# I've won Honorable Mention **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665 "2007-10-23T04:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/1 "2007-10-23T04:00:35Z")
…for a genre short story that I entered in the 76th Annual Writer’s Digest competition. I don’t think they publish HMs in the anthology, but my name will turn up in it somewhere in the list of winners. Kinda cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/2 "2007-10-23T04:02:57Z")
Very cool- I love short stories. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/3 "2007-10-23T04:04:47Z")
Good job. How about a link to the story. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/4 "2007-10-23T04:12:02Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] Good job. How about a link to the story. [/QUOTE] Link request seconded, and congratulations, **vlw**! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/5 "2007-10-23T23:47:35Z")
There is no link, but you can email me and I can send it as an attachment. Since the story is not being published by WD, I am free to send it elsewhere and it is already under consideration at a magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/6 "2007-10-24T00:26:42Z")
Congratulations! Good luck with the magazine, too! ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/7 "2007-10-24T14:02:10Z")
Congratulations! What genre? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/8 "2007-10-24T14:07:21Z")
Congratulations! That is very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/9 "2007-10-24T14:43:36Z")
Kind of cool? More like KICK ASS! ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/10 "2007-10-24T15:10:59Z")
As a would-be writer myself with a solitary short story credit to my name all I can say is jolly good show. By which I of course mean - ‘bastard’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/11 "2007-10-24T15:14:37Z")
Pretty cool! Enjoy your day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-honorable-mention/423665/12 "2007-11-05T04:46:07Z")
To those who sent me a PM: Sorry I am so late in replying. I don’t usually glance up there because I receive very few private messages. Story has been sent !