In September, I was awarded an Honorable Mention award in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest for the third quarter of 2023. The rules for this contest? Write a work of science fiction and/or fantasy prose up to 17,000 words in length.
With thousands of people around the world submitting to this prestigious competition (5-10% of the entrants are selected for the Honorable Mention award), it was a surprise and a privilege to place. To make the award even sweeter, they were kind enough to send a physical award all the way across the globe to the Land Down Under.
The story selected to receive the Honorable Mention was a short story I wrote earlier this year titled “Under the Ice.” If you’d like to read it, feel free to click here. If you’d like to learn more about the competition, click here. And if you’d like to read the entire list of winners announced for Volume 40 of their competition, you can head to this link.