Category: Competitions & Awards

  • Writing Summary 2020

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    This year has been my best so far for short story sales, and I’ve hit a few significant ‘level ups’, including adding several new markets to my repertoire. So here is my progress report. List of acceptances/publications: 7 stories published, 8 accepted, 10 new written (2 of which sold), 7…

  • Winner! My entry won Second Place in the Ink & Insights Novel Award 2019!

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    Earlier in the year, I found out that my sci-fi novel-in-progress, I Phoenix, was a finalist in the Ink & Insights Novel Award 2019. Well, as it turns out… I won Second Place! It was also selected as a Judges’ Favourite. In previous years, I’ve made the Top Ten Finalists…

  • The SLF $1000 Working Class Writers Grant 2018 WINNER!!!

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    This just in!!! I am beyond thrilled to be reporting that, this year, I have been selected as the WINNER of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Working Class Writers Grant, with the first chapter of my new in-progress science fiction novel, I, Phoenix. Read more here. Press release below… ‘The Speculative…

  • Yearly Summary 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    I’ve only been writing for a few years so I’m not as prolific as many, that being said, despite a few bumps, this has been my most successful writing year so far! I’ve also read some fantastic fiction published by friends that has blown me away. All the best for…

  • September 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

     Brilliant news! My steampunk novel-in-progress, ‘Clockwork Evangeline’, is a finalist in the apprentice category of the Ink & Insights Award 2017. It has also been selected as a Judge’s Favourite with votes fro 3/4 judges. This makes 2 years in a row!

  • August 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    STORY WIN! My tiny microfiction, ‘It Wasn’t There Yesterday’, has won the Great Eighty Challenge (for 80 word stories) run by Third Word Press. I wrote it at my last writers’ group meeting – so big thanks to Marian for providing the exercise prompt for that evening. It’s already up…

  • July 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    Two pieces of news this month. Firstly, my prize-winning story is officially published! Huzzah! 😁 Curiosus Cattus, which was selected as this year’s Northwich LitFest Short Story Competition winner, is out now in July’s edition of Ourtown magazine. It’s illustrated (eee!) AND the editor very kindly put in a mention…

  • June 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    I WON! Woohoo! My short story, Curiosus Cattus, won FIRST PLACE in the Northwich LitFest’s Short Story Competition…

  • May 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    Three pieces of news this month. Firstly, my fantasy short, Boon of a Faery Queen, is now out in the May issue of FrostFire Worlds by Alban Lake Publishing. Lovely cover art too. Secondly, my novel-in-progress, Clockwork Evangeline, gained an Honourable Mention for the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Working Class Writers’…

  • April 2017

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    Nemma Wollenfang

    Big things happened this month… ACCEPTANCE! My dark historical fantasy, The Devil You Know, is going to appear in Pole to Pole Publishing’s newest anthology, Dark Luminous Wings! I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve also seen some familiar names on the list of contributors and it’s an honour to be sharing another…

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