Wicked Taxidermy Press

06/12/2022

For those not subscribed to the mailing list, here is an update on the contest! Contracts going out later today.

Hello Wicked Writers and Readers! We have a winner for the Nemesis contest, and let me tell you, it was a close one. We’d like to again thank Lauren Forry and Angie Smibert for offering their expertise in the judging process. We encourage you to look them up and give their work a try!

29/11/2022

NEMESIS CONTEST UPDATE!

The plan is to announce the winner December 1st. Right now we have a tie for first place. It is a tight one!

01/11/2022

The finalists for Nemesis have been chosen! The finalist judges will be receiving your stories later today and a winners should be announced shortly after. Congratulations all!

If your story did not place, and fits one of the themes of an upcoming anthology, you may still receive an offer of publication in the coming weeks.

02/09/2022

The Nemesis contest is now closed to contest submissions. General submissions are still open, and if you have something for the Nemesis call, you are welcome to submit still, but it will not be included in the contest or be eligible for prizes.

Thank you to everyone who submitted! Your stories will be sent to judges shortly and winners will be contacted as soon as the judging process is complete.

22/07/2022

What do we think?

19/07/2022

We'd also like to thank Angie and welcome her to our judging panel. Please show her nothing but your support!

Angie Smibert is the author of the middle grade historical fantasy series, Ghosts of Ordinary Objects, which includes “Bone’s Gift,” “Lingering Echoes” and “The Truce.” She’s also written three young adult science fiction novels: “Memento Nora,” “The Forgetting Curve” and “The Meme Plague.” In addition to numerous short stories, she’s published over 30 science and technology books for kids.
Smibert teaches young adult, speculative fiction and thesis classes for SNHU’s online MFA in Creative Writing program, as well as undergraduate composition courses for Indiana University East and Virginia Western Community College.
Before that, she was a science writer and web developer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and a few other government agencies.
Smibert earned her master’s in English from Indiana University. She lives in Roanoke with a goofy dog (named after a telescope) and three bickering cats (named after Tennessee Williams characters), and she puts her vast store of useless knowledge to work at the weekly pub quiz.
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19/07/2022

Hello all!

We have been fortunate to add some guest judges to the Nemesis contest! I would like to thank and spotlight one now. Please show your support and check out her links.

Lauren A. Forry is an author of mystery, thriller, and horror. Her most recent novel, They Did Bad Things, received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and the ALA Booklist, is an Amazon Editor’s Choice pick and was a book club pick for NY Times Bestseller Jenny Lawson’s “Fantastic Strangelings Book Club.” She is an Assistant Professor of English at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA, and also adjuncts for Southern New Hampshire University’s MFA creative writing program. She resides in Bucks County, PA with her dogs and whatever her dogs bark at in the night. Her next novel is The Launch Party, a locked room murder mystery set on the first commercial hotel on the moon. It will be released by Bonnier Zaffre in June 2023. You can find her on Twitter .

http://amazon.com/author/laurenforry
http://facebook.com/laurenaforrywriter