Robert Knox, winner of the Prophecy Creek Award
The Prophecy Creek Book Award in Speculative Fiction guidelines can be found here.
The next submission deadline is May 15, 2020. Submissions will be accepted beginning February 1, 2020.
The Prophecy Creek Book Award in Speculative Fiction
We are very pleased to announce that the inaugural cycle of the Prophecy Creek Award has concluded, and that we have named a winner. He is Robert Knox of Quincy, Massachusetts, for his novel, Karpa Talesman. He will receive a monetary award of $1,000 and his manuscript will be published with Hidden River Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing. We’d like to thank all the writers who have submitted their work to us for this award, and commend all of you for wonderful, imaginative work. The semi-finalists and finalists of this first year’s cycle for the award are listed below. Please be sure to follow our blog, since we plan an interview and profile with Robert shortly!
The deadline for the next cycle of the Prophecy Creek Award is May 15, 2020. See our guidelines for further details.
Here are our semi-finalists and finalists:
Semi-finalists
Bamberger, Barbara, Mount Airy, North Carolina, Outlawed Dreams – Part One of The Elwing Chronicles
Blake, Judson, Bayonne, New Jersey, The Knower Cathlone
Cole, Jim, Duncan Mills, California, ffrrff
Dafoe, Nancy, Homer, New York, Naimah and Ajmal, On Newton’s Mountain
Elliott, Grace, Jenison, Michigan, The King Without A Crown
Fenves, Diana, Raleigh, North Carolina, The Translators
Haerich, Jason, Smithville, Missouri, The Venturian Graft
Harris, Jay, Pensacola, Florida, Dimension V: Arrival of Future’s Witnesses
Hart, Lenore, Franktown, Virginia, The Alchemy of Light
Kern, Kathleen, Rochester, New York, The Price We Paid: My Life with Hoshea Weber and the UPS Underground
Knox, Robert, Quincy, Massachusetts, Karpa Talesman
Lavelle, John, Palm Bay, Florida, Hierophany
Leggett, Catharine, London, Ontario, The Invention of Paradise
Macolino, Thomas, Davis, California, Summoner’s Revolution
Mannone, John C., Niota, Tennessee, Dark Wind, Dark Water
Maunz, Daniel, Bayside, New York Questions of Perspective
McKissen, Dustin, St. Charles, Missouri, The Poor and The Haunted
Moore, Curtis, Spring Creek, Nevada, Ranuin’s Gate
Neri, Pasquale, Las Vegas, Nevada, Kingdom of Apathy, Volume I: A Mother’s Question
O’Rourke, Bobby, Astoria, New York, The Dreamer (A Divinely Accidental Comedy)
Richards, Marilee, Sedona, Arizona, Grover/4documents – The Trial of Grover Henry Hendershot
Solomon, Lucy HG, San Marcos, California, Teaching Fish to Swim
Strickland, Dara, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Proclamation: The War of the Mazach Book 1
Tonkin, David, Port Townsend, Washington, Altered Children
Whitaker, Stephen Scott, Onley, Virginia, Fear of Glass
Young, Alan, Pasadenia, California, Tooley Dovaras v. The Creature From Carlinsburg High
Finalists
Bamberger, Barbara, Mount Airy, North Carolina, Outlawed Dreams – Part One of The Elwing Chronicles
Elliott, Grace, Jenison, Michigan, The King Without A Crown
Harris, Jay, Pensacola, Florida, Dimension V: Arrival of Future’s Witnesses
Hart, Lenore, Franktown, Virginia, The Alchemy of Light
Knox, Robert, Quincy, Massachusetts, Karpa Talesman
Mannone, John C., Niota, Tennessee, Dark Wind, Dark Water
McKissen, Dustin, St. Charles, Missouri, The Poor and The Haunted
Neri, Pasquale, Las Vegas, Nevada, Kingdom of Apathy, Volume I: A Mother’s Question
O’Rourke, Bobby, Astoria, New York, The Dreamer (A Divinely Accidental Comedy)
Whitaker, Stephen Scott, Onley, Virginia, Fear of Glass
Young, Alan, Pasadenia, California, Tooley Dovaras v. The Creature From Carlinsburg High
Winner
Knox, Robert, Quincy, Massachusetts, Karpa Talesman
Once again, we want to thank each and every writer who entrusted us with their work, and who submitted to this competition. We commend you all and wish you all the very best of luck and success with your work.
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