I'm in! Time to sleep.
Good luck everyone!
4 F, 1 SF, 1 SHM, 6 HM, 4 RWC
I’m in. 
V39: - - - HM
V40: SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: HM, SHM, SHM, F
V42: DQ, HM, SHM, SHM
Stories published in Triangulation: Hospitium, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others.
https://kzrichards.com
Finally! After working on my first original story for the last three years, I can finally say that I've made a submission to Writers Of The Future! Here's hoping, and best of luck to everyone involved!
Finally! After working on my first original story for the last three years, I can finally say that I've made a submission to Writers Of The Future! Here's hoping, and best of luck to everyone involved!
@geebmachine, congrats and good luck!
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." ~Hemingway (maybe)
2026 V43 Edits
2025 V42 HM, SHM, RWC, SF
2024 V41 -, RWC, -, R
I submitted! I haven't written fiction in over a year (job change, death in the family, temporarily moved around the world and then back again), and I had pretty much given up on writing as a passion, let alone a career. And then, I was trying to sleep last week and a thought popped into my head, "the deadline for Writers of the Future is coming up" and all of a sudden I just needed to write. I broke out my dusty writing laptop right there in bed at 2 in the morning and wrote 600 words, and then over the weekend, wrote another 10k, and then after a first reader critique, managed to bang out another 3k in editing last night, and somehow was able to submit with two hours left.
This contest saves lives y'all.
V42: Q1-RWC Q4-Pending
V41: Q2-RWC Q3-SHM
V39: Q3-RWC Q4-HM
I'm in! 😃 Good luck everyone!🤞✨
Vol 42: Q1 - R Q2 - HM Q3 - RWC Q4 - P
Vol 41: Q1 - HM, Q2 - SHM, Q3 - RWC, Q4 - HM
Vol 40: Q4 - DQ
Well done and best of luck to everyone who submitted this quarter!
3rd Place Vol 41 Q3 ("The Stench of Freedom")
Submission record: R x 2 / HM x 7 / SHM x 2 / W x 1
Stories published in Daily Science Fiction, Every Day Fiction, 365tomorrows, and Gwyllion Magazine.
Find out more on my website (www.joelcscoberg.com) or sign up to my newsletter for updates on my writing journey.
I submitted! I haven't written fiction in over a year (job change, death in the family, temporarily moved around the world and then back again), and I had pretty much given up on writing as a passion, let alone a career. And then, I was trying to sleep last week and a thought popped into my head, "the deadline for Writers of the Future is coming up" and all of a sudden I just needed to write. I broke out my dusty writing laptop right there in bed at 2 in the morning and wrote 600 words, and then over the weekend, wrote another 10k, and then after a first reader critique, managed to bang out another 3k in editing last night, and somehow was able to submit with two hours left.
This contest saves lives y'all.
Congrats. Great that you got into the flow of things and finished a tale. That is a huge accomplishment. Then to submit it too, another big hurdle. Good luck with your story.
Writers of the Future:
2026 V43: Draft completed, onto editing ...
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, SHM
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, -, -
Other Achievements:
2025 SWA: Crime Fiction Contest - 1st Place, The Lighthouse Prompt - 3rd Place
Todd S Jones
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
Finally! After working on my first original story for the last three years, I can finally say that I've made a submission to Writers Of The Future! Here's hoping, and best of luck to everyone involved!
Congrats on your first submission. Great contest, awesome forum, and wonderful free workshops. You wrote a story (beginning, middle, and end) that is something to celebrate. You submitted. Double-celebration. Good luck on your entry.
Writers of the Future:
2026 V43: Draft completed, onto editing ...
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, SHM
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, -, -
Other Achievements:
2025 SWA: Crime Fiction Contest - 1st Place, The Lighthouse Prompt - 3rd Place
Todd S Jones
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
I just got a form rejection from Clarkesworld (I’m a firm believer in aiming high, lol 😀 ). Honestly, I hoped for personal rejection as I’m nowhere near the level of their stories plus the story I wrote is more for other markets (namely here and Beneath Ceaseless Skies). But I’m not going to lie, I thought the story I sent is the best one I’ve written so far and the form rejection shook my faith in it a bit.
Clarkesworld is a top notch market and hard to break into. Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a great market too. Both have a fast response rate.
Writers of the Future:
2026 V43: Draft completed, onto editing ...
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, SHM
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, -, -
Other Achievements:
2025 SWA: Crime Fiction Contest - 1st Place, The Lighthouse Prompt - 3rd Place
Todd S Jones
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
I just got a form rejection from Clarkesworld (I’m a firm believer in aiming high, lol 😀 ). Honestly, I hoped for personal rejection as I’m nowhere near the level of their stories plus the story I wrote is more for other markets (namely here and Beneath Ceaseless Skies). But I’m not going to lie, I thought the story I sent is the best one I’ve written so far and the form rejection shook my faith in it a bit.
Clarkesworld is a top notch market and hard to break into. Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a great market too. Both have a fast response rate.
I think for BCS it’s about a month, so while it is fast, I didn’t have time to send it there. But I will do so, once I get my results 😀 .
2025: Q3: S-F, Q4: submitted
I got in at close to the last moment for this one.
I got in at close to the last moment for this one.
To finish is still a finish. Congrats.
