• Award Eligibility 2016

    It’s that time of year again, when people like me rush to catch up on all the fiction we’ve missed throughout the year in order to nominate them for various awards including the Nebula, the Hugo, the World Fantasy, the Tiptree, etc. Lots of great stories this year. I’d be honored if you’d consider one…

  • 2nd Prize in the Selected Shorts Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

    One of my favorite writers, T.C. Boyle, chose my as-of-yet-unpublished short story “Barking Dog Nocturnal” as 2nd prize in Selected Shorts/Electric Lit’s 2016  Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Link to the announcement–and to read the 1st place story–here.

  • I’m eligible for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction or Fantasy

    This is my second and last year of Campbell Award eligibility. Since my eligibility period, I’ve sold a total of 35 stories and five poems (woo hoo!). Here are some highlights: “He Came From a Place of Openness and Truth” in Lightspeed! (January 2015) “Everything Beneath You” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (January 2015) “The Wanderers” in…