[Carries over trays of appetizers and coffee for last minute stragglers. and whispers you can do it.]
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
[Carries over trays of appetizers and coffee for last minute stragglers. and whispers you can do it.]
Appetizers!? Now I wish I'd waited! ?
"...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
Happy New Year to all my fellow last-minute submitters still working feverishly to finish your stories and send them in tonight! I’m right there with you!
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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R/RWCx6
Submitted with 5 hours to spare. I'm not sure what to do with myself now. Oh, that's right, back to writing.
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
I'm in! I took a very whimsical route, writing it was super fun and the fact that it's a whole story makes me happy 😊
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to be possible and the truth doesn't." - Mark Twain
13x HM
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And if anyone wanted company: Read and write with me
Submitted! With 55 minutes left to spare! This is 100% the latest I have ever submitted before. I swear Q2 will be done earlier. Probably. Maybe.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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I'm in! I'm not as happy as I would like to be for this story, but considering I procrastinated (oops?) and wrote all of it today, I don't think I get to complain 😅
V39: -- / SHM / SHM / RWC
V40: HM / SHM / SHM / SHM
V41: RWC / HM / SHM / --
V42: -- / P / WIP
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And I am in. Had a lovely 3 minutes to spare. Sadly, this is not the first time I have submitted last minute. I had great intentions. Worked on it as much as possible, but also had to work today.
I keep saying I will get better. I do really like the story, so there's that. And I've been working on a little at a time over the last few weeks. But I had hoped for at least one final read through instead of a panicked edit to remove bits no longer needed.
May the force be with everyone!!
2025 Q1:SHM
2024 Q1:RWC, Q2:RWC, Q3:HM, Q4:SHM
2023 Q1:HM, Q2:HM, Q3:HM, Q4:HM
2022 Q2:HM, Q3:HM, Q4:SHM
2021 Q1:SHM, Q2:HM, Q3:HM
2020 Q1:HM, Q2:HM, Q3:SHM, Q4:HM
2019 Q1:SHM, Q2:R, Q3:SHM, Q4:HM
2018 Q1:R, Q2:HM, Q4:R
2017 Q4: R
I submitted yesterday with 8 hours to spare. Nice way to end the year!
Also, am I the only one the posts at the end of this thread appears messed up for?
It looks the same for me Gideon.
Congratulations on all that submitted for this quarter.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Looks normal on my phone.
Laptop is wonky.
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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I got my entry in with 20 minutes to spare last night. Yeah me! My 2023 productivity took a hit when I had a leaky appendix back in August, followed by lots of infection and surgery. Then the infection moved to my liver. I won't go into all the gross and unpleasant details except to say that last week all foreign objects were pulled out of me and I no longer need IV or oral antibiotics. I'm cured. And I managed to enter a story. 
Yeah me!
~~ Pegeen ~~
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Writer
V40 - Q1 RWC, Q2 HM,
Looks normal on my phone.
Laptop is wonky.
Yes there is a section that went odd. I am trying to figure out why still...
By the way, Happy New Year!
Looks normal on my phone.
Laptop is wonky.
Yes there is a section that went odd. I am trying to figure out why still...
By the way, Happy New Year!
hopefully the forum posts and submission software are completely separate lol 
"...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
Okay, we are all good now! Should be fixed. And yes the forum uses wpForo and for the submission portals we are using WizeHive.
Okay, we are all good now! Should be fixed. And yes the forum uses wpForo and for the submission portals we are using WizeHive.
a collective sigh of relief so loud, it made shutters rattle from Brisbane to Boston!
"...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 got my entry in with 20 minutes to spare last night. Yeah me! My 2023 productivity took a hit when I had a leaky appendix back in August, followed by lots of infection and surgery. Then the infection moved to my liver. I won't go into all the gross and unpleasant details except to say that last week all foreign objects were pulled out of me and I no longer need IV or oral antibiotics. I'm cured. And I managed to enter a story.
Congratulations! Life trials that serious often do get in the way of writing, but it's a really good feeling when you are able to find a way around them or through them and get a story in. Well done!
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I forgot to post, but I submitted on the last day of the quarter as usual 
Beth Powers
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Silver HM x 6
HM x 22
Entries x 70
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Collected Stories:
Sorcery & Widgets
Runes & Rivets
Good luck to everyone who entered this quarter!
“Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to be noticed for the way your turn a phrase. You have a very important job—one of the most important. Your job is to let people know that everyone shares their feelings—and that these feelings bind us. Your job is a healing art, and like all healers, you have a responsibility. Let people know they are not alone. You must make people understand that we are all the same.”
Brian McDonald
2022: Second Place Winner V39 Q1
2021: HM, HM, SHM
2020: R
2019: SHM, R
2018: HM
2017: HM
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I missed the deadline, what with the end of year mess 😭
Fingers crossed for all of you though!
2023 - V40 - Q4 HM
2024 - V41 - Q2 HM - Q3 HM - Q4 HM
@hannya sorry to read that you missed the deadline.
I'm struggling with writing too, so you're not alone. 
"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--
Okay, we are all good now! Should be fixed.
Thank you for your continued support and fast response.
"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'm starting a rumor. Q1 results will be out in 4-6 weeks. Pass it on.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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HMx5
R/RWCx6
I'm starting a rumor. Q1 results will be out in 4-6 weeks. Pass it on.
We all know your story was so good you won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and they're just working out how best to tell the rest of us.
Oh and how to print it three different ways without anyone noticing.
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
My Blog
Small Gods and Little Demons - Parsec Issue #10
I'm starting a rumor. Q1 results will be out in 4-6 weeks. Pass it on.
We all know your story was so good you won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and they're just working out how best to tell the rest of us.
Oh and how to print it three different ways without anyone noticing.
like Tolkien's work they'll prob divide the one piece into a trilogy....
"...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
@gideonpsmith LOL. I'm not sure my Q1 will make HM this quarter, but I doubt I'll find out until after the gala in April 
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
We're coming to the close of the March's first week and nobody is twitching yet? Not even @physa?
V39 Q4 - HM
V40 Q1 - SHM, Q2-HM. Q3-RWC Q4-RWC
V41 Q1-RWC, Q2-HM, Q3-P
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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HMx5
R/RWCx6
[pops out of her hole to test the wind]
[detects activity off to the far west]
[something about an annual achievement award gala on April 25]
[40th year. Cover was revealed March 1. Lots of excitement!]
[Hmmm.... pretty late compared to other years]
[decides to burrow back down and try to wrestle her Q2 to the ground]
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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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According to Winston Churchill, "success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Somehow I lost my Guthington profile, but it's me. Amy Wethington = Guthington = Physa
We're coming to the close of the March's first week and nobody is twitching yet?
Nah. Since they came up with rwc I haven't even got an HM. I still write good stories, it's just now they award rwc instead of HM's.
I guess I am on the outside looking in. I missed my chance, oh well.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
