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Preston Dennett
(@prestondennett)
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Hooray for Bob!

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
40 stories published! (and counting!)

 
Posted : June 22, 2015 1:14 pm
(@george-nik)
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Congrats, Bob, and good luck with the novel!

Also, thanks for the SciPhi info. wotf007

George Nikolopoulos
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
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Posted : June 24, 2015 2:22 am
Dustin Adams
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Sweet!
After all that waiting and tension - success!

Now for the next level of waiting and tension. wotf011

Career:

1x Win
2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R

 
Posted : June 26, 2015 1:08 am
(@thomaskcarpenter)
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Yay, Bob!

Thomas K Carpenter
http://www.thomaskcarpenter.com
SFx2, SHMx1, HMx12 (Pro'd Out - Q4 2016)
EQMM - Feb 2015 / Abyss & Apex - Issue 50

 
Posted : June 26, 2015 5:23 am
(@alicebrook)
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Congrats, everyone! wotf010 wotf010 wotf010

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Posted : June 30, 2015 2:54 am
(@ishmael)
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After a period of purdah, I can report a sale to the forthcoming anthology Chilling Ghost Stories (due 15 August or thereabouts).

This story is 3700 and at pro rates, though Flame Tree Publishing is not yet a recognised SFWA market. I guess that for the purposes of WotF this counts as sale number two, since I'm pretty sure my original pro sale which was a 200 word flash doesn't count, but when the air clears over the contest I'll check with Joni.

This makes eight sales in total and six this year. though so far only two of the latter have actually been published.

From one sale a year in 13 and 14 to one a month in 2015? wotf017

1 x SF, 2 x SHM, 11 x HM, WotF batting average .583
Blog The View From Sliabh Mannan.

 
Posted : July 11, 2015 11:01 pm
(@rebecca-birch)
Posts: 625
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After a period of purdah, I can report a sale to the forthcoming anthology Chilling Ghost Stories (due 15 August or thereabouts).

This story is 3700 and at pro rates, though Flame Tree Publishing is not yet a recognised SFWA market. I guess that for the purposes of WotF this counts as sale number two, since I'm pretty sure my original pro sale which was a 200 word flash doesn't count, but when the air clears over the contest I'll check with Joni.

This makes eight sales in total and six this year. though so far only two of the latter have actually been published.

From one sale a year in 13 and 14 to one a month in 2015? wotf017

Congratulations, Ishmael! You're on a roll!

Rebecca Birch
Finalist - 2, SF - 1, SHM - 1, HM - 18, R - 6
Words of Birch
Short Story Collection--Life Out of Harmony and Other Tales of Wonder

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 3:53 am
(@bobsandiego)
Posts: 394
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After a period of purdah, I can report a sale to the forthcoming anthology Chilling Ghost Stories (due 15 August or thereabouts).

This story is 3700 and at pro rates, though Flame Tree Publishing is not yet a recognised SFWA market. I guess that for the purposes of WotF this counts as sale number two, since I'm pretty sure my original pro sale which was a 200 word flash doesn't count, but when the air clears over the contest I'll check with Joni.

This makes eight sales in total and six this year. though so far only two of the latter have actually been published.

From one sale a year in 13 and 14 to one a month in 2015? wotf017

wotf009
Great news Ishmael!
Here's hoping the bursting flood gates bring you more and more success.

Literary saboteur
Blog: http://www.robertmitchellevans.com/
HM X 5
SF X 3
F X 1
Current Rejection Streak: 0

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 4:40 am
Preston Dennett
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Awesome, Ishmael. Keep 'em coming!

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
40 stories published! (and counting!)

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 5:47 am
(@amoskalik)
Posts: 438
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After a period of purdah, I can report a sale to the forthcoming anthology Chilling Ghost Stories (due 15 August or thereabouts).

This story is 3700 and at pro rates, though Flame Tree Publishing is not yet a recognised SFWA market. I guess that for the purposes of WotF this counts as sale number two, since I'm pretty sure my original pro sale which was a 200 word flash doesn't count, but when the air clears over the contest I'll check with Joni.

