NTSFW member Grace (writing as A. U. Stringur) has a short story, "Colors of Heaven", published at Kalkion. Colors of Heaven God created Man in his image: what goes around comes around. BC pressed a fingertip against the porthole and adjusted the sensors within the window. In his quarters, he listened while gruff voices spoke back and forth over the com system.“Pretty hydrogen,” he said, as the spectrum win...

NTSFW member Gerald Warfield's poem, "Rivers Do Not Flow Within", is published at From The Depths. Congratulations, Gerald! Read "Rivers Do Not Flow Within"   Gerald Warfield’s short story “Poly Islands” won second prize in the first quarter of the 2011 Writers of the Future Contest. His humorous story “The Origin of Third Person in Paleolithic Epic Poetry” took first place this year in the national...

On the day Gerald's poem debuted in the ezine NewMyths.com, He got a call from Writers of the Future informing him that his story, "Poly Islands", placed 2nd in the Writers of the Future Contest (1st quarter). This story he originally wrote at Odyssey, but honed it with critiques from NTSFW members.  

NTSFW member Gerald won the National Grammar Day Short Story Contest sponsored by The Grammar Girl for his short story, "The Origin of Point of View in Paleolithic Epic Poetry". It begins, "The first story ever told was told in first person. It was told around a campfire by Ogg who raised both his fists into the air and exclaimed in a loud voice:  “I killed a mammoth!" Read the whole story. The Mineral We...

NASA's Orion Spacecraft is landing at the American Airlines Center (AAC) in Dallas Jan. 27-29 at Victory Park. The capsule making a stop in Dallas was a low fidelity model that was used for fit checks prior to the launch abort test that took place in 2010. Due to the low security restrictions on the vehicle, the public will be allowed to sign their name or write messages on some of the panels on the...

Member Bill Ledbetter won 1st place winner in the Writers of the Future contest, for this year's second quarter. His story will be published in the Writers of the Future Anthology, Volume 28. Congrats, Bill!