HarperTeen Writing Challenge

I can hardly believe I’m posting something I discovered on MySpace, but here goes:

HarperTeen Writing Challenge
Submit Your Writing For A Chance To Win $5000

Submit your writing (a short story, poem, or song) for a chance to win $5000! You’ll get free writing tips from some of the best authors and editors in the business. A panel of HarperTeen judges will select the 10 most original and creative pieces. But it will be up to YOU to decide who wins!
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Pirates of the Burning Sea scheduled for open beta

You might recall a SCI FI Wire piece I wrote a while back, about a forthcoming MMORPG called Pirates of the Burning Sea. Well, the game is scheduled to begin its worldwide open beta on Friday, December 7th, "allowing naval captains, freetraders, privateers, and pirates alike to experience first-hand this highly-anticipated online game," according to a press release I received.

From the release:

North American players can sign up for access to the beta through File Planet at www.fileplanet.com. File Planet subscribers will get priority access, with beta opening to all other players within a week.

For European players interested in playing, please go to www.piratesoftheburningsea.com for localized links.

For more information on Pirates of the Burning Sea  log onto www.piratesoftheburningsea.com and for new art assets log onto www.soepress.com

Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMORPG featuring high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder.  Set against the backdrop of the New World of the 18th Century, players can choose one of three nations – England, France or Spain – or choose the role of a Pirate and battle it out for glory and power.

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F&SF, January 2008

The January 2008 issue of F&SF is now on sale. Here’s the table of contents: 

NOVELETS

  • The Twilight Year – Sean McMullen
     
  • Pride and Prometheus – John Kessel
     
  • Mystery Hill  – Alex Irvine
     

SHORT STORIES

  • It’s a Wonderful Life  – Michaela Roessner
     
  • Mars: A Traveler’s Guide  – Ruth Nestvold
     
  • The Quest for Creeping Charlie – James Powell
     

DEPARTMENTS

CARTOONS

  • J.P. Rini
     
  • Arthur Masear
     
  • S. Harris
     

COVER

  • "Hypermail" by Darrel Anderson

 

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Ideomancer reviews Wastelands

Sean Melican has a nice review of Wastelands up at Ideomancer. Click through to read the whole review. Here’s a snippet:

John Joseph Adams deserves a great deal of credit for the extensivity and reach of his research […] and for picking recent post-apocalyptic stories that have not been heavily anthologized. […] Mr. Adams demonstrates the sub-genre is not a static, but is a dynamic, continuously evolving fractured mirror, in dialogue with, and sometimes refuting, its basic assumptions […] [A]n excellent cross-section of post-apocalyptic stories well worth reading.

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