Will Joni use her time morphing power and make today a Thursday?
Alas, my empty email inbox still says no. Guess I oughta get back to work on my Q2 story.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
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SFx1
HMx5
R/RWCx6
Im not sure about the entry I put in this quarter. Expecting an R.
Be positive. 
I've gotten a HM on a story I'd lost hope on and a R on story I thought should have been much higher. Go figure.
"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--
Friday
[Concentrate]
[Don't lose focus]
[Envision today being Thursday]
[Ow, getting headache]
[Keep concentrating]
Did it work? Is today Thursday?
"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--
Hanging it up for St. Patrick's Day weekend.
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.
Well, I was hoping to submit my revised DQ story yesterday to celebrate Pi Day, but I couldn't resist tinkering with it a bit more. So the submission was today, the Ides of March. How could anything go wrong with that? And on a Friday, no less.
The wait ... what?
The wait ...
The weight ...
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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As expected RWC for me. I already know which comment applies. Failure to launch.
Looking forward to seeing everyone elses
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.
R with Whatsit.
I'll be happy to free up this tale for other markets. It's a quiet story, the SF elements are minimal (hence the whatsit, I imagine)
Might pass as literary if I give up on wanting to be paid for my work...
Luck to you all!
@DonMarkmaker
RWC for me which was what I was expecting so I'm not too bummed about it
V39: -- / SHM / SHM / RWC
V40: HM / SHM / SHM / SHM
V41: RWC / HM / SHM / --
V42: -- / P / WIP
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I got a thank you for entering your story did not place message from Joni. I sure miss the simple times when I got a solid R.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
HM for my Q1 story. Yay, I broke my Q1 RWC curse...
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
Check out my new website: https://www.amyrwethingtonwriterofspeculativeworlds.com/
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
@physa congratulations
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.
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.
Looks like the third sub is NOT a guaranteed win. I’ll have to reevaluate my science on that.
The upcoming Q2 sub marks my one-year anniversary of subbing here. Looking forward to seeing what the road ahead holds!
"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)
Oh well, I'll submit my story to another market tomorrow. Maybe my Q2 entry will do better.
Writers of the Future stats:
V32: Q3 - R
V33: Q3 - R
V39: Q4 - RWC
V40: RWC, R, HM, HM
V41: R, HM, RWC, HM
V42: Q1 - HM, Q2 - sub'd, Q3 - ???
All markets submission stats:
229 Submissions
221 Rejections
29 Personal Rejections
0 Acceptances
Got a rejection. Honestly, it's so niche, I was expecting a rejection with comments. On to the niche magazines then!
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
Got a rejection. Honestly, it's so niche, I was expecting a rejection with comments. On to the niche magazines then!
Exactly! This is just one market. Their rejection simply means the story wasn't right for them. It doesn't mean your story is defective or lacking. I'm sure it would be great to win, but it's also nice to have the story back so you can find it the home it deserves. I've written stories that got rejected here that I'd be happy to hold up to any of their first place winners. I've also had a stinker or two get HM or SHM. And I've seen a stinker or two get into the book. I've sold stinkers for more money than better stories that were harder to sell but I knew they were better. The only real solution is to keep working, keep submitting, and submit everywhere you can. Write on, write on, write on!
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 knew this story couldn’t do any better than this, so I’m happy with an HM. Congrats to all who entered!
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.
https://kzrichards.com
For a story which received HM last year:
"Never give up! Never surrender!" -- Galaxy Quest
Vol. 36: 3rd -- R, 4th -- R
Vol. 37: R, HM, HM, SHM
Vol. 38: HM, HM, HM, HM
Vol. 39: SHM, RWC, RWC, HM
Vol. 40: HM, R, RWC, R
Vol. 41: R, HM, HM, HM
Vol. 42: R, 2nd qtr. pending, 3rd qtr. WIP
Amateur published stories:
"The Army Ration That Saved the Earth" in For Glory and Honor, LTUE 2026 anthology
"The Tell-Tale Cricket" in The Murderbugs Anthololgy
"Follow the Pretrons" in Martian Magazine, and a Critters Award
"Eyes and Hands" in Galaxy's Edge Magazine
"The Last Dance" in Parliament of Wizards, LTUE anthology
"My Ten Cents" in Sci Fi Lampoon
Professional Publication:
"Invasion" in Daily Science Fiction
SHM woot woot!
SHM 😁 now on to finishing my next submission and continuing with the baby step progression. Congrats to everyone who entered!
Vol 40 - Q3 D; Q4 HM
Vol 41 - Q1 SHM; Q2 HM; Q3 P
This was going to be my final rewrite of one of my earlier stories, which I submitted because I've been focusing on the third draft of my novel. It's my favorite RWC, but I was concerned because I honestly had no clue what they thought the issue was. I thought I tightened up and clarified the story, but it looks like I was right to be concerned. Anyway, my last three new stories have all earned certificates, and I'm happy with how my Q2 is going. I also know a place where I have a small but non-zero chance of placing this.
Congrats to those who did well, sympathies to those who are disappointed, and I hope one or more of you are being quiet for the very best of reasons. Let's not give up, any of us.
V38: HM, R, R, HM
V39: RWC, HM, RWC, HM
V40: RWC, HM, SHM, R
V41: R, RWC, R, R
V42: RWC, WIP, WIP
@angelslayah Thanks!
V38: HM, R, R, HM
V39: RWC, HM, RWC, HM
V40: RWC, HM, SHM, R
V41: R, RWC, R, R
V42: RWC, WIP, WIP
HM for me. Broke my run of RWC's and put me back to where I'm used to. Still a long way from being good enough.
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Another HM.
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
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A RWC for me.
I do wish the email said' Rejection With Comments'. It took me a while to work out whether it was a R or RWC.
Anyway, I think I know what they didn't like with this one? There's a scene where intense violence/torture is implied (protagonist believes violence is real), only they learn a few paragraphs later that it wasn't so.
Would that be enough 'violence' to make it RWC?
Or maybe my launch wasn't as good as I thought it was.
"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
Another R for me, which makes two in a row.
The first R was a good story, according to my test readers, but a bit preachy and that I could understand (right market for the right story).
This last one was a HM resubmit and my test readers were very pleased with the edits that addressed some holes in the story.
No more resubmits for me.
"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--
@scott_m_sands Excessive violence, or even bloody violence can be the reason.
I did get a semi-finalist with a military story, but that type of kills were alien monsters and I used phrasing like:
- Double-tap from each of us took out the three
- emptied a clip into it
- arm, most of its head, and part of the archway wall had been blasted away
graphic, but not too bloody.
"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--
@time congrats on the HM.
Keeping on writing.
"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--
