Quarter 1, vol. 29

[Brad R. Torgersen]

1st Quarter 2012 of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest Standings
Submitted by Contest-Admin on Wed, 07/11/2012

Winners:
1st Place - Tina Smith of California
2nd Place - Marina J. Lostetter of Arkansas
3rd Place - Stephen Sottong of California

Finalists:
Jeremy Brink of Texas
Holly Heisey of Arizona
Sean Monaghan of New Zealand
Martin Shoemaker of Michigan
Chris Stamp of Germany

Semi-Finalists:
Adam Callaway of Wisconsin
Laura Rainbow Dragon of Canada
Kary English of California
Sarah Frost of Kansas
Lauren Teffeau of New Mexico
Alberto Yanez of California

Silver Honorable Mention:
Doug C. Souza of California

Honorable Mentions:
Rachael Acks of Colorado
Andrew Bud Adams of Utah
Athena Andreadis of Massachusetts
Mark Anthony of England
John Arkwright of Georgia
Richard Baldwin of Canada
Michael T. Banker of New York
Richard Beaty of Oklahoma
Annie Bellet of Oregon
Matthew Ivan Bennett of Utah
Sofie Bird of Australia
Michael D. Britton of Utah
Tara Calaby of Australia
Kenneth Cassell of Utah
Baden M. Chant of Australia
Gio Clairval of Scotland
Jonathan Cook of Georgia
Marian Crane of Arizona
Steven Crow of Massachusetts
Linda A. B. Davis of Florida
Preston Dennett of California
Louis Doggett of California
Shaun Duke of Florida
Frank Dutkiewicz of Michigan
Jacob Edwards of Australia
Robert Mitchell Evans of California
Joseph Filice of California
Margaret McGaffey Fisk of Nevada
James K. Flynn of North Carolina
Amanda E. Forrest of Colorado
H.L. Fullerton of New York
Jay Fullmer of Alaska
Alyson June Fullmer of Utah
Anthony George of Colorado
Dean Giles of United Kingdom
Claudine Griggs of Rhode Island
James A. Hanzelka of Utah
Sean Patrick Hazlett of California
Alex Hernandez of Florida
M.K. Hutchins of Idaho
K.G. Jewell of Texas
Timothy Jordan of Florida
Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon of Michigan
Ginger Karns of Indiana
Anne Karppinen of Finland
Alistair Kimble of Colorado
Michael Kingswood of New York
Jason Lairamore of Oklahoma
Adria Laycraft of Canada
Stacey Lepper of New Zealand
Jennifer Linnaea of Oregon
Betsy Mahaffey of Arizona
William Mangieri of Texas
Vicki L. Martin of Arkansas
Dan Marvin of Kentucky
Corbin G. Maxwell of California
Amanda McCarter of Oklahoma
Robert J. McCarter of Arizona
Jim Meeks-Johnson of Indiana
Grayson Bray Morris
Molly N. Moss of Georgia
Samantha Murray of Australia
Michael Nicholson of Sweden
Ari Nightingale of Nevada
Paul Nightingale of United Kingdom
Michael Ownes of New Mexico
Y.M. Pang of Canada
Joshua Potter of Arkansas
Carmelo Rafala of United Kingdom
Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein of Oregon
Jo Rhett of California
Charles Schoenfeld of Connecticut
Susan Shepherd of California
Jess Shively of Ohio
Ryan Simko of Ohio
Nathan Slemp of Michigan
Michael Alan Smith of North Carolina
Jayden Sun of New York
Amy Sundberg of California
Miranda Suri of New York
Henry Szabranski of United Kingdom
Kelly Thomas of California
Scott Turner of California
Jack N. Waddell of Arkansas
Robin Walton of California
Richard Warren of Texas
Ryan M. Williams of Washington
Neil Y. Young of California
Joe Zieja of Missouri

[CaptMickeyd]

Figured I'd go ahead and re-post this here. Guess I'm the first on the forums to get one this quarter.

Dear Entrant,

We are working on ways to make the contest results faster and
have worked out that as stories are judged, you are notified
of results as soon as possible.

