R for me. I thought this story would either be a winner or rejected as it has a very strong political message that would put off Trumpers. I feel like it'll be easy to get traction in Australian markets though.
V37Q1: HM
V37Q2: HM
V37Q3: R
V37Q4: ?
I got a Silver HM!
Thank you Wulf Moon and Martin L. Shoemaker for all your help!
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
R...which was surprising, but I really proud of it and gonna try it in a different market 
SHM: 1
HM: 9
R: 1
www.reynichols.com
Silver Honorable Mention for me!
HM #12
Congratulations everyone. Early returns are looking good.
After many years and many HMs, I got my first Silver Honorable Mention! I'm pretty excited about this one!
Beth Powers
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Silver HM x 5
HM x 20
Entries x 66
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Collected Stories:
Sorcery & Widgets
Runes & Rivets
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After many years and many HMs, I got my first Silver Honorable Mention! I'm pretty excited about this one!
Super-duper happy for you, Beth! I know you worked for that one. One ring closer to the bullseye now! Congrats!
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"Super-Duper Moongirl and the Amazing Moon Dawdler" won Best SFF Story of 2019! Read it in Writers of the Future, Vol. 35. Order HERE!
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wotf056 I got a Silver HM!
Thank you Wulf Moon and Martin L. Shoemaker for all your help!
You’re welcome, Candice. You did the work and studied hard. It’s why you’ve made amazing progress! Congratulations!
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Oh snap!!
Was watching election returns and just got this notice
Woohoo! Best I've done in the contest so far.
Congratulations, Michael! One ring from the bullseye! Nice!
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Super-duper happy for you, Beth! I know you worked for that one. One ring closer to the bullseye now! Congrats!
Thanks! I was starting to feel like I couldn't get past the HM, but this one is going to give me incentive to figure out what I did and try to do it again in the next story 
Beth Powers
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Silver HM x 5
HM x 20
Entries x 66
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Collected Stories:
Sorcery & Widgets
Runes & Rivets
There are a lot of AWESOME results here! Congratulations to all of you.
Also, to my good friend, Candice, I'm so happy to see you receive your first SHM!
Lastly, I just noticed Beth's stats in her email tag: 52 Entries, 15 HMs, and she's just received her first SHM!!! Oh Beth, that is nothing shy of amazing. I HUGE congratulations to you.
WOTF Stats
(2014) V31 – R
(2018) V35 – HM
(2019) V36 – HM, SHM
(2020) V37 – R, HM, SHM, Finalist
(2021) V38 – SF, SHM, SHM, HM
(2022) V39 – HM, SHM, SHM, SHM
(2023) V40 - HM, SF, tba, tba
SHM for me.
HM again. That’s 5 entries and 4 HMs (I got a rejection last time but was expecting it). I honestly don’t think I’m capable of anything more 
Well done to everyone else that placed too!
Better than I thought!
Eager to get the critique.
Since my first one, I play a game before submitting: What would Dave write in his critique?
If I find something, I fix it.
So I'm curious here... what did I miss?
Career:
1x Win
2x NW-F
2x S-F
9x S-HM
11x HM
7x R
HM for me which is better than I was expecting.
Congrats to all who placed in one way or another and if you got an R, just keep writing.
V37 Q1-R
V37 Q2-HM
V37 Q3-SHM
V37 Q4-HM
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'The War Within' Deep Magic Volume 73 https://deepmagic.co
'Spirit Talk' in The Last Line Issue 7 Winter
'The Mystical Farrago' Writers of the Future, Volume 38
'The Dying Book' Misfits of Magic Anthology
'Whatever Lola Wants' Murderbirds Anthology
'Inspirational Theurgist' Of Wizards and Wolves Anthology for the David Farland memorial fund
'Beneath the Glass Dark' From the Depths Anthology
'A Life of Color' Metaphorosis magazine 8/1/2023
'A Murmuring Darkness' Strange Horizons 9/18/2023
'Out There With Them' Robotic Ambitions-Apex publishing (upcoming)
'A Widow's Word' Murderbugs Anthology (upcoming)
V37- R, HM, SHM, HM
V38- HM, SHM, Winner (3rd place)
Along with Dustin Adams and Michael Kingswood! That's a good showing.
NGL, I am a little disappointed--I tried really hard to hit all the Finalist buttons with this story because I wanted to meet K.D. and Leah in person. I'll find out where I missed, though, so silver lining?
