Jibber Jabber - Q1 - Volume 35

[MDInkley]

Still waiting. Of course I had to email it in to Joni so that's what I get I guess.

[disgruntledpeony]

Still waiting. Of course I had to email it in to Joni so that's what I get I guess.

Yeah, those always take the longest.

[Blake Wallace]

Congratulations to all the Finalists, Semi-finalists, and HMs!
Back to the drawing board for me! I’m sure it’s just due to being new at this but the R stings....hopefully that part will get easier.

[glenn84]

When Joni calls the finalists does it show up on caller ID as private? If so, I think I may have missed the call....

[seerod26]

HM for my first submission! Now I can focus on Q3 in peace

[KD Julicher]

When Joni calls the finalists does it show up on caller ID as private? If so, I think I may have missed the call....

It sure does. I answered an "unknown" number this afternoon hoping it was her. Grrr...

[glenn84]

When Joni calls the finalists does it show up on caller ID as private? If so, I think I may have missed the call....

It sure does. I answered an "unknown" number this afternoon hoping it was her. Grrr...

I don't usually get private calls, and when I do i usually get an automated voicemail telling me to call some bogus number. Here's hoping.

[glenn84]

Congrats to all HM, SF and Finalists! Best of luck to everyone who hasn't heard back yet.

[Jeremyteg]

just got off the phone with joni, who was lovely as you'd expect—finalist this time! still shaking a little bit. best of luck all!

Congrats! Now try not to twitch yourself to death before you hear final results (about six weeks for me, last year).

[cfkreitzer@gmail.com]

I'm surprised everyone is hearing back already. I'm so new to all of this I'm wondering if my submission was a different quarter or are these all for the ones that were due march 31st? What does it mean if you haven't heard anything at all yet? I turned mine in close to the last minute so are these that are hearing back today ones who just turned it in sooner? I thought I knew what Q3 Q4 meant but maybe not? haha. Sorry for all the questions any answers would be appreciated.

[disgruntledpeony]

I'm surprised everyone is hearing back already. I'm so new to all of this I'm wondering if my submission was a different quarter or are these all for the ones that were due march 31st? What does it mean if you haven't heard anything at all yet? I turned mine in close to the last minute so are these that are hearing back today ones who just turned it in sooner? I thought I knew what Q3 Q4 meant but maybe not? haha. Sorry for all the questions any answers would be appreciated.

These were turned in by the end of December. Q2 is the one that ended March 31st.

[cfkreitzer@gmail.com]

Oh whew! Thank you!

[Wulf Moon]

Oh whew! Thank you!

No worries. It's confusing keeping track of Q. Plus, he jumped episodes, series, you just never knew what Trek ship Q was going to play god on.

[RSchibler]

Oh whew! Thank you!

No worries. It's confusing keeping track of Q. Plus, he jumped episodes, series, you just never knew what Trek ship Q was going to play god on.

Congrats to all the representatives from the forum! And commiserations to the Rs. Onwards!

[pcmccollum]

[preston]

wotf057
I'm so happy!

High five!

Thanks, Dawn! It's my first ever. I've always wanted to use that sign. You've got to try it! When you post, just click on "View more smilies" below and to the right and it will bring up the sign. Congrats! I'm really looking forward to David's comments.

[preston]

Congrats, Sataris. There's almost always a forumite finalist, and you is it! Best of luck on placing! Congrats to everyone, including the Rs. I just had three rejections in a row. Ugh! Still, I keep entering every quarter because you never know until the results come in.
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[Chris533]

When Joni calls the finalists does it show up on caller ID as private? If so, I think I may have missed the call....

It sure does. I answered an "unknown" number this afternoon hoping it was her. Grrr...

OK - So this had me going for a minute since I got a no ID call and ignored it and then saw all this and missed the email the first time I looked.

But I got a reject.

