Medium Writers! What’s the Longest Time You’ve Spent Hanging Tight?
Can You Beat My Record?
We’ve all experienced Curation Limbo, in which a new post is given a “We Are Processing This Story. Hang Tight.” After which? We play the waiting game. Sometimes for moments. Sometimes for months.
Ever wonder what’s the longest time a writer has Hung Tight before being curated?
Me too. So I’m proposing a contest. Do you think you’re the Medium Writer who has hung tight the longest?
Prove it!
To enter, all you have to do is post the link to your Medium post that logged the biggest wait time between publication and Curation.
I’ll go first.
I published this piece on March 15th. It was curated (in BOOKS and HUMOR) six weeks later, on May 5th.
Can you top that? If so, just post a link to your own Longest Hanging Tight post in the Responses section.
The person who has spent the longest amount of time Hanging Tight before being Curated will be proclaimed the winner and will receive a million dollars!
No. They won’t.
But they will receive acclaim and recognition, plus the likelihood that the rest of us will be curious enough about your winning post to read it. (And, if nothing else, I will read and comment on all of the entries, and since I am a Paying Medium Member, that means at least two cents for you!)
The contest closes at 5:00 PM EST on July 1st, at which time I will announce the winner. Or loser. Or however, you characterize the writer who endured the longest stretch of time in Curation Limbo before meeting with Curation Success.
Good luck! May the Algorithm Be With You!
(Update: WE HAVE A WINNER! Gaby Rosales easily wins with this essay, which took 9 WEEKS to be curated. Congrats, Gaby! Your patience is an inspiration to us all.)
( Roz Warren writes for everyone from the Funny Times to the New York Times and is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection of Library Humor.)
