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. 36 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:

1. Desmond Astaire
2. Zack Be
3. Lazarus Black
4. Devon V. Bohm
5. Z. T. Bright
6. Eneasz Brodski
7. Carrie Callahan
8. John M Campbell
9. Elizabeth Chatsworth
10. David Cleden
11. Vida Cruz
12. Preston Dennett
13. Andy Dibble
14. Jonathan Ficke
15. Sara Fox
16. Amy Henrie Gillett
17. David Hankins
18. N.V. Haskell
19. John Haas
20. Jim C. Hines
21. Storm Humbert
22. Mica S. Kole
23. Corry L. Lee
24. Barbara Lund
25. Jake Marley
26. Wulf Moon
27. Brittany Rainsdon
28. Matthew S. Rotundo
29. Rebecca Treasure Schibler
30. Martin L. Shoemaker
31. Elise Stephens
32. Eric James Stone
33. Mike Jack Stoumbos
34. Luke Wildman
35. Chris Winspear
36. Brandon Case
37. 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

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jarrid Cantway is an award winning writer of speculative fiction and a U.S. Navy Veteran. Read more→

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