I'm happy to report my fourth Flame Tree acceptance. This one is for 'Detective Stories', due out in November. It's a second outing for my two Victorian policemen, MacAndrew and Smithers, whose first case featured in the inaugural edition of The Sockdolager back in 2015.I also have two other acceptances waiting on a publication date. (That's not counting Albedo 2 where I've been waiting so long I'm pretty sure publication is not going to happen.)
It may be worth pointing out to newer members that acceptances aren't the last stage, publication is. You can have magazines go out of business or editorial changes that leave your story out in the cold again, even when you thought you'd sold it.
Sorry I'm late congratulating you, *Ishmael*, but I'm happy to hear of your continued success! I was both happy/sad for you when you pro'd out, because I know you really wanted to win this contest. But getting in those beautiful pro anthologies is a great honor, and you've done it many times. Keep up the good work, and thanks for letting us know!
Cheers!
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Submitted multiple times/earned an HM multiple times (probably with edits each time).
Why did I think you could only submit a story once?
Because finalists and semi-finalists can't be submitted again, maybe? (Anything below that absolutely can be resubmitted, although editing beforehand is recommended.)
Very good to know!
Sent another to Asimovs. I don't know why I bother with them. At this point, my goal with them is for my story to stay under consideration longer than 48 hours.
Chuck Thompson
6 Rs, 5 HMs, 2 SHMs
Cover Reveal for Wildeside Press' Crime Travel anthology which includes my story "The Case of the Missing Physicist."
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HMx9
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Cover Reveal for Wildeside Press' Crime Travel anthology which includes my story "The Case of the Missing Physicist."
Nice cover! Congrats on the upcoming publication!
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Cover Reveal for Wildeside Press' Crime Travel anthology which includes my story "The Case of the Missing Physicist."
Great cover, congratulations! I love those little diamonds, it makes it look even more better. I hope I will be able to publish my story soon and to share a cover too.
Cover Reveal for Wildeside Press' Crime Travel anthology which includes my story "The Case of the Missing Physicist."
I love the cover! Congrats!
R, HM, R
I have a story out in Nature today:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02854-4
and arelated blog post:
http://blogs.nature.com/futurecondition ... ver-again/
Here’s a cool thing I didn’t really expect to have happen to me when I started typing about a hellbeast who doesn’t fit in at the office where he works: “The Howler on the Sales Floor” or “Ulguja müügiosakonnas” was translated into Estonian and is up now in Algernon.
http://www.algernon.ee/node/1137
Thank you to Kudrun Tamm for the translation, and to Kristjan Sander for ushering my story from slush to publication.
As for how this came to be: Mike Resnick's talk during the Vol 34 conference spent some time discussing selling foreign rights and resources to seek out foreign markets. Most of the reprint translation markets out there non-paying or pay in copies of the issues, but some do pay. What Mike was describing was that essentially the value in getting your short fiction work and name in front of audiences that would otherwise not be likely to see it, even for little or no money, may pay off when the times comes for your agent to try to sell translation rights on novels. Being able to point to an established audience in Estonia, Spain, or wherever, may make it more likely to find a novel translation deal or a better translation deal.
In any case, when you're sending reprints out, don't neglect to consider foreign markets.
HM x2, Vol. 34 Q4 - 3rd. http://www.jonficke.com
Awesome news, amoskalik and jficke! Congrats to both of you.
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Nice! Congrats guys!
Brittany Rainsdon
R-SHM-HM-R-HM-R-F-F-HM-HM-SHM-HM-HM-SF-PF-2nd place!
Published Finalist Volume 37 Quarter 4
Second Place Volume 38 Quarter 1
First publication was "Perfectly Painted Lies" published in Deep Magic Spring 2021 and reprinted in the anthology, Best of Deep Magic Volume 2.
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Congratulations to both of you!!!
v36 Q1, Q3 - HM; Q4 - R
v37 Q1 - R; Q2 - SHM; Q4 - HM
v38 Q1 - HM; Q2 - SHM; Q3 - HM; Q4 - HM
v39 Q1 - SHM; Q3 - HM; Q4 -RWC
v40 Q1, Q2 - HM; Q3 - Pending
Congrats you two! That’s awesome!
R, HM, R, Pending
Thanks everyone.
Congrats Jonathan. Seeing your story in a foreign language must be quite a rush.
I remember stumbling across my first Nature story in Arabic. It was surreal. (Nature buys international rights, so they didn't need to tell me this was happening).
Nature! Very Impressive. Congratulations!