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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4th and Starlight: e-book | paperback
SHM for me again! This was a revision of my previous SHM, so... At least I didn't make it worse? Lol.
Congrats to everyone!!!
v35: Q4 - HM
V36: R, R, R, R
V37: SHM, HM, HM, SHM
V38: SHM, HM, HM, HM
V39: HM, R, SHM, HM
Indie author of The Lex Chronicles (Legends of Arameth), and the in-progress Leyward Stones series--including my serial, Macchiatos, Faerie Princes, and Other Things That Happen at Midnight, currently available on Kindle Vella.
Website: http://ccrawfordwriting.com. I also have a newsletter and a blog!
Short story "Our Kind" published in DreamForge Anvil, Issue #5, and also "One Shot at Aeden" published in DreamForge Anvil, Issue #7!
Whoa, good showing, folks! THREE semi-finalists (so far??), a bunch of silvers and HMs...nice!!! Congrats and commiseration to everyone. The most important thing is that you got some writing down on paper, finished it, and entered - that's more than literal billions of people can say.
R, 3rd place Q4 v36!!!
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Beth Powers! WOW!!! You deserve it after all this time.
Liz an Michael - so excellent!
Congrats to all you SFs.
All the SHMs and HM . . . Way to go! You did the work and now you reap.congrats.
As for me, sadly, an R. (And I thought it was my best work - weird, huh?)
Crying in my coffee.
Back to work.
3 HMs
6 SHMs
Umpteen Rs
Still hoping and working toward better -
One of these days, Alice . . . POW! We're going to the moon!
Congratulations to everyone!
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
An honorable mention, which breaks my 5 R streak. *whew*.
This story received a personal rejection 1 day before the deadline, so I submitted it without changes. But now that I've had the chance to ponder, I agree that if I use the skill mentioned in the rejection, it will make the story better. So, off to edit.
v 29 : - HM - - | v 30 : - - - - | v 31 : - - - HM | v 32 : - HM - HM | v 33 : R HM R SHM | v 34 : SHM SHM HM R | v 35 : HM R R R | v 36 : - R R R | v 37 : - - - HM | v 38 : - - - HM | v 39 : HM - - R | v 40: - HM - SHM | v 41: R
My published works
HM here. Congrats to everyone who entered! Also huge to congrats our SHMs and SFs!
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
Breaking out of the R streak with an HM
Congrats to all the participants!
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to be possible and the truth doesn't." - Mark Twain
13x HM
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I got a 
but was very hopeful with this one. Still, huge improvement from Q3.
V36:Q3 HM V37: Q3 R, Q4 SHM V38: R,HM, F, HM V39: HM, SHM, SHM, SHM V40: SF, RWC, ?
Honorable Mention
I certainly wasn't expecting to wake up to results this morning.
Chuck Thompson
6 Rs, 5 HMs, 2 SHMs
We are all to be congratulated! Good work everyone!
My result in Q4 is HM
This is a story I am quite proud of, One of only two comedies I ever tried.
Rschibler critiqued another story I was considering for Q4 and her comments made it clear that the other story wasn't ready yet. So thanks, Rschibler!
Agathon McGeachy
Figure Sculptor, Mechanical Designer, Reformed Rakehell, Writer
Vol 37, Q2: HM
Vol 37, Q3: HM
Vol 37, Q4: HM
Vol 38, Q1: R
Vol 38, Q2: R
Vol 38, Q3: HM
Vol 38, Q4: HM
Now in print: NIWA 2020 Anthology 'Escape' and NIWA 2021 Anthology 'Forbidden' available on Amazon
I am so proud of you forumites! Look at all the HMs, SHMs and SFs! Wow!!!
Special shout-out to Liz, Becky, and Dustin.
Chuck Thompson
6 Rs, 5 HMs, 2 SHMs
Congrats to everyone who participated! I'm so glad to be a part of this.
I got a SHM! I've never entered the contest before, so I had no idea what to expect. This is amazing!
SHM x2
HM x2
Yay, I get to use a special smilie! And Ii feels good to have finally broken in. HUGE congrats to Beth, and anyone else who's leveled up!
Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm ~ Winston Churchill
V37: R, R, R, HM
V38: SHM
Got my second HM. Now I'm taking a break from short-form for NaNoWriMo and then back to working on entries in December =)
37-2: R 37-3: HM 37-4: HM
38-1: F 38-2: --
