I wonder? My steampunk stories are probably the best performing outside WotF, though of course Matt did win Volume 32 with steampunk and it might be too early for another.
I don't know. I suspect anything that's good enough is also timely.

Ishmael wrote:I assumed a personification was required, though I suppose you could always animate death in a non-human form. I'd be inclined to think the more traditional your choice of character for death the less likely a story would be to succeed, but only other things being equal. For example the traditional portrayal in Ingmar Bergman's film 'The Seventh Seal' will probably never be bettered.
Now that you've made me think about it, death as a creature quite appeals, though for me it would have to be understated - the more teeth and claws the creature has the less I'd be impressed. Ravens, of course, may just have been done once or twice. How about Death as a Three-horned Kikuyu Chameleon? Now what a pity I've already entered.
Athena wrote:I can't remember if I've asked this or only thought about asking. I know folks have submitted rewrites, and some have had pretty good success with that. Just how rewritten are the stories you submit?
Ishmael wrote:Can I write a new story? Can I write fiction at all at the moment? I've struggled over two and a half thousand words for most of December.
I have one real blockbuster and forty odd other works out in the wild, some of which have already been round the WotF block once. I've never yet submitted a rewrite, but sometimes I've been able to make significant improvements after receiving HM or SHM. Arguably I could try that.
Of course WotF submission of one of these would mean waiting for a rejection first, but hey, they arrive pretty regularly.
Fortunately there's no rush!
Dear Last Year Contest 3rd Quarter Entrant,
I'm writing to those of you who entered the 3rd quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest last year and wanted to let you know that our 2nd quarter of the contest for 2017 is about to start in the next few days. They are making a few upgrades.
As a reminder the site address is http://www.writersofthefuture.com
I'm of course encouraging you to enter this quarter (as I always do) and I hope you are having a wonderful year so far.
best,
Joni Labaqui
Rebecca Birch wrote:Um . . . huh? Am I missing something here? Like what upgrades?
Rebecca Birch wrote:Email received from Joni today:
Um . . . huh? Am I missing something here? Like what upgrades?
Very odd.
But thank you for the reminder, Joni!
Henckel wrote:ive not entered the last several quarters because everything ive written has exceeded the contest word count.
I've just started a new story this week for the new quarter. im at 5000 words and just hit act 2. hmmm. I think im going to excede the word count again.
on the bright side, im writing and loving it. that's what really matters.
hope all of you out there are having a great holiday.
LDWriter2 wrote:Henckel wrote:ive not entered the last several quarters because everything ive written has exceeded the contest word count.
I've just started a new story this week for the new quarter. im at 5000 words and just hit act 2. hmmm. I think im going to excede the word count again.
on the bright side, im writing and loving it. that's what really matters.
hope all of you out there are having a great holiday.
That is Good.
The loving your writing part that is.
Those are some long tales if they are over 17,000 words. I have come very close to that a time or three. I believe my Q2 will be considerably shorter this time since I am ever so close to finishing it. Monday if I don't do that this weekend. Anyway lately my WotF stories have been rather close to the max even though I can still write shorter stories for other events.
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