Codex Writers Group
The Codex Writers’ Group also known as Codex is an online community of active speculative fiction writers. Codex was created in January 2004.
History and membership requirements[]
Codex was created in January 2004 by Luc Reid, a member of Orson Scott Card's 2001 Literary Boot Camp.[1] The focus of the group is on writers in the early stages of their careers.[2] The forum uses the phrase 'neo-pro', which they define as "writers who've had at least one professional publication and/or participated in one of the top by-audition-only workshops, but who have not yet sold a great many stories or a number of books.".[3]
Notable Codexians[]
The following Codexians have won major awards and/or have books on shelves. A more comprehensive listing of publications by Codex Writers can be found at the Codex Library Website.
- Steve Bein, author of the "Fated Blades" series [1]
- John Brown, author of the Dark God series [summer 2009]
- Tobias S. Buckell, author of Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, and Sly Mongoose
- Aliette de Bodard, author of the Obsidian and Blood books, Nebula and Locus Award winner.
- Nancy Fulda, creator of AnthologyBuilder.com
- David Macinnis Gill, author of , , and
- Jim C. Hines, author of the Goblin Quest series
- Elaine Isaak, author of The Singer's Crown and The Eunuch's Heir
- Sharon Joss, author of the Hand of Fate series and Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light
- Sara King, author of the "After Earth" series [4]
- Alethea Kontis, NYTimes bestselling author of The Dark-Hunter Companion, AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First and Beauty & Dynamite
- James Maxey, author of the Bitterwood series
- Judson Roberts, author of the Strongbow Saga series
- Diana Rowland, author of the Demon series (Mark of the Demon [Bantam, June 2009], Blood of the Demon [Bantam, February 2010], Secrets of the Demon [DAW, January 2011]) and the forthcoming White Trash Zombie series [DAW 2011]
- Lawrence M. Schoen, author of the Amazing Conroy series of stories, and founder of the Klingon Language Institute
- Ken Scholes, author of The Psalms of Isaak series [Jan 2009]
- Edmund R. Schubert, editor of Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (IGMS), and How To Write Magical Words: A Writer's Companion
Codexians whose work has been or will be published in the Writers of the Future anthologies include Stewart C Baker, Steve Bein, Aliette de Bodard, Matt Dovey, Scott Roberts, Eric James Stone, Ken Scholes, Diana Rowland, David Goldman, Sharon Joss, Michael Livingston, , Andrew Gudgel, Lon Prater, William Katz, Brad Beaulieu, Luc Reid, Matt Champine, Tom Pendergrass, Robert Defendi, Joy Marchand (writing as Joy Remy), Matt Rotundo, Elise Stephens, and Jim Hines.[5]
External links[]
- Codex Writers Group Website
- Codex Mega Blog
- World Map showing locations of Codex Members
- Books written by members of Codex
- Magazine articles written by members of Codex
- AnthologyBuilder.com
Notes[]
- ^ "Former Bootcampers Published: Luc Reid". August 11, 2003. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ "Codex Writers Home Page, Membership Requirements". January 9, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ "Codex FAQ". July 1, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
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"Writers of the Future Contest Winners, 1985-2006". 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved April 2008.
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- Speculative fiction writing circles
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