Submitted!
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: RWC, (HM Resubmit), WIP, ?
2024 V41: RWC (HM Resubmit), HM, RWC, Finalist (RWC Resubmit)
2023 V40: HM, HM, R, HM
2022 V39: SHM, HM, Semi-finalist, HM (HM Resubmit)
2021 V38: ---HM (R Resubmit)
2020 V37: -R--
I think computers can sense when you're on a deadline, because I was working on my last few edits yesterday and my document kept crashing until I had lost hours of work. Maddening.
"Never tell me the odds!" -Han Solo
@martin-l-shoemaker oh no, dare I ask? What happened?
"Never tell me the odds!" -Han Solo
I think computers can sense when you're on a deadline, because I was working on my last few edits yesterday and my document kept crashing until I had lost hours of work. Maddening.
But that doesn't mean they're smart - if I'm working on it, it means I'm on a deadline ?
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
Writers of the Future:
2025 Q1: HM Q2: P Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2025: 52 submitted 3 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2025 goals: a. New Novel b. New piece submitted/month c. 100 rejections
@martin-l-shoemaker oh no, dare I ask? What happened?
That was the quarter that K.D. Wentworth (then the Coordinating Judge) passed away in the middle of judging. She had picked one Finalist, but that was of course a secret. Other than that, results were unknown.
In the middle of their grief, the Contest staff had to find a new Coordinating Judge (Dave) and bring him up to speed. Dave had been Coordinating Judge before, so it wasn’t a complete reboot, but it was close to starting over.
So none of us on the Forum knew anything. Some of us were friends of K.D., so they were grieving, too. So we had to support each other through a lot. The V29Q1 thread became a rallying point/support group, a real bonding experience.
it also became The Thread That Never Ends. We didn’t get Q1 results until July.
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
Third submission is in! "Third time's a charm" is an immutable axiom that guarantees a win on your third attempt, right? I choose to believe so.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.“ -C. S. Lewis
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V40: RWC, HM
V41: HM, HM
V42: P
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All my prior HMs are here.
"4 Laws of Storytelling" (YouTube reflections on the craft)
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
I think computers can sense when you're on a deadline, because I was working on my last few edits yesterday and my document kept crashing until I had lost hours of work. Maddening.
A traumatizing reminder of that one time a paper of mine vanished without a trace after a 36-hour straight writing binge! Computer didn't even crash, the document just vanished. We're worried about AI taking over the world when we should be worried it'll just troll us for fun.
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.“ -C. S. Lewis
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V40: RWC, HM
V41: HM, HM
V42: P
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All my prior HMs are here.
"4 Laws of Storytelling" (YouTube reflections on the craft)
I think computers can sense when you're on a deadline, because I was working on my last few edits yesterday and my document kept crashing until I had lost hours of work. Maddening.
A traumatizing reminder of that one time a paper of mine vanished without a trace after a 36-hour straight writing binge! Computer didn't even crash, the document just vanished. We're worried about AI taking over the world when we should be worried it'll just troll us for fun.
So, what you're saying is that you fear AI will become indistinguishable from half of Facebook? 
Half? I think you might need to recalculate. You're giving social media far too much credit ?
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
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@krqueen_writes I've become complacent in my trust of the cloud to save my work; I remember BITD we'd obsessively save our work to floppy drives. 36 hours of work tho? Holy hell. I'd legit burn something. Probably myself.
"Never tell me the odds!" -Han Solo
Third submission is in! "Third time's a charm" is an immutable axiom that guarantees a win on your third attempt, right? I choose to believe so.
Well, I did get finalist on my 3rd submission, and won on my 3rd finalist, so you never know!
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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I think computers can sense when you're on a deadline, because I was working on my last few edits yesterday and my document kept crashing until I had lost hours of work. Maddening.
Augh. That is maddening.
I have learned that if you are using MS Word/Excel locally and your PC crashes, there is a copy it auto saves in your tmp folder. I've saved many a co-worker hours of work helping them find that doc they've been working on. You can google how to find it for the folder.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: RWC, (HM Resubmit), WIP, ?
