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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

All of us at OWW would like to extent our most heartfelt congratulations to N.K. Jemisin. Her novel, The Fifth Season, won the Hugo Award for Best Novel of 2015 at MidAmericaConII in Kansas City. OWW members and alumni keep accumulating new honors, and reaching new highs in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy and […]

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announced the members of the jury for the 2016 Andre Norton Award. Among those chosen for the Norton jury are OWW Resident Editor Leah Bobet, and OWW alumni Fran Wilde. Our members and Resident Editors continue to shine, and stand out as some of the best […]