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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I won this about 4-5 years ago and it got me to start writing again! Highly recommend!

Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Moving onto finals in NYCMidnight Two-Story contest! My group was strong, so I feel very fortunate. Only top two point holders moved on. First place had 28/30 and I had 24/30, (Thanks to a first place ghost story). Others after me had 23, 21x2, and 20! And they don’t get to move on! Crazy!

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh, alright. I’ll play nice.😊

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I haven’t done NYCMidnight in years, well can’t remember the last time. I’m flabbergasted. Group 46. My ghost story took #1 and it was a rom com! Super hard to get into top 2! I wish your bro good luck Thursday, even though we’re adversaries and I’ll have to hex him now. 🧙

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wow! That’s so awesome! And now for the real shocker…..so did I! What is your brother’s name?

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🤔 I could have been hallucinating.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

That happened to me last time, but it evidently stays in the form for the next round. Ay least i think mine did.I saw words there, didn’t even reread them and submitted. 🤪

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🙌 woohoo. Congratulations!

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@whimsyfiction.bsky.social That’s a wrap. I’m getting better at not being so serious. I think.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

😂🤣😂 Poutine is SO huge and Canada. It’s everywhere there. I still haven’t brought myself to try it. I’m not a cheese curds fan.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🤣😂🤣 I have slowed down slightly! Well, for summer anyway.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If it’s not the middle of the night, or I’m not on vacation, I’m in.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You can roast me every day until I die before I’d jump of that mountain.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oh right, the other rounds! Good luck with 250 and 100!

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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 21/08/2026

Entry for our *final round for 2026* is 20% off for a limited time. From 23-25 October, the Not Quite Write Prize will challenge you to write a 500-word story in response to our prompts. Prizes include over AU$4,000 plus print publication! More info: notquitewriteprize.com Spread the word!

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another contest? I’m awol again, if so.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Good lock. I passed this time. Contest overload.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Some of us were sleeping.🛌

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Good god, then I’m a dinosaur. 🦖

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wow! That was uber fast, but yay!

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Woo hoo! Writing Battle 100 Word house results = the best I’ve ever done. Bring on the showdowns! And a set of pro-phones! Pretty! #writingbattle

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I wrote a flash fiction that includes a tamagotchi and put it in my novel! (Kiki is one of my main characters) It was also in Ghost Light Lit. It’s the second one. Warning: gut punch alert www.ghostlightlit.com/uploads/1/2/...

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I just don’t want to fall off the leaderboard. 🙏 On the end I’m psyched to be a daredevil this round. 😈

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Maybe he can bark out the LL. 🤔

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Ah!!! This was happening while I was sleeping?! I may have to revert back to “now-I-lay-me-down-to-sleep” before bedtime. 😂🤪

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congrats! No results for me for another 24 hours! #torture

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Well, that narrows things down. 😂

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

No favorites? 💩 Well, I tried!

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I was thinking that was a shit ton of Amanda stories as well. The one time I switch teams. 🤷‍♀️

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You’re usually not the last to finish, are you? 🤔

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Bye, bye pointy trophy, as I am yin all the way and this story is yang. Looking forward to seeing what such story could garner three judges favor.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It looks that way. It was yang. I believe they’re all done their first reads.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Me too. Sometimes one just has to push oneself, even if it doesn’t seem to be going well. I’m not good at that, so this month is a win of sorts regardless. 😁

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Not loving this month’s entry even though I dug the prompts. Moving really sucks creativity cells from ones body. At least I didn’t DNF. @whimsyfiction.bsky.social

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@notquitewrite.com Let’s get some yin energy going for Tram Amanda because two stories have caught both Ed and Dean’s attention for yang. 👏 for them, but I’m sure Team Amanda has some stunners as well. (Yes, I compared vague tweets. I need a life).

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Oh, I know of one story that’s just waiting for the yin side of your energy to become unleashed.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

He’s done?! Maybe he took a mental health day from work. All that yang energy calling to him. Bwahahaaa. What will happen when he switches to read the Yin list? Inquiring minds wanna know.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thank you for being a part of the reading team and bringing your unique perspective.

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Sally R Simon @salgal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Warning: male and female readers of the same story, given these prompts, may hold very different results. #YinYang

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