Christine Lucas sends great news: “My short story “Pinch of Chaos” has been accepted to the “In Cat’s Eye” anthology. This story is very dear to my heart, since it was the first I started back in early 2015, after my long hiatus, and the first one I posted in OWW after my return. Many […]
Author: Jaime Moyer
Editor’s Choice Review September 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 […]
Member News Of Note
Our members and Resident Editors continue to accumulate honors for their work. We at OWW would like to congratulate Resident Editor Leah Bobet. Her novel, An Inheritance of Ashes, is the 2016 winner of the Sunburst Award for Young Adult Fiction.
On The Shelves
The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Escapes by Wade Albert White ( Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, September 2016) Anne has spent most of her thirteen years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope will finally leave Saint Lupin’s Institute for Perpetually Wicked and Hideously Unattractive Children. When the big day […]
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 […]
Writing Challenge/Prompt
Ever wonder how many completely different stories can be written with the same first line? That’s the challenge this month, to see how many story ideas you can come up with from this first line: The door opened no more than an inch, and stuck fast. Out of all those story ideas, go write the […]
On The Shelves
Of Sand and Malice Made: A Shattered Sands Novel (Song of Shattered Sands) by Brad Beaulieu (DAW September, 2016) Çeda, the heroine of the novel Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, is the youngest pit fighter in the history of the great desert city of Sharakhai. In this prequel, she has already made her name in the arena as […]
Publication News
Fran Wilde has a story in the new issue of Shimmer Magazine. You can read “Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left” here.
August 2016 Editor’s Choice Review, Fantasy
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 […]
August 2016 Editor’s Choice Review, 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 […]