Writers:
https://writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-the-future-3rd-quarter-winners-announced-for-volume-41/
And the winners are:
First Place – TR Naus from Virginia
Second Place – Ian Keith from Arizona
Third Place – Joel C. Scoberg from Wales, Great Britain
Illustrators:
And the winners are:
John Barlow from Minnesota
HeatherAnne Lee from New York
Breanda Audrey Petsch from Colorado
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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Well, I've just received my first crit on my piece for Q2, and, while I was waiting for it, wrote something that wasn't intended for WotF, but might be just right. Do I wait for Q3 for one of these - and which one?
And by now, I can't even remember what my Q1 submission is about.
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Okay, the submission portal is now open for Q3 (Cycle 41C). Good luck to everyone! If anyone has any issues let me know, but should be all good to go.
I've probably guessed the correct answer to my own question, but I want to double-check anyway.
I haven't heard anything about my Q2 submission (probably way too soon since I didn't submit until the end of the quarter came bearing down upon me), but can I still submit for Q3? I know it says no simultaneous submissions, but am I correct in assuming that means per quarter and I'm free to submit for the next quarter even if I'm not sure what the judges thought of my earlier submission?
@shounenbat Yes, it's fine to submit. Q2 results might not be released until after the Q3 deadline. Recently I had submissions for three quarters simultaneously pending.
V38: HM, R, R, HM
V39: RWC, HM, RWC, HM
V40: RWC, HM, SHM, R
V41: R, RWC, R, WIP
Brainstorming for next WotF.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P, P
"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.
I'm working on my Q3 story now. I started it Q1, but that didn't happen. Then thought I'd submit for Q2, but realized I didn't have the right heart's desire for the MC. Now I think I have it figured out and need to smooth out the rough draft.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-RWC (Resubmitted a "HM"), Q2-HM, Q3-RWC, Q4-In Process (Going to Resubmitted a "RWC")
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM (Resubmitted a "HM")
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM (Resubmitted a "R")
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
I'm working on my Q3 story now. I started it Q1, but that didn't happen. Then thought I'd submit for Q2, but realized I didn't have the right heart's desire for the MC. Now I think I have it figured out and need to smooth out the rough draft.
I hear you. The story I submitted at the tail end of last quarter was a hasty write because the one I'd been working on most of the year just wasn't coming together. The way I had it in my head would basically only work at a flash fiction story. Then I changed the POV character to let the story breathe a little and it wound up about 16,500 words. I'm still working it out! Aargh!
I've probably guessed the correct answer to my own question, but I want to double-check anyway.
I haven't heard anything about my Q2 submission (probably way too soon since I didn't submit until the end of the quarter came bearing down upon me), but can I still submit for Q3? I know it says no simultaneous submissions, but am I correct in assuming that means per quarter and I'm free to submit for the next quarter even if I'm not sure what the judges thought of my earlier submission?
Have a look at the first post. As long as you submit only one time during each of the four quarters, you're good.
You can't submit say, January 10th, then February 25th. That's two in the same quarter.
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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@toddjones Fabulous, you're on you way. Took my winning story a solid redraft as well in terms of characterization (for protagonist and for the antagonist), and it made all the difference.
“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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That's me in for Q3.
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Got a draft now for QT3 working on editing.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P, P
"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.
@jason ok, so even though I've already submitted art for Q3, I'm still waiting on results for Q2. I have a "e.s.p. hunch" that it's about to come down any day now...(maybe this week?)... 
Waiting on my final reader for Q3.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P, P
"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.
In with an older thing which I hadn't realized I'd never submitted to the Contest. Personally I think it's got legs, but tho it's come close, it's not sold elsewhere.
Still, you know what they say: fifty-third time's the charm!
@DonMarkmaker
I'm in for QTR3, v41.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P, P
"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.
@jason ok, so even though I've already submitted art for Q3, I'm still waiting on results for Q2. I have a "e.s.p. hunch" that it's about to come down any day now...(maybe this week?)...
Sounds good. Yes Q2 is still in judging. I don't have control over this but hope it is soon.
I too am in for Q3 v41! My first-ever WotF submission.
Just submitted for Q3. This is my earliest submission yet. But it's because I started it six months ago and skipped last quarter. Ah well, now to work on next quarters submission. It is nice having it done before the last minute.
I too am in for Q3 v41! My first-ever WotF submission.
Congrats on your first submission. 
Wipe the sweat off and enjoy watching others cross the finish line.
Of course, in a couple weeks WotF will be moving the finish line for another submission. So, don't rest too long.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-RWC (Resubmitted a "HM"), Q2-HM, Q3-RWC, Q4-In Process (Going to Resubmitted a "RWC")
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM (Resubmitted a "HM")
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM (Resubmitted a "R")
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
The DEADline is beginning to loom like a diplodocus peering into a fifth-story window. (Right. That's one of those famous USELESS metaphors.) Got a couple of very helpful critiques, now doing final edit. Soon.
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 Q3:HM; Q4:HM
V39 Q1:HM; Q2:RWC; Q3:HM; Q4:DQ (oops)
V40 Q1:HM; Q2:RWC; Q3:SF(!); Q4:RWC
V41 Q1:RWC; Q2:HM; Q3:RWC
@ehonour You got this. 
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-RWC (Resubmitted a "HM"), Q2-HM, Q3-RWC, Q4-In Process (Going to Resubmitted a "RWC")
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM (Resubmitted a "HM")
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM (Resubmitted a "R")
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
so true !@jason Well, now it's looking like more to the end of June or Pre-July 4th festivities. I hope that the judges are able to get their barbecues ready by then... 
I am in. I'm not usually this late but I've been busy with a novel.
R:6 RWC:1 HM:9 SHM:3
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I am in. I'm not usually this late but I've been busy with a novel.
"Too busy writing" is always a good excuse!
I'll make it in by Sunday, I swear.
"You can either sit here and write, or you can sit here and do nothing. But you can’t sit here and do anything else."
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SFx1
HMx5
R/RWCx5
so I submitted. The system flaking out yesterday made me too nervous to wait till Sunday/last day like I normally do
"...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:
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: P
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2024: 26 submitted 4 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
I’m also in for Q3.
V39:- - - HM
V40:SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: HM, SHM, SHM, WIP
Stories published in Parsec Ink, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others.
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@stricklandia congratulations! Big first step. You got to be in it to win it, right?
3rd Place Q3 Vol 41
Submission history: R x 2 / HM x 7 / SHM x 2
Stories published in Daily Science Fiction, Every Day Fiction, 365tomorrows, and Gwyllion Magazine.
I am also in and with two days to spare!
Good luck, and well done, to everyone else who has entered this quarter.
3rd Place Q3 Vol 41
Submission history: R x 2 / HM x 7 / SHM x 2
Stories published in Daily Science Fiction, Every Day Fiction, 365tomorrows, and Gwyllion Magazine.