2024 V41: RWC (HM Resubmit), HM, RWC, Finalist (RWC Resubmit)
2023 V40: HM, HM, R, HM
2022 V39: SHM, HM, Semi-finalist, HM (HM Resubmit)
2021 V38: ---HM (R Resubmit)
2020 V37: -R--
What encouragement to hear so many positive comments about third submissions! I just sent my third in yesterday. It's a re-working of an idea I jotted down in a Leisure Learning writing class I took 25 years ago. I discovered the notebook containing my initial version in September while debriding my desk and thought of a better ending. It's actually a great relief to be done with it finally.
What encouragement to hear so many positive comments about third submissions! I just sent my third in yesterday. It's a re-working of an idea I jotted down in a Leisure Learning writing class I took 25 years ago. I discovered the notebook containing my initial version in September while debriding my desk and thought of a better ending. It's actually a great relief to be done with it finally.
Third place is the place to be!
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
I confess I've binged Stardew Valley during the holidays so I'm starting a story for this quarter last minute. There's a lesson in here somewhere about procrastination, but I have no regrets ?
"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'm in. ? Fingers crossed.
V42: SHM, Pending, WIP, ___
V41: HM, Finalist, HM, SHM
V40: HM, HM, RWC, HM
V39: R, R, R, HM
V38: R,
...And that's a wrap. Story's written, edited, and submitted. Strange how the stress is still here ?
Q3V40:SF Q4:HM
Q1V41:HM Q2:HM Q3:SF Q4: RWC
Q1V42: SHM
yeah, still editing mine. I've got about 24 hours to go- what's the rush?
Thank you for your submission to the Writers of the Future Contest, 1st Quarter 2024 for volume 41. (Cycle 41A)
I'm in.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
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Good luck with the deadline, all! You've got this!
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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Thank you for your submission to the Writers of the Future Contest, 1st Quarter 2024 for volume 41. (Cycle 41A)
I'm in.
Mild panic when I saw this in my email. (Wait…did I accidentally submit something?!)
Good luck on your entry! I’m still deciding which of my two options to send in. This is new for me, waiting the day of. Can’t say I’m a fan. ?
V39: - - - HM
V40: SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: HM, SHM, SHM, F
V42: DQ, P
Stories published in Triangulation: Hospitium, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others.
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I'm in! Now falling asleep on the couch holds no terror. ?
You can do it out there!
Q3 V38 - F, Q 4 V38 - SHM
Q1 V39 - HM, Q2 V39 - HM, Q3 V39 SHM, Q4 V39 SHM
Whew. Have I really been silent here since the last day of the last quarter? Life does get full sometimes. Been working on this submission (one way or another) all quarter, and finally pushed it to completion. Thirteen hours remaining, no sweat, right?
Now to go read some writing advice articles from Wulf Moon and Joni Fisher. (Wait. Maybe I should have read those articles before submitting? Well, there's always next quarter!)
Write so long as words keep flowing...
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FWA RPLA: 2021:Fx2; 2022:1st place Gold, 2023: 1st place Gold novel
V38 HMx2; V39 HMx2, RWC, DQ (oops)
V40 SF(!), HM; RWCx2; V41 HM, RWCx2, DQ (what, again!)
V42 Q1:R, Sub
I'm in too. Not because it was last minute. I was just fiddling with it.
Also, am I the only one the posts at the end of this thread appears messed up for?
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
Writers of the Future:
2025 Q1: HM Q2: P Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2025: 52 submitted 3 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2025 goals: a. New Novel b. New piece submitted/month c. 100 rejections
I'm seeing posts below the posters' avatars, not adjacent to them.
Good luck, everyone!
Happy New Year!
All submitted for V41 Q1!
V39 Q4 - HM
V40 Q1 - SHM, Q2-HM. Q3-RWC Q4-RWC
V41 Q1-RWC, Q2-HM, Q3-P
Thanks to an encouraging writers group, I submitted my piece! I told them my goal was to submit one every quarter and they're holding me to it! I'm really glad I did. After a flurry of writing I produced something I'm only half-way embarrassed to share. I'd call it a success!
On to next quarter's story!
Good luck everyone!
Q1 story submitted before lunch today. Good luck to everyone! And... happy New Year's Eve.
WOTF results:
Vol 42: Q1 SHM, Q2 pending, Q3 ?
running totals to date:
WOTF: 6 Rs, 3 RWCs, 8 HMs, 1 SHM
IOTF: 4 Rs, 3 HMs
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