This makes eight sales in total and six this year. though so far only two of the latter have actually been published.

From one sale a year in 13 and 14 to one a month in 2015? wotf017

Exciting news! It's great to see perseverance paying off for someone. Well deserved in your case and it brings us all hope.

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 8:56 am
(@ishmael)
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Thanks Rebecca, Bob, Preston and Aaron.

There is one other good thing. Since Flame Tree are based in the UK, at last I am to be published in my own country. Maybe a BBC entry .... ?

Meanwhile my recent holiday has allowed my stories on submission to drop to a mere twenty. To be remedied as soon as I get over the jet lag!
wotf013

1 x SF, 2 x SHM, 11 x HM, WotF batting average .583
Blog The View From Sliabh Mannan.

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 9:37 am
(@tamlyn)
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Congratulations, Ishmael!

Latest story: Lightning Dance (Diabolical Plots October 2017)
http://www.tamlyndreaver.com

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 10:38 am
Dustin Adams
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Congrats!

20 on submission at once? Yeah, that's part of the reason you're selling one a month. Not just because they're out there, but the hours of work you put into them represents a honing of the craft.

Good stuff.

ETA, congrats to Hazlett! Go Pro!

Career:

1x Win
2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R

 
Posted : July 12, 2015 10:59 pm
(@e-caimansands)
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Congrats, Ish, and yup, having a lot on submission definitely helps. I've never reached 20. I struggle to stay in double figures, I've spent much of this year at 2 or 3 subs so no surprise that I haven't sold for a while. Realizing this just won't do I've forced it back up a bit, it's at 10 again now. <img src="{wotf}:wotf024:

SF x 1 (Extreeemely happy snappy gator)
HM x 9 (Happy snappy gator)
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Posted : July 13, 2015 11:02 am
(@george-nik)
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Congrats, Philip! wotf010

And I believe you'll have even more success if you continue writing and submitting -- from what I've heard of other writers, when you start gathering momentum it starts getting easier to roll. wotf008

George Nikolopoulos
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page

 
Posted : July 14, 2015 2:41 am
(@ishmael)
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Thanks to Tamlyn, Dustin, Elinor and George.

I like to think that the quality is higher as well as the quantity, but that didn't stop the rejections piling up whilst I was away. I guess nothing ever does stop that. Any prizes for a 178 day form rejection from Tin House do you think?

Nevertheless there are still a few intriguingly large numbers in the 'days out' column. I do hope they don't all turn out to be mislaid on the way out or the way in; I've had quite a few of those and they are seriously galling.

It would also be nice if some more acceptances turned into publications, but I guess that would just be pushy! wotf011

1 x SF, 2 x SHM, 11 x HM, WotF batting average .583
Blog The View From Sliabh Mannan.

 
Posted : July 14, 2015 9:54 am
Dustin Adams
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I've got a sci-fi story up at EDF today.
1k words.
Read it, click some stars, comment if you like!
wotf013

Career:

1x Win
2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R

 
Posted : July 14, 2015 10:18 pm
(@george-nik)
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Congrats, Dustin! It was nice to read another Factory story wotf007

George Nikolopoulos
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page

 
Posted : July 15, 2015 12:10 am
(@amoskalik)
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Good one, Dustin. I enjoyed it.

 
Posted : July 15, 2015 1:08 am
storysinger
(@storysinger)
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You can be happy with that one. I enjoyed reading it, two thumbs up.

Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships

 
Posted : July 15, 2015 9:18 am
Preston Dennett
(@prestondennett)
Posts: 582
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Nice story, Dustin. Very poignant.

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
40 stories published! (and counting!)

 
Posted : July 15, 2015 1:33 pm
(@alex-kane)
Posts: 244
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Um, so, my Kickstarter for an indie comic book set in Pluto's orbit has been featured in The A.V. Club.

 
Posted : July 16, 2015 12:00 pm
(@muri-mccage)
Posts: 52
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Congrats everyone! I'm having such internet trouble that I'm not online as much as I want currently. I'm trying to fit a lot in at the moment, hoping my data won't be decimated when I'm finished.
Good to see so much good stuff going on when I zip on and off occasionally.

