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Each year, 2500 from around the world vote in the Critters Readers’ Choice Awards for their favorite categories in publishing from the prior year. How did writers of the Future fare in 2021? The results were just announced!

Best Anthology: Writers of the Future, Vol. 37

Best Book Cover: Writers of the Future, Vol. 37. Well done, Echo Chernik!

Best Writers’ Forum: Writers of the Future Forum.  We’re #1 again! 

In addition, two stories from the Volume 37 anthology won awards.

Best Magical Realism Short Story: “Sixers” by Barbara Lund

Beast Steampunk Short Story: “The Widow’s Might” by Elizabeth Chatsworth. She also won Best Steampunk Novel!

Also, many from the anthology and the Forum ranked in the Top Ten in multiple categories. 

Congratulations to all! Here’s where you can view all the categories, winners, and Top 10 nominees. Cheers!

http://critters.org/predpoll/final_tally.ht

 

 

 

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Posted : January 17, 2022 4:11 pm
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Woo hoo. Congratulations all around.

Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P, P
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 4:57 pm
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Woot!! We did wonderfully! And congrats to the forum sunny  

V37: R, R, R, R
V38: R, R, HM, R
V39:

Author of The Otherworld Trilogy
Book 1: In the Name of the Otherworld (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Otherworld-Hermione-Lee/dp/1955086362)
Book 2: Marvels of the Underworld (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956788689?ref_=dbs_m_mng_wim_calw_tpbk_1&storeType=ebooks)
Book 3 I&II: War of the Chaotic Worlds (TBA)

Recipient of the Literary Titan Silver Award in September 2021
Recipient of Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novel and Best Young Adult Book in the 24th Critters Annual Readers Poll (2021-2022)
Winner of the 2021 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice Awards (Best YA/NA Novel)

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 6:08 pm
David Hankins
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@wulfmoon

Congratulations to you too!

Best Author: Wulf Moon

Best Nonfiction article: Character Agency—I Need a Hero!, Wulf Moon, DreamForge Magazine

Best ’All other’ short story: Sophie’s Parisian Stationary; Wulf Moon, Third Flat Iron

Best Positive Future Short Story: Shaken, Not Stirred; Wulf Moon, DreamForge Magazine 

Congratulations! Your accomplishments are an inspiration. The Super Secrets work.

Death and the Taxman, my WotF V39 winning story is now a novel! (Click Here >).
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"The Missing Music in Milo Piper's Head" in Third Flatiron's Offshoots: Humanity Twigged
"To Catch a Foo Fighter" in DreamForge Magazine
"Milo Piper's Breakout Single that Ended the Rat War" in LTUE's Troubadours and Space Princesses anthology
"The Rise and Fall of Frankie's Patisserie" in Murderbugs anthology
"Felix and the Flamingo" in Escape Pod
"The Devil's Foot Locker" in Amazing Stories

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 7:46 pm
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Posted by: @lost_bard

@wulfmoon

Congratulations to you too!

Best Author: Wulf Moon

Best Nonfiction article: Character Agency—I Need a Hero!, Wulf Moon, DreamForge Magazine

Best ’All other’ short story: Sophie’s Parisian Stationary; Wulf Moon, Third Flat Iron

Best Positive Future Short Story: Shaken, Not Stirred; Wulf Moon, DreamForge Magazine 

Congratulations! Your accomplishments are an inspiration. The Super Secrets work.

Thank you, David. That was most kind of you. I’m glad you have benefited from my Super Secrets. Others agree! They won Best Writers’ Workshop, and Best Writers’ Resource, in 2021. Cheers!

Click here to JOIN THE WULF PACK!
"Super-Duper Moongirl and the Amazing Moon Dawdler" won Best SFF Story of 2019! Read it in Writers of the Future, Vol. 35. Order HERE!
Need writing help? My award-winning SUPER SECRETS articles are FREE in DreamForge.
IT’S HERE! Many have been begged me to publish the Super Secrets of Writing. How to Write a Howling Good Story is now a #1 BESTSELLING BOOK! Get yours at your favorite retailer HERE!

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 8:12 pm
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@wulfmoon you rock, man! 6 awards this year, might it be ten next time?!

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V37: R, R, R, R
V38: R, R, HM, R
V39:

Author of The Otherworld Trilogy
Book 1: In the Name of the Otherworld (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Otherworld-Hermione-Lee/dp/1955086362)
Book 2: Marvels of the Underworld (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956788689?ref_=dbs_m_mng_wim_calw_tpbk_1&storeType=ebooks)
Book 3 I&II: War of the Chaotic Worlds (TBA)

Recipient of the Literary Titan Silver Award in September 2021
Recipient of Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novel and Best Young Adult Book in the 24th Critters Annual Readers Poll (2021-2022)
Winner of the 2021 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice Awards (Best YA/NA Novel)

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 8:15 pm
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@hermionelee Thanks, Hermione. Keep writing those novels!

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IT’S HERE! Many have been begged me to publish the Super Secrets of Writing. How to Write a Howling Good Story is now a #1 BESTSELLING BOOK! Get yours at your favorite retailer HERE!

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 8:19 pm
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Congratulations @hermionelee. And is @wulfmoon accepting congratulations for his 6 awards yet.

