Zack Be

SFF author, obscure songwriter, psychotherapist, PhD candidate. Jim Baen Memorial Award winner 2024 pubs: @Asimovs_SF @analog_sf @writersofthefuture

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

Honored and excited to share that I am the grand prize winner of the 2024 Jim Baen Memorial #sciencefiction Award!
#scifi

[Baen Books @BaenBooks]

2024 Jim Baen Memorial Award Winner Announced

https://t.co/Ep48udvUQK

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

Today is TOC announcement day! We were able to select 13 stories out of nearly 1500 submissions! Here's the Intergalactic Rejects TOC (in no particular order):

Neil Clarke (foreword) @clarkesworld
Samuel Delany @SamuelRDelany1
Robert J. Sawyer @RobertJSawyer
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[SciFiNow @SciFiNow]

Author @bezackbe tells us all about being a winner in the #WritersOfTheFuture contest, created by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1980s, and how that has led him onto new ventures…
@galaxypress
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[Zack Be @bezackbe]

My story “Early Adopter “ - originally published in @Asimovs_SF jan/feb 2024 and named recommended by @ac_wise via @locusmag - is available to read free on my website! Q: What if neural tech allowed you to mind meld with your @Tinder date? It gets spicy…
https://t.co/2Sl5wooV21

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

@dracopoullos Hell yea!

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

@prettybittermp3 and @flowerbombband sitting in a tree …
Stoked for everyone to finally hear this 😋

[pretty bitter🫀𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖🫀 @prettybittermp3]

really over the moon to announce take me out, our split with @flowerbombband, will be joining the waking world on 8/1 💘

produced in chicago at type one studios by our sweet friends evan weiss (@intoitoverit) & simon small (website below!)

love you see you soon :)

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

Wow, 1,000 subs so far! Will you show us your intergalactic reject? Submit below!

https://t.co/dlna42EVik

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

SUNS OPEN! Calendar of Fools is seeking your rejected stories for the Intergalactic Rejects anthology! This anthology contains 8 rejected stories by highly acclaimed authors, and has room for yours! Details at the link>

https://t.co/Nu3Z4WWs2w

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

That’s me!

[Locus Magazine @locusmag]

2024 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Winner https://t.co/Gh7bjSnwpJ

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

Starting June 12, Calendar of Fools is seeking your rejected stories for the Intergalactic Rejects anthology! This anthology contains 8 rejected stories by highly acclaimed authors, and has room for yours! Details at the link>

https://t.co/Nu3Z4WWs2w

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

My story “Locus of Control,” winner of the 2024 Jim Baen Memorial Science Fiction Award, is live NOW on the @BaenBooks site, link below! RIYL: near-future sci-fi, zero gravity psychotherapy, and/or “Die Hard in a space station” 👨‍🚀🛰️

https://t.co/T8M8shsHYK

#scifi #scifibooks

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

Starting June 12, Calendar of Fools is seeking your rejected stories for the Intergalactic Rejects anthology! This anthology contains 8 rejected stories by highly acclaimed authors, and has room for yours! Details at the link>

https://t.co/dlna42Ft7S

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

I am delighted to see my story “Early Adopter,” published in the Jan/Feb 2024 issue of @Asimovs_SF, recommended by @ac_wise in @locusmag !!!

[Locus Magazine @locusmag]

Check out ‘‘Early Adopter’’ by @bezackbe and ‘‘To Eat Your Own Head’’ by @nkonechaka, recommended by @ac_wise. Read more recommendations here - https://t.co/4drxYIArC4

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

“Intergalactic Rejects” has FUNDED! Plus we met stretch goal #1. Increased pay rates for slush and a forward by none-other than Neil Clarke are now part of this anthology. Thank you all so much, and be sure to secure a copy today

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

"Intergalactic Rejects" is officially funded! Today we reached our first stretch goal, which means: 1) a forward from none other than Neil Clarke @clarkesworld !! 2) inc pay rate for slush from $.05/word to $.06/word! Secure your copy ASAP! @Kickstarter

https://t.co/CCFvGGq36O

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

We are already 75% funded!! Support the @Kickstarter for Intergalactic Rejects here before its too late!

https://t.co/CCFvGGq36O

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

We are officially more than halfway towards our goal! Be sure to support our @Kickstarter for Intergalactic Rejects and secure your copy of this amazing collection today, featuring several SF luminaries and an open submission! https://t.co/CCFvGGq36O

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

Our @Kickstarter launches tomorrow! Link below and in bio, and be on the lookout for our open submission period!
@KickstarterRead #kickstarter #scifibooks

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

AUTHORS! Follow the @kickstarter for #intergalacticrejects today (link in bio) and get updates on when the kickstarter goes live AND when we will be open for submissions!!! We are looking for your best rejects!
@KickstarterRead

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

Honored to be selected as a finalist for the Jim Baen Memorial #sciencefiction Award for the 2nd year in a row!

[Baen Books @BaenBooks]

The Jim Baen Memorial Award finalists have been announced.

https://t.co/HFXPoJ3UKK

[Zack Be @bezackbe]

My first anthology as an editor, INNER WORKINGS, is on sale right now!

[Calendar of Fools @Cal_of_Fools]

You can get our first anthology INNER WORKINGS, edited by @bezackbe, for just $2.99 through @Smashwords until March 9th! Featuring 16 SFF stories and 18 essays on writing craft by @WotFContest winners! Follow us for our next antho> #intergalacticrejects !

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