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Patrick James Member	posted October 14, 2008 09:38 PM I'm in the same boat as you Gardener. Haven't heard anything in 5 months, don't expect to now. I'm writing it off. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted October 14, 2008 11:42 PM I'm waiting until I hear something, anything, about the winners. I've got three stories out that should've had replies by now, but after reading Jamie's advice, I'm just writing more. I don't have anything to lose, and the next story will be that much better. I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do with your story--I'd suggest you inform them, via email, if you're withdrawing yours to submit elsewhere, though--but I'm standing fast. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted October 14, 2008 11:47 PM Just visited the site again, and there was a small note (with a link to the same red-lettered message, but the note said): quote: Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest judging continues. 10/13/2008 Note the date... IP: Logged
Patrick James Member	posted October 14, 2008 11:59 PM Thanks Babbler. IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted October 16, 2008 12:27 AM Phew, well at least that's something. I'll just wait. Gotta write more, though - good advice. I need to invent more hours in the day first, but I'll work on that. IP: Logged
Patrick James Member	posted October 16, 2008 10:00 AM Kayti, you will be inventing those new hours for everyone, right? I mean, I could use a couple more. [This message has been edited by Patrick James (edited October 16, 2008).] IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted October 17, 2008 12:25 AM Ooh, a good addition for the Hatrack Utility Belt[tm]!! A time dilator. You aim it at your computer screen and bam! Only one hour of real time passes for every three hours writing time. You'll have to buy the booster pack to get the 5x effect (no, the effects are not stackable...) IP: Logged
Patrick James Member	posted October 17, 2008 12:18 PM Non-stackable effects? I hate those kind. IP: Logged
Gardener Member	posted October 17, 2008 03:10 PM Thanks for the update. If they're still judging, I can wait. I am writing more, also. If it doesn't place, I'll tweak and send it out again. IP: Logged
Kathleen Dalton Woodbury Administrator	posted October 17, 2008 11:58 PM KayTi, please go the H.U.B. topic and add it. I think it's a great idea. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted November 10, 2008 01:46 PM Wow—they must have gotten a whole bunch of stories. (I take it as a compliment that I haven't been rejected, yet.) IP: Logged
debhoag Member	posted November 10, 2008 05:21 PM Well, it is a centennial contest; maybe it's also a centennial process. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted November 10, 2008 09:04 PM quote: Well, it is a centennial contest; maybe it's also a centennial process. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted January 07, 2009 03:00 PM In a fit of get-something-doneness, I sent a query today. I'll let y'all know if I hear anything (even though I'm not from the south there are times when a good "y'all" is warranted, ya know?) IP: Logged
Bent Tree Member	posted January 23, 2009 05:06 PM I don't even remember what I wrote. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted January 31, 2009 01:14 AM Lol. Mine was my Apocalyptic Taco Mix story. IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted January 31, 2009 09:50 PM Mine was my clone story, which i think is a really great story and I'm itching for it to see print. If not this way, then I want it back so I can send it out elsewhere. I heard nothing from my query. I'm a little impatient, it's been 6+ mos. Seems excessive. (but then again, I also want to win, so...willing to be patient if it means I might win. If they've just sort of forgotten about the contest/moved on to other things, though, then...well, I want the story back! LOL) IP: Logged
arriki Member	posted February 01, 2009 12:55 PM I thought they had sent out notices that the winners were already selected but they were exercising their right to hold our stories for up to a year. Mine was a truly Heinlein-esque outer space story with aliens and space ships and all. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted April 24, 2009 10:58 AM UPDATE: 3/31/2009 -- Judging continues, and the prize fund is fully funded and will be paid out at the end of the contest. Thank you for your patience. I thought all those who stuck it out, would like to see this, too. I wrote them because I missed that posting. [This message has been edited by InarticulateBabbler (edited April 24, 2009).] IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted April 24, 2009 11:04 AM Deb jinxed us. IP: Logged
