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AE Micro 7

Postby Ishmael » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:47 am

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Three years ago I got my first publishing break when Stewart pointed out this particular call, which I went on to co-win. Only fair for me to remind everyone it's that time again.

200 words on the one word prompt CHANGE. Deadline 7 March.

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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby OldDarth » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:31 am

Excellent!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:15 am

Cool, thanks!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby preston » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:31 pm

200 words on change...hmm. wotf018
My entry for the "Elements" theme didn't win, though it ended up selling elsewhere as my first pro-sale, so before I make this post longer than the actual contest entry...on to writing it!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby s_c_baker » Wed Feb 24, 2016 7:33 am

I'm in! wotf007

My 'elements' story also didn't win, but was eventually purchased by Fantastic Stories of the Imagination.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby amoskalik » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:27 pm

I'm in.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby LDWriter2 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:54 pm

I will be giving it a go. I seem to be doing a touch better with micro stories anyway and they are fun.

One little problem I have three little ideas in three different genre.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:04 pm

I'm working on my story today, though I have no idea if the idea is even descent. I have trouble with flash fiction...

On another, separate but not totally unrelated, note...shall we bet on who wins? wotf019
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby disgruntledpeony » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:46 pm

I've never tried writing flash fiction before... Perhaps I should give it a try!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:47 pm

disgruntledpeony wrote:I've never tried writing flash fiction before... Perhaps I should give it a try!


Go for it! It never hurts to try something new!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:28 pm

And I'm in! wotf013
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby disgruntledpeony » Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:44 am

I read through the previous contest results and I have to say, I'm impressed. Every one of those entries was amazing.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby Muri McCage » Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:12 pm

I'm in. First time I've tried micro. I was wary of how tight it would have to be, but it was actually fun. All those tweets paying off....
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby rharp » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:26 am

Alright, I'm in. Good luck everyone, and thanks, Ishmael, for posting about this. It was fun! wotf008
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby LDWriter2 » Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:54 pm

So two more days.

I should be able to do one tomorrow.

An older story that was a twitter tale. Only a bit longer without worrying about number of characters or spaces.
Working on turning Lead into Gold.

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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby LDWriter2 » Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:19 pm

Okay I sent something. With two openings for me I probably won't get in though.


But at least mine is SF.

For some strange reason I thought it didn't matter so I redid my twitter story as I said earlier but before I sent it I saw what they wanted. Duh. So did one based on another twitter tale.


Anyone know of any other markets that want micro stories?
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:14 am

LDWriter2 wrote:Okay I sent something. With two openings for me I probably won't get in though.


But at least mine is SF.

For some strange reason I thought it didn't matter so I redid my twitter story as I said earlier but before I sent it I saw what they wanted. Duh. So did one based on another twitter tale.


Anyone know of any other markets that want micro stories?


The Grinder is awesome for finding story markets. You can search with your word count ans genre and it pops up all the markets that will take it. It's kind of amazing... wotf022
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby s_c_baker » Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:02 pm

You can try Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. (I sold them a rejected AE Micro story.)

Or:

Grievous Angel (up to 700 words)

200cc ("roughly 200 words")
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Sat Mar 19, 2016 4:49 pm

Just because I'm bored and obsessively looking at all my submissions on the Grinder...for those who have followed this contest in previous years, does anyone know when in April they announce the results? wotf007
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby amoskalik » Sun Mar 20, 2016 5:26 am

Last year it was April 7, or at least that is when I recorded my rejection on The Grinder. They don't actually send out rejections, just announce the winners on their website if I remember correctly.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:28 am

amoskalik wrote:Last year it was April 7, or at least that is when I recorded my rejection on The Grinder. They don't actually send out rejections, just announce the winners on their website if I remember correctly.



Cool, thanks!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby Muri McCage » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:11 pm

The wait is getting long enough that I'm reduced to just imagining some happy campers sitting on good news, waiting for the announcement.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby amoskalik » Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:09 am

Muri McCage wrote:The wait is getting long enough that I'm reduced to just imagining some happy campers sitting on good news, waiting for the announcement.


Yeah, I wonder what's taking them so long. I've been doing a lot of waiting lately, just about all of my Grinder entries are orange, some red.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:57 am

Muri McCage wrote:The wait is getting long enough that I'm reduced to just imagining some happy campers sitting on good news, waiting for the announcement.



I know, I keep checking the website but nothing's come up. Weird. wotf021
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby emilymccosh » Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:10 pm

I've been accepted!!! Holy everything!!! wotf048 wotf049 wotf045
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby amoskalik » Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:42 pm

emilymccosh wrote:I've been accepted!!! Holy everything!!! wotf048 wotf049 wotf045


Awesome! Way to go.

Still no list on their website so I guess there is still some small hope for the rest of us.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby preston » Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:12 pm

emilymccosh wrote:I'm working on my story today, though I have no idea if the idea is even descent. I have trouble with flash fiction...

On another, separate but not totally unrelated, note...shall we bet on who wins? wotf019


Your troubles with flash fiction appear to be over! Congratulations, Emily. A contest win always looks nice on a resume.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby Rebecca Birch » Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:53 pm

emilymccosh wrote:I've been accepted!!! Holy everything!!! wotf048 wotf049 wotf045


Woo-hoo! Congratulations!
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby Muri McCage » Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:35 pm

Congrats, Emily! Flash is hard. Micro is harder.
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Re: AE Micro 7

Postby MattDovey » Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:48 am

Congrats Emily! Having a pretty good 2016 so far, huh wotf007
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