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Author Jake Marley

Meet the winner – Jake Marley

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Writers of the Future alumni C Stuart Hardwick interviewed the winners from this year's contest. Here's his interview with Jake Marley, author of "Acquisition."
David Farland with Lawrence Simmons Jr, General Manager of the Nellis AFB Exchange

David Farland at Nellis AFB to Promote Writers of the Future

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Writers of the Future Coordinating Judge David Farland visited the Nellis Air Force Base just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, to promote Writers of the Future and this year’s bestselling volume of the annual anthology this past weekend.
David Farland speaking to several of the 2017 Writers of the Future winners: (l-r) Stephen Lawson, Ziporah Hildebrandt and Molly Atkins

Persistence

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There is a myth among the general public that the greatest writers are born with uncanny innate talents that average folks dare not aspire to. Yet there is only a sliver of truth to that argument. Talent is helpful, especially for new authors who are just trying to break in, but you can’t make a career out of it.
Mike Resnick

Q&A with Bestselling Author and Writers of the Future Judge, Mike Resnick

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Mike Resnick has 5 Hugo Awards and has won numerous other awards from places as diverse as France, Japan, Spain, Croatia and Poland. He is also first on the Locus list of all-time award winners, living or dead, for short fiction, and fourth on the Locus list of science fiction’s all-time top award winners in all fiction categories. Here's our interview with him.
David Farland talking to winners at the Writers of the Future Workshop

Why You Only Got an Honorable Mention

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A while ago I promised to tell you why I reject good stories when I’m reading for Writers of the Future. So let’s talk about those stories that get an Honorable Mention
Author Ken Liu, photo by Li Yibo (李一博)

Focus on Ken Liu: Writers of the Future Volume 19 Finalist

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“Treasure your time at the workshop,” Ken Liu says when I ask how he would advise a new prizewinner going to the Writers of the Future workshop, “but don’t make too much of it.” This is Ken Liu in a nutshell. He’s a well-spoken man who puts conflicting ideas side by side and then makes you think about what they mean.
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 ...
Kevin J. Anderson (center) with the Blue Angels

Kevin J. Anderson Meets the Blue Angels at Barksdale AFB

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The Barksdale Air Show on Sunday was packed to capacity with over 50,000 public in attendance to see—well mostly to see the Blue Angels perform. But not before the Blue Angels went to see Kevin J. Anderson...
Kevin J. Anderson, photo by Sarah Thompson

Kevin J Anderson and the Blue Angels at Barksdale AFB

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Writers of the Future Contest Judge and author of over 140 books, 54 of which have been national or international bestsellers, Kevin J. Anderson is visiting the Barksdale AFB promoting Writers of the Future this weekend and signing books at the air show.