIne is at 60)
WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
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Kary James wrote:Ok, so... I was a last minute paper submitter. I marked the ms as disposable, and I included an SASE. Postage rates have gone up by a penny in the meantime, and I'm not sure if I used a forever stamp. My email addy is part of the contact info on the removable first page.
Will I hear via email or snail mail? And I'll be among the last to hear because I submitted late in the quarter, right?
Thought: I wonder if that 58 day reject is actually a DQ? 58 days is a last minute sub. (MIne is at 60)
There have been people who've gotten their notification back as postage-due, so I suspect you'll either get an email or your postman will ask you for a penny when he delivers it.
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I'm wondering what the 124-day rejection is...that was before the start of the quarter. It doesn't seem a non-published finalist would categorize a rejection as "form," either (since semis are clearly personals, and finalist is a step higher).
EDIT: oh, never mind, I'm being an idiot. We're already 53 days out from the end of the quarter, which I forgot to add in to the equation.
EDIT: oh, never mind, I'm being an idiot. We're already 53 days out from the end of the quarter, which I forgot to add in to the equation.
Much madness is divinest sense, to a discerning eye; much sense, the starkest madness. (Emily Dickinson)
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past entries: 5x HM, 3xR
current entries: none
http://www.graysonbraymorris.com
past entries: 5x HM, 3xR
current entries: none
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Ain't rejectomancy fun? 

WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
I clearly need to get more stories on the market, because with only two out right now (both anticipating responses any day, or, in the other case, a while ago), the duotrope addiction is in high gear. I need more out there so that I care less.
I don't know if it's worse when I have actual hope of an HM or higher, or when I'm assuming rejection, as I am for Q1.
Ah well, good luck to all and may the waiting be non-painful.
I don't know if it's worse when I have actual hope of an HM or higher, or when I'm assuming rejection, as I am for Q1.

Ah well, good luck to all and may the waiting be non-painful.
Rebecca Birch
Finalist - 2, SF - 1, SHM - 1, HM - 18, R - 6
Words of Birch
Short Story Collection--Life Out of Harmony and Other Tales of Wonder
Finalist - 2, SF - 1, SHM - 1, HM - 18, R - 6
Words of Birch
Short Story Collection--Life Out of Harmony and Other Tales of Wonder
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
I am hoping past hope for an HM while simultaneously telling myself not to get my hopes up. I hear this is a high-level meditation in Buddhist circles. 

WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
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Re: Q1 Volume 29
Kary,
I too am a last minute paper submitter. My e-mail is on my cover sheet. I didn't submit an SASE. I'm hoping that if I'm rejected, Joni will just send a form e-mail. I dunno. Is that easier than stuffing an envelope?
I agree!
I'm working on that now, looking over some older stuff to send them out. One rejection hurts less when there's three.
I too am a last minute paper submitter. My e-mail is on my cover sheet. I didn't submit an SASE. I'm hoping that if I'm rejected, Joni will just send a form e-mail. I dunno. Is that easier than stuffing an envelope?
I need more out there so that I care less.
I agree!
I'm working on that now, looking over some older stuff to send them out. One rejection hurts less when there's three.

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This is so nice not to stress. I'm a paper sub too, so I know I'll hear way later, much later. That rejection won't hurt so bad if it comes after winners are announced...right? I never got my *handmade* post card back telling me I was entered. I wonder if Joni got a kick out of this very unprofessional looking postcard with about seven stamps plastered on it? Yeah, I got a little stamp happy in my anxiety to rush the entry to the postoffice before midnight New Years Eve.
They were all forever stamps, so I doubt mine will come postage due....but hey you never know.
They were all forever stamps, so I doubt mine will come postage due....but hey you never know.
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We need to make a Lolcat postard for inclusion with paper subs (anywhere, not just WOTF). Piktur of kitteh wif capshun "Yur ms. We haz it."
WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Flight of the Kikayon at the Grantville Gazette
Totaled (revised HM) in issue #9 of Mike Resnick's Galaxy's Edge
Departure Gate 34B at DSF
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Eek! And now the fire is under my seat to finish my Q2 entry! And right after that I have to get a lot more stories out there. I let all those balls fall over the holidays...
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
Re: Q1 Volume 29
Kary James wrote:We need to make a Lolcat postard for inclusion with paper subs (anywhere, not just WOTF). Piktur of kitteh wif capshun "Yur ms. We haz it."
Wow. That was pretty close to what mine said. Stress brings out my dyslexia and I was scribbling by hand so I kept having to cross things out and rewrite them. I don't even know if I could reproduce the disaster with a keyboard as a few of the symbols I was writing didn't really resemble actual letters of any known language.
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