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Phobos is done now so we need a new challenge.
This is a contest for publication. The rules are:
Story may be either fiction or non-fiction (yes I know non-fiction is technically not a story, deal with it)
Story must be at least 1000 words long
Story must be a new submission after this date: August 1, 2003
Story must be accepted by a paying market, e-zines acceptable if they are paying 'zines.
Writer must post name of story and date of first submission on the thread. Rejections should be announced, along with dates of re-submission (if you don't want to post the actual title, just use a pseudo-title, likewise you don't have to name the market you've submitted to - that should keep you paranoid types happy)
I want this to do two things: Encourage an atmosphere of healthy competition to keep us all motivated and provide a place where we can all come together to encourage each other after rejections and celebrate our publications. What do you say?
Oh, and winner gets...umm...a plate of hatrack cookies.
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Oh, and if you don't want to do this here, we could move it to the madowl forum, which is password protected so it provides even more security. Though I don't think that is a problem since we're not posting bits of our stories, but still.
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And games. Games with lions and muscular men in little clothing. Plus! Those noise-makers. And face-painting. Definitely face-painting
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I may just have to send out my "Wheels of Steel". Its a fun Dwarvish tale where no-one gets tossed.
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Bah, a rejection letter is just a freedom slip for your story. Freedom to send it off somewhere that it will be more appreciated (and maybe pay more).
Of course, they still suck. Posts: 2848 | Registered: Feb 2003
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Hey, I got a poem published once. I was pleased becaose all of the other poems were written by people with advanced degrees, though, now that I think about it, maybe that was a bad sign. Got six free copies of the wee little chapbook, too.
No money, Deirdre, but it still counts, by gosh!~
I have no missle ground, though. Poems and novels. Can't write short stories to save my life.
I might try the ol' non-fiction essay thang, though. We'll see.
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