Round 1 is complete, which is in many ways the toughest - we culled the submissions to 29 - and it was tough. Real tough. I believe a number that were rejected would have been strong candidates for SQ Mag's general submission, but this is a contest. We have to remind ourselves every moment.
Round 2 and the final Round 3 are always handled in rapid succession - Round 2 we draw the field down to around 5 to 7, and Round 3 we choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
We should have the short list and winners published close to 15 November 2013.
The stories (without authors' names) that made Round 2 are as follows:
A Very
Special Ride
|
Anomoly
|
Arabesque
|
Black
Smoker Hero
|
Capuchin
|
Cremation
|
David's
Muse
|
Exponential
Growth
|
Fog
|
Good Luck
Charm
|
Hand of
Glory
|
Hand to
Mouth
|
Inside
Ferndale
|
It's Only
Going to End Badly
|
Jun
Nakamura's Dead Girlfriend
|
Keeping an
Open Mind
|
Mother's
Days
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Prey
|
Semantikinetic
|
So Long,
The Dark
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The Baby
|
The
Captain's Last Bath
|
The Color
of Mars
|
The
Dispatch Officer's Son
|
The Hoodoo
Nigger
|
The
Matchbox Sign
|
The
Working Strife of Red O'Leary
|
Vermin
|
Webs
|
There were no double-ups of titles, so if your story is listed here, you know it is in Round 2. If you haven't received a rejection email and your story is not in this list, please double check your entry in Submittable. If there is still uncertainty, please contact us by emailing: submissions@ifwgpublishing.com.
Good luck to all!
Story Quest Contest Team
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