@tj_knight All good solutions have bogwater as the base...It's the most important component after all.
Volume 41 Q1 Illustrator Winner!
4x Finalist Illustrators
5x Semi finalist Illustrators
1x HM Illustrators
7x HM Writers
3x SHM Writers
https://clforsauthor.com
Author of the Primogenitor series: Cradle of Mars, Adaptation, Reunion, Schism: Available on Amazon under CL Fors
@kz_richards You did your job! I'm crossing my fingers and toes for you.
Volume 41 Q1 Illustrator Winner!
4x Finalist Illustrators
5x Semi finalist Illustrators
1x HM Illustrators
7x HM Writers
3x SHM Writers
https://clforsauthor.com
Author of the Primogenitor series: Cradle of Mars, Adaptation, Reunion, Schism: Available on Amazon under CL Fors
@clfors Thanks, Cherrie! I’m crossing mine for you, too!
V39: - - - HM
V40: SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: HM, SHM, SHM, F
V42: WIP
Stories published in Triangulation, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others.
https://kzrichards.com
Brought a "Box of Joe" and Scones over the last-minute writers group. You can do this.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, R, R, 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 in for Q4--I thought I would submit before the last day, but somehow, here we are again 
Beth Powers
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Silver HM x 6
HM x 21
Entries x 68
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Collected Stories:
Sorcery & Widgets
Runes & Rivets
It's now past 11:59 p.m. September 30, 2024 in the US.... but only East Coast Time!
which means as the competition runs off PST, there's still time!
good luck everyone 
"...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: P Q2: WIP 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:
2024: 45 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
Yes, just about 2 hours left to go...
In.
F x 3
Congrats to all who are in!
Q4 tends to be the shortest wait. Unless you're Gideon in which case you've already been waiting three months.
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The shortest wait huh? I wonder what the reason behind that is 🤔 Jury wants to be done for the holidays? Fewer contestants due to the summer?
V41: - - - HM
V42: P
The shortest wait huh? I wonder what the reason behind that is 🤔 Jury wants to be done for the holidays? Fewer contestants due to the summer?
The volume has to get edited and sent to the printers. They need time to do that so they have to turn things around quick at the end of the volume series (q4).
Conversely Q1 is often longest I think because they are involved in doing the gala right around when results would come out and thats a lot of planning and work.
"...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: P Q2: WIP 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:
2024: 45 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
Congrats, and good luck, to everyone for Q4.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: WIP
2024 V41: RWC (Resubmitted "HM"), 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--
Checking my records I see that last year's Q4 response was on 11 Nov and the previous year it was 7 Nov.
Today is Thursday, so who knows. Today could be the day!
😎
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 - wip
All markets submission stats:
215 Submissions
207 Rejections
26 Personal Rejections
0 Acceptances
@pmg I wonder if Martin's stroke will affect that. They did not have as many slush readers this quarter.
I'm kinda sucked into my qtr1 entry right now, so I can use a week or so without twitching.
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, R, R, 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.
@annmarieinlr Oh no, I didn't know that had happened. That's awful news. I hope he's doing okay!
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 - wip
All markets submission stats:
215 Submissions
207 Rejections
26 Personal Rejections
0 Acceptances
@pmg While he isn't done with recovery, Martin has worked so hard and had been a beast at doing what he needs to get back to good health. I've been so impressed watching him tackle this.
@annmarieinlr Great to hear. My thoughts are with him.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: WIP
2024 V41: RWC (Resubmitted "HM"), 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--
@toddjones he's been keeping us up-to-date here:
https://writersofthefuture.com/forum/postid/56222/
V41: - - - HM
V42: P
Today could be the day!
I have not even been thinking about this, but suddenly I am a bit twitchy. Trying to remind myself that I don’t even want to win, because then I’d never get to write my Q1 entry.
…
I don’t quite believe me.
@m-norris You want to win. Then, you still write the story you had in mind for Q1 and sell it to a pro market.
[I will not start twitching. I will not start twitching]
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, R, R, 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.
@craydimensional I've been twitching. I think it's because I've never had a story that meant more to me before. This story was my heart bleeding in ink.
@annmarieinlr I hope it wins. Crossing my fingers for you. This one is a hail mary for me but the one I am working on is my favorite,
Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, R, R, 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.
@annmarieinlr same! Normally ideas come easily for me. This one was emotionally difficult.
V33- SF
V38- SHM, HM
V39- HM,R
V40- HM
V41- Q2-SHM, Q3-SHM, Q4-SHM
@wahlquistj {{ hug }} Emotional stories are hard, but generally worth it.
Super excited for this one. It's definitely one of my better stories, written in a more literary style than my usual. I got good feedback on it and hope they liked it!
Jason P. Crawford
Author of Urban Fantasy and Sci-Fi (for now!)
Finalist for 2024 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award!
Q3 V31: HM Q2 V39: SHM Q2 V40: SHM Q2 V41: HM
Q3 V38: HM Q3 V39: SHM Q3 V40: SHM Q3 V41: HM
Q4 V38: R Q4 V39: SHM Q4 V40: SHM Q4 V41: P
Q1 V39: HM Q1 V40: RWC Q1 V41: SHM
Award-Winning Novel Chains of Prophecy available at all major retailers!
@m-norris You want to win. Then, you still write the story you had in mind for Q1 and sell it to a pro market.
Shhh, don’t tell me that.
I too wrote a more emotional story, though not in the way most of you probably did. It was a deep one, if you can spot the symbolism. And honestly, even just an HM to show me I’m improving as a writer would be a huge win here. My highest WotF results so far have been RWC.
I usually submit grim and dark. 4th quarter, I wrote humor. I started laughing while I wrote it, and figured maybe that was a good sign
@m-norris For your next quarter (if you don't win), send it my way. I'm happy to give it a critique.
