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

Aliette de Bodard has been selected to be a special guest for World Fantasy Convention 2018, to be held in Baltimore, Maryland. Congratulations, Aliette!

OWW members and former members continue to gather major award nominations and honors for their work.

The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books) has been nominated for the 2017 Hugo for Best Novel, and she is also nominated for the 2017 Hugo for Best Short Story for “The City Born Great” (Tor.com, September 2016)

“The Jewel and Her Lapidary” by Fran Wilde (Tor.com) has been nominated for the 2017 Hugo for Best Novelette. Fran also had three of her 2016 stories appear on the Locus Recommended Reading List: Cloudbound (Tor Books), “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” (Tor.com) and “Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left” (Shimmer)

Congratulations from everyone at OWW on your achivements!

OWW alumni continue to gather award nominations.

Beth Cato not only writes great fiction, she writes excellent poetry. Her long poem, “The Box of Dust and Monsters” has been nominated for a 2017 Rhysling Award.

N.K. Jemisin’s novel The Obilisk Gate has been nominated for a 2017 Best Novel Nebula Award.

Fran Wilde’s novelette The Jewel and Her Lapidary has been nominated for a 2017 Novelette Nebula Award.

Congratulations to all of you!

Jodi Meadows revealed the cover of the first book in her new Fallen Isles Trilogy. You can see the stunning cover for Before She Ignites here. Look for the book in September 2017!

Fran Wilde shared the news that her work made the Locus Recommended Reading List in three separate categories. Cloudbound for novels, The Jewel and Her Lapidary for novellas, and “Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left” in short stories. Congratulations, Fran!

Jodi Meadows hit a new writer’s milestone. Her co-written book, Lady Jane, hit the number 2 ebook spot on the New York Time’s Bestseller List.

Congratulations!

We at OWW are pleased to announce that Resident Edtior Leah Bobet’s novel AN INHERITANCE OF ASHES has won the 2016 Copper Cylinder Award in the YA category. You can learn more about the award here.

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!

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.