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    Posted: 21 May 2022 at 12:35am
I am in the third round and am very excited. But I need to know something before I commit to a plot for this time. The FAQ is not clear about whether or not the writer is assigned a genre in the final round. Are they? Or do writers get to choose? Thanks! 
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Hi there, congrats!! I’m assuming you’re talking about the short story comp? This is the third round so you will have been assigned a genre for this story (it’ll be on the assignments page). For the final round (in June) everyone is given the same set of prompts with an “open” genre, which means you get to choose.

Hope that helps and best of luck!!


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It does answer that one. That's a clever solution for the final round. One last questions (we Virgos have to know everything), if we are lucky enough to make it that far, does which genre one picks matter at all? Or are they all looked at equally by content only? (If that's not clear, then what I mean is, would someone who choses something challenging, like political satire be on the same footing as someone who chose something more popular, such as romance?) I am guessing the answer is, they are all equal...since what is hard for one person might be easy for another.

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Originally posted by wordygal wordygal wrote:

It does answer that one. That's a clever solution for the final round. One last questions (we Virgos have to know everything), if we are lucky enough to make it that far, does which genre one picks matter at all? Or are they all looked at equally by content only? (If that's not clear, then what I mean is, would someone who choses something challenging, like political satire be on the same footing as someone who chose something more popular, such as romance?) I am guessing the answer is, they are all equal...since what is hard for one person might be easy for another.

Thank you.

Unfortunately, that part is blind luck. The judges are 100% anonymous, and there's no telling their personal preference. The best bet is to always write your strongest story. I've seen sci-fi, fantasy, speculative fiction, comedy, drama, literary fiction, narrative poetry, magical realism, horror, historical fiction, suspense, thriller, and romance--and many combos thereof--in the top 10 in NYC Midnight final rounds.

There's a breakdown of the judges' scoring rubric in the official rules agreement on the short story contest website, btw. Good luck with round 3!


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