Comments on: An Update on the West Virginia Fiction Award, queue up “I’m a loser, baby….”

By: Pete Peterson

Pete Peterson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:09:19 +0000

Sorry to hear you didn’t win, Sam. Odd that they would asking for it to be pasted into an email, that’s a surefire way to screw anything up.

By: Sir Wilbur

Sir Wilbur — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:43:13 +0000

“Yeahh, Irwin M. Fletcher you choose. Wowee. Oh boy..I lost. Yeah, sorry.”

By: Ryan Szrama

Ryan Szrama — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:16:59 +0000

Just passing through from Dr. Moore’s blog and happened to see the Beck line… three letters for your next entry: PDF.

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Maybe the judge had a brother in the contest…

I’m with GrammaMack on the format issues, should be a non-issue.

But seriously, this just gives us a bit of ammunition when you are wildly successful. If you get a little big for your britches, we can always say “Hey pal, you DO remember the WV Fiction award? You didn’t win that, so you’re mortal just like the rest of us.”

By: gina

gina — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:35:48 +0000

sweet comments from all. and grammamack, i do love the word ‘wonky.’

By: S.D. Smith

S.D. Smith — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:16:39 +0000

Thanks for the sympathetic remarks.

It was a good experience for sure (except for that detail about the formatting, which was a bummer).

By: GrammaMack

GrammaMack — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:54:47 +0000

It’s a wonderful achievement to be among the finalists! But formatting issues as criteria in judging a fiction contest? That’s bizarre and unjust and frustrating, especially when something must have been wonky in the process that was out of your control.

By: Robert Treskillard

Robert Treskillard — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:53:36 +0000

Sorry that happened, S.D.—youse was robbed!

By: Loren Eaton

Loren Eaton — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:17:00 +0000

Gah. Philistines, that’s what they are.

By: Lars Walker

Lars Walker — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:23:57 +0000

Condolences. I’d be miffed too. But tomorrow’s another day.