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FutureClassics sweep FOUR BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE!

In an event that publisher Selina Rosen called "phenomenal," Melanie, Jeff, Robert and Gloria all sold stories to Yard Dog Press for the upcoming FOUR BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE anthology. Rosen explained, "I think it sort of shows the strength of your group; over a hundred submissions came in and there are only twenty-three manuscripts on the (acceptance) pile. For four of them to come from the same writing group is phenomenal."

Melanie and Gloria are new to Yard Dod Press, Jeff having established his YDP presence with the novella "The Garden in Bloom" and the story "Old Lady Ironshoes" in MORE STORIES THAT WON'T MAKE YOUR PARENTS HURL. This is Robert's first print sale.

-- 6/06/2003

Jeff scores in Utah, Hollywood

Jeff has been an extremely busy camper these days. Not only did the new father sell "Where the Centaurs Roam" to the INTRACITIES antho, then take 1st and 2nd places in the pro division of the CONduit 2003 Short Story competition, and 1st place in the CONduit 2003 screenplay competition, but it appears that his diligence in scriptwriting has paid off -- he's just received a work-for-hire contract from Vandy Productions.

-- 6/04/2003

And the sales keep rolling in

Derek just found out that his story "Carving" will appear in the first issue of Flytrap, edited by Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw. Flytrap is slated to debut in October at World Fantasy Con. Congratulations Derek!

-- 4/11/2003

Some FutureClassics *ka-chings*

In April, Jeff's stories "Thunder Island" and "Still Life" will be appearing in The Leading Edge and MarsDust Online, respectively.

Melanie just received notice that her story "Female of the Species" will be appearing in the April issue of Quantum Muse. She's still bouncing around giddily in delight.

And Elizabeth sold a poem to Star*Line, the magazine of the SF Poetry Association. Congratulations to Jeff, Melanie and Elizabeth!

-- 3/29/2003

Hugo ballots are available!

The Hugo nominating ballot is now available on-line at the ConJose website. Eligible works are those published in English in 2002, and nominations can be made by people who have Attending or Supporting memberships for Torcon or ConJose.

The ballot form can be downloaded from http://www.conjose.org/wsfs/2003HugoNomForm.pdf. If you can't remember what your ConJose membership number was, you can search for it at http://www.conjose.org/Member/memberlist.php3.

FutureClassics members with eligible works are:

Jerry J. Davis
Short Story
"The Moon at Noon," SciFantastic (October 2002)

William Ledbetter
Short Story
"Hindsight," Success By Design SF&F, September 2002

Melanie Fletcher
Short Story
"Bartok and the Unicorn," Quantum Muse, July 2002

Jeffrey Turner
Short Story
"Mandatory Upgrades," Success By Design SF&F, November 2002

Novella
"The Garden in Bloom," Yard Dog Press, 2002

-- 1/11/2003

More sales all over the place

Jerry sold his story "The Moon at Noon" to the ezine SciFantastic. Go Jerry!

Bill had an early and unexpected Christmas gift -- his short story "HindSight" had been selected for Success By Design SF&F's 2002 Anthology. The antho will be an eBook and published in Microsoft Reader format, and should be out at the end of January 2003. In addition, his short story "Monarch" was purchased by Quantum Muse for their January edition.

Gloria's first novel IN SERVICE OF SAMURAI is now available from Zumaya Publishing, and can be ordered from BookSurge or Amazon.

Jeff's stories "Mandatory Upgrades" and "How I Launched the Career of a Norse God" were also purchased by Success by Design, and Palace of Reason purchased "Comfort Zones."

-- 1/11/2003