OWW alumni Joshua Palmatier’s small press, Zombies Need Brains, had just released three new anthologies: GUILDS & GLAIVES (sword & sorcery), THE RAZOR’S EDGE (military SF&F), and SECOND ROUND (urban fantasy). You can find the books at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and the ZNB online store. Covers, a list of contributing authors, and full information can […]

All of us at OWW are very proud of all our members, past and present, and their accomplishments. A huge congratulations to N. K. Jemisin for winning the Nebula Award for Best Novel for her book The Stone Sky!

Jeremiah Tolbert wants the world to know: “It is an honor to announce that “The West Topeka Triangle” has been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award in the novelette category. I can’t begin to express how I feel about this. To be in the company of the other, extremely talented authors on this ballot makes me […]

Enter this Goodreads giveaway for the chance to win an ARC of THE LOST BOOKS: THE SCROLL OF KINGS by Sarah Prineas, author of the acclaimed Magic Thief series and OWW alumni. Full details can be found on Goodreads. 

Each year, Locus magazine publishes their “Recommended Reading List”, a consensus by Locus editors, reviewers, readers, and industry professionals of some of their favorite genre books and stories of the year. These are the books and stories they think EVERYONE should read. Congratulations to all the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror alumni […]

Get a sneak peak at CL Polk’s debut novel, Witchmark, on the B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, and see the reveal of Wtichmark’s amazing cover here.

N.K. Jemisin continues to stack up the accomplishments. Her Hugo Award-winning sci-fi fantasy novel The Fifth Season is in early development at TNT cable network. Congratulations again, Nora!

The Hugo Awards were announced this weekend in a ceremony at World Con 2017, held in Helsinki, Finland. N.K. Jemisin’s book The Obelisk Gate was awarded the 2017 Hugo for Best Novel. Congratulations to Nora from everyone at OWW!

OWW’s own N.K. Jemisin and Charles Coleman Finlay have both been nominated for this year’s World Fantasy Awards. N.K. Jemisin is nominated for the Best Novel award for The Obelisk Gate. Charles Coleman Finlay has been nominated for the Special Award, Professional, for his work editing The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Congratulations to […]

Beth Cato’s poem “The Box of Dust and Monsters” placed 3rd for the short form Rhysling Award!