My story from this Forum's Super Secrets Workshop has been published by Martian Magazine.
https://themartianmagazine.com/2022/12/09/follow-the-pretrons-by-candice-r-lisle/
Vol. 36: 3rd -- R, 4th -- R
Vol. 37: 1st -- R, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- SHM
Vol. 38: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- HM
Vol. 39: 1st -- SHM, 2nd -- RWC, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- HM
Vol. 40: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- R, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- R
Vol. 41: 1st - R, 2nd -- pending, 3rd -- WIP
"Never give up! Never surrender!" -- Galaxy Quest
My story from this Forum's Super Secrets Workshop has been published by Martian Magazine.
https://themartianmagazine.com/2022/12/09/follow-the-pretrons-by-candice-r-lisle/
Just, and exactly, 100 words! What a format!
Congratulations!
@DonMarkmaker
@angelslayah congratulations! What a month for you, two sales in quick succession. Christmas coming early
And a lesson for us all in the power of believing in a story and not giving up.
R: 2 / HM: 6 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
@angelslayah congratulations! What a month for you, two sales in quick succession. Christmas coming early
And a lesson for us all in the power of believing in a story and not giving up.
Yeah, actually both really hit around my birthday! It really felt affirming, even if dates are just for calendars.
But one of my "sales" is just an acceptance. Until a contract is signed, I call everything else Hollywood Talk!
I recommend a healthy scepticism.
I came out of Journalism and I got the skin of a rhino but once, going through editing, me accepting every suggestion, we got stuck when an editor insisted I had a character in old fashioned UNDERWEAR.
I said, jokingly, I happen to know that in the future, this style comes back. I pointed to a lot of old-schoolisms: martinis, bickering spouses, an absent minded professor that clearly set my story in a retro-future. But we couldn't come to terms over a woman wearing a slip!
Whatever. He had real specific ideas what kind of underwear she should have on. I eventually went with the generic "underwear" but he decided I wasn't cooperative and a story I'd already withdrawn from a couple other markets had to go back on the block.
@DonMarkmaker
@crlisle Congratulations! Clever story, and exactly 100 words! Wow, what a fiendishly challenging format, it's no mean feat to deliver a story in such a teeny-tiny word count, well done
R: 2 / HM: 6 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
@joel-c-scoberg thank you 😊
Vol. 36: 3rd -- R, 4th -- R
Vol. 37: 1st -- R, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- SHM
Vol. 38: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- HM
Vol. 39: 1st -- SHM, 2nd -- RWC, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- HM
Vol. 40: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- R, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- R
Vol. 41: 1st - R, 2nd -- pending, 3rd -- WIP
"Never give up! Never surrender!" -- Galaxy Quest
@angelslayah thank you 😊
Vol. 36: 3rd -- R, 4th -- R
Vol. 37: 1st -- R, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- SHM
Vol. 38: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- HM
Vol. 39: 1st -- SHM, 2nd -- RWC, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- HM
Vol. 40: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- R, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- R
Vol. 41: 1st - R, 2nd -- pending, 3rd -- WIP
"Never give up! Never surrender!" -- Galaxy Quest
I'm up on the Galaxy Press site as a guest blogger. Hey, It's a publication. I'll take it!
https://galaxypress.com/a-treasure-of-words/
Leave a comment if you read/like. The more they can see people are checking things out, the more likely you'll get to do a blog when your turn comes 'round. It was super fun and I love what they did with the images to my words.
Career:
1x Win
2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R
@tj_knight Congrats! Great article, and a nice tie-in to your win to get people psyched for Vol 39!
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
www.jd-writes.com
@tj_knight nice article, and a lovely homage to (and advert for) past volumes and winners and the upcoming Vol 39. Now I'm looking forward to reading the story about an alien boy who plays with balls made of woven sticks!
R: 2 / HM: 6 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
My story 'Crescent Cross' has finally found its new life in The Dark Door magazine, a mixed-media print and e-publication classic-style pulp horror zine from a Canadian lo-fi hip-hop label (all of which is just, like, if this doesn't turn out to be the most unusual thing that ever prints me, then I have no idea what to think). It's not available for free, unfortunately, but you can snag a copy for $10 (same cost for physical, but you have to pay those pesky shipping fees).
I don't have my copy just yet (I got a contributor's electronic copy for free, but bought myself a physical one too because it's a zine, an actual zine, I thought these things had died and gone forever), but they sent photos, and I think it looks great!
DQ:0 / R:0 / RWC:0 / HM:15 / SHM:7 / SF:1 / F:1
Published prior WotF entries: PodCastle, HFQ, Abyss & Apex
Congratulations @doctorjest ! That's brilliant, and really cool. Reminds me of The Good Old Days™ that Stephen King started out in, with there being a load of indie printed zines. Are you allowed to share the title of the story?
I assume you're in the as-yet unreleased volume four? Make sure you come back here with a link when it's released!
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
www.jd-writes.com
they sent photos, and I think it looks great!
So satisfying to have a really nice cover for your publication!
@DonMarkmaker
Congratulations (@doctorjest).
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Congratulations @doctorjest ! That's brilliant, and really cool. Reminds me of The Good Old Days™ that Stephen King started out in, with there being a load of indie printed zines. Are you allowed to share the title of the story?I assume you're in the as-yet unreleased volume four? Make sure you come back here with a link when it's released!
