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THANK YOU ENTRANCING AWARDS!!!
4 months ago
Hell everyone,
For those of you that aren't aware (somehow lol) I participated in this years Entrancing Awards. The competition ended just this past night when the winners were announced. I wrote a little something reflecting about my experience after submitting my entry and posted it in the comments of the post announcing the winners. I just wanted to put it here as well so whoever else would like to read it can.
Thanks again if you are affiliated with the competition for the incredible work you do! <3
Congratulations to the winners!
And a big thank you to all the organizers for putting this wonderful competition on. <3 <3 <3
It’s odd. I initially thought, after seeing the list of submissions and how long it was, that once I reached the end and voted, I’d feel burnt out. Like I worked so hard putting together my story, and going through and reading all these stories which were being compared against mine, would feel like a real bummer. But actually, having reached the end of this competition, having interacted with so many awesome writers and their works, its left me with the exact opposite impression.
There’s so many talented people here! So many interesting ideas were put on display, and so much love was shown by so many of the participants for each other’s work. I feel…honored? Yeah, I feel honored to be here.
Even though I didn’t win, even though I felt the biggest doses of imposter syndrome I’ve ever felt back at the beginning of April, I don’t feel that now, here at the end. I don’t feel disappointed in myself in the slightest. I feel alive. I’ve come out of this competition with an insane idea for next year’s entry. An idea I could’ve never dreamed up before reading some of your works. An idea that I would’ve never thought I’d be tackling because I was so burned after the release of Silly Snake Games. And I have you guys to thank for this feeling.
Your works have impacted me in a way I can’t even describe.
More than I ever have before, I've started to reach out to people. I want to talk to other writers in this community. I want to do more. I need to do more because it feels electric just being in the same space as you guys. I just feel so good about myself right now.
Thank you all so much for this feeling. I can’t wait for next year’s competition. :3
For those of you that aren't aware (somehow lol) I participated in this years Entrancing Awards. The competition ended just this past night when the winners were announced. I wrote a little something reflecting about my experience after submitting my entry and posted it in the comments of the post announcing the winners. I just wanted to put it here as well so whoever else would like to read it can.
Thanks again if you are affiliated with the competition for the incredible work you do! <3
Congratulations to the winners!
And a big thank you to all the organizers for putting this wonderful competition on. <3 <3 <3
It’s odd. I initially thought, after seeing the list of submissions and how long it was, that once I reached the end and voted, I’d feel burnt out. Like I worked so hard putting together my story, and going through and reading all these stories which were being compared against mine, would feel like a real bummer. But actually, having reached the end of this competition, having interacted with so many awesome writers and their works, its left me with the exact opposite impression.
There’s so many talented people here! So many interesting ideas were put on display, and so much love was shown by so many of the participants for each other’s work. I feel…honored? Yeah, I feel honored to be here.
Even though I didn’t win, even though I felt the biggest doses of imposter syndrome I’ve ever felt back at the beginning of April, I don’t feel that now, here at the end. I don’t feel disappointed in myself in the slightest. I feel alive. I’ve come out of this competition with an insane idea for next year’s entry. An idea I could’ve never dreamed up before reading some of your works. An idea that I would’ve never thought I’d be tackling because I was so burned after the release of Silly Snake Games. And I have you guys to thank for this feeling.
Your works have impacted me in a way I can’t even describe.
More than I ever have before, I've started to reach out to people. I want to talk to other writers in this community. I want to do more. I need to do more because it feels electric just being in the same space as you guys. I just feel so good about myself right now.
Thank you all so much for this feeling. I can’t wait for next year’s competition. :3