I was worried that the speculative element was too late in the story - it was supposed to be kind of a surprise but hard to do since the reader knows its speculative fiction - but I liked it and figured I'd give it a shot.

Oh well - I've got a great one started that will win for sure!!

[Chris533]

Congrats to everyone - I imagine the finalists are not getting any sleep tonight! I hope I get to have that problem some day.

[Martin L. Shoemaker]

Congrats to everyone - I imagine the finalists are not getting any sleep tonight! I hope I get to have that problem some day.

Get sleep! It could be a while. You want to be wide awake for The Call.

[AmytheAuthor]

Oh my goodness... To check in here tonight, expecting silence...
I submitted hardcopy, so I'm guessing that means I'll find out dead last!?
This wait is even worse now!
CONGRATULATIONS to the HMs, semis and finalists!
To the RS, I think I'll be joining your club. But as has already been said, submitting at all is still an accomplished feat and it's not the end!

[KristyEmber]

Congratulations Satarist!!!!! I really hope you place :). And that they don’t leave you twitching for long.

[morganb]

Congrats to everyone who heard back already. I was really hoping to hear something by now, because the anticipation of not knowing is killing me, whatever the response is. But I was also one of those who got locked out on December 31st and had to email my sub to Joni because I waited too long. I hope this doesn't drag on and I only have to wait a few more days.

~Morgan

[amoskalik]

Congrats to all who placed. Finalist! Awesome.
R for me but that was expected for this story, so it only stung a tiny bit.

[jficke13]

Congrats to everyone who heard back already. I was really hoping to hear something by now, because the anticipation of not knowing is killing me, whatever the response is. But I was also one of those who got locked out on December 31st and had to email my sub to Joni because I waited too long. I hope this doesn't drag on and I only have to wait a few more days.

~Morgan

The one time that happened to me I was behind everyone too. I think in those situations, Joni prints them out and then you enter the paper submission pile, which then ends up in delayed responses because the paper subs need to be de-anonymized and matched with an email again.

[Madam_Luck]

I, too, was part of the last minute crowd. My husband and I were actually in the ER that night as he had the flu and was running a high fever. When I tried to submit, it was a no go. I had to email my entry in to Joni, and later found a number of edits I had missed. I am twitching for sure!

Edit: Congrats to everyone who's heard back positive results!!! Can't believe I missed that the first time... must be the nerves!

[Galen]

Wow - an everything at once wave! A Super Thursday, as it were.

I think I like that as it stops me from trying to read into things to discern if there is a difference between a quick "R" and a delayed one. With enough rejections, I start looking for flavors. Today's was vanilla, I think, but I enjoyed writing it.

Congratulations to you all and your many successes!! Go Forumites!

[morganb]

Congrats to everyone who heard back already. I was really hoping to hear something by now, because the anticipation of not knowing is killing me, whatever the response is. But I was also one of those who got locked out on December 31st and had to email my sub to Joni because I waited too long. I hope this doesn't drag on and I only have to wait a few more days.

~Morgan

The one time that happened to me I was behind everyone too. I think in those situations, Joni prints them out and then you enter the paper submission pile, which then ends up in delayed responses because the paper subs need to be de-anonymized and matched with an email again.

Lesson learned there. My Q2 entry was well ahead of the deadline, and my Q3 first draft is already done. No more 11:50 PM entries for me on the last day of the deadline!

[Smithr73]

HM here. Chugging right along to Q3.

[vsutherland01]

Congrats to everyone who heard back already. I was really hoping to hear something by now, because the anticipation of not knowing is killing me, whatever the response is. But I was also one of those who got locked out on December 31st and had to email my sub to Joni because I waited too long. I hope this doesn't drag on and I only have to wait a few more days.

~Morgan

Same boat here. Realistically, whats the best we can hope for? It would seem at his point all the higher placing submissions would have been informed right? I would think all the finalists semis and silvers would have been dealt with.

I'm just hoping for an HM at this point.