# I'm not last!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-last/37182>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-last/37182 "2000-10-16T22:51:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-last/37182/1 "2000-10-16T22:51:40Z")

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I placed 96th in the Writer’s Digest 2000 writing contest genre fiction category. Yup. Out of at least a hundred entries.  
Hey, I gotta be proud of something.

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**Author:** ![henbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@henbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henbin)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-last/37182/2 "2000-10-16T22:53:39Z")

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Congratulations! Beat the rest of us by a mile!😉

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**Author:** ![henbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@henbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henbin)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-last/37182/3 "2000-11-01T23:37:08Z")

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So, it’s been a little while. Have you posted it yet?  
Or can you give us an excerpt?

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**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-last/37182/4 "2000-11-02T01:02:14Z")

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I’d rather not do either. I’m about to submit it to some SF magazines, and since (I think) it’s pretty original I don’t want to give anyone the idea. I will let you all know when/if it gets published, though!