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how archie won an Omega Sci Fi Award honorable mention

Posted on July 10, 2021July 15, 2021 by archie the writer

Greetings!

In typical fashion, allow me to share some belated news (my tardy excuse is that I have been reading *so much* lately and haven’t been online):

The much acclaimed Omega Sci-Fi Awards chose my little story as an honorable mention.
WOW!
(For anyone wondering, the Omega Sci-Fi Awards is an international short science fiction story competition that provides an opportunity for writers to imagine the future of humanity through excellence in storytelling.)

For 2021, over 500 stories were submitted from around the world including South Africa, Germany, the UK, Russia, Tanzania, the US of A, and more.

My submission was a science fiction story (duh) set in a future when online bots begin to catfish people, but told in the fashion of Little Red Riding Hood. It was fun to write!

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archie won a writing contest – not clickbait

Posted on March 13, 2021July 15, 2021 by archie the writer

Hi hello —
I am so pleased to report that a story I wrote received FIRST PLACE in the 34th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC)! And this year coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Authors Association (CAA)!!

AMAZING!!!

I am really grateful and honored to be included in this with so many others.

SHORT STORY
First Place: “Babble” by Archie Nicholson, Stratford ON
Second Place: “Still Life” by Anna Rumin, Ottawa ON
Third Place: “Will Destroy for Food” by Adam Jarvis, Ottawa ON

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