27th Annual Writers and Illustrators of the Future
Workshops and Awards Celebration: Day 1

Dear All,

The Semi-finalists and Finalists for the 1st quarter are: (click "see more" for full list)

Semi-Finalists

Joseph Baxter from Missouri

Gwendolyn Clare from North Carolina

Jonathan Cook from Georgia

Laurance Davis from Florida

G L. Di'White from United Kingdom

Kathryn Flatt from Illinois

Larry Ivkovich from Pennsylvania

Benjamin Jacobson from Arizona

Kat Otis from Virginia

Scott Turner from California

Congratulations. You will all receive a critique from our coordinating

The Writers of the Future contest is well represented in the current nominations for Nebula Awards. They are:

Eric James Stone for his novelette That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made - published in Analog

Aliette de Bodard, for her novelette The Jaguar House, in Shadow - published in Asimov's

J. Kathleen Cheney, for her novella Iron Shoes - published in Alembical 2

Nnedi Okorafor, for her novel Who Fears Death - published by DAW   - CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!

The Semi Finalists for the 4th quarter writers contest are:

Jacob A. Boyd of Oregon

Gwendolyn Clare of North Carolina

Lindsey Duncan of Ohio

Dan Johnstone of Canada

Tomas martin of Wales, United Kingdom

T.C. Powell of California

Jamie Schultz of Texas

Jeremy Sim of California

Henry Szabranski of Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Cliff Winnig of California

Each semi-finalist will receive a critique from our coordinating judge,

K.D. Wentworth

The FINALISTS for the 4th quarter are:

The Silver Honorable and Honorable Mentions for the 4th Quarter contest are:

SILVER HONORABLE MENTIONS (top of the Honorable Mention category)

Carlyle Clark of Illinois

Christopher Hayes-Kossmann of Victoria, Australia

Sofia Samatar of Wisconsin

Eric Sidener of Pennsylvania

Neil V. Young of California

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Jared Oliver Adams of Arizona

Joseph Ahn of Massachusetts

Kyle Aisteach of California

Tara Barnett of Oregon

Kira Bacal of New Zealand

And the winners are................

1st Place - R.P.L. Johnson of Victoria, Australia

2nd Place - Geir Lanesskog of Seattle, Washington

3rd Place - Keffy R.M. Kehrli of Seattle, Washington

CONGRATULATIONS to our 3rd quarter winners!

Stay tuned tomorrow for the List of Honorable Mentions for the

4th quarter!

3rd Quarter Illustrator Semi-Finalists and Finalists Announced:

(CLICK "READ MORE" FOR FULL LIST)

Semi-Finalists:

Dexter Daniels of Cape Town South Africa

Starla O. Friend of Texas

Julia Green of Florida

David A. Pingree of New Hampshire

Alina Smirnova of New York

Pat R. Steiner of Wisconsin

Congratulations! All our semi-finalists were sent a critique by our coordinating judge Ron Lindahn

FINALISTS:

Jared Collins of New York

Lisa Grabenstetter of Maryland

The Semi-Finalists are:  (Finalists are below - click on "more" for full list

Stewart Baker of California

S. Hutson Blount of California

D.M. Bonanno of Illinois

Kater Cheek of Arizona

Gwendolyn Clare of North Carolina

D. Thomas Minton of Hawaii

Trina Phillips of California

Graham W. Rinehart of North Carolina

Daniel Roy of Quebec, Canada

David K. Yeh of Ontario, Canada

All Semi-Finalists receive a critique from our coordinating judge K.D. Wentworth

Here are the final Honorable Mentions for the 3rd Quarter of

The Writers of the Future Contest. (click on "more" below for full list)

Silver Honorable Mentions

Tom Carpenter of Missouri

Kamila Miller of Washington

Nayad Monroe of Wisconsin

Honorable Mentions

Liz J. Andersen of Oregon

Diana Elena Betancur of New Jersey

Derek S. Coller of Washington

Rob Flumignan of Michigan

Sarah Frost of Kansas

Amie Gibbons of Utah

Randy Henderson of Washington