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  • #27573
    Louise Fowler
    @perfectfifths
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      @daeus Sounds good. Again, don’t worry if you can’t 🙂

      Currently reading Les Miserables

      #27605
      Daeus
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        @perfectfifths Alright, I got your story done. You can send me the Bunyan one if you’re ready.

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        #27668
        Louise Fowler
        @perfectfifths
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          @daeus Thank you! 😀 I actually made some comments on your comments (and changed some stuff based on them) and I’d appreciate it, if you can, if you could have a quick look at those as well 🙂

          Currently reading Les Miserables

          #27984
          Louise Fowler
          @perfectfifths
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            So, excitement!

            I just submitted my story to the Home Life contest and am currently waiting for a reply from the Bunyan contest people due to *ahem* technical difficulties (i.e. I put my email address in wrong D: )

            So as soon as that can be fixed, the second story will entered as well 🙂

            Thanks for everyone’s tips and support! Thanks you, Daeus for proofreading one of the stories 🙂 I’ll keep you guys updated as I hear about things 😀


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            Currently reading Les Miserables

            #27987
            Snapper
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              @perfectfifths Yay! I hope you win!

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              #27989
              Ethryndal
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                @PerfectFiths Woot! Can’t wait to hear how you do!

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                #27990
                Louise Fowler
                @perfectfifths
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                  @dragon-snapper @ethryndal Both entries are sent and now all I have to do it wait… To quote Inigo Montoya, “I hate to wait….”

                  Currently reading Les Miserables

                  #28127
                  Emma Flournoy
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                    @PerfectFifths Waiting…and waiting…I feel for you. When are the results announced?

                    #28130
                    Louise Fowler
                    @perfectfifths
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                      @emma-flournoy Here’s what the Home Life contest says:

                      Entries open at 09:00 AEDT on 22.12.2016 and close at 23:59 AEST on 19.04.2017. Australian residents aged 18 years and over only. Winner determined at 10:00 AEST on 19.06.2017 at Level 1, 2 Holt Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010. The winner will be announced and their story published in the August 2017 issue of Country Style, 
on sale 13.07.2017. Total prize pool valued at $5000

                      And the Bunyan one says entry close date is April 1st, and the winner and runners-up will be decided 2-3 weeks after that, with the winners being notified via email 😀

                      Currently reading Les Miserables

                      #28133
                      Emma Flournoy
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                        @PerfectFifths Oh dear, the Hom Life one especially isn’t very soon. 🙁 If I read that correctly—July.

                        #28136
                        Louise Fowler
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                          @emma-flournoy Yee-ap! But I’m not constantly thinking about it/stressing over it/being super excited now that they’re submitted, so I think I can relax for the time being 😉

                          Currently reading Les Miserables

                          #28137
                          Emma Flournoy
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                            @PerfectFifths 😀 Have a good relaxing wait.

                            #29316
                            Louise Fowler
                            @perfectfifths
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                              Well, it’s well and truly past April 1st (no joke! 😛 ) so the Bunyan contest is closed. I should be hearing in the next 2-3 weeks if I win or not 😀

                              I received my copy of Bond’s book War in the Wasteland, which I had forgotten was part of perks of entering until it arrived. My dad is currently reading it, because it’s a about WWI and he likes stories like that. So far, I think he’s enjoying it 😉


                              @daeus
                              @ethryndal @emma-flournoy @kate-flournoy @dragon-snapper @mark-kamibaya

                              Currently reading Les Miserables

                              #29321
                              Snapper
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                                @perfectfifths Good luck!
                                I must have missed this discussion, but what is War in the Wasteland?

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                                #29323
                                Louise Fowler
                                @perfectfifths
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                                  @dragon-snapper I never mentioned it, because, like I said, I forgot about it 😉

                                  It’s a book written by Douglas Bond, who is an author who is very involved in the contest each year. I don’t know if he runs it, but he gives a video master class when you enter before a certain date (I didn’t enter in time for the live class, but there is a video)

                                  Some of the things you get upon entering the contest are a coupon code for the YA titles in their store, and a copy (I don’t want to say free copy, because it was a $20 fee to enter) of War in the Wasteland, which was written by Bond, and is set in World War I.

                                  Currently reading Les Miserables

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