Endeavour Winner

Congratulations to Fairwood alum Brenda Cooper for winning this
year's Endeavour Award for her novel, Edge of Dark -- which was also a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award earlier this year.

Other finalists for the Endeavour, awarded to a novel or single-author collection by a Pacific Northwest writer, were:

• Tracker, by C.J. Cherryh (Daw)
• Irona 700, by Dave Duncan (Open Road)
•  Silver on the Road, by Laura Anne Gilman (Saga)
• The Price of Valor, by Django Wexler (Roc)

Check out Brenda's Edge of Dark along with the sequel, Spear of Light, also from Pyr and released this past summer!

Brenda Cooper Award Nomination

Congratulations to Fairwood alum Brenda Cooper, whose latest novel Edge of Dark is a finalist for for the 2016 Philip K. Dick award.

She's in great company among the other finalists for this year's award:

• EDGE OF DARK by Brenda Cooper (Pyr)
• AFTER THE SAUCERS LANDED by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books)
• (R)EVOLUTION by PJ Manney (47North)
• APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
• WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books)
• ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press)

The winner will be announced on March 25, 2016 at Norwescon 39. Good luck, Brenda!

EDGE OF DARK by Brenda Cooper (Pyr)
AFTER THE SAUCERS LANDED by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books)
(R)EVOLUTION by PJ Manney (47North)
APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books)
ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press) - See more at: http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2016/01/12/edge-of-dark-nominate-for-the-p-k-dick-awards/#sthash.nfwGwsmQ

EDGE OF DARK by Brenda Cooper (Pyr)
AFTER THE SAUCERS LANDED by Douglas Lain (Night Shade Books)
(R)EVOLUTION by PJ Manney (47North)
APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot Books)
WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas (Angry Robot Books)
ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche Press) - See more at: http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2016/01/12/edge-of-dark-nominate-for-the-p-k-dick-awards/#sthash.nfwGwsmQ.dp

Readings at Norwescon 34

Join current and alumni members of the Fairwood Writers at their readings at Norwescon 34. Individual readings are up to 30 minutes long.


Brenda Cooper reads Mayan December
Friday, noon in Cascade 3

Darragh Metzger reads The Strawberry Roan
Friday, 4pm in Cascade 3

J A Pitts reads Honeyed Words
Friday, 10pm in Cascade 3

Erin Tidwell, Renee Stern, and other authors published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies magazine
Saturday, 7pm in the Salon (outside Maxi's Lounge in the hotel tower)

Spencer Ellsworth reads The Ifrit's Trial
Saturday, 10pm in Cascade 3

Renee Stern reads A Mother's Choice
Sunday, 10am in Cascade 3

Kim Ritchie reads Triple Time
Sunday, 11am in Cascade 3

Rhiannon Held reads Bloodtech
Sunday, 1:30pm in Cascade 3

Best of 2010 List Includes Fairwooders

Congratulations to Renee Stern, whose story "Red Hell", which appeared in Black Gate #14 in winter 2010, was selected as a starred story for Tangent Online's Recommended Reading List for 2010.

Congratulations also to former Fairwood member Brenda Cooper, whose short story"The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned" and novella "Robot Girl", both published in Analog, also appeared on the list.