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MGlass 
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Joined: 12 Aug 2022 Location: MN Status: Offline Points: 552 |
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 Posted: 15 Jun 2023 at 10:13pm |
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Flash Fiction 2023 R1 - Strays Suspense/a construction site/a dog treat Short Story 2023 R1 - The Dumpster Job Crime Caper/orthodontist/lazy 5th place R2 - Plumbing The Depths SciFi/ceremony/plumber - didn't place Flash Fiction 2022 R1 - A Role In The Hay - RomCom/dress rehearsal/bale of hay - 2nd place R2 - Pull My Strings - Crime Caper/mailroom/puppet - 2nd place R3 - Roe Vs Wade - Horror/a stock market/salmon - didn't place Microfiction 250 2022 R1 - The Back Forty - Drama/graze/
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Probably Someone
NYC Midnight Addict
Joined: 09 May 2020 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 1307 |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2023 at 3:39pm |
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Short Story 2023 R3 I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight (Ghost Story) [judging] 2023 R2 I Got a Golden Ticket (Drama) [5th] 2023 R1 Mimesis (Horror) [4th] 2022 R3 How to Polish Silver (Horror) [HM] 2022 R2 Hitching (Ghost Story) [2nd] 2022 R1 Curves and Whey (Romantic Comedy) [1st] 2021 R2 Surface Tension (Action/Adventure) [HM] 2021 R1 The Treachery of Images (Suspense) [1st] Flash Fiction 2023 R1 Hotspot (Thriller) [judging] 2022 Final Sundown (Drama) [3rd] 2022 R3 Blob's Your Uncle (Sci-Fi) [2nd] 2022 R2 Out of Network (Political Satire) [1st] 2022 R1 This is Peak Romance (Romantic Comedy) [2nd] 2021 Final Fare Enough (Fantasy/Ghost Story/Drama) [HM1] 2021 R3 En Passant (Ghost Story) [1st] 2021 R2 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the End of the World (Historical Fiction) [1st] 2021 R1 When to Fold 'Em (Ghost Story) [1st] 2020 Final Backhand (Drama/Thriller) [3rd] 2020 R3 Truly, Madly, Deeply (Romance) [1st] 2020 R2 Skymall (Suspense) [2nd] 2020 R1 Sweetness (Fantasy) [4th] Rhyming Story 2022 R1 A Union Victory (Fantasy) [x] 250 Word Microfiction 2022 R1 Cold Shoulders (Romance) [HM] 2021 R1 The Milk of Human Kindness (Fairy Tale) [HM] 2020 R2 Hoofing It (Comedy) [x] 2020 R1 Paint No Doubt About It (Comedy) [2nd] 2023 R2 Hindsight is 1990 (Sci-Fi) [in judging] 2023 R1 From Petey, with Love (Comedy) [1st] 2022 R2 Thirty-Seven Down (Sci-Fi) [HM] 2022 R1 Parenting (Drama) [1st] 2021 R2 Field Trip (Ghost Story) [x] 2021 R1 Locks for Love (Ghost Story) [2nd] 2020 R2 Pip Rally (Ghost Story) [x] 2020 R1 Idiots (Sci-Fi) [10th] Screenwriting 2022 R1 Legacy (Horror) [Unposted] [HM] 2021 R1 Wood You Please (Romantic Comedy) [HM] Short Screenplay 2022 R2 Cone of Silence (Drama) [Unposted, HM] 2022 R1 Cake Superior (Drama) [4th] 2021 R2 Baggage (Historical Fiction) [HM] 2021 R1 Flight of Passage (Comedy) [2nd] 2020 Final Afterglow (Historical Fiction/Drama) [5th] 2020 R3 Priceless (Historical Fiction) [1st] 2020 R2 The Final Gag (Comedy) [1st] 2020 R1 Erie's Weirdest Catch (Sci-Fi) [5th]
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JLCJLC
NYC Midnight Groupie 
