Janie is a manipulative, bi-polar teenager. He quickly learns his abilities are elementary when he gets a sample of what Gajah-mada’s troop can do when he witnesses a show first hand. If the aliens were that formidable, how did the army manage to get anyone within a light year of the planet? Granted, the stories of the anthology make up only 40% of the entries she chose as the finalists, but of the thousands submitted they represented a good cross section of what she felt were professional material worthy of publication. Amateur writers have learned winning the contest can mean everything for their career. Lol! “The Paradise Aperture” by David Carani first place, fourth quarter, Gold Award winner. Four time Nebula nominee, WotF coordinating judge, and all around alright gal, She Who Must Be Impressed (my pet name for her , I already trademarked it so don’t even think of it) will be sorely missed. The quickly evolving events , set to slow motion , unravel as a speeding bullet crawls toward him. Would you mind if I sent you a private email? I loved the action and raised-hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck tension that ran throughout the story but the premise was filled with holes for me. Especially since I didn’t even think the story was anything epic. I was taken in with the dilemma the two men faced and was quite satisfied with the story’s eventual solution. “Contact Authority” by William Mitchel first place, third quarter. Curious to see your Volume 29 reviews (like Tina, I have a story appearing in it). But his comments about academia do make him come off a bit as what Matt Groening called the bitterest human being in existence: the guy who spent 10 years as a grad student and was never able to finish his dissertation. The letter grades reflect my analysis of my competition. He will do anything for Anna, even circle the world to God’s mouth if he needs to. Liyang first believes she has stumbled upon a new age community but the people who live here do not act like a cult. The trope restriction will not be as confining, so for the humorist and dragon writers , submit away. Their solution is to kill their own scouts and revive them when the sentries are satisfied the infiltrators are not a threat. “The Command for Love” by Nick T. Chan second place, second quarter. The stories that have won have bested my best. The islands are ruled by an Indian Guru figure known as Crab. David also writes articles here and edits the fiction. Now Rory is on hand for first contact with the Caronoi. I'd probably have to whip something up from scratch, and so far, the half-written short stories I've got that might be "serious and broody" enough to be contest worthy are serious victims of something I call creative constipation (and less crude people might simply call writer's block). Adam has the talent but has never learned to break down his own fear wall, but he is determined , for the show, for himself, for the Great Gajah-mada, and for the love of his life , Isabella. 9. What he says is relayed through Gage’s interpretation , a backhanded second person perspective but useful for the author to show the jealousy Gage has in himself. Gage’s carefully constructed concealment is comprised when a thin boy named Monk crashes through Gage’s barrier. Following the rules of writing that our often dictated to the amateur writer didn’t matter as much to Kathy as unraveling a premise she wanted to view. Fortunately, salvation comes in the form of a mysterious man in a plastic suit. Illustrated by Ven Locklear, “Odd and Ugly” by Vida Cruz Maybe he just feels like his magazine is supposed to be an alternative towards the current trends in short stories. , My reply is a little late, but thanks for the great review, Frank. Wentworth, Laurie Tom] on Amazon.com. I love reading your reviews every year and see if our opinions match. This is a story I wished would have stuck to the narrow premise of the first half. Ligish is the last type of golem that was built long ago. Now the once-small child is blossoming into womanhood and he can’t help to think of her as his possession. Instead, it makes the characters more transparent than they already were. The tale is written on a foundation of a fresh and fascinating premise. I confess, the tactic the author employed was a little jarring at first but the story became very compelling once I caught up to speed on what was going on. It read like ‘Lord of the Rings’ might have if it were cut down to 10,000 words, an overload of twists and subplots crammed in too tight of a space. Jon has lost his wife. “My Name Is Angela” is a human tale. Someone I met at the workshop I went to last summer just became a finalist or something in the last round of judging for the thing. Angela is a human-mimicking machine who strives to be more human. David Steffen is an editor, publisher, and writer. There was much to be confused about – flashbacks, mind-bending manipulation, mirrored personality images , it took