In fact, no -- it's right there in this one, volume 3! Crescent Cross is the title of the story, and the zine can be picked up here -- https://illadvisedrecords.com/shop
DQ:0 / R:0 / RWC:0 / HM:15 / SHM:7 / SF:1 / F:1
Published prior WotF entries: PodCastle, HFQ, Abyss & Apex
@doctorjest congratulations! And printed in hard copytoo, what a cracking bonus
R: 2 / HM: 6 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
@doctorjest congratulations! And printed in hard copytoo, what a cracking bonus
I do like that a lot. To date, I have four hard-copy things with one of my stories in--two of those were print-on-demand publications. This is only the second truly native print-publication I've been in, and I'm really happy about it.
(Well...technically, that would climb up to a magnificent 5 if you counted really crappy poetry that got published in a newspaper when I was 17, which I certainly don't.)
DQ:0 / R:0 / RWC:0 / HM:15 / SHM:7 / SF:1 / F:1
Published prior WotF entries: PodCastle, HFQ, Abyss & Apex
@angelslayah Awesome! Congratulations!!!!!
“Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to be noticed for the way your turn a phrase. You have a very important job—one of the most important. Your job is to let people know that everyone shares their feelings—and that these feelings bind us. Your job is a healing art, and like all healers, you have a responsibility. Let people know they are not alone. You must make people understand that we are all the same.”
Brian McDonald
2022: Second Place Winner V39 Q1
2021: HM, HM, SHM
2020: R
2019: SHM, R
2018: HM
2017: HM
My story 'Crescent Cross' has finally found its new life in The Dark Door magazine, a mixed-media print and e-publication classic-style pulp horror zine from a Canadian lo-fi hip-hop label (all of which is just, like, if this doesn't turn out to be the most unusual thing that ever prints me, then I have no idea what to think). It's not available for free, unfortunately, but you can snag a copy for $10 (same cost for physical, but you have to pay those pesky shipping fees).
I don't have my copy just yet (I got a contributor's electronic copy for free, but bought myself a physical one too because it's a zine, an actual zine, I thought these things had died and gone forever), but they sent photos, and I think it looks great!
Beautiful work on that magazine! Congrats on the acceptance!
Death and the Taxman, my WotF V39 winning story is now a novel available for pre-order! (Click Here >). The Taxman is Coming on Tax Day (Apr 15th) 2024!
Subscribe to The Lost Bard's Letter at www.davidhankins.com and receive an exclusive story!
New Releases:
"Milo Piper's Breakout Single that Ended the Rat War" in LTUE's Troubadours and Space Princesses anthology.
"Felix and the Flamingo" in Escape Pod.
"The Ghosts of Hart's Gambit" in Renaissance Press's There's No Place anthology.
"The Devil's Foot Locker" in Amazing Stories
Congrats to all the acceptances and printed works out for all of you (I hadn't looked at this thread since December so there are quite a few). Well done folks!
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
I saw the email subject and assumed yet another form rejection, but no!
Small Gods and Little Demons has sold to Parsec, for somewhere in issues 8-11 (they'll let me know more).
This was my Q2 2021 (vol 38?) and got an SHM.
This is my very first sale and to a UK magazine (which means a lot to me because their offices are really not that far from me) and I'm absolutely buzzing.
ETA: They want a photo of me but I need a shower and shave first and I'm in the middle of having a new boiler fitted.
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
My Blog
@pdblake WOOT! WOOT! Congrats on the first sale. May it be the first of many more to come!
"You can either sit here and write, or you can sit here and do nothing. But you can’t sit here and do anything else."
— Neil Gaiman, Masterclass
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
SFx1
HMx4
R/RWCx5
Small Gods and Little Demons has sold to Parsec, for somewhere in issues 8-11 (they'll let me know more).
This was my Q2 2021 (vol 38?) and got an SHM.
This is my very first sale and to a UK magazine (which means a lot to me because their offices are really not that far from me) and I'm absolutely buzzing.
Awesome news. Congrats.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-RWC, Q2-Final draft, Q3-WIP (trying not to blow it up and start over)
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
Thanks all. I finally got a mugshot of myself for them. I've updated my blog with it if anyone needs something to keep the kids away from the fire or scare off burglars.
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
My Blog
Small Gods and Little Demons has sold to Parsec, for somewhere in issues 8-11 (they'll let me know more).
This was my Q2 2021 (vol 38?) and got an SHM.
Congrats!!!!!!
V40: Q1 3rd Place Winner
V39: SHM, HM, HM, HM
V38: HM, SHM, HM, HM
V37: R, R, HM, HM
V36: R
@pdblake Congratulations!!!
~~ Pegeen ~~
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Writer
V40 - Q1 RWC, Q2 HM,
@pdblake Congratulations!!! Well done!
“Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to be noticed for the way your turn a phrase. You have a very important job—one of the most important. Your job is to let people know that everyone shares their feelings—and that these feelings bind us. Your job is a healing art, and like all healers, you have a responsibility. Let people know they are not alone. You must make people understand that we are all the same.”
Brian McDonald
2022: Second Place Winner V39 Q1
2021: HM, HM, SHM
2020: R
2019: SHM, R
2018: HM
2017: HM
Thanks all. I finally got a mugshot of myself for them. I've updated my blog with it if anyone needs something to keep the kids away from the fire or scare off burglars.
I'll let you know if it scared the grandkids.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Thanks all. I finally got a mugshot of myself for them. I've updated my blog with it if anyone needs something to keep the kids away from the fire or scare off burglars.
I'll let you know if it scared the grandkids.
It should. It frightened the bejesus out of me and I took it.
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
My Blog