#i kinda find my experience w it last year funny bc i submitted how does an orca pray

[thelostboys87]

the sexual tension between me and the short story prize that still says submissions will open in august 2023 on their site

#girl you have like 10 days! ill be patient though #like free submission and prize money is £500-£2000??? fuck baby don't dirtytalk me like that on a sunday #i kinda find my experience w it last year funny bc i submitted how does an orca pray #but then how does an orca pray got accepted and published and then PUSHCART NOMINATED?? #and i was like hahaha imagine if it got shortlisted for this thing too (the criteria lets you submit published pieces so i figured itd be o #anyway they didnt but it was long enough that i forgot about the piece #first time i literally felt Nothing over a rejection cause i was like OHH WAIT YOU GUYS! HEYYYYY cant wait to see yall in summer #this is also the same energy as the literary agency mentorship i was rejected from in 2021 #and i was like ok ill just apply every year until i dont need it or they accept me #usually the submission ends in july its august and they havent said anything about doing it this year LOL #i need to submit to contests more but im sooo broke #the bbc short story prize is like £10k+ prize money and free submission but i didnt do it this year #bc i was like fuck the bbc LOL #but also...i kinda want money from them