I'm in! Time to sleep.
Good luck everyone!
4 F, 1 SF, 6 HM, 4 RWC
I’m in. 
V39: - - - HM
V40: SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: HM, SHM, SHM, F
V42: DQ, HM, SHM, P
Stories published in Triangulation: Hospitium, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others.
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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)
V43 Q1:In Progress Q2: Q3: Q4:
V42 Q1:HM Q2:SHM Q3:RWC Q4:Submitted
V41 Q2:RWC Q4: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.
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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:
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, Submitted
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:
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, Submitted
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:
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, Submitted
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 😀 .
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:
2025 V42: RWC, HM (HM Resubmit), HM, Submitted
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.]
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
Thank Yor for accepting my registration
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: P
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: 159 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
