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Big thanks to snapper for putting together the WOTF Book Prize Challenge (back in Sep 2010) that spawned this story and all of the good folks who critiqued it!
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Liked that story but loved your bovine tale so much more. What happened to that one?
Merlion, I don't blame you for not joining in. Ethereon beats all our brains in. But as far as competitions go, submitting your work for publication is in itself a competition.
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The bvine one got caught in "the great missfile" at Escape Pod. I expect to get a rejection soon!
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quote: But as far as competitions go, submitting your work for publication is in itself a competition.
No...it isn't. And even if it be a competition, in the very broad sense that there are more submissions to each publication than can be published and some are picked and some are not, it is not a contest, because rejection doesn't indicate losing or inferiority. Most rejections are based on fit. Every story I've sold has been rejected multiple times. All a rejection means is, that particular editor didn't choose to buy the story at that particular moment...it isn't a "loss" in the way of losing a contest or in a competitive sport.
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