Oh, my. Would you look at that?
Jody's quicker than I thought. Thursday might start as early as tomorrow.
Brace for impact!
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
@karyenglish Oh wow!
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!
@karyenglish yay! Yikes! Good luck to all!!
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
@karyenglish Thank you for update. I have to go out and stock my twitching tent.
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 7 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
This is such exciting news! Thank you Kary for the updates, and endless hard work on our behalf!
Q3 V38 - F, Q 4 V38 - SHM
Q1 V39 - HM, Q2 V39 - HM, Q3 V39 SHM, Q4 V39 SHM
Thanks you, @karyenglish .
I deeply appreciate your updates.
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
@karyenglish Fantastic!! Thank you for the permission to get ridiculously excited!! ???
Volume 41 Q1 Illustrator Winner!
4x Finalist Illustrators
5x Semi finalist Illustrators
1x HM Illustrators
7x HM Writers
3x SHM Writers
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Well that's exciting news. Thanks for the update Kary. I'll be checking my email more frequently than usual today.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.
Terry Pratchett
Thanks for these amazing updates, Kary! Hugely appreciated. 
Best of fortune to all. May the twitching begin!
"If writing is easy, you're doing it wrong." -Bryan Hutchinson
V36-37: R x6
V38: R, HM, R, HM
V39: HM, HM, HM, HM
V40: HM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: RWC, P
Seventeen years of entering. I don't twitch anymore. I just keep writing. Last week I finished my Q3, so that will be sent off in a few weeks or sooner, depends on my final rewrite time. My next project is a book length piece.
Good luck all on this Thursday before the Thursday.
Peace and Love to those who read this.
I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
Seventeen years of entering. I don't twitch anymore. I just keep writing. Last week I finished my Q3, so that will be sent off in a few weeks or sooner, depends on my final rewrite time. My next project is a book length piece.
I agree, Corbin. I've only been entering WotF since last year, but my geas is to write, not to win contests. WotF may be one of the most prestigious contests around, and it would be great to win, but it is still just a contest. Lots of good SF&F writers have gotten their start through WotF, but there are also quite a few WotF winners who've gone nowhere. I think the difference lies in how we treat our purpose.
So ... In the last two years, I've completed 16 short stories, have been submitting them all to markets, and am well over halfway through my first novel. I'm a member of two active critique groups. I can see my own writing getting better and better with every submission, and that fills me with both wonder and delight.
Write so long as words keep flowing...
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WotF: 16 submissions, every quarter since V38
SFx1; HMx7; RWCx5
FWA RPLA: 1st place Gold story (2022); 1st place Gold novel (2023)
Seventeen years of entering. I don't twitch anymore. I just keep writing. Last week I finished my Q3, so that will be sent off in a few weeks or sooner, depends on my final rewrite time. My next project is a book length piece.
I agree, Corbin. I've only been entering WotF since last year, but my geas is to write, not to win contests. WotF may be one of the most prestigious contests around, and it would be great to win, but it is still just a contest. Lots of good SF&F writers have gotten their start through WotF, but there are also quite a few WotF winners who've gone nowhere. I think the difference lies in how we treat our purpose.
So ... In the last two years, I've completed 16 short stories, have been submitting them all to markets, and am well over halfway through my first novel. I'm a member of two active critique groups. I can see my own writing getting better and better with every submission, and that fills me with both wonder and delight.
I love learning a new word. Thanks, @ehonour! I'm twitching a little, but largely ignoring it to get on with my Q3 piece!
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
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Kindle Vella - Ashes to Ashes, Earth to Kaybee
Sounds to me like you’re on the right path in your writing. Keep at it. It’s a long road.
I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James.
I wonder if the non finalists will be notified right after the finalists are called, or if they will wait until winners from the finalist pool are picked.
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 7 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
I wonder if the non finalists will be notified right after the finalists are called, or if they will wait until winners from the finalist pool are picked.
Historically, emails go out within 24-48hrs of first finalist calls.
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
www.rebeccaetreasure.com
Managing Editor, Apex Magazine
@karyenglish 
thanks, Kary! *Gulp*
Victoria Dixon
Author of Mourn Their Courage
a 2010 Sandy Writing Contest Finalist
A Tribble Ate My Lunch: a Star Trek Cookbook (unpublished)
R=24
HM= 8
SHM=4
Finalist=1
Thank you so much for the update and all your efforts thus far!
