Ken Scholes

Focus on Ken Scholes: Writers of the Future Vol 22 Winner

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In addition to his Writers of the Future Award for “Into the Blank Where Life Is Hurled” (published in volume XXI of the annual anthology), Ken Scholes’s fiction has won ...
Author Melissa Yuan-Innes

Focus on Melissa Yuan-Innes, Writers of the Future Volume 16 Winner

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When you sit down to write a profile about Melissa Yuan-Innes, it’s hard to figure out where to start. Sure, she published her short story “Skin Song” in the 16th annual volume of Writers of the Future, so you could start there. But Yuan-Innes is a person who seems ...
Author Scott Nicholson

Scott Nicholson: Life-changing Lesson–Lifelong Professionalism

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“Maybe the biggest thing I took away from the Writers of the…
Author Tobias S. Buckell, photo by Marlon James

Focus on Tobias Buckell, Writers of the Future Volume 16 Winner

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Tobias Buckell was born in Grenada and lived in the British Virgin Isles, spending his first nine years living on a boat and playing cricket on sandy beaches. Today he’s in Ohio with his wife, twin daughters, and a couple dogs. He’s a New York Times bestselling writer ...
Jim C. Hines self portrait

Focus on Jim C. Hines, Writers of the Future Volume 15 Winner

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“Looking back,” Jim C. Hines said, “my Writers of the Future story was the first one I’d written where I felt like I’d found my own voice.” He’s referring to “Blade of the Bunny,” his prizewinning story from volume XV of the annual anthology ...
David Sakmyster

Focus on David Sakmyster, Writers of the Future Volume 22 Winner

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Take a good conspiracy theory and some intriguing historical research, add in a shot of psychological horror (can we call it tension?) and anything psychic, supernatural, paranormal, or just plain freaky … mix it up … make a few hundred interesting things happen …
Diana Rowlands

Before there were White Trash Zombies

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I first met Diana Rowland several years ago, back when she was…
Walter Dinjos

Walter Dinjos, author of “The Woodcutters’ Deity”

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Walter Dinjos was not able to join us in person for the workshop week. This became a topic of discussion often enough that I could tell the thirteen writers who were able to assemble here sincerely missed him. They were ...
Stephen Lawson going on stage at the 33rd annual Writers of the Future Awards celebration

Stephen Lawson, author of “Moonlight One”

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Stephen Lawson has a way of looking at the world. It’s a slanted thing. Analytical. Questioning. You feel like he’s watching and assessing everything. It makes him seem quiet at first. Sometimes you’re not sure what’s happening inside his mind, but then ...
Author Anton Rose being interviewed

Anton Rose, author of “A Glowing Heart”

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“I am British, you know?” Anton Rose quips at one point of the week long workshop. He’s explaining a penchant he has for a particular personality trait, and the line is given ...