August 6th Update!
Both the US and UK edition proofs have arrived! Getting closer now everyone!
Those of you who have been with us for a while will already know a bit about this, but back in 2012 we ran our first international writing contest. People were asked to write an 8,000 word or less fantasy story. Six winners would be chosen out of the entries. This would give budding writers somewhere to publish their work and hopefully encourage fantasy readers who had perhaps always felt a desire to write something, but needed an extra push to “just do it”, somewhere familiar to send something in. To support this idea a few of our favorite authors were gracious enough to donate their work to our cause! This meant the six winners would be published along with a select group of professional fantasy authors giving our anthology a great mix of new talent and seasoned professionals.
The response was incredible! Over 1,700 people sent in stories, which took us a tad longer to go through than we originally anticipated. But now the wait is almost over!
I have it on good authority (Marc’s and my own) that the first Fantasy-Faction Anthology will be printed and ready to go sometime this very month! Here’s a bit of teaser for you until then. 😉
From award winning website, Fantasy-Faction, comes an anthology of short stories and articles celebrating the fantasy genre’s diversity. Dragons, magic, clones, portals and swords are just some of what awaits you on the quests and investigations within. Written by a combination of genre giants and previously unpublished authors, this is Fantasy-Faction in a book.
Which authors will be included in this impressive tome? Well aside from our six lucky winners, the anthology will include stories donated by Mark Lawrence, Jon Sprunk, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Myke Cole, Richard Ford, and Michael J. Sullivan, plus five articles by previous unannounced authors!
As you can tell I’m just a tiny bit excited about this. 😉 Marc and I are so happy to be able to give back even more to our amazing community. Not only will we be sharing these fantastic stories with you, but we will be using the profits to cover our server costs, keep Fantasy-Faction up and running, and fund future contests. Triple win!
Watch this space for more announcements in the coming weeks! And thank you all for making not only this anthology but also this site possible. You’re the best!
