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CONTEST DATE
September 29, 2010  Announcements   

The current contest announcement will be delayed until October 20th – our apologies for the wait. TotZW has received an unprecedented number of submissions over the last few months, and we want to be sure to review 100% of them before making a decision.

Thank you for your patience,
-Ed.

12 Comments

  1. Best get on with it then 😉

    Comment by Pete Bevan on September 29, 2010 @ 11:30 am

  2. Congrats on the up-swing of submissions.
    Condolences for the stress that entails.

    Comment by Barrett on September 29, 2010 @ 5:05 pm

  3. I don’t understand-if people send in so many stories,then why is there only 1 or 2 released each month (if we’re lucky)?

    Comment by Antichrist on September 29, 2010 @ 5:54 pm

  4. Barrett,

    I don’t envy him to be honest.

    Comment by Pete Bevan on September 30, 2010 @ 1:08 am

  5. Antichrist, not all submissions make the final cut. It takes time to shift through all the hopefulls to make way for the very best. I’ve had at least one sumission rejected as it wasn’t up to scratch. Plus although I know nothing of web deisgn I’m guessing it takes time to transfer the successful ones to the web site.

    Comment by Nick Lloyd on September 30, 2010 @ 9:22 am

  6. TOWWZ is a high quality site so the Ed gets a large percentage that don’t pass muster, I myself have had to do 2 (or 3) rewrites as they weren’t good enough. I think he is also a working man (TOWWZ doesn’t pay the bills) so he has to fit this in around his day job.

    I barely get time to write so reading hundreds of submissions must be difficult.

    Comment by Pete Bevan on September 30, 2010 @ 11:25 am

  7. Well, as a fomret professor I understand how long it takes to do a fair job of grading or reviewing free-form material. It takes a lot less time if you don’t have to give written feedback – So I understand both the delay and TOWWZ’s policy of not providing individual feedback. As someone who submitted a story just barely under the wire at the very end of the submission period I am prefectly happy that the editor(s) take the time they need to do the job. As someone who actually worked with a community of the living dead in Juno Beach in Florida, I’m perfectly happy to roam the Earth until they make up their minds.

    Comment by Kagemusha on September 30, 2010 @ 5:13 pm

  8. I, like most of us TOWWZ followers, am excited to see new material when it’s posted, and am equally disappointed when there aren’t any updates for a while. On the other hand, I’m aware that their reviewing the submissions and selecting the best for us to enjoy. I have yet to read a story that I hated and am glad that they take the time to save us from less than average work. I’ve had one story rejected and am glad they take the time to review because, really it’s not one of my best.
    On an average day I’ll check the site 2-3 times for new stuff. However, if I’ve submitted some of my stuff, i’ll check the site 5 times or more!
    It’s pathetic, I know. Especially since I won’t hear about my own stuff for at least a month. Sigh. I should spend that time writing.

    Comment by Barrett on September 30, 2010 @ 5:37 pm

  9. Barrett I usually check it twice a day a well 🙁

    TOWWZ addiction

    Comment by Pete Bevan on October 1, 2010 @ 1:14 am

  10. Pete, we should start a support group. I’ll cover the colonies and you, the motherland. 🙂

    Comment by Barrett on October 1, 2010 @ 9:13 am

  11. Hi my name’s Nick and I’m a zombieaholic. It’s been 1 day since I last looked at TOWWZ and I’m getting withdrawal symptoms already

    Comment by nick lloyd on October 4, 2010 @ 8:39 am

  12. You crack me up Nick. That is, when your not killing cats or speaking some barely coherent gibberish, you crack me up. 🙂

    Comment by Barrett on October 4, 2010 @ 9:12 am

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