Does anyone have any thoughts on submitting the same story to Q2 of WoTF as well as Mike Resnick's short story contest (deadline end of April)?
I reached out to the group overseeing Mike Resnick's contest a few days back but have yet to hear back.
Interesting...
Reading the sub guidelines for both didn't turn up the request not to sim-sub.
Usually when it's strictly forbidden that caveat is in there.
See what they say, but otherwise it looks good from just reading the printed "rules".
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Interesting...
Reading the sub guidelines for both didn't turn up the request not to sim-sub.
Usually when it's strictly forbidden that caveat is in there.See what they say, but otherwise it looks good from just reading the printed "rules".
Exactly. It's not on either contest's guidelines. Regardless, I wanted to avoid an awkward, but unlikely situation, where the story is accepted by both...then what...
So yeah, Mike Resnick's submission deadline is more than a month. I'm sure they'll email back by then.
I think the big question is whether both offer publication or not. If so, best not to sim-sub. If not, it's probably fine.
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Submitted for Q2 - now at four in a row! I wasn't going to submit this quarter, since I've mostly been working on a rewrite of an (unpublished) fantasy novel. But then I found a scene in the novel that I thought would be a decent story as an excerpt. So I reworked that and submitted. Not optimal, but it was still a good exercise for me, regardless of outcome.
Only HM's so far, and this one will be lucky to get that, but why not?
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I'm in. Not a new story but it hasn't been judged by the contest yet. I've been busy writing a new story for a zine which wouldn't work as a contest entry. Good luck everyone!
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Submitted for Q2 - now at four in a row! I wasn't going to submit this quarter, since I've mostly been working on a rewrite of an (unpublished) fantasy novel. But then I found a scene in the novel that I thought would be a decent story as an excerpt. So I reworked that and submitted. Not optimal, but it was still a good exercise for me, regardless of outcome.
Only HM's so far, and this one will be lucky to get that, but why not?
This is awesome. Certainly this has won it all for some folks. Rothfuss is a great example.
And as you said, either way you did some reps, and you got a story in.
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Almost ready to submit. I keep changing the title and adding little details for world building. This is definitely the most editing I have ever done on a submission for WOTF. Typically, I write it and submit within a week or two with only minor editing. But I've been working on this for a couple of months, I hope it pays off in one way or another.
Good luck to everyone who made it in this quarter!
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I think I'm finally satisfied with my story. I'll go over it one last time in the morning, and then submit. I should be able to get Q3 in sooner; the rough draft is already finished.
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This is the latest I will be subbing in ages - I’ll be spending all morning editing, but my Q3 is already finished! So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
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@rschibler if Q3 is already finished, why not submit that and then submit the work you're editing today tomorrow?
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2016 Q3: SHM
2019 Q2: HM, Q3: HM
2020 Q2: HM, Q4: SHM
2021 Q1: HM, Q2: SF, Q3: SHM, Q4: SHM
2022 Q1: SHM, Q2 RWC, Q4 RWC
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Finished as in “solid first draft” not ready to submit 🙂 otherwise I would!
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
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I'm in!
Q2 that is. Still not in the forum, but "Invalid Key", "No Such Username", and "Incorrect Password" won't keep me down for long.
Hopefully...
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I started writing my short story two weeks ago, blinked, and now it's due today. *panic, frustration, confusion*
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@sorte001 May the deadline make your mind race, your fingers fly, and your story arrive!
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2016 Q3: SHM
2019 Q2: HM, Q3: HM
2020 Q2: HM, Q4: SHM
2021 Q1: HM, Q2: SF, Q3: SHM, Q4: SHM
2022 Q1: SHM, Q2 RWC, Q4 RWC
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3:Nope Q4: WIP
I'm in, finally. Congratulations to everyone submitting - it takes courage!
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
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Roar. Jason hooked me up.
I think my animated gif avatar will get annoying fast...
Editing this post as a test:
Editing 2 test
Career:
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2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R
I'm in. I wanted to write a new story, but realized it would just be rushed and full of cliches, and I liked the story too much to do that. So I submitted an old 1.2k story instead. It's the most un-wotf-like I've ever seen, I'm just hoping for an HM
Best of luck to everyone, on this quarter, and the last. Thursday cometh...
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V37: R, R, R, HM
V38: SHM
I'm in, as of a couple days ago!
v35: Q4 - HM
V36: R, R, R, R
V37: SHM, HM, HM, SHM
V38: SHM, HM, HM, HM
V39: HM, R, SHM, HM
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I submitted today. Which is good because I got busy doing workshops and writing new things and almost forgot to submit. I did forget to send in my story to be critiqued. Got to get out of the habit of not coming here. But as I said I have submitted. I partially redid maybe half a dozen sentences in the opening and added a word I forgot--yikes.
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I'm in, with hours to spare. Good luck to everyone!
BTW, not really new. That's just what happened when I logged into the new platform.
The murky past: 2 HM, 2 R
V38: HM, SHM, R (arrgggh!), HM
V39: P
*Barges through door huffing and puffing* It's submitted! *wheezes and passes out*
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Here's to hoping everyone does better than before and for one us to not be allowed to submit again!
2012 Q4: R
2016 Q3: SHM
2019 Q2: HM, Q3: HM
2020 Q2: HM, Q4: SHM
2021 Q1: HM, Q2: SF, Q3: SHM, Q4: SHM
2022 Q1: SHM, Q2 RWC, Q4 RWC
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3:Nope Q4: WIP
Here's to hoping everyone does better than before and for one us to not be allowed to submit again!
Here! Here!
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Or is it "Hear! Hear!"? My brain is crispy fried right now
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Moody playlists for writing: Spotify playlists
And if anyone wanted company: Read and write with me
I'm in! To think I could have spent until 3am my time tinkering with it.
V36:Q3 HM V37: Q3 R, Q4 SHM V38: R,HM, F, HM V39: HM, SHM, SHM, SHM V40: SF, RWC, ?
I'm in too! Love this contest. The deadline made me finally do my research for part of my novel in progress that needs fixing and then write a short story background for one of the side characters that needed to be redefined. It's way too short to win, but I've already "won" so to speak :).