Your story has now been judged and did not win or place in
the 1st quarter. Even though you have never had to wait for
results in order to submit for the next quarter, this hopefully
gives you incentive to submit for Quarter 2, which is happening
now, the deadline being 31 March. The more often you enter,
the better chance you have of winning, and improving your skills.

I do urge you to join our forum if you have not already, or subscribe
to our judge, David Farland's newsletter. Lots of great tips at both
locations to help you.

I do hope you are already working on that next story and do let me
know that you did get this e-mail.

Best regards,

Joni Labaqoi

And I repeat, .

[RogerLairdWriting]

Well I bet you are all on the edge of your seats with the results trickling down now. Unfortunately, I have to be the second to announce that I received a rejection today. I was hoping that in this moment of failure that some of the members would be willing to give me a critique of my story, The Last Creator. I am open to advice and will welcome any information that will help me improve my writing. If you are willing please send me a privatecritique message with yourthe email and I will write you backare with a .PDF or .doc as soon as I can. The story is approximately 11000 words. Thanks in advance. Best.

[WriteToLive]

Dear Entrant,

We are working on ways to make the contest results faster and

have worked out that as stories are judged, you are notified

of results as soon as possible.



Your story has now been judged and did not win or place in

the 1st quarter. Even though you have never had to wait for

results in order to submit for the next quarter, this hopefully

gives you incentive to submit for Quarter 2, which is happening

now, the deadline being 31 March. The more often you enter,

the better chance you have of winning, and improving your skills.



I do urge you to join our forum if you have not already, or subscribe

to our judge, David Farland's newsletter. Lots of great tips at both

locations to help you.



I do hope you are already working on that next story and do let me

know that you did get this e-mail.



Best regards,



Joni Labaqui

Evidence this is a taste rejection. This story got a personal rejection from Redstone SF...

[madison]

Got my R in the flush of rejections that went out last night.

[francisbruno]

A member of my writing group received a rejection yesterday. He is not listed on Duotrope, so I'm not sure if this skews any predictions.
One thing to note is he entered very close to the end date.

[klaatu]

KD hates my writing.

Did I mention I was rejected last week?


Steve

[Rebecca Birch]

Reporting in with an R for Q1.

Not unexpected, as while I like the story a lot, it is definitely not a fit to this market. Now off to Duotrope to find markets for YA/middle grade steampunk-lite adventure...

[Brenlea]

I got an R today. The email is from mailer@wisehive.net which is probably why I missed it last quarter.

[Kevin Ikenberry]

Got an R this morning. Not a good way to start the day, but there's tomorrow knocking at the door.

[dantzel]

Looks like I get to start the festivities off this week with a rejection. Gah. Oh well. It's already traveling through the internets to another market.

[morshana]

I got a rejection, too. No surprise, though. Didn't seem like a good fit for the contest and I was right. Oh, well. On to the next market!

[s_c_baker]

Just got mine a second ago (as expected).

[AAravam]

Another rejection here.

Ah well, it was my first attempt.

[Imagination Vortex]

I already mentioned this in another thread, but I thought I'd officially post it here. I got my rejection last night.

[wellsdesigned]

Just got my rejection.

[steffenwolf]

Well, crud. Form rejection arrived in my email today (for my e-submission). The form rejection doesn't insert author name or story title.

I'm a little extra bummed about this one because I thought this one a better fit than most of my submissions to WotF.

[Lair]

Have yet to hear word. I will take that as a positive But who is to say. good luck to you all

[bwthomason]

Rejection here.

[Sai]

A 110-day form rejection.

[docmagik]

Rejection. Submitted the day before the deadline.

[Patrick S. McGinnity]

Straight up rejection for me, as I suspected it would be. Submitted electronically on the 31st. Good luck all.

[MontyApollo]

Rejection here. Submitted electronically on 12-31.

[LawrenceVanHoof]

Wow. Thought I actually had a shot with this one, but straight up rejection. Submitted electronically close to the deadline. Good luck to the remainers.

[Alex Kane]

Rejection for me.

[greenroom]

I got my rejection as well.

[george nik.]

Rejection here also, e-subbed Dec 31st.

[MedicalAuthor]

E-subbed New Year's Eve. Form rejection.

[Dame]

E sub 31st Dec. Form rejection.

[Serrain]

Rejection here too. Apparently I'm starting a collection.