Weekly Update
Editor & First Line Reader
September has been busy for me! Over the past month, I’ve connected with several past winners of the Writers of the Future Contest, networking, emailing, and asking for their knowledge. Last week, I finished the WotF Slush Pile Article with Kary English.
This week I hope to finish the How to Win the WotF Contest Article. My soft deadline is Saturday, the 23rd, 2022, but I will publish it ASAP. I’m approximately 50% finished. 37 writers have contributed over 16,000 words of advice. This means I’m also compiling around 200 website links.
On Sep. 21st, I became a First Line Reader for DreamForge Magazine. Currently, DreamForge is open to speculative fiction short story submissions from 09/22/2022 to 10/15/22. I have 34 days to slush through at least 25 stories for the submission period.
DreamForge Magazine publishes two print issues per year from stories compiled from the quarterly online/digital issues of DreamForge Anvil (online and digital eBook version of DreamForge Magazine). DreamForge Anvil delivers guest articles on writing by author Wulf Moon, and goes behind the scenes with line edits of select stories, showing how tales go from the first to the last draft!
I can now add “Editor” and “First Line Reader” to my bio.
Preview of contributors:
Desmond Astaire
Zack Be
Lazarus Black
Devon V. Bohm
Z. T. Bright
Eneasz Brodski
Carrie Callahan
John M Campbell
Elizabeth Chatsworth
David Cleden
Vida Cruz
Preston Dennett
Andy Dibble
Jonathan Ficke
Sara Fox
Amy Henrie Gillett
David Hankins
N.V. Haskell
John Haas
Jim C. Hines
Storm Humbert
Mica S. Kole
Corry L. Lee
Barbara Lund
Jake Marley
Wulf Moon
Brittany Rainsdon
Matthew S. Rotundo
Rebecca Treasure Schibler
Martin L. Shoemaker
Elise Stephens
Eric James Stone
Mike Jack Stoumbos
Luke Wildman
Chris Winspear
Brandon Case
Alex Fox
As a reminder, the 4th and final quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest (#WotF) Vol. 39 ends on 30 September 2022.
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Cheers,
Jarrid Cantway