Small steps add up to miles.
V38: R, R, HM, HM
V39: RWC, HM, HM, SHM
V40 : HM, RWC, R, HM
V41 : RWC, P, P
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 8:33 pm
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Congratulations everyone! You all rock!

VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
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Posted : January 17, 2022 8:33 pm
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Congratulations @hermionelee. And is @wulfmoon accepting congratulations for his 6 awards yet.

Sure, Cray. Just making sure others get credit for their great accomplishments. ? Shout out to our forumite Hermione who won Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel, and Best YA Novel, of 2021! That’s an amazing accomplishment, Hermione! Congratulations!

Click here to JOIN THE WULF PACK!
"Super-Duper Moongirl and the Amazing Moon Dawdler" won Best SFF Story of 2019! Read it in Writers of the Future, Vol. 35. Order HERE!
Need writing help? My award-winning SUPER SECRETS articles are FREE in DreamForge.
IT’S HERE! Many have been begged me to publish the Super Secrets of Writing. How to Write a Howling Good Story is now a #1 BESTSELLING BOOK! Get yours at your favorite retailer HERE!

 
Posted : January 17, 2022 9:40 pm
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@craydimensional 
Thank you, Cray! I hope I'll get to cheer for you one day soon sunny  

V37: R, R, R, R
V38: R, R, HM, R
V39:

Author of The Otherworld Trilogy
Book 1: In the Name of the Otherworld (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Otherworld-Hermione-Lee/dp/1955086362)
Book 2: Marvels of the Underworld (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956788689?ref_=dbs_m_mng_wim_calw_tpbk_1&storeType=ebooks)
Book 3 I&II: War of the Chaotic Worlds (TBA)

Recipient of the Literary Titan Silver Award in September 2021
Recipient of Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novel and Best Young Adult Book in the 24th Critters Annual Readers Poll (2021-2022)
Winner of the 2021 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice Awards (Best YA/NA Novel)

 
Posted : January 18, 2022 2:57 am
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@ease Thank you!!!

V37: R, R, R, R
V38: R, R, HM, R
V39:

Author of The Otherworld Trilogy
Book 1: In the Name of the Otherworld (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Otherworld-Hermione-Lee/dp/1955086362)
Book 2: Marvels of the Underworld (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956788689?ref_=dbs_m_mng_wim_calw_tpbk_1&storeType=ebooks)
Book 3 I&II: War of the Chaotic Worlds (TBA)

Recipient of the Literary Titan Silver Award in September 2021
Recipient of Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novel and Best Young Adult Book in the 24th Critters Annual Readers Poll (2021-2022)
Winner of the 2021 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice Awards (Best YA/NA Novel)

 
Posted : January 18, 2022 2:57 am
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@wulfmoon Thank you Moon! 

V37: R, R, R, R
V38: R, R, HM, R
V39:

Author of The Otherworld Trilogy
Book 1: In the Name of the Otherworld (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Otherworld-Hermione-Lee/dp/1955086362)
Book 2: Marvels of the Underworld (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956788689?ref_=dbs_m_mng_wim_calw_tpbk_1&storeType=ebooks)
Book 3 I&II: War of the Chaotic Worlds (TBA)

Recipient of the Literary Titan Silver Award in September 2021
Recipient of Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novel and Best Young Adult Book in the 24th Critters Annual Readers Poll (2021-2022)
Winner of the 2021 Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers’ Choice Awards (Best YA/NA Novel)

 
Posted : January 18, 2022 2:58 am
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And the hits keep coming. Congratulations all around. clapper  

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Posted : January 18, 2022 6:36 am
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Well done all! Great to get recognition for all the good stuff going on.  clapper clapper  

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V36-37: R x6
V38: R, HM, R, HM
V39: HM, HM, HM, HM
V40: HM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: RWC, P

 
Posted : January 19, 2022 11:12 pm
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My wish today. I wish David Wolverton/Farland could have seen he won another Critters Readers' Choice Award this year for the anthology he edited that he was most proud of: Writers of the Future. He really respected the Critters Readers' awards--he told me so--and as you can see below, the prior win in 2020 gave him a happy glow. Representing the WotF Contest, helping aspiring writers, and editing this anthology was his pride and joy. Though he's no longer with us, I still say Congratulations, Dave. You did it right.

 
The other thing I wish? That he was still here so I could personally congratulate him, and then tell him about the awards I had won as well. Dave was my mentor, as he was to so many, and I know what he would have said, because he's said it to me before: "Way cool!"

 

Daves Daily Tips on Critters Award
WotF Vol 37

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IT’S HERE! Many have been begged me to publish the Super Secrets of Writing. How to Write a Howling Good Story is now a #1 BESTSELLING BOOK! Get yours at your favorite retailer HERE!

 
Posted : January 20, 2022 3:58 pm
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Congratulations Wulf Moon! To you and Dave and all of the WOTF and IOTF contributors. Well done!

Volume 41 Q1 Illustrator Winner!
4x Finalist Illustrators
5x Semi finalist Illustrators
1x HM Illustrators
7x HM Writers
3x SHM Writers
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Posted : January 21, 2022 12:21 am
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