Deadline's Approach

Sorry for the lack of feedback after raising the extension question. After much deliberation, I have decided that there will not be an extension. Not a major one, anyway. IS3's deadline is still the end of Halloween, but I'll keep submissions open until 12 PM EST, Monday, November 1st.

It may not seem like much; that's because it isn't. But it does provide a little extra wiggle room for everyone getting in the last bits of polish. If you're waiting on the approval queue when the time comes, PM me or one of the other judges and let us know the situation.

Comments

[Impossible Numbers]

Seems fair enough. I've been proceeding under the assumption that there won't be a deadline extension, just to play it safe.

[SparklingTwilight]

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Does that mean you have a third entry planned? You've already been so generous with the most words produced for this year of the contest thus far. Or, was it just an allusion to the fact that you've already submitted your pieces? Perhaps we will need to await November 1st to know for sure. (UPDATE: Just saw your blog).

[Impossible Numbers]

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Does that mean you have a third entry planned?

Planned, yes. Guaranteed, no. The way this thing's going, there's a chance I won't finish it before the deadline.

[Mockingbirb]

12 PM EST, Monday, November 1st

Is that noon partway through Monday, or midnight at the very end of Monday?

Asking as someone who turned out to have a wackier schedule in the rest of my life than I'd expected.

[Ghost Mike]

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Is that noon partway through Monday, or midnight at the very end of Monday?

That means noon - it’s easy to forget, but PM begins at midday. And we’re it midnight, it would say Tuesday instead.

So yes, midday (unless you’re in an earlier time zone, which nets you a few extra hours ).

[Mockingbirb]

I am happy to find something claiming that everyone who uses "12pm" or "12am" might be kind of wrong?
from "Royal Museums Greenwich."

Royal Observatory
Visit the home of Greenwich Mean Time

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/noon-12-am-or-12-pm

At exactly 12 noon, the Sun is at its highest point in the sky and directly over the meridian. It is therefore neither 'ante' (am) nor 'post' (pm) meridiem. At 12 midnight it also neither am nor pm.

This is how my sense of humor works, I guess, that I am amused by the answer from Greenwich Observatory's website.

[FanOfMostEverything]

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I would argue that midnight is, in fact, anti-meridiem, and thus the usual abbreviation holds.

That said, I suppose they have a point with noon. All stories are due by 12 M tomorrow.

[SirNotAppearingInThisFic]

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At exactly

Exact numbers are very fine points. Timezones are too wide (and sometimes conform to more political, less astronomical, things) for this to be true for the majority of area and we have a wonky orbit, a bit of a tilt, and shifts with daylight savigs time to confound things further.

The last time I checked Solar Noon to help figure out Solar North for something in the area (different time of year) it was actually more like 12:15.

So my two pedantic cents are that I think we can't know just by the clock exactly when the am/pm flip takes place or the moment neither make sense. If it helps, I think saying 1200 EST on the 24-hour clock still avoids all of this?

[Impossible Numbers]

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Correction: Yes, I have a third entry now. And I am feeling a-may-zeeng! WOOHOO!

[SparklingTwilight]

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Congratulations! (And another 15,000 words exactly).

[Impossible Numbers]

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Congratulations!

Thanks!

(And another 15,000 words exactly).

There is canvas. I have paintbrush. Canvas. Paintbrush. Vot vas question again?

[Bicyclette]

thank you for this wiggle room turns out i need it lol