Reviewer Honor Roll

The Reviewer Honor Roll is a great way to pay back a reviewer for a really useful review. When you nominate a reviewer, we list the reviewer’s name, the submission/author reviewed, and your explanation of what made the review so useful. The nomination appears in the Honor Roll area of OWW the month after you […]

Publication News

Gregor Hartman sends very happy news: “My fight club story which I posted here in the spring of 2015 has been bought by F&SF. Back then it was called “On Bone,” which sucked; subsequently I changed it to “What the Hands Know.” My thanks again to Meredith, Allan, Elad, Owen, Charlotte, Robert, and Terry for […]

Publication News

Elizabeth Bear made a great announcement this week. Saga Press has bought her new space opera novel, Ancestral Nights, and will be publishing it here in the US in 2018. This is the first of a duology originally sold to Gollancz in the UK. Saga and Gollancz plan to publish the novel simultaneously on both […]

Editor’s Choice Review October 2016, Horror

The Editors’ Choices are chosen from the submissions from the previous month that show the most potential or otherwise earn the admiration of our Resident Editors. Submissions in four categories — science fiction chapters, fantasy chapters, horror, and short stories — receive a detailed review, meant to be educational for others as well as the […]

On The Shelves

Dust Bath Revival (Feral Seasons) by Marianne Kirby (Curiosity Quills Press, November 2016) 16-year-old Henrietta Goodness – Hank to all that know her – has heard all the stories about how the Dust made the dead rise. She’s heard about how life changed. But that was a long time ago, and Hank is ready for […]

Publication News

Marianne Kirby wrote to tell us: “Back in 2013, I found the Online Writing Workshop and posted the first chapter of my novel in progress (after reviewing some other submissions, of course). My submission was an Editor’s Choice for horror. I took the four reviews total I received and headed into revisions.Then I finished those […]

Member News Of Note

Another OWW member award nomination! Jodi Meadows’ novel, The Mirror King, is on the long list for the 2016 Young Readers Kirkus Prize. Only books that earned starred reviews on Kirkus are nominated, and winners will be selected on November 3, 2016. Best of luck, Jodi!

Grapevine/Market News

Zombies Need Brains LLC is accepting submissions to its three science fiction and fantasy anthologies SUBMERGED, ALL HAIL OUR ROBOT CONQUERORS!, and THE DEATH OF ALL THINGS. Stories for this anthology must be original (no reprints or previously published material), no more than 7,500 words in length, and must satisfy the theme of the anthology.  […]

Editor’s Choice Review September 2016, Science Fiction

The Editors’ Choices are chosen from the submissions from the previous month that show the most potential or otherwise earn the admiration of our Resident Editors. Submissions in four categories — science fiction chapters, fantasy chapters, horror, and short stories — receive a detailed review, meant to be educational for others as well as the […]