Mom in the Moon, Analog October 2016
Dare to dream, now and tomorrow....
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Twitter:
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Posted : July 18, 2015 3:34 pm
 hlf
(@hlf)
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Haven't posted in awhile because I don't always log in when I skim the forum...but July is being rather nice to me. (Or at least the fruits of my labor are visible this months. Most of these acceptances came ages ago, but for some reason they have all managed to get pubbed this summer(for those of us in the Northern hemisphere.))

Target Audience Reprint in EGM Shorts (and ok this was technically June but my first reprint so yay)

D.J.'s Locker Urban Fantasy Magazine, July issue

Two by Two T. Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog

"First & Second Offerings," PARSEC's Triangulation: Lost Voices anthology

Twist Ex Machina Daily Science Fiction

HL Fullerton

 
Posted : July 23, 2015 12:16 am
(@amoskalik)
Posts: 438
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Haven't posted in awhile because I don't always log in when I skim the forum...but July is being rather nice to me. (Or at least the fruits of my labor are visible this months. Most of these acceptances came ages ago, but for some reason they have all managed to get pubbed this summer(for those of us in the Northern hemisphere.))

Target Audience Reprint in EGM Shorts (and ok this was technically June but my first reprint so yay)

D.J.'s Locker Urban Fantasy Magazine, July issue

Two by Two T. Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog

"First & Second Offerings," PARSEC's Triangulation: Lost Voices anthology

Twist Ex Machina Daily Science Fiction

Nice! Those are some quality pubs.

 
Posted : July 23, 2015 12:20 am
(@george-nik)
Posts: 494
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Congrats, HL!

George Nikolopoulos
WOTF: 1 SF, 1 SHM, 4 HM
Fiction (EN): 43 stories sold, 29 published
Fiction (GR): c.10 stories published & a children’s novel
Amazon Page

 
Posted : July 24, 2015 12:58 am
(@holly-heisey)
Posts: 54
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My story "The Monastery of the Parallels" is up today at OSC's Intergalactic Medicine Show!

This story got an R last year from the contest. I almost didn't send it out again, but some awesome friends (you know who you are!) told me to get it the heck out again, because I loved it so much. Now I am officially convinced that an R means zip in the overall scheme of things. Plus, squee!

And wow, I haven't checked in on this thread in a while. You all are putting out some amazing stuff! Grats, HL, Dustin, Alex, and Philip!

Holly Heisey
Finalist x 2
HM x 5
The Monastery of the Parallels at IGMS
An Understanding at Escape Pod
The Emperor of Time on Wattpad

 
Posted : July 24, 2015 3:17 am
(@bobsandiego)
Posts: 394
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My story "The Monastery of the Parallels" is up today at OSC's Intergalactic Medicine Show!

This story got an R last year from the contest. I almost didn't send it out again, but some awesome friends (you know who you are!) told me to get it the heck out again, because I loved it so much. Now I am officially convinced that an R means zip in the overall scheme of things. Plus, squee!

And wow, I haven't checked in on this thread in a while. You all are putting out some amazing stuff! Grats, HL, Dustin, Alex, and Philip!

Congrats.
Both on the sale and publication AND on the epiphany that and R is not a statement of quality.!
wotf009

Literary saboteur
Blog: http://www.robertmitchellevans.com/
HM X 5
SF X 3
F X 1
Current Rejection Streak: 0

 
Posted : July 24, 2015 7:14 am
(@tamlyn)
Posts: 62
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Grats, HL and Holly! And, uh, everyone I missed because everyone is being successful Smile

Latest story: Lightning Dance (Diabolical Plots October 2017)
http://www.tamlyndreaver.com

 
Posted : July 24, 2015 10:54 am
Preston Dennett
(@prestondennett)
Posts: 582
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Congrats, HL, pretty darn awesome. And congrats to you, Holly. Wow, from straight WOTF reject to a pro-market sale. That's fantastic, and so inspiring! Yay!

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
40 stories published! (and counting!)

 
Posted : July 24, 2015 1:29 pm
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