Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA, Lauren Thoman studied music education, though soon realized that the life of a band director was not for her. Her passion for pop culture and watching and analyzing movies and TV shows led her to become a frequent contributor to a number of prominent online pop […]
1st Place: Grimoire Gold by Goldie Maisey Quick 2nd Place: Roses by Emily Liu 3rd Place: In the Autumn Days of Empire by Lilia Zhang
This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! We’ll have a longlist in around ten weeks!
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer and an immigrant from Fujian. Her debut novella, Linghun, will be published this spring, as will her collection, Ai Jiang’s Smol Tales From Between Worlds. She also recently announced a new novelette, I Am Ai, coming in June. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Magazine of […]
What a stirring list of titles! Stay tuned for which excerpts are declared our winners!
The wait is over! Today, the Voyage Team is incredibly happy to announce the winners of our 2022 First Chapters Contest! We were all in agreement that the talent just keeps getting better and better! A huge pat on the back to the writers who submitted and took risks by getting their work out there. […]
What a stirring list of titles! Stay tuned for which titles make it onto the shortlist!
Dr. Phoenix Alexander is a speculative author, scholar, teacher, and curator. His work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Escape Pod, The Dark, Deadlands, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Black Static, and Science Fiction Studies, among others. He is a full member of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), and served as […]
This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! We’ll have a longlist in around ten weeks! We invite writers to submit to the Uncharted MagazineThrilling Story Award from January 1 to February 28, 2023. This Award is for all three genres: SF/F, Thriller/Horror, and Mystery/Crime. Guest judge Gabino Iglesias will choose three […]
And here are the winners! 1st Place: Horror/Thriller “Prologue – or, the Carny Incarcerated.” by Chloe La Vada 1st Place: Crime/Mystery “Lodged in the Body” by Adam McCulloch Runner Up: Horror/Thriller “The Violin” by Patrick Shanley Runner Up: Crime/Mystery “Buffalo Jill” by Karen Parkman 13 Shortlisted Titles!
The time has come! We’re announcing the winners of our Lucky No.7 Challenge! It was no surprise that we received so many impressive submissions offering unique takes on our prompts. At the very least, you’ve got some great stories to send out for consideration at other venues. No matter the outcome, we hope everyone had […]
Kristen Loesch’s newest book, The Regeneration of Stella Yin, will be released November 30, 2022, from Ad Hoc Fiction. This novella-in-flash tells the story of two women inextricably linked in a technological quest to overcome grief and trauma. Through precisely crafted prose, Loesch explores artificial super intelligence, the singularity, and the human drive for survival. […]