Hi everybody I'm Tiff.
Really excited about my 1st Science Fiction Contest. This forum is great! Looking forward to making new friends and reading lots of tips.
I have been known to answer to 'pencil' and 'dancer'.
Well, since you are a dancer, why wouldn't you answer to that?
http://nineandsixtyways.com/
Tools, Not Rules.
Martin L. Shoemaker
3rd Place Q1 V31
"Today I Am Paul", WSFA Small Press Award 2015, Nebula nomination 2015
Today I Am Carey from Baen
The Last Dance (#1 science fiction eBook on Amazon, October 2019) and The Last Campaign from 47North
Hi everybody I'm Tiff.
Really excited about my 1st Science Fiction Contest. This forum is great! Looking forward to making new friends and reading lots of tips.
Welcome aboard, Tiff! This is the place for tips. Sometimes even useful tips!
http://nineandsixtyways.com/
Tools, Not Rules.
Martin L. Shoemaker
3rd Place Q1 V31
"Today I Am Paul", WSFA Small Press Award 2015, Nebula nomination 2015
Today I Am Carey from Baen
The Last Dance (#1 science fiction eBook on Amazon, October 2019) and The Last Campaign from 47North
Welcome, Tiff!
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
I have been known to answer to 'pencil' and 'dancer'.
Well, since you are a dancer, why wouldn't you answer to that?
Genau. 
Although if there are TWENTY dancers in the room...
But I've never been offended being called 'dancer.' Much better than Hansel.
In other news, welcome Tiff! 
Vol 29 Q3 Semi Finalist
Welcome Tiff. As you can see this place gets kind of crazy, especially around results time, which is doubly so right now
Very sporadic submitter but 9 HMs: latest Q1 2021
Author of Gateway Through Time: Available at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1112672
Welcome aboard, Tiff!
Hi There,
I am brand new and hoping to submit my first story for this quarter. Nice to meet you all!
M
Welcome, Seagirl! And good luck!
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
Welcome aboard, Seagirl! It's great to see so many new faces around here.
http://nineandsixtyways.com/
Tools, Not Rules.
Martin L. Shoemaker
3rd Place Q1 V31
"Today I Am Paul", WSFA Small Press Award 2015, Nebula nomination 2015
Today I Am Carey from Baen
The Last Dance (#1 science fiction eBook on Amazon, October 2019) and The Last Campaign from 47North
Hi everybody I'm Tiff.
Really excited about my 1st Science Fiction Contest. This forum is great! Looking forward to making new friends and reading lots of tips.
Well be welcome.
This is one contest that you will be excited about for a long time.
Unless you get in with your first submission of course, in that case you might be giving us some tips.
Working on turning Lead into Gold.
Four HMs From WotF
The latest was Q1'12
HM-quarter 4 Volume 32
One HM for another contest
published in Strange New Worlds Ten.
Another HM http://onthepremises.com/minis/mini_18.html
Hi There,
I am brand new and hoping to submit my first story for this quarter. Nice to meet you all!M
Good to meet you.
By this quarter do you mean the one that ends in June? If so you have some quick writing to do.
Of course I could say the same about me and putting the finishing touches on my story then actually sending it in. A couple of times I didn't do that until the last day.
Working on turning Lead into Gold.
Four HMs From WotF
The latest was Q1'12
HM-quarter 4 Volume 32
One HM for another contest
published in Strange New Worlds Ten.
Another HM http://onthepremises.com/minis/mini_18.html
Welcome Seagirl ... M
Very sporadic submitter but 9 HMs: latest Q1 2021
Author of Gateway Through Time: Available at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1112672
Hi There,
I am brand new and hoping to submit my first story for this quarter. Nice to meet you all!M
Good to meet you.
By this quarter do you mean the one that ends in June? If so you have some quick writing to do.
Of course I could say the same about me and putting the finishing touches on my story then actually sending it in. A couple of times I didn't do that until the last day.Thanks for the welcome! I do mean the quarter that ends in June!
Hello Everyone,
New to the party. My name is Martin. I met a few of you at the Superstars Seminar here in Vegas. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and get some writing done. I'm pretty new to writing so my prose is not quite on par for winning WOTF, but you have to start somewhere, right?
WotF submissions: R - SHM - R
martingreening.com
Welcome, Martin!
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
Welcome, Martin! We can never have too many Martins around here!
And while honest self-assessment is healthy, don't self-reject. Let the judges decide whether your prose is ready or not. That's their job. Keep your hands off their job!
http://nineandsixtyways.com/
Tools, Not Rules.
