Wordos Award Winners
Lone Pine
by Jacob A. Boyd
3rd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q3, 2011
Silent Moon
by Sarina Dorie
2nd Prize, Duel on the Delta Contest, River City RWA
3rd Place, Winter Rose Contest, Yellow Rose RWA
3rd Place, Ignite the Flame, Columbus, Ohio RWA
2010
The Black Side of Memory
by Lael Salaets
3rd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q4, 2009
In the Forests of the Night
by Jay Lake
Shared Hugo Award nominee for Best Audio Presentation, Metatropolis
2009
Crazy Love
by Leslie What Glasser
Finalist, 2009 Oregon Book Ken Kesey Award
Rainbow Tears
by Grá Linnaea
Finalist, Eric Hoffer Best New Writing Award
2009
Life in Steam
by Grá Linnaea
3rd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q3, 2008
The Astronaut From Wyoming
by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
Seiun Award (Japanese Hugo Award) for Best Foreign Translation
2007
The Application of Gasoline and Sawdust
by Grá Linnaea
Whidbey Student Award
October, 2007
Mask Glass Magic
by John Burridge
3rd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q4, 2007
Our Last Words
by Damon Kaswell
3rd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q2, 2007
Jay Lake
WFC nominee with Deborah Layne, Wheatland Press, Publishing Category
2005, 2006, 2007
Anywhere But Here
by Jerry Oltion
Endeavor Award for Best Novel
2006
Nirvana High
by Leslie What Glasser, co-authored with Eileen Gunn
Nominated for Nebula Award
2006
The Sword from the Sea
by Blake Hutchins
1st Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q2, 2006
Mars Hath No Fury Like a Pixel Double-Crossed
by Stephen R. Stanley
1st Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q3, 2005
Into the Gardens of Sweet Night
by Jay Lake
Hugo Award nominee for Best Novelette
2005
Jay Lake
John W. Campbell for Best New Writer
2004
Asleep in the Forest of the Tall Cats
by Ken Brady
Published Finalist, Writers of the Future Contest
2004
Life and Death and Stealing Toads
by Eric M. Witchey
1st Place, Ralan’s Spectravaganza “Grabber” Contest
2003
Into the Gardens of Sweet Night
by Jay Lake
1st Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q4, 2003
Memoria Technica
by Leon J. West
2nd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q4, 2002
The Gateway Special
by Jerry Oltion
Endeavor Award nominee for Best Novel
2002
Dreams and Bones
by Eric M. Witchey
2nd Place, Writers of the Future Contest
Q3, 2001
Why I Wash the Dead
by Leslie What
1st Place Oregon Writers Colony Essay Contest
2000
The Astronaut from Wyoming
by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
Analog Readers’ Choice Award for Novella, Hugo nominee for Best Novella
2000
Echo
by Eric M. Witchey
9th Place Novel, New Century Writer Contest
1999
Bitter Pills
by Bruce Holland Rogers
SF Age Readers’ Poll; Best Short Story
1999
Bruce Holland Rogers
Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission
1999
The Cost of Doing Business
by Leslie What
Nebula for Short Story
1999
The Dead Boy at Your Window
by Bruce Holland Rogers
Bram Stoker Superior Achievement Award for Short Horror
1998; Pushcart Prize 1999
While You Wait
by Kathy Oltion
Jerry Oltion Really Good Story Award
1998
Thirteen Ways to Water
by Bruce Holland Rogers
Nebula Award for Short Fiction
1998
Abandon in Place
by Jerry Oltion
Nebula Award for Novella, Hugo nominee for Best Novella
1997
Lifeboat on a Burning Sea
by Bruce Holland Rogers
Nebula Award for Novelette
1996
Hollywood Considered as a Seal Point in the Sun
by Bruce Holland Rogers
Muse Medallion for Short Story
1995