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March 16, 2010

Shine anthology, Million Writers Award, other updates

Shine A few updates:

  • The most eagerly awaited anthology of 2010 has to be Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic SF, edited by Jetse de Vries. I've already pre-ordered a copy, and I suggest others do the same. As a sweetener, I have a very very short prose poem in the anthology--a piece of Twitter fiction I wrote last year for the Outshine Twitter magazine will help introduce Holly Phillips' story "Summer Ice." I'm thrilled to have a tiny part in the anthology, and can't wait to read the book.
     
  • The preliminary judges have started submitting their selections for the Million Writers Award notable stories of 2009. So far it looks like a great lineup, and I'm eager to read the stories. I will release the complete list of notable stories on April 1st--and April Fool's Day be damned!
     
  • One story beloved by the judges was "Quella, Querida, Quintessa" by Matt Bell, published in Guernica. Unfortunately, the story was published this year so can't be considered for the award, but I wanted to still mention it here.
     
  • Finally, Mark Watson gave a very nice review of my Interzone story "Here We Are, Falling Through Shadows" on his Best SF website, while on IncWriters Andy Hedgecock mentions me alongside other great Interzone authors "who offer idiosyncratic revelation, in rich but elegant language and in a form that, however fragmented, however innovative, has what Graham Joyce has called the primal pulse of storytelling at its heart." Many thanks to both Mark and Andy for the kind words!

Posted at 07:06 PM in Million Writers Award, SF and Fantasy |

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Comments

The Matt Bell story is also flash fiction, under 800 words.

Posted by: Jeff Crook | March 17, 2010 at 03:47 PM

Sorry, most anticipated anthology of 2010 is DARK FAITH. Perhaps you should qualify your statement with "most anticipated SF anthology of 2010"?

Posted by: Jason Sizemore | March 17, 2010 at 04:17 PM

Jason: Excellent point. I'm also really looking forward to Dark Faith. So Shine is the most anticipated SF anthology, and Dark Faith the most anticipated horror anthology.

Jeff: Then the story is doubly not eligible, but still a very good flash story.

Posted by: Jason Sanford | March 17, 2010 at 07:04 PM

It's a good example of what can be accomplished with flash fiction.

Posted by: Jeff Crook | March 17, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Heheh...although I was teasing (which I'm sure you know), it was nice of you to assuage my ego, nonetheless!

Posted by: Jason Sizemore | March 18, 2010 at 10:30 AM

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