To keep myself from losing track of:
all the contests I've entered,
all the contests I've volunteered myself as a judge (or let myself be voluntold into judging),
all the books I've had to read as a contestant or as a judge,
all the deadlines,
a...
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I think I entered Ancilla into Spring: The Blossoming of Romance and Poetry.
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UPDATE (11/3/2025) - This one flopped. Probably just as well, because I wound up blocking one of the judges for being best friends with someone who was harassing me with death threats and for pulling an "I'm part of the Halal Police and I'm issuing you a citation" routine after her conversion to my religion. Participation in her contest would have been, shall we say, awkward.