Comments on: WOTF Awards and Chit Chat http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/383 In which the writer blogs about her growing collection of rejection letters, quirky Internet finds, and the inside-out adventures of daily life Thu, 17 May 2012 19:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Suanne http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/383/comment-page-1#comment-14589 Suanne Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:33:31 +0000 http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/383#comment-14589 Thanks, Alex. I guess it was the topsy-turvy nature of last quarter that's to blame for my pessimism. See, I didn't hear back for ages, but I knew that I hadn't won because of the blog, but also because my entry last quarter was so obviously not their thing that it was more of a dammit-I-will-send-a-story entry than a bonafide attempt to win. And while this entry (Way of the Priestess) was a nice try on my part, I've since concluded that it was too heavy-handed to be a real contestant. Still...I'll leave a very small hope burning. Just to make sure I don't faint dead away if it does get noticed. ;) Thanks, Alex. I guess it was the topsy-turvy nature of last quarter that’s to blame for my pessimism. See, I didn’t hear back for ages, but I knew that I hadn’t won because of the blog, but also because my entry last quarter was so obviously not their thing that it was more of a dammit-I-will-send-a-story entry than a bonafide attempt to win.

And while this entry (Way of the Priestess) was a nice try on my part, I’ve since concluded that it was too heavy-handed to be a real contestant.

Still…I’ll leave a very small hope burning. Just to make sure I don’t faint dead away if it does get noticed. ;)

]]> By: Alex http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/383/comment-page-1#comment-14571 Alex Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:27:46 +0000 http://suannewarr.com/blog/archives/383#comment-14571 Hey Suanne. Don't give up hope on your last sub just yet. FWIW, in my entering-15-times-experience, I usually hear back 10-12 weeks after each deadline, sometimes longer, sometimes sooner, but I don't think I've _ever_ heard back this early. And usually they send out non-placers first, then quarter-finalists/honorable mentions, then semi-finalists, and then finalists, with the winning stories among the finalists announced 3+ months after that. So the longer it takes (as with many markets), the better your story _could be_ doing. Last quarter was a weird exception which I hope they repeat: announcing the finalists on the blog two months after the deadline, before they even notify anybody else. So those of us not on that list were free to send our stories elsewhere. Alex. (6 washes, 6 quarter-Fs, 2 semi-Fs, 1 pending) Hey Suanne. Don’t give up hope on your last sub just yet.

FWIW, in my entering-15-times-experience, I usually hear back 10-12 weeks after each deadline, sometimes longer, sometimes sooner, but I don’t think I’ve _ever_ heard back this early. And usually they send out non-placers first, then quarter-finalists/honorable mentions, then semi-finalists, and then finalists, with the winning stories among the finalists announced 3+ months after that. So the longer it takes (as with many markets), the better your story _could be_ doing.

Last quarter was a weird exception which I hope they repeat: announcing the finalists on the blog two months after the deadline, before they even notify anybody else. So those of us not on that list were free to send our stories elsewhere.

Alex. (6 washes, 6 quarter-Fs, 2 semi-Fs, 1 pending)

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