Greetings,
And for the third time in five quarters I am a Writers of the Future honorable mention. I’m always pleased to see the results, it is nice to know I am competitive and close. Now what I need to figure out is how to break into the semi-finalist category. Any suggestions? Anyone? Anyone? You there in the back with the checkered teeth! Vampire gopher erotica you say?
Writers of the Future 4th quarter standings
=Seamus
Even honorable mentions look great on query letters! It doesn’t matter if you got into the semi-finals if you reached the end goal of getting published, right?
Hannah,
Thanks for the comment. You’re correct. I’m thrilled to be honorable mention and I do include them in my queries and submissions for short stories. My frustration, if you could call it that, is that I need to improve the quality of my work to be worth being a semi-finalist. These kinds of things challenge me to do better, because that is how I think. That does not mean I do not treasure any positive feedback in a profession where the primary feedback is rejection.
-Seamus