Discussion: Q4 Volume 36

Silver Honorable for me. I'll take top 50 out of thousands. I guess. If I have to.

Well done everybody. Whether you placed or not, it's the production and the submission that's important.

You guys... omigod, you guys...

Wowzers! Grats!! My fingers and hooves are crossed for you

"An HM for me," he said, tacking toward the wind.

Grats also for everyone who has placed

Just received my R. It inspires me to do better.

Congrats to those who have placed. To those who didn't win, keep trying!

Mark

First time getting an HM, so I'm pretty pumped.

Congrats to everyone! Even if you didn't place, writing and submitting a story is an achievement.

wotf056 It’s Thursday!

congrats....you are now closer to winning:)

Honorable Mention for me. I wish we knew how many entrants, because that's basically like top 10%, right?

Joni keeps the total number of entries secret so as not to discourage aspiring writers from entering. But Dave has publicly said "thousands" each quarter, so it's out there. As to 10% of all entries, that's not really true. HMs are merit based. They are not percentage based. As Kevin J. Anderson once told me at the Seattle WotF gala, "Even getting one HM is a BIG DEAL. They don't give those things out lightly."

Enjoy!

~Moon~

I recall Preston saying that it was said in an official blog a "few thousand" years ago but that, since that comment, have said it has grown every year. Which is why I've had 4,000 in my head as a possible number.

Added: This fellow said he heard 3,000 back in 2017 https://writersofthefuture.com/lou-j-berger-on-writers-of-the-future/

Congratulations to all who placed. For those that didn't, keep writing! Get that submission in for the next quarter!

A lot of HMs here! Congrats to all the forumite HMers!

Big fat R. So, I'm 1 HM, 2 R. They offered feedback. I didn't get that last time.

And, it's...

(I don't think I've actually used the icon before.)

Looks like another shiny rejection for me.
Ah well, back to the old keyboard haha!

How do all these emails get sent out? Does Joni have to match up every single story to its owner individually and then send out each email manually? (Man, I hope not...that sounds like a metric ton of work.)

You guys... omigod, you guys...

Judges' results aren't in yet, so my twitching has only just begun.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! Congratulations, Liz!!!! I'm totally routing for you to WIN!!!!
I think I'm living vicariously through you right now!!!! LOL

Also...

Congratulations on your Silver HM, WriterGirl! Top 50 is wonderful. You were in Dave's final stack!

All the beast!

Wulf Moon

wotf056

Silver Honorable for me. I'll take top 50 out of thousands. I guess. If I have to.

Well done everybody. Whether you placed or not, it's the production and the submission that's important.

Another Silver HM! Nice work, Michael! You were in Dave's final stack!

All the beast,

Wulf Moon

wotf056

This is my first silver. I'm pretty happy about that.

My sincere congratulations to everyone who enterd.

Henckel! Well done! Proud of you making top 50! Dave's final stack! You wrote a pro story. Congratulations!

All the beast,

Wulf Moon

Congratulations to everyone with HM and above, especially those who've levelled up. It's great to read.

I got an R. I'm not sure I'm cut out for longer stories (my HM was 1,400 words), but I'm not going to stop trying yet.

Welp, broke my HM streak, but not in the direction I'd hoped. Congrats to everyone that placed!!

Still waiting on results over here...I'm positive I didn't get semifinalist since this is only my second submission ever, but the suspense is still killing me. Haha.

Still waiting on results over here...I'm positive I didn't get semifinalist since this is only my second submission ever, but the suspense is still killing me. Haha.

Given that results are out and you haven’t heard...

Congratulations to everyone on the forum. Thanks for all the help and encouragement from Wulf. And thank you Henckel for the crit on my entry.
Hope you win disgruntledpeony.

Still waiting on results over here...I'm positive I didn't get semifinalist since this is only my second submission ever, but the suspense is still killing me. Haha.

Given that results are out and you haven’t heard...

It would certainly be nice, but I won't expect anything.

Still waiting on results over here...I'm positive I didn't get semifinalist since this is only my second submission ever, but the suspense is still killing me. Haha.

Given that results are out and you haven’t heard...

It would certainly be nice, but I won't expect anything.
Not wanting to get your hopes up unnecessarily, but my first quarter I got an R and my second quarter I got a SF. It can happen.

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Given that results are out and you haven’t heard...

It would certainly be nice, but I won't expect anything.
Not wanting to get your hopes up unnecessarily, but my first quarter I got an R and my second quarter I got a SF. It can happen.

Haha! I'll just try to keep my hopes down over here...I've definitely seen others get their rejections days or weeks late before too. I guess I'll find out either way!

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Got a honourable mention. My second one. First one last yea. A yearly thing for me huh. Lol. So HM is what? Top 100? And who knows when the certificates come in? How long? Live in Nigeria. Can't remember how long the last one took. And when can I announce? I think there's an official post on the site. When does that come out? Since I can't announce with the email, I gotta wait for that. And I am bursting to share this.

Got a honourable mention. My second one. First one last yea. A yearly thing for me huh. Lol. So HM is what? Top 100? And who knows when the certificates come in? How long? Live in Nigeria. Can't remember how long the last one took. And when can I announce? I think there's an official post on the site. When does that come out? Since I can't announce with the email, I gotta wait for that. And I am bursting to share this.

Congratulations, Pen-Prince! There can be hundreds of HMs--the count varies according to the quality. You can announce at any time after you received the notification--I see many already doing so on Facebook! The official post usually takes several weeks to compose, so you can share that as well when it comes out.

Keep writing, keep sending!

~Moon~

Congrats to everyone's hard work! Let's rock on to 37!

Got a honourable mention. My second one. First one last yea. A yearly thing for me huh. Lol. So HM is what? Top 100? And who knows when the certificates come in? How long? Live in Nigeria. Can't remember how long the last one took. And when can I announce? I think there's an official post on the site. When does that come out? Since I can't announce with the email, I gotta wait for that. And I am bursting to share this.

Congratulations, Pen-Prince! There can be hundreds of HMs--the count varies according to the quality. You can announce at any time after you received the notification--I see many already doing so on Facebook! The official post usually takes several weeks to compose, so you can share that as well when it comes out.

Keep writing, keep sending!

~Moon~

Thanks Moon. This makes me happy to the moon and back. I didn't win yet, but little victories yea.

This is how it begins, Pen-Prince. Small victories, that give us signs we are on the right path. Keep the faith, never quit, do the work, and you shall receive the reward. There was another WotF winner from Nigeria. He blazed the trail for you!

So, is it unusual for there to be so many SHMs and HMs among forumites?