Writers of the Future:
2026 V43: Draft completed, onto editing ...
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, SHM
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, -, -
Other Achievements:
2025 SWA: Crime Fiction Contest - 1st Place, The Lighthouse Prompt - 3rd Place
Todd S Jones
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
In for Q4! I made some miscalculations about my availability to work my current story, but I got something else in at the last minute 
Beth Powers
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Silver HM x 6
HM x 24
Entries x 72
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Collected Stories:
Sorcery & Widgets
Runes & Rivets
Posted this in Q4 V. 40.
Time to repost, me thinks.
Eat more scones!
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
Like me: facebook/AuthorTJKnight
Sooo… should we ecpect calls already?
[Shamefully enters the twitching tent with a scone in his hand.]
2025: Q3: S-F, Q4: submitted
Not this early. 
I was just handing out the scone recipe in preparation.
Or for anyone who wants yummy scones.
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
Like me: facebook/AuthorTJKnight
Sooo… should we ecpect calls already?
[Shamefully enters the twitching tent with a scone in his hand.]
sure! But only calls about your car's warranty expiring... 😉
(if not in the US you might not be subject to those... but I get one of those at least once a week)
"...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:
2026 Q1: TBD Q2: TBD Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2025 Q1: HM Q2: SHM Q3: HM Q4: HM (resub of 2024 HM)
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: 163 submitted 10 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
This was my first time submitting. I already know I made a pretty huge mistake, but not much I can do about it now. I'm already so impatient! If I'm rejected, I just want to get it over with, lol.
From what I've seen in other quarters, we're probably looking at mid/late-November to mid-December for results, yeah?
v42: - - - HM
This was my first time submitting. I already know I made a pretty huge mistake, but not much I can do about it now. I'm already so impatient! If I'm rejected, I just want to get it over with, lol.
From what I've seen in other quarters, we're probably looking at mid/late-November to mid-December for results, yeah?
Congrats on finishing a story. Double congrats on submitting. Welcome to the contest. If you haven't, take the free courses offered by WotF. After applying some of the concepts in those course, I received my first HM. If it wasn't for WotF, I would have stopped writing.
4th quarter results come in around mid-Nov.
Writers of the Future:
2026 V43: Draft completed, onto editing ...
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, SHM
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, -, -
Other Achievements:
2025 SWA: Crime Fiction Contest - 1st Place, The Lighthouse Prompt - 3rd Place
Todd S Jones
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
@bootzenkatzen Congrats! And that happens! I submitted, and literally a few minutes after that, I noticed a huge misspelling on my second page that kinda changes the meaning of an entire sentence (plus it might make some worldbuilding stuff to feel like something I was hiding for a "twist")😭 .
2025: Q3: S-F, Q4: submitted
[let's see...]
[Q4 story submitted, check]
[scone recipe, check]
[colorful leaves falling, check]
[temperature dropping, check]
[twitching tent bags laid out, check]
[directions for food tents, check]
[looks like things are ready for November]
[yikes, November is NEXT week folks]
[batten down the hatches!]
[good luck to all]
WOTF results:
Vol 43: Q1 ?
running totals to date:
WOTF: 7 Rs, 4 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
[Making a large cauldron of cocoa with mini marshmallows. Great for dipping scones into!]
[Come and bring your mugs!]
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, RWC, RWC, RWC
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
We are still at least a week out from results. I am guessing Nov 6 - 20th.
Writers of the Future:
2026 V43: Draft completed, onto editing ...
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, SHM
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, -, -
Other Achievements:
2025 SWA: Crime Fiction Contest - 1st Place, The Lighthouse Prompt - 3rd Place
Todd S Jones
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
[The hobbit crosses her arms. Who ever heard about twitching in October.]
[The she looks over to the coco.]
[A little taste couldn't hurt.]
[She scoops out a cup with her Ewok mug. She would grump tomorrow.]
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 9 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
[Looks at newcomers.]
[Gives them some freshly baked scones and returns to furiously typing, because his Q1 story can’t leave him alone today.]
[Smoke starts rising from the keyboard.]
[He looks at the cauldron full of sweet, chocolaty nectar of gods.]
[A little taste couldn’t hurt.]
2025: Q3: S-F, Q4: submitted
[checks out the coco cauldron]
[dips mug into it]
[yum!]
[runs over to grab a scone fresh out of the oven]
[where's the s'mores station?]
[coaxes dragon out of his cave]
[tents are popping up like mushrooms]
[settles in to work on Q1 story]
[studies prognosticator watch]
[results in several weeks most likely]
[opens a new document on laptop]
[once upon a time]
[no]
[it was a dark and stormy night]
[no]
[in the beginning there was]
[no]
[our hero wakes up and then has some toast]
[no]
[the curser taunts on a blank screen]
[takes a sip of coco and a bite of scone]
[stares into the abyss]
WOTF results:
Vol 43: Q1 ?
running totals to date:
WOTF: 7 Rs, 4 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
@physa How about? [It was the beginning that never was.]
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 9 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
Hello, everyone! I've read Writers of the Future stories for years, but I submitted a story for the first time on September 30 (right under the wire.) I haven't started on my story for the next quarter yet, but I want to make it a habit to write and submit one every quarter going forward.
I'm happy to be here and read everything everyone else is posting!