Martin L. Shoemaker
3rd Place Q1 V31
"Today I Am Paul", WSFA Small Press Award 2015, Nebula nomination 2015
Today I Am Carey from Baen
The Last Dance (#1 science fiction eBook on Amazon, October 2019) and The Last Campaign from 47North
Hello Martin.
I agree with the old Martin. That isn't your job even if you inner critic wants to come out and play. It's surprising how well some beginners do. But in either case your job is to learn and to write that's all.
We all had to learn that I think.
Working on turning Lead into Gold.
Four HMs From WotF
The latest was Q1'12
HM-quarter 4 Volume 32
One HM for another contest
published in Strange New Worlds Ten.
Another HM http://onthepremises.com/minis/mini_18.html
Howdy! I'm Holly. I'm one of the 1st Quarter finalists (I'm still trying to wrap my head around that!), and got generous invites to come join the fun here, so I'm here. I write a general smattering across scifi and fantasy, typically ending somewhere in between. I do art and design, too, and play a handful of acceptable and obscure musical instruments.
I'm super, super excited! I got an Honorable Mention here last year and framed the certificate and look at it every day as proof that yes, I can do it, slog through those next 1000 words and keep going. But to be a finalist...I could gush for hours about how most of my heroes either came up through the contest or are currently judging it. But if you're all here, you probably know what I mean!
Anyhow, saying hi and looking forward to getting to know you all.
Finalist x 2
HM x 5
Hi Holly! I'm assuming you weren't told to be silent, as we usually are. Odd that, two people announcing... Maybe something was different about Joni's message first quarter?
Anyways, good luck with the contest!
My mottos: 1) Hakuna Matata 2) Carpe Diem 3) No Regrets 4) Never Give Up 5) The most futile thing in the world is an unasked question
Greetings Holly!
Glad someone forced, no, lured, no no no, invited you here! 
You're welcome to join in the madness that is waiting for results. And be sure to post in the Q1 thread. Now that we have a definitive time frame for eventual/final results, we need to get those last five pages filled!
D
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
Like me: facebook/AuthorTJKnight
Hello Holly, and congrats! So glad you decided to make your way over to us--it's awesome here.
~Marina
WotF Winner Q1 2012 (Vol. 29)
WotF Finalist Q2 2010 (Vol. 27)
WotF Finalist Q4 2011 (Vol. 28)
Greetings, Holly. Welcome and congratulations!
Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
Hi Holly! I'm assuming you weren't told to be silent, as we usually are. Odd that, two people announcing... Maybe something was different about Joni's message first quarter?
I asked if I could tell people, and she said yes, go ahead and tell everyone. Sorry if I broke tradition!
And thanks Dustin, MJNL, and SC!
Finalist x 2
HM x 5
Hi Holly! I'm assuming you weren't told to be silent, as we usually are. Odd that, two people announcing... Maybe something was different about Joni's message first quarter?
I asked if I could tell people, and she said yes, go ahead and tell everyone. Sorry if I broke tradition!
And thanks Dustin, MJNL, and SC!
Perhaps because it's taken so long this quarter. 
Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
Welcome, Holly! And congratulations!
Jeanette Gonzalez
HM x4, SHM x2, F x1
Hi, Holly! Glad to see you made it. Most of us are hanging out in the Q1 Jibber Jabber thread, but feel free to post your delicious Finalist status in the Results-Only thread.
Cheers,
Kary
WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Hugo and Astounding finalist, made the preliminary Stoker ballot (juried)
Published by Galaxy's Edge, DSF, StarShipSofa and TorNightfire
Welcome and congratulations Holly. Nicest way anyone could hope to make an entrance
Edit: well almost - only thing better would be be one of the top 3 ...
Very sporadic submitter but 9 HMs: latest Q1 2021
Author of Gateway Through Time: Available at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1112672
Hello all you wonderful, earth-shaking writers and illustrators! I'm sorry I don't have time to go back and read all 1019 posts...sincerely! I love having a network of like-minded people around me. My name is Arthur Wheeldon and I love to write. Period. I'm 27 and feel as though without the blank page as an outlet for my ever-present (sometimes twisted) ideas, my imagination would grow dark and angry...and I'm not a HUGE fan of anger. Anyway, this is the first time I've every submitted anything to the Writers of the Future. In fact, it is the first time I've ever submitted ANY of my creative works for something other than a grade. I'm happy to become part of something as honored as the Writers of the Future and, should I fail to place this quarter, you can be sure I'll continue to submit.
-Arthur
