Uncharted Magazine Thrilling Story Award Longlist
These 30 stories are under review to form a shortlist of 15 stories that we will send to judge Gabino Iglesias!
Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Contest Winners & Shortlisted Writers
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
Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize Judged by Sequoia Nagamatsu
This contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! We’ll have a longlist in around ten weeks!
Announcing the Voyage Love & War First Chapters Contest Results
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. […]
Unexpected Threads: An Interview with Dr. Phoenix Alexander
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 […]
Horror & Thriller / Crime & Mystery 1st Chapter Prize | Judged by Agent Dorian Maffei Shortlist Titles
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!
Announcing the Voyage Lucky No.7 Contest Results
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 […]
2022 Pushcart Nominations
It’s that time of year! As is often the case, our contributors made this a tough decision! Here are the Voyage YA 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominations! Congratulations, writers! . Nominations in no particular order: Touching Morning by Susan L. Lin Absolution by David Vasquez High Tide by Kelsey Day Cassandra by Emma Brousseau Broken Chords […]
Short Story Prize Winners & Writers Shortlisted
And the three co-winners are… 1. Men Will Die by Celeste Kallio 2. I Will Never Be Alone by Alejandro Gutierrez 3. Jacaranda Park by Kate Maruyama The Runners-Up are… 1. God fall by Kira Sutherland 2. Parts Girls by Nina Simon Comet Wine by Ken Altabef Us and Them by Siobhan Chesson Men Will […]
Writing Saturnalia: Revelation for your Character and Reader
Writers spend a lot of time thinking critically about beginnings and ends. These are crucial moments in creating a satisfying story, but they’re also the easiest turning points to consider. What’s the first moment of trouble, the first moment of choice? What’s the final confrontation, the culmination of the character’s desires and needs? Execution, of […]
Writing Saturnalia: A Story Launch Thrives on an Easy Target
I’ve been writing and submitting fiction for nearly two decades now, and while I don’t have an itemized list, I believe I’ve received about one trillion rejections. One particular criticism appeared again and again: The opening is too slow and the stakes are too low. This complaint began to wear at me like a stone […]
Announcing the Voyage Anthology Contest Results
It’s contest announcement time! We had a hard time selecting just eight winners to include in our inaugural anthology! Our community is full of talented writers! Please make sure you celebrate yourselves for taking the leap and sharing your stories with us. We’re SO, SO excited to announce the winners of our Anthology Contest! Our […]