Joined: 27 Apr 2022 Status: Offline Points: 145 |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2023 at 9:59pm |
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Microfiction 100
2026, R1 - Deleted Scene From Aesop's Fable (Fairytale / Fantasy) - TBD 2025, R2 - Verbally Archaic Imagined Lifetime (RomCom) - x 2025, R1 - Lost Rum (Horror) - 2nd Place 2024, R1 - Jaq & Gil (Drama) - x 2023, R2 - Ten to Twenty (Drama) - x 2023, R1 - Beginnings from the End (Fairytale / Fantasy) - 3rd place 2022, R2 - You Dyed (Drama) - x 2022, R1 - Zombie Jump Cable Car (Comedy) - 7th place
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Robb
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Joined: 17 Jun 2023 Location: Jacksonville FL Status: Offline Points: 161 |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2023 at 11:14pm |
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100 Micro 2023 R1: Breathing It All In - G89 (Sci-fi) - 5th place in group R2: Dirty Laundry - G19 (Comedy) - Currently judging! Flash 2023 C1: Hangry Games - G18 (Action/Adventure) - Currently judging! Edited by Robb - 27 Jun 2023 at 11:19pm |
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kmcp
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Joined: 19 Jul 2017 Status: Offline Points: 235 |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2023 at 11:43pm |
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2023 250-Word Microfiction Round 1 (Fantasy/Fairytale / trespassing / distant) The Tart of War: Pies on the Frontline (9th) Round 2 (Drama / blowing a whistle / eager) 2023 500-Word Microfiction 2023 100-Word Microfiction Round 1 (Romantic Comedy / Breaking a vase /
very) Love in High Places (15th!) 2022 250-Word Microfiction Round 1 (Fairy Tale and/or Fantasy / Overeating / bark) The Peppermint Elf (DNP) 2022 100-Word Microfiction Round 1 (Fairy Tale and/or Fantasy / Swimming in a lake / flaw) Depths of the Bloom (Submitted after deadline for judges’ feedback only) 2020 Flash Fiction Round 1 (Action/Adventure / A beach / A frying pan) Secrets Beneath the Sand 2020 100-Word Microfiction Round 1 (Drama / Getting arrested / courtesy) Growing up a Demon (DNP) 2019 250-Word Microfiction Round 1 (Suspense and/or Thriller / Taking a photograph / victory) Family Secrets (DNP) 2019 Flash Fiction Round 1 (Romance / A conference room / A sea urchin) Light in Manhattan Round 2 (Thriller / A fountain / A stretcher) Running Water 2018 Flash Fiction Round 1 (Historical Fiction / A security checkpoint / A bicycle pump) Shifting the Youth Round 2 (Thriller / A motel room / A keyboard) Sensory 2017 Flash Fiction Round 1 (Fairy Tale / An abandoned railroad car / A ticket stub) Through the Curtain Round 2 (Thriller / An ice fishing shanty / A printed menu) Just the Audio Edited by kmcp - 13 Feb 2024 at 3:33pm |
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MissAi
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Joined: 24 Jun 2023 Location: Calgary, Canada Status: Offline Points: 135 |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2023 at 12:08am |
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[Updated 2023/08/03: I'm out of the running for the 100MF but looking forward to seeing everyone in the 500-word Fiction and Rhyming Story challenges!]
