Brian Burt's Blog: Work in Progress - Posts Tagged "writers-of-the-future"

I owe much gratitude to the Writers of the Future contest. Many moons ago, they gave me my first big break as a writer when my short story "The Last Indian War" won the grand prize. That was an awesome experience. For the first time, I had a chance to mingle with and meet other speculative fiction writers, to compare notes and commiserate about the challenges of getting published. It was a rare and wondrous opportunity to geek out with other SF geeks; I loved it. These were my people! ;-)

Well, I once again owe a huge debt of gratitude to the folks at WotF as they feature new works from a number of WotF alums in their Brand New Science Fiction blog. I'm honored to have two books included in this collection.

Price of Eden is the third book in the award-winning Aquarius Rising eco-fiction trilogy, set on an Earth where global warming has wreaked havoc on the environment and human-dolphin hybrids called Aquarians take refuge in reef-cities built among the drowned human cities along the coasts. Book One in the trilogy, In the Tears of God, won EPIC's 2014 eBook Award for Science Fiction; Book Two, Blood Tide, won the 2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal for Science Fiction. Price of Eden concludes the series as the Aquarians and their allies fight against extremists on both sides to avoid a genocidal global war with humanity.

Resurrection Trust: Stories about living sustainably from the Green Stories competition features an eclectic set of tales that explore potential futures where humanity figures out ways to at least attempt to solve the most serious ecological challenges facing us. We all need some optimism infused into our visions of the future, eh? This anthology includes contributions from a number of different WotF alums. You can learn more about the Green Stories writing competitions, mission, and values here:

Green Stories Writing Competition

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