Just so you know, the little images you see on the story are clickable -- hit them and you get a larger-sized version of the art, which always shows remarkable detail. My favorites are the ones from "The Desert Cold", "The Dyslexicon", and Hatrack's own DJVDakota's "I Speak the Master's Will".

I eagerly await your return stories.

Asimov, an ultra-liberal, took Heinlein for an ultra-liberal when he hung out with him in the early forties (war work in Philadelphia), and later on was somewhat shocked when Heinlein "grew conservative."

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Reflecting the spirit, ideas, and philosophies contained in the works of Robert A. Heinlein

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means.

http://www.heinleinsociety.org/

I think I have one more copy out, and would be grateful for feedback on that version. I haven't done my edits yet...still pondering (OK, OK, it's just been a really crazy busy week.)

On the return crits, I'm not doing so well. I have given one back, in dialogue with another writer, and am delinquent on I think two more. If you haven't heard from me and have made massive revisions since you sent me a copy (looks like I'm more than a week delinquent, eep!) - let me know and I'll hold and crit your latest version instead. If you'd still like my feedback, I swear it'll be along soon.

I got some contridictory advice on what to do, so I placed it up for review in my other critique group. They'll be reading it after our next round deadline but before the actual deadline. I want to see which way a new set of opinions will go.
So, mine won't be available for the next round. I am not avoiding my obligation to the rest of you, however. Send yours to me and I'll give you a crit.

http://hyperpat.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/the-heinlein-voice/

I have had many intense hours over my keyboard...Of course, it isn't the writing that keeps me thin. Thank you day job.

Edited to add dubiousness that day job should be thanked for this.

Um, sorry, enough excuses. Who needs a critique? If you already have my email address, just send it, but please include "Hatrack" somewhere in the subject line or risk your message ending up below the scroll line in my inbox and subject to the taunts from the thousands of other messages down there. "Hey you - new guy. Yeah, I'm talking to you. What do you think you're doing with that foofy looking paper clip on your message? Think you're something special, eh? Hey! Guys! Check out the new guy - thinks he's all that with his paper clip and obscure subject line. Let's show him who's boss!"

I'm making it my personal goal to take the feedback everyone gave on my Clone story and get a second revision (last except for final polish, I hope) out within the next few days.

Ah, and KayTi, I generally will save a story from someone else with this format: "OriginalFilename_AuthorName.doc" Has saved me A LOT of headaches and scrambling. Thought I'd share.

This particular contest strikes me as 90% business and 10% pay it forward. They don’t even commit to publishing anything. If they do, you can be sure it will be anchored with big names. (which would be cool if a nobody actually wins it)

Carry on

Tracy

Edit; last year they had an amateur class winner but I don’t see that in the rules this year. Perhaps there still is an amateur class but they don’t mention it in the rules and seem to have taken it out. Correct me if I am wrong but, as far as I can tell, last years winner was never published.

I wonder if they make keyboards out of rice paper.

This is the amateur guy who won last year.
http://the0phrastus.typepad.com/the0phrastus/2007/07/i-had-this-craz.html

So, other than the amateur winner, who else won?

Winner, Amateur Division: "Hammers and Snails" - Christopher J. Howard
Honorable Mention, Amateur Division: "A Condition of Intelligence" - Robert Jenkins
Special Recognition, Amateur Division: "World Ceres" - Sandy Sandfort
Winner, Professional Division: "The Beautiful Accident" - Edward Carmien
Honorable Mention, Professional Division: "Refuse" - Marjorie Dieter Keyishian
Special Recognition, Professional Division: "B All U Cn B" - Fran Van Cleave

They apologized but the book never happened "just too many details to deal with."

There were two categories in 07 — Amateur and Professional —each of which carried a $175 prize for the winner and a $75 prize for the honorable mention.

So they completely changed the competition for this year.

Big name authors write for anthologies all the time. Even OSC does it. It's a very good promotional vehicle. If they didn't win nobody would ever even know they entered.

I'm still not 100% satisfied with the ending of my story, and feel like tweaking three random sentences I've had highlighted in the MS for a few weeks. I caught a wicked cold this week that kept me from working on this more, plus my nieces were visiting for the week. Anyway, I am still happy w/the story, though - just wish I could get inspiration for the ending (or the time to just write a couple versions and then pick and fine-tune the best.)

""Thank you for your submission.

(I would have expected more information in here)

Geo Rule

The Heinlein Society

www.heinleinsociety.org

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Entries are now closed. The judges are beginning their work and entrants will be notified of the results in due course.

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I'm wanting to resub the story I submitted if it doesn't win. It's been nagging at me asking for publication (the story, isn't that odd? It's a quirky story...)

I heard that last year they were supposed to publish the winners and somehow it just didn't happen. Now it's been about 5 months and no word anywhere.

Are people writing it off and sending their entries out again? I chose a story that I thought was pretty good. I hate to see it frozen in limbo. If I knew something was really going to happen, I'd be happy to wait. But I'm starting to have real doubts.