2023 Rhyming Story
2023 500-word Fiction
2023 100-Word Microfiction
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tocallaghan
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Joined: 29 Apr 2023 Status: Offline Points: 51 |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2023 at 4:13am |
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Frey_a
NYC Midnight Black Belt 
Joined: 30 Sep 2022 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 2194 |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2023 at 8:05am |
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R1 Science 101 (a/a, failing a test, constant) Science101 (6th) R2 Sacrifice SWC 2025 R1 (horror/turn of the century / a doppelganger) RESURRECTION (2nd) R2 Born to fly (scifi / pilot / borderline) (2nd) Final (open / a taskmaster / no-frills) HOME MADE 5th place Rhyming 2024 R1 Peek-a-boo suspense/thriller/disorganised/ puzzled (6th) R2 Halcyon Days romance/grass is always greener on the other side / resentful HM R3 (FINAL) CO-WROTE AND PLACED HM Screenplay 2024 Round 1, group 61 action adventure / a scavenger hunt / a wannabe. 5th. Round 2 - fantasy/ takeover/ seasonal worker. Salt. DNP. Short Story 2024 Round 1 FT / pregnancy / a worrywart 250 word 2023 ROUND 1 FFT/ pruning / threat The Invisible Cage (1st) Round 2 Horror / making a hand gesture / mount Rhyming Round 2 2023 with Camsyn Clair The Last Wild Horse (3rd) 500word 2023 Round 1 horror/smoking/a bird B is for Birdie (2nd) Round 2 sci-fi / getting a dental implant / bathtub Round 1 One Woman’s Trash (5th) (drama/ looking through someone else’s rubbish / chip) Round 2 Truelove Tea (HM5) (romance / locking something / switch) Flash fiction 2023 The Cursing Parrot Curse (8th) (Comedy/winery/pitchfork) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs Tier 3 (Round 2 sci-fi/boarding school/ colander) Maslows Hierarchy of Human Needs. (2nd) Through to round 3 on 22 points total. Round 3 suspense/ a tour bus / meatball Master of Deception (HM5) Rhyming story 2022 The Boy Who Said No (1st) (Comedy/unruly/successful) Edited by Frey_a - 18 Sep 2025 at 2:14pm |
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Jennk
NYC Midnight Black Belt
Joined: 15 Jan 2022 Location: Colorado Status: Offline Points: 5689 |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2023 at 7:53pm |
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-------------------- 2026 -------------------- Microfiction Round 1 [Romance] Adrift - In Judging -------------------- 2025 --------------------(11) 250-Word Round 1 [Comedy] Leia’s Tight Buns - 2nd Round 2 [Romance] Something Sweet - 4th Round 3 FINAL [Open] Scary Story Round 1 [Scare: Landfill] Cash for Body Parts; Serious Inquires Only - DNP Rhyming Story Round 1 [Drama] I Like What I Like - 2nd Round 2 [Rom-Com] A Wing Woman’s Guide to Matchmaking - HM6 500-Word Round 1 [Sci-Fi] The Grief Trials - 1st 🌟 Round 2 [Comedy] Let It Go, Joe - DNP Microfiction 100 Round 1 [Romance] - End of Act One - 1st 🌟 Round 2 [Suspense] - Sleep, Little Princess, Sleep - 3rd Round 3 FINAL [Open/Satire] - Seeking New Long-Term Tenants (Must Be Into Slow Living) - DNP Short Story Round 1 [Drama] - Pecking Order - DNP -------------------- 2024 --------------------(15) 250-Word Round 1 [Romance] - 109 Questions and Counting - DNP 😢 Rhyming Story Round 1 [Thriller] - If You Go Out in the Woods Today… - 1st 🌟 Round 2 [Historical Fiction] - Kindertransport - HM5 500-Word Round 1 [Historical Fiction] - The Last Crust: Leningrad Siege, Winter 1941/42 - 3rd Round 2 [Fantasy] - Scales of Justice - 1st 🌟 Round 3 FINAL [Open/Drama] - Sisterhood of the Night Sky - DNP Flash Fiction Round 1 [Mystery] - Eye on the Prize - 6th Round 2 [Fairytale] - It All Started with a Craving for Cronuts... - 9th Overall 6th place and just missed moving on. Win some, lose some. Microfiction 100 Round 1 [Horror] There Is Always Something To Be Thankful For - Jenn's story - 5th Round 1 [Ghost] The Lofty Aspirations of Gus the Stuffed Dog - Charlie's story - HM1 (so close!) Round 2 [Sci-Fi] Day 269 - Cybernetics Wing of The US Spaceship Vulture - DNP Short Story Round 1 [Thriller] The Running Mate - 2nd Round 2 [Crime Caper] Bite-Sized Rebels - 4th Round 3 [Ghost] Partners for Life - 3rd Round 4 FINAL [Open/Drama] - Shoulder-to-Shoulder - co-writtten w/ CHartman - DNP -------------------- 2023 --------------------(16) 250-Word Round 1 [Drama] Love in the Time of COVID - 10th Round 2 [Romance] Whispers Under a Lonely Kansas Sky - 3rd Round 3 FINAL [Open/Drama] - Solo Mission - DNP Rhyming Story Round 1 [Horror] Do You Want to Know a Secret? - 7th Round 2 [Romance] Of Masking and Mending - 3rd Round 3 FINAL [Open/Drama] - Varied Parts Make a Whole - DNP 500-Word Round 1 [Comedy] White Lies and Love Ties - 1st 🌟 Round 2 [Action/Adventure] Forever Twelve - 5th Round 3 FINAL [Open/Drama] Resilient Roots - DNP Flash Fiction Round 1 [Fantasy] There's Just No Hiding the Hooves - 3rd Round 2 [Political Satire] A Word to the Wise - 1st 🌟 Round 3 [Suspense] The Last Song - DNP Microfiction 100 Round 1 [Romance] Riding Through Life - 1st 🌟 Round 2 [Historical Fiction] 1957 Good Housewife's Rules - HM7 Screenplay Round 1 [Comedy] Dueling Dojos - DNP Short Story Round 1 [RomCom] Take a Flier - DNP -------------------- 2022 -------------------- (4) Flash Fiction Round 1 [Crime Caper] Chump Change Charlie - 2nd Round 2 [Suspense] Not Everyone is Here to Help - 10th Round 3 [Comedy] The Eager Trombonist - DNP Short Story Round 1 [Ghost Story] The In-Between - DNP -------------- Genre Breakdown -------------- Received: Action/Adventure (1); Comedy (5); Crime Caper (2); Drama (3); Fairytale (1); Fantasy (2); Ghost Story (3); Historical Fiction (3); Horror (2); Mystery (1); Political Satire (1); Romance (7); Romantic Comedy (2); Sci-Fi (2); Suspense (3); Thriller (2) + Scary Story Most Common: Romance ❤️ (7 times) and Comedy 😆 (5 times) Never Received: Spy <--- just one genre left! FINALS Genre Self-Selected: Satire/Cli-Fi (1), Drama/Realistic Fiction (5). Two of the latter five had a twist of magical realism at the end. Looks like I have a go-to genre. 💃
------------ Scoring Breakdown ------------ 47 ROUNDS TOTAL 1st (7), 2nd (4), 3rd (6), 4th (2), 5th (2), 6th (1), 7th (1), 9th (1), 10th (2), HM (4), DNP Lower/Middle Rounds (8), Finals (6), Currently In Judging or Pending (1)
Edited by Jennk - 22 hours 26 minutes ago at 12:15am |
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motierney
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Joined: 18 Jul 2023 Location: Vancouver Status: Offline Points: 19 |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2023 at 1:44pm |
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Hi there! While I wait on pins and needles for a month to find out if I made the top ten in the Short Story finals, I thought I'd post my full NYC Midnight Short Story journey for anyone who's interested. Thanks to @Jennk for pointing me in the direction of this archive post :)
Round 1: "Indisposed" (Suspense, A Novelist, Trade Secrets) - 3rd place Round 2: "Big Game" (Action/Adventure, A Soldier of Fortune, Extinction) - 1st place Round 3: "Soul Food" (Fantasy, A Gastronome, Empty-Handed) - 4th place Round 4: "Imposter Syndrome" (Open Genre, A Palmist, Burned-Out) - In judging Edited by motierney - 21 Jul 2023 at 1:45pm |
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