2012 Golden Duck Awards:
Anna Sheehan wins the Hal Clement Award for Young Adult with her novel, "A Long, Long Sleep" (Candlewick).
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2012/09/golden-duck-awards-winners/
"Five Tips for Abducting Humans," by Sarina Dorie will appear in the Third Flatiron Publication Anthology.
Stories by Lael Salaets translated in foreign publications:
"The Halo Wave," XB-1, June 2012, Czech
"The Black Side of Memory," SRSFF (The Romanian Society of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
"The Black Side of Memory," Universe Pathways, Issue 19, Greek
"Why Did the Vampire Cross the Road? And Other Jokes that May Result in Death," by Sarina Dorie will be published in Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
"One Night in Nocturnia," Rainfurrest Anthology (September, 2012)
"Einray and the Biologist," FlagShip
"The Genetic Menagerie," Sorcerous Signals (November, 2012)
Mary E. Lowd's story, "The Most Complicated Avatar," has been published in Daily Science Fiction. Mary wrote this story to read at the 2011 Wordos Halloween party, and then it was passed through the table for critique before being sent to DSF.
"The Opposite of Suicide," Bards & Sages Quarterly (July 2012)
"The Faithless, the Tentacled, and the Light," Cosmic Crime Stories, Issue 4
"'Viewers Like You'," The Lorelei Signal
(All of these stories were written before Mary joined the Wordos.)
Personal Ads for the Undead
by Sarina Dorie
Whidbey Student Choice Award
June 2012
Other workshop story appearances by Sarina Dorie:
"Mr. Kick-Ass Werewolf President," Penumbra Magazine
http://penumbraezine.blogspot.
"Lady Chatterley's Computer," The Ancient New Anthology
Short story, "We Can Remember It For You Retail," by Mary Lowd appears in Redstone Science Fiction:
http://redstonesciencefiction.
This is Mary Lowd's third pro sale. She is now eligible to be a full member of SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America).
Lael Salaets sold a workshop story "Salvaged" to Abyss & Apex (Q1 2013).