me awhile to put Ms Muriel’s premise into its proper perspective. (As a side note, I've also never submitted to Darwin's Evolutions because of remarks they made in their submissions faq, though that's less political, and more that my favorite types of stories are ones they really really really don't seem to like ("In fact, when received, I will print out the offenders, run them through my shredder, and use the scraps in my cats’ litter box. The story had a fitting finale without it. But, I suppose it doesn’t have to be epic. It's what got Patrick Rothfuss an agent (though his book didn't come out until 5 years later). He doesn’t understand the pain he is in or how he received the hole in his head. She has a habit of rejecting the status quo and rejecting authority. “The Paradise Aperture” is Mr Carani’s first published work, a fact that I am having a hard time believing. Dev Martin returns to the scene of the crime. Yes, well, sarcasm is tough to decode in writing. Most writers who have submitted a story to a professional publication have a lofty dream of making it in the industry. Humanity barely averted annihilation sixty years before, and Jared isn’t the only who thinks that extermination may still be in mankind’s near future. I will say there is a good story in there, but finding it is like trying to trace a solitary wire through the spaghetti mess you’ll find behind your stereo system. The dream child of the late – and controversial – science fiction author, L Ron Hubbard, WotF is a contest reserved for the amateur writers of speculative fiction. “Fast Draw” is a story with entertaining characters set in a basket full of coincidental circumstances. The premise of Insect Sculptor is intriguing and inventive. Especially since I didn’t even think the story was anything epic. Jake, Bunny, and Gloria are moving at wildly different speeds in a ridiculous offset of time dilation, setting up the first of many premise stretching scenarios. The arms are raised and lowered to mark the passage of each day. If you were ever looking for the type of story K D Wentworth loved to read, I would guess this one would have served as an excellent example. The goal for the UNI was to enhance Ireland’s tourist industry but it instead ignited a nationalist revival. The story, and its protagonist, drifted as if they weren’t sure what they were or where they should go next. Jon is conflicted, short in patience and annoyed with the people who crave his work. Novel Flow available from Double Dragon Publishing. Now Ireland is about to be the lone nation to divorce itself from the one-world government. The short lived nation of California attempted to collect, then sink, the trash with buoys designed to attract the floating garbage. Illustrated by Reyna Rochin, “Mara’s Shadow” by Darci Stone Illustrated by Quintin Gleim, “The Lesson” by Brandon Sanderson The first half was set as a wonderful battle of wits between a unique protagonist and an excellent villain. Illustrated by Jazmen Richardson, “Miss Smokey” by Diana Hart but I still don't think I'm particularly what he's looking for, as I passionately aspire to literariness and want nothing more than to please the liberal cabal of east coast authors that control the Nebula awards. Liyang wants no part of the power struggle, only wishing to escape the inhospitable islands and start her own life anew. But there are times when it's harder to do this than others. An armada approaches and is set to arrive any day. He has found something, something too valuable to leave in the clutches of a heartless corporation to exploit. The homunculus in his head is becoming senile, just like Anna’s father, Master Gray, is now. As an unpublished writer, you think a novel contract will make you. I've heard that WoTF never tries to hustle anyone into the "Church of Scientology" or gives out lunches with Tom Cruise as prizes or anything like that. It seemed the only people Dev walked into were reconstructed Irish author personalities, allowing him a virtual straight path to find Anna in three days on Ireland when he had no idea where to look from the start. After the writer and illustrator winners have spent an intensive week learning the ropes from well-established writers, artists and respected professionals in the publishing world, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future experience culminates in the gala Awards ceremony. Her unauthorized reprograming is viewed like an epiphany for Angela. The Great Gajah-mada is able to mimic people so well they are passable as living humans, to the point where his own director proves to be a mass of bugs that has become sentient. But while Malcolm waits, he discovers there is far more to this puzzle than even Jack has discovered. If you like to write long prose, you may be in luck. He has recommended that his long time bud be returned to Earth. Golems, the homunculi controlling them, and women, are all under the servitude of men. “Lone Pine” is set in a