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(@chs)
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Posted by: @tj_knight

@chs nice debut! 

You'll definitely get a critique, however, if you didn't get results via e-mail, you should contact Joni or Jason to confirm they have a working e-mail to send said critique. You could @ jason here and set up a PM or e-mail contests @ authorservicesinc.com (that's Joni). 

Thanks @tj_knight! Yes, really looking forward to the feedback and thanks for the just-in-case contact info.

 

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Posted : July 9, 2025 9:04 am
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Posted by: @stricklandia

Thanks all for the congrats—this is all still rather hard to believe! Eek Congrats to all SFs, SHMs, and HMs—and to everyone who finished and submitted a story, which already puts you in rarified company!

In case anyone's interested (and hopefully a shameless plug is allowed*), I wrote up my news in my newsletter this morning. Subscribe (free) if the subject matter interests you; I write about writing, including my current pursuit of a creative writing MFA (and I'm sure to write about my contest experience as next year's workshop approaches). 

https://stricklandia.substack.com/

 

 

* Looks like links to our personal websites are subject to moderator discretion according to the rules, so please feel free to edit my post (or ask me to do so) if this is too shameless LOL.

 

enjoyed the newsletter post and as I didn't yet say as I was waiting for you to announce - congrats! clapper  

 

"...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: SHM Q3: P 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: 115 submitted 8 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

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Posted : July 9, 2025 2:19 pm
Preston Dennett
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Congrats everyone. So awesome to see the forumites doing so well. Don't give up. That's the secret to success. Only took me like 47 tries before I crossed the finish line. Can't wait to read the latest volume. I've got them all BTW. Loved volume 41. That's another great way to know what the contest likes. Read the latest volumes. 

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
42 stories published! (and counting!)

 
Posted : July 10, 2025 12:33 pm
Jose Sanchez
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So, hello there Preston. Im glad you made the finish line with your hard work and persistence. Its also nice to see you here as well. Unfortunately for me, I cant say the same thing- although I HAVE gotten 2 Semi-Finalist (with one being critiqued ) and about 6 HM's. So not too shabby. Of course, I have been at this since 1998 so that is something to ponder.

Take care and stay well,

Jose Sanchez 

 
Posted : July 10, 2025 3:28 pm
Physa/ Guthington/ Amy
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Looks like the Q2 certificates are arriving! I just got my SHM certificate in the mail [not sure if it came Friday, Saturday, Monday, or today because it was sent to a PO Box. Anyway, be on the lookout! Thank you author services! Starry Eyes  

WOTF results:
Vol 42: Q1 SHM, Q2 SHM, Q3 P, Q4 ?
running totals to date:
WOTF: 6 Rs, 3 RWCs, 8 HMs, 2 SHMs
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

 
Posted : July 22, 2025 12:57 pm
(@chs)
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Thanks for the heads up, @physa! I just (late Sunday afternoon) received my critique as well. Wow -- I'm super impressed by this team...

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Posted : July 22, 2025 6:56 pm
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Cray Dimensional
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Got my HM in mail today

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

 
Posted : July 22, 2025 7:17 pm
Prate Gabble
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Got my certificate today.

Wonderful thing that the contest can give recognition to everyone who places. When a story I wrote in college placed second in a multi college contest, I got a two sentence note on scratch paper from the judge. Funding had fallen through for the creative writing magazine they printed for the contest, so the winner got the same jack that I got.

Here, there are occasional non-winners who go to print. This must be the right place.

Have fun.

F x 3

 
Posted : July 24, 2025 5:53 pm
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