arriki Member	posted July 24, 2009 04:58 PM What's going on NOW? Winners announced? Can those of us who submitted now send our stories elsewhere? IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted July 25, 2009 10:39 AM From what I gathered, the rights have reverted back to us on July 7th. It still would have been nice to hear something IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted July 26, 2009 01:05 PM "3/31/2009 -- Judging continues, and the prize fund is fully funded and will be paid out at the end of the contest. Thank you for your patience. Entries are now closed. The judges are beginning their work and entrants will be notified of the results in due course." The above is still the only info on the site. I'll write them another email and see what I can discover. IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted July 27, 2009 10:39 PM You know, I forget about this for months at a time and then you guys remind me that I haven't heard anything and that's frustrating!! IB, let us know. I had to email someone else...like digging around on the website to find a board of director's email address, I think, before I got a reply. I think the contests email addy bounced or something. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted July 28, 2009 12:40 AM I emailed them--to whom I had a response before--and am waiting for the reply. I asked if the contest was still valid, if it has been judged, if winners were notified and if those who didn't place will be informed. I'll share the response when it comes. IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted August 05, 2009 11:34 PM There is an update on their site posted on 08/02. It appears they will have news in their next newsletter comeing out soon. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted August 06, 2009 11:50 PM This is from the current--downloadable--newsletter: quote: We had another gratifying response that took us quite by surprise. Thanks to donations and matching funds, we offered a substantial prize to the winner and runners up in a writing contest. We expected a good return, perhaps nearly one hundred entries, and maybe eight or ten truly worthy of being considered as finalists. We received well over three hundred entries, and the number of stories worthy of considering as finalists are substantially more than three times what we expected. Next month we should be in a position, at long last, to announce the contest winners. How many of the 24 - 30 entries do you figure are Hatrackers? IP: Logged
snapper Member	posted August 20, 2009 05:04 PM quote: How many of the 24 - 30 entries do you figure are Hatrackers? Zero (number not the hatracker (sorry)) I bet that anthology is full of every big name in writing for the past 20 years. I'm sure someone would have heard something by now. I sure hope that I am wrong, though. IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted August 22, 2009 11:48 PM Oh, we're totally represented because it's the posting here that got a bunch of us to submit. We have to be at least 15-20 of the 300 entries. Figuring many of us are a little better than average (lol) that puts us at 15 (say for example) of 150 (half of their supposed approx 300 entries. I can't believe they only thought they'd get 300 entries!) So if we're 10% of the ones that are worth considering...I bet at least 2 or 3 are in their top 10. Depends how many awards they actually give out. I really don't think a bunch of big-namers are in this. While the $ are great, I don't think the contest was well-publicized, requires a certain kind of writing which is not as dark and brooding as what I see being published today, etc. I think it's a bunch of us fanboys, er and us fangirls. I remain hopeful. I sent my best story. IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted August 31, 2009 01:03 AM Maybe they aren't going to announce the winners in August, hmmm? This is the last day, so we'll see. IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted September 02, 2009 12:01 AM Anything? Anything?? lol IP: Logged
KayTi Member	posted September 02, 2009 12:03 AM Well, there it is: http://www.heinleinsociety.org/contest.html And nope, I'm not on it. Bummer! Didn't recognize any Hatracker's in this list but I only skimmed it. Sad, sad. Congrats to the winners, whoever they are! Ah well, but at least my story is free again!! Now...where to send it... IP: Logged
InarticulateBabbler Member	posted September 02, 2009 01:02 AM Well, I'm considering watering my story to see if it grows better. IP: Logged
Bent Tree Member	posted September 07, 2009 08:55 PM Well, that was the second longest response I have ever recieved on a submission...Second only to my two year rejection from Sniplets. IP: Logged
Robert Nowall Member	posted September 08, 2009 03:18 AM Well, I'm still waiting on something I sent out in 1975... IP: Logged

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