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    1. 50 votes
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      • Be able to edit a story once it is submitted

        I noticed a spelling mistake after I had submitted it and would like to be able to change it

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          I don’t know of any competition where you can change an entry once it is entered. However on the Fish online entry system you can check your entry once it is uploaded, and make changes to it. Once the entry fee is paid it cannot be changed.
          Clem

        • Why are your fees so expensive. £15 for one story. I expected better from Ireland a supposed socialist country.

          you have a competition for students at a price they can afford to enter or you lower your prices....your entry fee is disgustingly high and the twice the amount an avergae worker would get per hour........

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            There are discounts for subsequent entries. If it is more expensive than some other prizes it’s because we have good prize money and publish the winners in a quality anthology. there is also an online entry system where you can see your entry and follow its progress. It is about value for the entry fee.
            Clem

          • Be great to see 'Shortlisted' or 'Longlisted' (or 1st place!!) against my entries

            next to entries in author database listing that shows all your entries

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              Once an entry is read it is marked A, B or C. A means it is shortlisted, B means it is on the longlist, and C means it hasn’t made the cut. You can see the mark on your Author Page. The shortlists will be on the website and in the newsletter.
              Clem Cairns

            • Say a story makes it on the longlist, will it be reviewed one more time after all entries are read? Just curious, that would make sense.

              Say a story makes it on the longlist, will it be reviewed one more time after all entries are read? Just curious, that would make sense.

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              • Great Support

                Thank you Mary-Jane for activating my account.

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                • Be able to change my email address

                  I'm using a different email address. How do I change it?

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                  • Be able to submit a story in pdf format

                    I can't get the formatting of the poem the way I want it in your editor and would prefer to submit a .pdf file.

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                    • 5 votes
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                      • Be able to delete story once competition is closed

                        I don't want to leave my story on the system once the competition is closed. How can I delete it?

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                        • take some praise for a good online entry system

                          just saying that having entered using your new online system, and had no issues using it despite some limitations to my vision. Appreciated chance to preview what was sent

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                          • question about short lists

                            I understand why you didn't want to run author names with the short list for the short story prize in the first week of March, because you hadn't chosen a winner yet, but what's the logic behind only using titles for the short list for memoir? Or short lists for contests that have closed? Then for some reason the names of postal entries are printed.

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                              • Make it easy to change password

                                At the moment have to contact admin to do that.

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                                • stop marking people's work as if they were children.

                                  If you want to mark things as B and C for your own administration purposes that's fine, but don't insult people who didn't ask for feedback by giving them a mark.
                                  It also takes away the fun/suspense of entering a competition.
                                  I also suggest that if you're going to publish shortlists or longlists then you should be doing so alphabetically. No-one knows or cares the name of a story, but it can be useful to people to be visible on such a list.

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                                    Jean,
                                    We put the marks up on the pages after years of writers asking us to do just that. They wanted at least some indication of where they were at with the entry. Insult was far from our thoughts.
                                    Our website doesn’t have the facility to select the names, just the titles. The names can’t be announced till after the comp is over because it is anonymous, and by then the writers will usually have found it.

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