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I can now announce that I've sold my first story, and to a pro market at that. Flame Tree accepted my story for their "A Dying Planet" anthology.
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fan ... 5KnOxRCcVs
Forthcoming in January 2020. I couldn't have done it without this forum. Now to go and do it again!
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
Published Finalist Volume 38
Pro’d out Q4V39
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I can now announce that I've sold my first story, and to a pro market at that. Flame Tree accepted my story for their "A Dying Planet" anthology.
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fan ... 5KnOxRCcVs
Forthcoming in January 2020. I couldn't have done it without this forum. Now to go and do it again!
Congratulations!
WotF Results:
R:6
HM:17
SHM:1
SF:3
F:0
Last: SF, Q2 v41
Congrats on the sale!
v36 Q1, Q3 - HM; Q4 - R
v37 Q1 - R; Q2 - SHM; Q4 - HM
v38 Q1 - HM; Q2 - SHM; Q3 - HM; Q4 - HM
v39 Q1 - SHM; Q3 - HM; Q4 -RWC
v40 Q1, Q2 - HM; Q3 - Pending
Congrats! It's a rush, isn't it?
First Place, Q1 Vol 36 Recently out!
"Deymons" in Mysterion: https://www.mysteriononline.com/2024/02/deymons.html
"Every Me Is Someone Else" in Diabolical Plots: https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-103a-every-me-is-someone-else-by-andrew-dibble/
Congrats! It's a rush, isn't it?
Oh my yes. I still can’t quite believe I’ll never poke at that story again!
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
Published Finalist Volume 38
Pro’d out Q4V39
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Managing Editor, Apex Magazine
Me standing up and giving you a standing ovation...Big congrats.....:)
Quote from Wayne's World when they meet Alice Cooper: 'We are not worthy. We are not worthy.' LOL
Congrats! It's a rush, isn't it?
Oh my yes. I still can’t quite believe I’ll never poke at that story again!
I can now announce that I've sold my first story, and to a pro market at that. Flame Tree accepted my story for their "A Dying Planet" anthology.
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fan ... 5KnOxRCcVs
Forthcoming in January 2020. I couldn't have done it without this forum. Now to go and do it again!
Wonderful news, Becky! Your first pro sale, and to a hardcover anthology at that! This is a great publisher with a fast turnaround from purchase to publish. You won't have long to wait, and it's the greatest feeling holding a REAL BOOK with your story in it. As Dean Wesley Smith once said to me...YOU'RE A PUBLISHED WRITER!
Enjoy the feeling. You worked hard for this!
All the beast,
Wulf Moon
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IT’S HERE! Many have been begged me to publish the Super Secrets of Writing. How to Write a Howling Good Story is now a #1 BESTSELLING BOOK! Get yours at your favorite retailer HERE!
I can now announce that I've sold my first story, and to a pro market at that. Flame Tree accepted my story for their "A Dying Planet" anthology.
http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fan ... 5KnOxRCcVs
Forthcoming in January 2020. I couldn't have done it without this forum. Now to go and do it again!
Congrats Becky!!! You have worked harder over the last year than almost anyone I know at improving your craft - you truly deserve this acceptance!
5x R
10x HM
2020 Superstars Writing Seminar scholarship award recipient
"No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure." — Ernest Hemingway
Way to go, Becky!
I need to come here more often for inspiration. I just scrolled through all the recently published authors. So exciting! Congratulations to all of you!
~ J V Ashley
Congratulations Becky!
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Thanks all. I'm really delighted and a little stunned.
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
Published Finalist Volume 38
Pro’d out Q4V39
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Managing Editor, Apex Magazine
I got my first personal rejection from Asimov's.
First Place, Q1 Vol 36 Recently out!
"Deymons" in Mysterion: https://www.mysteriononline.com/2024/02/deymons.html
"Every Me Is Someone Else" in Diabolical Plots: https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-103a-every-me-is-someone-else-by-andrew-dibble/
I got my first personal rejection from Asimov's.
Shiny!
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
Published Finalist Volume 38
Pro’d out Q4V39
www.rebeccaetreasure.com
Managing Editor, Apex Magazine
I got my first personal rejection from Asimov's.
Shiny!
Indeed. Good job.
If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. ~ H.G. Wells
If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain
R, SF, SHM, SHM, SHM, F, R, HM, SHM, R, HM, R, F, SHM, SHM, SHM, SF, SHM, 1st Place (Q2 V38)
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First pro sale! Congrats!
Chuck Thompson
6 Rs, 5 HMs, 2 SHMs