Accentuate Short Story Contest Update…
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned that I had submitted another story to the short story contest on the Accentuate Writers Forum and I promised to update how I did. Well…
I made the finals!!
That thrills me more than you can imagine, because that means I am improving. When I entered the contest before this one, my story kind of fell flat and left readers uninterested. I am thrilled to have made it this far in this contest.
I also paid extra for a crit from author and editor (and the forum boss lady) Michelle L. Devon. It is very possible that I am looking forward to receiving that as much as seeing who won the contest. It’s close.
We should find out who the winners are in the next few days.
I’m going to be honest here. I am thrilled I made it this far. You can’t imagine how thrilled I was to see I had made the finals.
But…
I want to be published in one of these anthologies so bad I can barely stand it. I want more than the finals. I want to be published. I want to be able to look at myself and think I am good enough.
So, if I don’t make it this time, that is my motivation for next time.
Speaking of next time, Michelle recently posted the announcement for the September/October contest. You can read about it here. If there are any writers (at any level) out there reading this, consider joining. The prizes are bigger and this will be the last short story contest for the anthology set to come out in February of next year.
There is also information about the contests and anthologies for 2009. Come check it out!
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August 30, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Good luck to you! I’m proud of you for making it this far, and I hope you make it into the anthology this time too! Keep writing!
Love and stuff,
Michy