Query Challenge clarifications

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I’ve gotten a couple of questions more than once, so I think a few clarifications might be in order:

Is it too late to join?

You can join the challenge AT ANY TIME.

Can I count queries I sent earlier this year even though I just joined?

When you join, you can COUNT ALL QUERIES YOU SENT OUT RETROACTIVELY TO JANUARY 10.

If I send in a completed piece, like an essay or something, does that count as a query?

Submissions to lit mags, etc, WILL count as queries. However, use good sense in submitting–don’t just sent out the same piece to 100 random mags you found at Duotrope so you can win the challenge. That’s stupid, and a waste of your time and the editors’. Like I said before, the prize is good, it won’t be so good that it’s worth completely destroying your personal integrity–or being unprofessional.

Do I have to link back to you if I join? I don’t like you/don’t want to/don’t have a website/other reason.

You don’t have to link back to Inkthinker if you join the challenge, but it would be appreciated. The more people who know about it, the more people who will benefit from it.

So, I should, like, copy you on all of my queries so I can get credit for them,
right?

For the love of God, NO. Do NOT copy me on your queries. I will seriously go bonkers. Then, in my defensible-by-reason-of-mental-illness state, I will be forced to bludgeon you with your keyboard. I definitely want your success stories, but please, please, PLEASE don’t copy me on your correspondence with editors. There’s absolutely no reason to do that. And besides, you’re reporting numbers to me at the end of each month anyway.

Now, get back to work!

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