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Bubastes
08-11-2006, 06:33 PM
Just thinking ahead here (yes, I want to join the Glimmer Train wreck soon)....

I've published a short story in a confession magazine (circulation 250,000). Although I did not get a byline, I'm assuming that this publication would still disqualify me from entering the New Writers contest, correct?
pdr
08-11-2006, 08:26 PM
Yes, Glimmer Train ask for unpublished stories. Actually most competitions do. So you can take it as the rule!
Bubastes
08-11-2006, 08:31 PM
Yes, Glimmer Train ask for unpublished stories. Actually most competitions do. So you can take it as the rule!

Thanks! I guess I wasn't clear in my question because I was planning on submitting a different story to GT (obviously, they're not going to publish a typical confession story). I just wanted to confirm that I could not be considered an "unpublished writer" under their rules and would have to submit my stories as a general submission or via their open short story contest.
maestrowork
08-11-2006, 09:55 PM
If you didn't get a byline, I think you're probably considered "unpublished" so you may still qualify.
pdr
08-12-2006, 07:39 PM
Sorrry about that!
Why don't you e-mail the editors and ask them?
Bubastes
08-12-2006, 09:50 PM
Sorrry about that!
Why don't you e-mail the editors and ask them?

::hitting self on forehead:: Doh!

Seriously, I'm not always this clueless. Must have od'ed on the catnip when I wrote my quesiton.

EDIT: Okay, after some digging, I found their definition of "new writer" (posted for anyone else who was wondering the same thing):

"So far as the 'New Writer' competition is concerned, if any of your fiction has been printed in any physical publication with a circulation over 5,000, you are a published writer, by our definition, and do not qualify for the Short Story Award for New Writers competition."

Those two "anys" tell me that I don't qualify, even though I didn't receive a byline. Fair enough.
wrinkles
08-12-2006, 10:08 PM
I would comment, but I have no idea what the Glimmer Train contest is.
kdnxdr
08-12-2006, 10:43 PM
what is the URL for Glimmer Train? Ya'll got me curious.

kid
Bubastes
08-12-2006, 11:45 PM
what is the URL for Glimmer Train? Ya'll got me curious.

kid

Here ya go:

http://www.glimmertrain.com/