world where aliens have sent spores to cocoon the adults and injured of the world. The army needs intelligence but the robotic sentries guarding the alien base are movement sensitive. If you’ve made it in the industry, you can’t enter it. The species of Man is on a very short leash. Survival and gathering others like themselves have been the goal of COP Phoenix but neither will win humanity’s freedom back. I'm not partial to L. Ron hubbard, but, oh well. Worse, Lan’s wicker head now has a hole in it, and he has a headache to boot , an odd feeling for a creature constructed out of branches. Many judges continue to keep in touch with me a year out. They host this contest quarterly (with awards of $1000, $750, and $500), and the annual grand prize is $5000. Those cocooned are not quite dead. Now whether that succeeds is up to the individual ... and I may be coming from the perspective that I've spoken with Darwin multiple times and he doesn't strike me as that snarly. Many of the characters in the story don’t like Angela’s enthusiasm. I don't recall that particular bit in the guidelines - maybe it's appeared since, or maybe I just read the start of the sentence and skipped the rest because it didn't apply to my submission, or something like that. I am also betting that the new winners will have a little more action in them but with a little less heart in its characters. Oof, the to-do list, it gets longer. I also have similar reservations about WoTF (and Orson Scott Card's publication) for the reasons she mentioned. The Chinese faction is led by Madam Woo. The story took a turn halfway through when the premise went from extraordinary to head-spinning. The sculptor’s form a psychic link with a colony of insects, creating works of art with the mass bugs. All content, images, videos or media shown on this website and all of its pages, unless explicitly stated otherwise is the copyrighted property and content of William Joseph Roberts. It may be a small victory, but it’s a victory none the less. The arrival of the aliens is an attempt to add an extra dimension to the tale. At seventy, Jake is an antique compared to the G-100’s of today. To the degree you have remained a fan is greatly appreciated. Along with that bit of news, I will be attending Next Chapter Con September 7th at the Colonnade in Ringgold, Ga and participating on a few panels. The rest of humanity is asleep while invaders from another dimension known as the Grunge have taken over their bodies. It's what got Patrick Rothfuss an agent (though his book didn't come out until 5 years later). For a lot of past winners, make the table of contents is the beginning of greater things to come , and you need not look any further than list of Hugo and Nebula nominees for the past decade to see just how true that is. The thing he told us, though, is that when you're a writer, you're never really "there." Guilt for what she had done to Bruno wracks her. Although I found the writing top notch, the story itself wasn’t much more than a man’s stroll through the green hills of Ireland. And there are a few who seem to have the assembly line thing down (write several mid list level novels a year that make enough money to live on). The story already had all the elements it needed. Giant pillars frozen in the sand, but the pillars appear to have a pattern to them, as if they were a puzzle left long ago for a budding species on a neighboring blue planet to solve. Liyang rubs the Chinese wrong when she elects to side against her own kind in favor of Adam and Crab. Can't have a published novel or more than 3 published short stories. Jon needs the money to help him finance his search for his lost wife but is having difficulty turning a blind eye to what they are being used for. The world is in the shape of a man with the sun and moon resting in each hand. His teenage daughter tags along with him on his trips to photograph new doorways, even when she hates doing so. The large story does have a clear direction and outcome, but like the surreal world of the Honeycomb, it is one that the reader could find themselves hopelessly lost in and give up. Particularly impressive was the author’s ability to craft subtle hints that have huge implications later in the tale. Where the second half had some intriguing characters and mesmerizing settings, the expansion of the story just seemed too much for me. He is jealous of Monk and of the interest Adah begins to show in him. I foresee a brilliant writing career in Dave Carani’s future. Illustrated by Bruce Brenneise, “Flee, My Pretty One” by Eneasz Brodski Inspired by Ciruelo’s Dragon Caller, “A Bitter Thing” by N.R.M. After wandering alone among the labyrinth of sleeping consciousness, Jamie stumbles upon the COP Phoenix, a base of operations occupied with Tibetan monks and mentally ill. She learns the Grunge hunt the few who have the ability to resist them, like the Tibetan master, Lobsang. If you hit it off with such a person and they're impressed