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CamsynClair
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This is my first year of having a goal to enter ALL the NYCMs! Last year I did all the prose ones + Rhyming, and this year, I'm adding the Screenwriting ones! It's tiring but fun, and it's great to have so many simultaneous comps that results weeks are a surprise because last year, I was on the edge of my seat for every one! One down (I'm out of Screenwriting, which tbh was a bit of a relief lol), two active (SS and 100), and four to go!
I'm telling myself that I'll only enter my favorites next year, but I also kind of want to be able to make R2 of all the comps, which means that I'll have to do Screenwriting (and likely Short Screenplay, but we'll see) again next year, and Rhyming until I crack the code, I suppose... which puts me back at All the NYCMs since I like all of the other ones Well, I don't love SS, but it's the first comp after the writing comp "holiday break" so to speak starting in mid-December, so I'm just itching to write again by the time I get to it, so I imagine I'll... just be stuck in all the NYCMs for a while lol. The Micros and Flash are my favorite though, so if I'm short on time/funds next year, I'll prioritize those three. I've done the last three WB, and I've done one GS! I have a good prompt for the current one, but I can't motivate myself without financial investment, so I guess my next GS will be the course contest...
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annemarie
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I found this sci-fi competition that is open to writers resident in Australia. Sharing the details in case there are any fellow Aussies following this thread.
https://www.australiansciencefictionwritersfoundation.com.au/guidelines.html Mind you, if there are any sci-fi junkies out there who wouldn't mind casting an eye over my draft I would be very grateful
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Suave
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Send away. Mr SciFy here.
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Mrsnetpro
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I really enjoyed Literary Taxidermy. I'm not sure when they will offer it again but they have a workshop that I signed up for this weekend. They also offered a two part workshop but I'm not available on that day. I had so much fun with my submission last year that I am hoping to learn what I missed with the poem I wrote.
In regards to feedback on WB, I thought the "common" feedback was spot on and collectively gave me insight I would not have otherwise had. It also made me realize that the feedback I get from my friends has little to no value in the world of writing contests.
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Random
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 17 Nov 2017 Location: C. of Letters Status: Offline Points: 5401 |
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I did all of the NYCM for a couple years; started with Short Screenplay, even tried 250 M the first year or so. When I started my writing was embarrassingly cringe worthy. Now I only do short story and did WP this year. Been seriously considering dropping NYCM entirely and we'll see how WP goes. My writing has improved to merely embarrassing. In a list of 34 attributes 'competition' came in 17th, so I am by no means addicted to the 'challenge'...
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taaaylor
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I almost exclusively do NYCM :) I entered Globe Soup for the first time a couple weekends ago. I'm shaky on entering it again, mostly because I think it's silly to have all the genres compete against each other when some are advantaged by simply being more popular genres. I have limited time for contests so I save it for (imo) the best ❤️️
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