DreamForge accepts simultaneous submissions. My current quarter WotF submission meets the DF criteria. However, if DF accepts it, they would publish the magazine before WotF's next anthology. In fact, they would publish before I even received the results from WotF.
In the event my story places this quarter, would WotF then reject it, or would they still publish "second rights"? DF does not pay the pro rate, if that matters.
Edit: I now see the last line of Rule 3. "Entries may not have been previously published in professional media."
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WotF does not accept simultaneous submissions. So, while DF does, you still shouldn't submit a story already under consideration at WotF. If you're going to submit simultaneously, make sure you're submitting to all markets that allow that. So, if you submit a story to DF and somewhere else, the somewhere else must also accept simultaneous submissions.
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@ajschults6 is spot on. Having your story published or accepted elsewhere will disqualify it from consideration at Writers of the Future. It would suck to have a winning story then have to tell Joni that it had been accepted elsewhere. You would lose out on the biggest win ever.
Also, Writers of the Future does not have a standard way of retracting your story if it gets accepted elsewhere. So even ‘taking a chance’ and simultaneously submitting, you have no way to retract your submission without talking to Joni and admitting that you simultaneously submitted.
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Also, Writers of the Future does not have a standard way of retracting your story if it gets accepted elsewhere. So even ‘taking a chance’ and simultaneously submitting, you have no way to retract your submission without talking to Joni and admitting that you simultaneously submitted.
And making extra work for Joni is impolite. I suspect she would be happy for you, but it's still extra work.
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@ajschults6 is spot on. Having your story published or accepted elsewhere will disqualify it from consideration at Writers of the Future. It would suck to have a winning story then have to tell Joni that it had been accepted elsewhere. You would lose out on the biggest win ever.
Also, Writers of the Future does not have a standard way of retracting your story if it gets accepted elsewhere. So even ‘taking a chance’ and simultaneously submitting, you have no way to retract your submission without talking to Joni and admitting that you simultaneously submitted.
Sadly, this has happened, and the writer had to admit they just sold the story elsewhere. Bad trade. And bad practice.
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