with your writing (still no shortcut for being good), then it looks like it can be a real asset. Well done. seems to me that everyone should be doing this quarterly, until they don't qualify or they place in the competition. Private Adanna Amaechi is a long way from a ballerina’s dance floor. If there are equally well-written stories, and Dave’s short list needs trimming, the longer piece will likely get the nod. All the stories submitted over the past few contests had to pass through her first. Her words and advice were dissected. That you were a fan was obvious. Monk’s voice is virtually absent. Haigh’s talents as the local apothecary will be missed. The tactic is foolhardy because she has no hope of escaping the tong if she runs aground. I've never even heard of Darwin's Evolution (don't think they've ever popped up on my Raelan or Duotrope searches), though. So much is in the tone of voice and facial expression. I can certainly imagine it putting me off. L Ron Hubbard wrote SF for many years before he created his church, but the connection does make me nervous nonetheless. Second prize: $20 Amazon gift card, Inkitt gadgets. It may be a small victory, but it’s a victory none the less. She wants to make a difference in her student’s education, be a better girlfriend to Bruno, and strive to make a positive mark on society. “The Siren” by M. O. Muriel second place, third quarter. I confess, I did not like the way the author choose to tell this tale. If you could tap into that childhood craving, she likely read your entry from beginning to end. He has less than two seconds before the bullet reaches him. But it's just a step, one that opens up new hurdles. Instead, the author chose to write in a ‘where are they now’ type of epilogue that made the story more of a message piece than a straight up work of science fiction. He is one of the programmers who created the AI reconstructs of Irish literary lore. Send up to two fiction or creative nonfiction pieces, or up to five poems. His ability to capture doorways has made him wealthy. So, this contest is our Bar exam, the dissertation to earn our doctorate, our finishing line of our marathon, the peak of our mountain. Homuncoli, ghost rifles, a golem shaped world, and so much more, are thrown at the reader. View all posts by David Steffen, Thank you Frank. Man’s fate rests on Jared’s shoulders on finding the source of the leak. Lewis County Writers Guild 2020 Writing Contest Deadline: 08/24/2020 Write A Script Deadline: 08/30/2020 Inkitt’s Midsummer Mystery Contest Deadline: 08/31/2020 Under the Hooded Monster Contest Deadline: 08/31/2020 Cultural Weekly’s 8th Annual Jack Grapes Poetry Prize Deadline: 08/31/2020 Submissions deadline: 22nd April 2020 Submissions are now open for one week only for … Can't have a published novel or more than 3 published short stories. Each universe is a paradise. Monk was once a camper at the Lone Pine and is surprised to find it occupied. Malcolm uses the opportunity to explain why he made his decision, but Jack has his reasons for not being a team player for the company. The Writers of the Future contest and the speculative fiction community suffered a great loss with the passing of Kathy Wentworth last year. Kathy D Wentworth (1951-2012) was a fixture in the Science Fiction and Fantasy community. Required fields are marked *. Lan awakes confused. “My Name Is Angela” is speculative tale of growth. Visit my website, my blog, & my tweets, & link to me on Facebook. I managed to earn an honorable mention this go around. Improvements, squirrels and the Mistress…. Sooo, the L. Ron Hubbard writers of the future contest has published the results from their second quarter. L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest Overview “L. Malcom is chasing his best friend, Jack. So when his cover is blown in the Kaluza station weeks before humanity is set to make first contact with the Caronoi – an alien race on the verge of space travel , he must take a risky step by revealing the nature of his visit to the station commander. Every three months, winners earn $1,000, $750 and $500, plus an additional annual grand prize worth $5,000. But then, most professions are like that these days. Each year, I look forward to your in depth review of Writers of the Future. Sign up for our monthly newsletter to get updates on our publishing projects and read the original fiction before it’s on the public site. Honestly, to me, it doesn't come off as bitter - it comes off as an attempt to be absurd for the sake of humor / emphasis. Honorable Mentioned, and others not as lucky, would puzzle on why their entries didn’t do better. Unique, full of lively characters, and with a protagonist that develops with the storyline. “While Ireland” is a story for you if you have a special attachment for classical Irish authors. He is protective of Adah. He has one last idea, an idea that might bring unimaginable catastrophe. 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