Award Eligibility / 2024 in review
Are you reading for awards? Or simply interested in what work I've had out this past year? I think my story in Factor Four Magazine especially is worth an extra look, if you're considering fiction nominations. One of these years, hopefully there'll be a flash-specific award...
For poetry, you might consider my Dreams & Nightmares poem for the Rhysling, and I'd love to have Ephemeral Village under consideration for the Elgin.
And apart from awards, don't forget A Trade in Betrayals when it comes to novel reading. It's the final book in a trilogy. Seven years ago, book 1 was published, but the writing for that started even ten years earlier, so it's a closing of the chapter for me, a big part of my writing these past years. And I think it's well worth that time--it brings the story of Pavresh and Jaritta and Indima and the rest--the story of Arcist magic and its implications on a changing world--to a stunning close with some of my best writing and an energy that will really draw you in once you start reading.
Give the novel (and the series) a shot!
That said, in 2024 I had three flash fiction short stories published (one more properly a micro-fiction), poem by itself, and then a novel and a chapbook of 20 poems.
Flash fiction:
“In the City of the Faced” in Factor Four Magazine (1,000 words, fiction)
https://factorfourmag.com/in-the-city-of-the-faced-by-daniel-ausema/
“Traveling the Seed Migrations” in 100-Foot Crow (100 words, micro-fiction)
https://100footcrow.com/traveling-the-seed-migrations/
“Benthic Myth of the Deep Sea” in The Pink Hydra (500 words, fiction)
Poetry:
“What Grows From Our Heads” in Dreams & Nightmares (15 lines, poetry)
May 2024, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/p/ordering-dreams.html
Novel!!!:
A Trade in Betrayals from Guardbridge Books (novel)
https://www.danielausema.com/p/the-silk-betrayal.html
Poetry chapbook:
Ephemeral Village from Island of Wak-Wak Press (20 poems)
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ephemeral-village-daniel-ausema/1146530845
https://www.amazon.com/Ephemeral-Village-Coffee-Table-Chapbook/dp/9198959840
In addition, I've had two poems that have been accepted this year but are still forthcoming:
“The Truth About Trees” (16 lines, poem)
Star*Line
“The Palms That Tear Through Human Thought” (14 lines, poem)
Kaleidotrope
