@AsexualAnt Last year, there were only 4 Short Story finalists and of course each year is different, but it’ll probably be around that number. Considering all the people not on CC, I think the Short Story finalists have been called? Not sure about poetry finalists though.
Idk, I submitted for Short Story as well so I’m still holding out hope XD
Good luck either way, whether finalist or hm/merit!!
Also @wistfulwords Don’t worry, I just looked through my application and realized I forgot to indent a paragraph, so I’m with you there haha.
@remi01 and @braveandhonest
Thanks for letting us know! So are some getting emails instead of phone calls? Or maybe just an email if they weren’t able to connect by phone? Or is this a follow-up email after the phone call? Just curious.
Thanks for the info regarding the piano winner (congrats to him btw)! Pianist here w/ no call yet, so I’m crossing my fingers for HM/merit…
…or if they’re notifying by regions (correct me if I’m wrong, I’m not 100% sure of this), they haven’t hit my region yet, but that chance is getting slimmer by the day, lol.
One would think by region makes sense since it’s only 5:30pm on the West Coast. But not sure if the calls are still going on considering it’s 8:30pm eastern time.
@Lunarlitgend I’m from the Midwest as well, but I’ve yet to hear anyone from here being contacted. Although, I’ll post if I do!
From what I’ve seen, it seems as if mostly bigger cities have been contacted.