They never received my Challenge 1! Now what? |
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annelindleyk
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Posted: 17 Sep 2017 at 10:24am |
I never got any feedback on my FFC Challenge 1 story. When I emailed to ask about that, it turns out I messed up the submission and they never received my first story. No record of my submission at all.
I haven't been able to figure out from the rules, does that mean I am actually disqualified and no longer in the contest at all? Or does that just mean that I have zero points for Challenge 1 and I can go ahead with Challenge 2 anyway? Edited by annelindleyk - 17 Sep 2017 at 10:26am |
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steph9289
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I say submit!!
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#amrevising
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annelindleyk
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I got an official reply from the Feedback email -- yes, it is okay for me to submit in Challenge 2 even though they never got my submission for Challenge 1.
I'm starting out with zero points, but there's a slight chance i could move forward if my second story does exceptionally well. Polishing up my final draft now. :-) |
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Suave
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Yes, I see you found that you can still submit, I knew that. I am curious though, when you submitted your first story did you not email it also as backup? We are supposed to email it as well to avoid these situations.
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stephenmatlock
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Yeah, that's terrible that your submission didn't go through. But I'm glad you submitted something for Round 2. People *have* advanced to the next challenge even after not getting a score in the first round, so there's nothing to keep you back.
Best of luck!
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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Balabean
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It seems they didn't get my second submission.😢 I wonder if an 11 total has ever been enough to advance?
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mhelgens
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Ahh just now realizing I forgot to send a back-up email this time. I did submit via submittable on time and I have proof of that on my account, so hopefully the back-up email I decided to just send right now is sufficient..... I'm slightly freaking out.
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Read my R1 Story: LINK= https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic51959_post550543.html#550543
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MattrickBT
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I assume so long as you get the confirmation e-mail you're good? I didn't even know there was a back-up submission thing going on.
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Schrifty
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What makes you say that? We don't usually get "hey, we got your story!" confirmations until about 3 days after (although there usually is an auto-response of "hey we got something, don't know what it is yet but thanks!" email that sends right away.) Email the judges/contest runners. It's early yet, they might have emergency procedures in place. |
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Schrifty
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Usually after you submit a little "thanks!" page pops up with a reminder to email a backup copy just in case. I've never heard of them needing it but with so many contestants who knows? Possibly it's a back up to also confirm in case hundreds of us try to upload within the same 5 minute window and crash their server. (It's been known to happen.) |
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