WotF -- Good News and Bad

I was at work Friday when I saw a post on-line about someone finding out they would be a published finalist for Vol XXIII (congrats Stephen Gaskell!). I've been waiting to hear if my finalist story from the second quarter made the cut, and tried to put the whole thing out of my mind -- nothing I could do about it while I was at work.
When I called home later in the day my wife casually mentioned that I had a letter from Writers of the Future.
"Open it! Open it!"
"Let's see, it's from Judy, the contest administrator --"
"Read it! What does it say!"
" 'Thank you for entering the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest . . .' "
Deep breath, fingers crossed . . .
" ' Your entry placed in the quarter-finals for the 4th quarter . . . ' "
What?! Oh, this was the results from last quarter, the one I thought was lost in the mail. So that's the good news. The bad news is that I probably won't be a published finalist. I think they all would have found out at the same time.
Well, so much for '06. I had two quarter finalists, one semi-finalist, and one finalist.  Results should be out for 1Q '07 in a month, and I've got to get a story ready for 2Q. I have a couple of candidates, and they all need serious editing. Enough blogging, time to get back to work!

Comments

Thanks for the congrats!

Fingers crossed that 2007 finds you placing! Persistence is key . . .

Steve

[Pat Lundrigan]

Have a good time at the workshop, everything I've read says that it's fantastic.
I have no problem with persistance -- I've been submitting for more than five years.