I'm not going to lie, the anticipation is getting to my subconscious. Last night I dreamed that I got a phone call, and the called ID said "Joni Labaqui," and I was too excited to answer it
Talk about optimistic!
Imagine answering the phone only to hear "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
Oh, the first call from Joni is perfectly professional, but after that all bets are off. Maybe it's because we've done a lot of email exchanges over the last five years, but she absolutely messed with me on my second and third finalist notification calls.
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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@disgruntledpeony the phone call sounds like fun. Maybe someday I'll get there
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 7 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
Well that's exciting news. Thanks for the update Kary. I'll be checking my email more frequently than usual today.
Have confidence. Check your phone, not your email.
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
Lol. This.
Have confidence. Check your phone, not your email.
Chuck Thompson
6 Rs, 5 HMs, 2 SHMs
Thank you so much for the update and all your efforts thus far!
I'm not going to lie, the anticipation is getting to my subconscious. Last night I dreamed that I got a phone call, and the called ID said "Joni Labaqui," and I was too excited to answer it
Imagine answering the phone only to hear "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
Oh, the first call from Joni is perfectly professional, but after that all bets are off. Maybe it's because we've done a lot of email exchanges over the last five years, but she absolutely messed with me on my second and third finalist notification calls.
I answered at least one of her (labelled as "unknown caller") calls to tell me I was a finalist with "Hi Joni". But you know, after 6 finalists, I kind of knew what to expect.
Waiting eagerly to hear the results of this quarter! Good luck everyone!
WOTF: HM x 16, SHMx2, SF x 1, F V31 Q3, V32 Q2, V32 Q4, V34 Q3, V36 Q1
Baen Fantasy Award Winner 2014
V32 Published Finalist
3rd place V37 Q1!
@kd-julicher That is epic!
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
Kindle Vella - Ashes to Ashes, Earth to Kaybee
So... I got a phone call on the way home from work yesterday.
Was asked to continue the call when I'm not commuting... but I think I'm a finalist.
I might still be processing.
(2020) V37 Q2 - Honorable Mention
(2021) V38 Q1 - Honorable Mention
(2021) V38 Q4 - Honorable Mention
(2022) V39 Q1 - Finalist
Thank you so much for the update and all your efforts thus far!
I'm not going to lie, the anticipation is getting to my subconscious. Last night I dreamed that I got a phone call, and the called ID said "Joni Labaqui," and I was too excited to answer it
Imagine answering the phone only to hear "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
That was exactly my initial reaction to the phone call! Doesn't help I get five or six of those calls a day.
(2020) V37 Q2 - Honorable Mention
(2021) V38 Q1 - Honorable Mention
(2021) V38 Q4 - Honorable Mention
(2022) V39 Q1 - Finalist
Wow. If so, then a huge congratulations is in order. Definitely keep us posted.
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
@thekingsguard I hope that’s the case! How exciting! I wonder if all the calls go out on the same day?
Volume 41 Q1 Illustrator Winner!
4x Finalist Illustrators
5x Semi finalist Illustrators
1x HM Illustrators
7x HM Writers
3x SHM Writers
https://clforsauthor.com
Author of the Primogenitor series: Cradle of Mars, Adaptation, Reunion, Schism: Available on Amazon under CL Fors
@corbin-maxwell That's an awesome attitude! Keep on keeping on! Then one day, suddenly, you get this strange phone-call from a contest that you submitted to, but completely forgot about because you kept on writing and submitting......
Thank you so much for the update and all your efforts thus far!
I'm not going to lie, the anticipation is getting to my subconscious. Last night I dreamed that I got a phone call, and the called ID said "Joni Labaqui," and I was too excited to answer it
Imagine answering the phone only to hear "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
That was exactly my initial reaction to the phone call! Doesn't help I get five or six of those calls a day.
My 2nd Call I actually hung up on Joni for precisely this reason. Phone rang around 11:30pm, I lifted the receiver and put it back down.
p.s. Congrats!
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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@thekingsguard I hope that’s the case! How exciting! I wonder if all the calls go out on the same day?
From my understanding, this is the case, and part of the reason for the secrecy, so everyone can know together and no spoilers, etc.
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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