Submission windows:
Q1: October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Q2: January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026
Q3: April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026
Q4: July 1, 2026 - September 30, 2026
Last call for 43. Bring your best!
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
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submitted!! Just kidding... window's not even open yet 🤣
"...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
"...I also miss almost 100% of the shots I do take."
- Gideon Smith
Writers of the Future:
2026 Q1: R Q2: HM Q3: P Q4: P
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:
2026: 37 submitted 2 acceptances
2025: 163 submitted 10 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2026 goals: a. 2025 Novel submitted to agents/publishers b. Draft 0 of a new novel c. Speak at a con on panels d. Write 3 serious shorts NOT for WOTF e. Submit something, somewhere, every month
Here we go! New quarter!
Maybe it's time I go back to those old unfinished stories that I've mostly forgotten, so I can reread them with fresh eyes, and (hopefully) get them finished!
HM x 2
Yes I have a plan for one that I started last summer but couldn't figure out. The idea has now changed fundamentally but I finally know what I want to do with it. Now just gotta get to writing the rest 95% lol
Q4 Submission Portals Now Open!
Well, time ti finish the one story I had in mind for Q3. It's a great one, so I hope I'll do it justice.
2025: Q3: S-F, Q4: RWC
2026: Q1: -, Q2: submitted, Q3: TBD
