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Winners of 3rd Annual Phobos Fiction Contest Posted!
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Phobos
Books
Next Contest Anthology is ALL THE RAGE THIS YEAR!
Congratulations
to the
winners of the 3rd Annual Phobos Fiction Contest! Phobos Books slides
down the
razor's edge of science fiction, and the authors of these 12 winning
stories
have kept us sharp! All of these "mind-bending, reality twisting"
tales are slated to be published in the 3rd Annual Phobos Science
Fiction
Anthology, edited by Keith Olexa, entitled All the Rage This Year.
Phobos would
like to
thank the members of this year's jury: Orson Scott Card, Jeanne Cavelos,
Doug
Chiang, Ken Perlin, Stanley Schmidt and Eleanor Wood, for their lending
their
expertise to the selection process. And a very special thanks and kudos
goes out
to all the talented authors who submitted to the 3rd Annual Phobos
Fiction
Contest. From all of us at Phobos Books—we couldn’t have done this
without
you!
This year’s
winners
are…
- “And
Cry the Name of David” by Virginia Baker
- “GoldenTown”
by Daniel Conover
- “The
Big Shot” by Susan Fry
- “The
Man Who Murdered Himself” by Nancy Fulda
- “The
Second Chance of Clevon Walker” by Eric
Griffin
- “Dissident”
by Julie
Hyzy
- “Veil
of Ignorance” by
David
Barr Kirtley
- “Earl
Billings and the Angels of the Lord” by James
Maxey
- “Two
Rooms and All the Electricity You Can Eat” by M.T.
Reiten
- “The
Walls Within” by Lane Robbins
- “The Man Who Moved the Moon” by Eric
James Stone
- “All
the Rage This Year” by David Walton
Look
for Phobos Books latest titles, the Phobos Galaxy anthology Absolutely
Brilliant
in Chrome and Adam Connell’s debut SF actioner Counterfeit
Kings, in bookstores today!
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3rd Annual Phobos Fiction Contest -- Finalists' Stories Sent to Jury
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Because of the large number of submissions this year,
and overall quality of the stories, the pre-selection committee
submitted 25 stories to the jury for the 3rd Annual Phobos Fiction
Contest. The jury is expected to complete its deliberations and select
the 12 winning stories by mid-December, 2003.
The 25 story titles are:
"A Timely Education"
"All the Rage This Year"
"And Cry the Name of David"
"Big Shot, The"
"Come to Dust"
"Dissident"
"Earl Billings and the Angels of the Lord"
"Future Games: 2050"
"Golden Town"
"Incomplete"
"Merge"
"Noah's Children"
"Sounds of a Future"
"The End of the Beginning"
"The Forgotten War"
"The Man Who Moved the Moon"
"The Man Who Murdered Himself"
"The Second Chance of Clevon Walker"
"The Truth Will Not Save You"
"The Walls Within"
"Travelogue"
"Tried as an Adult"
"Two Rooms and all the Electricity..."
"Veil Of Ignorance"
"Waterfall"
The 1st anthology -- Empire of Dreams and
Miracles -- was published in September 2002, and includes an
introduction and preface to each story by Orson Scott Card. It was named
one of the "Best SF Anthologies of 2002" by LOCUS Magazine, which
wrote: "Many of these authors are worth watching, and the Phobos contest
might well become a consistent proving ground for up-and-coming SF
authors."
The 2nd anthology -- Hitting the Skids in
Pixeltown -- was published in September 2003, and can be ordered now
from online retailers or from us (see Store).
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