# SDMB Short Fiction Contest, late 2011/early 2012 edition - Logistics Thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427 "2011-12-16T16:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/41 "2011-12-29T16:21:33Z")
I just submitted my story. I’m well under the word limit, which is nice because I didn’t have to hack out anything. The goal this time was speed, and I think I did well finishing in under 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/42 "2011-12-29T18:34:26Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I just submitted my story. I’m well under the word limit, which is nice because I didn’t have to hack out anything. The goal this time was speed, and I think I did well finishing in under 2 hours. Two hours?! Great!! I too work on the speed system and give myself 3 hours - I need to practice how to write quickly and not overdo it with re-writes. Hope to have the three hours time sometime soon! (Maybe I will try to match or beat your two hours!) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/43 "2011-12-29T20:57:33Z")
Okay, mine has been sent. Seems like we’ll have plenty of stories in this one–I’m looking forward to the anthology! ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/44 "2011-12-29T21:58:17Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Two hours?! Great!! > I too work on the speed system and give myself 3 hours - I need to practice how to write quickly and not overdo it with re-writes. > Hope to have the three hours time sometime soon! > (Maybe I will try to match or beat your two hours!) I wasn’t really trying to challenge myself for creative purposes, I just don’t \*have \*a lot of time and I know if I leave it and come back to it later I’ll probably make wholesale changes and get frustrated. I barely even proofread it after I wrote it. I’m really looking forwadrd to seeing everyone’s stories. Too bad we have to wait over a week! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/45 "2011-12-30T02:06:03Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I’m really looking forwadrd to seeing everyone’s stories. Too bad we have to wait over a week! I think I recall that, in a few past contests, **Le Ministre** began the anthology thread early, but didn’t establish the poll until the proper date and time. So we may see stories sooner, rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/46a35a/32.png) [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/46 "2011-12-30T02:23:22Z")
Gah, mine’s not going to make it and I just flushed it. It just wasn’t going well and I had a couple of fires to put out which pulled my focus. I’ll try again later. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/47 "2011-12-30T17:37:21Z")
Submitted mine a few minutes ago. Beat my record (but not **Barkis** ’) by completing it in 2 1/2 hours. Looking forward to reading them all. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/48 "2011-12-31T07:00:41Z")
Just sent mine, warts and all, as usual I welcome the harsh criticism from a tough crowd as this is the best way to learn IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/49 "2012-01-01T18:17:36Z")
Alas, fruit flies like a banana, and I’ve had no inspiration. Perhaps next time. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/50 "2012-01-02T19:24:15Z")
Still time to enter and write a story! And for those of you who have decided not to enter this time, please join in reading them all and voting! We usually have a dearth of readers and it would be great to have more people to comment on the stories - I know it helps me when I read the comments from others. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/51 "2012-01-03T01:57:05Z")
I’m glad my story did get through. This is the first time I’ve participated in one of these. My story was a short short, under a thousand words. Hopefully it will make sense, and is based on an actual incident. I’ll tell about that when the contest is over. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/52 "2012-01-03T16:12:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Alas, fruit flies like a banana, and I’ve had no inspiration. Perhaps next time. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. The light didn’t go on for me, either. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/53 "2012-01-03T16:23:46Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. The light didn’t go on for me, either. Somebody should put a character in their story who constantly quotes Groucho Marx punchlines without any set-ups. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/54 "2012-01-03T23:22:40Z")
All right, I need to make a confession: I usually wait until the end to send for the prompts because I’m really bad at math. So…say I send for them at 6 p.m. TH, when do I have until? Saturday morning? ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/55 "2012-01-04T00:13:52Z")
**elfkin477** , if you receive the autoreply at 6:00pm Thursday, you then have 60 hours, or _two and a half days_ to complete and send your submittal. That means Sunday @ 6:00am. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/56 "2012-01-04T12:11:39Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > **elfkin477** , if you receive the autoreply at 6:00pm Thursday, you then have 60 hours, or _two and a half days_ to complete and send your submittal. That means Sunday @ 6:00am. Now you see why I wait until the last 2 days…😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/57 "2012-01-05T03:03:09Z")
I found a good day to tinker with my story (on and off), and luckily it worked out good enough for a submission, I think. I do wish I did have another 1000 words, as i would’ve really liked to explore the last leg of my idea before I tuned over the “ace”. But I’m happy with it, and as always, it was good fun. I especially liked the theme. Anyhow, I just submitted mine, but lacking an editor, of course I’m just finding typos now. Is it okay to re-submit fixing the typos if I’m still within the 60 hours? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/58 "2012-01-05T04:24:57Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Anyhow, I just submitted mine, but lacking an editor, of course I’m just finding typos now. Is it okay to re-submit fixing the typos if I’m still within the 60 hours? Within the 60 hours - I don’t see why not. Please do me a favour, though, and slip some sort of ‘revised version’ into the file name so I don’t accidentally publish the wrong one. Don’t laugh, you lot - it’s easier to screw up than you might think… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/59 "2012-01-05T20:11:02Z")
Thanks, **Le Min** … I’m going to resend this to you with vBulletin coding in a txt doc. Should save you the trouble of having to reformat much at all, if you’re cool with that? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427/60 "2012-01-05T21:36:00Z")
I was also thinking of resubmitting after finding a word that didn’t quite fit, but then I forgot about it. Oops. Hopefully no one will notice… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-short-fiction-contest-late-2011-early-2012-edition-logistics-thread/606427.md?page=4)