Mary Soon Lee's Blog, page 11

Elgin Award nomination

I am honored and entirely delighted that The Sign of the Dragon has been nominated for the 2021 Elgin Award :-) :-) :-)

N.B. The Sign of the Dragon is my epic fantasy, told in poetry, with Asian + Mongolian + Celtic elements.

Asian Fantasy Fiction podcast

For those who are fond of podcasts, or who wish to find out firsthand whether my accent is British, Chinese, Irish, or American, I'm interviewed by Jeremy Bai in his Asian Fantasy Fiction podcast. Listen to the podcast.

Bookstore poem

Since it's about a (fantastical) bookstore, I thought I'd post a link to my poem Mythic Book Emporium just published in DreamForge Anvil #2.

Award nominations

Hmmm. I see it's been a while since I wrote a blog post. This area is looking distinctly dusty, much like my house.... I'm very happy to report several award nominations.

My poem How to Go Twelfth is a finalist for the AnLab Readers' Award.

Plus I have several poems nominated for this year's Rhysling Award. (The full list of nominees is here.)

One hundred stories

Writing milestone. I've had 100 short stories published!

I just realized that my short-short "Red" appeared in the NewMyths.com anthology, Twilight Worlds: The Best of NewMyths Anthology Volume II, which would have been story #99.

This makes "Just Desserts," published in Daily Science Fiction on 12/18/2020, my 100th published story :-)

Daily Science Fiction

My short story Just Desserts has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, my eighth story to appear there. It features aliens, the settling of the solar system, and the very important matter of dessert.

Second Pushcart nomination

!! I received a second Pushcart Prize nomination, this time for my poem "After Zhuangzi" (Eye to the Telescope #38, October 2020). So it is officially and unequivocally a Good Day on the writing front.

Pushcart nomination

I am startled but delighted to report that my poem How to Advertise Titan (Star*Line #43.2, Spring 2020) has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize :-)

Poems in F&SF

I'm very happy to report that my poem "Mended" is in the November/December 2020 issue of F&SF :-)

Also, looking back through the blog, I see that I failed to mention that I've had two other poems in F&SF this year: "First Contact" in the May/June issue and "A Quartet of Alphabetic Bubbles" in the July/August 2020 issue.

C'monfluence

Very soon, October 2 - October 4, 2020, I'll be participating in C'monfluence, a virtual version of Pittsburgh's Confluence convention. The guest of honor is Martha Wells, and the supporting cast of guests includes far-flung authors who wouldn't normally travel to Pittsburgh. Happily, Zoom and Discord make travel plans simple. I'll be giving a reading, plus I'm scheduled to be on four panels, and I'm doing a Kaffeeklatsch with Kelly Robson. The convention is free, though donations are welcomed.

Important note: you have to register for every panel, every reading, every Kaffeeklatsch that you wish to attend. Here are three links.

Pre-register for C'monfluence.

Sign up for my reading, 2:30 pm, EST, Sunday October 4.

Sign up for the Kaffeeklatsch with myself and Kelly Robson, 10 am, EST, Sunday October 4.