Up and Coming: Stories by the 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors

Preface

Up and Coming was a massive undertaking in a very short time, and we’d like to thank the following people for their help in making it happen:

Bill Katz and David Walton at Writertopia for their incredible support—without them this anthology never could have existed,

Holly Heisey, for the brilliant cover design,

Effie Seiberg, for the smashing title,

Wendy Nikel, Liz Colter, Laura Pearlman, Naru Sundar, Emma Osborne, Effie Seiberg, Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, Stewart C Baker, Nancy SM Waldman, and L.S. Johnson for their assistance, in-depth device compatibility checks, and proofing,

M. David Blake for being the one who originated the tradition of an anthology of Campbell-eligible authors in the first place,

and finally, all the people—far too many to list—who signal-boosted the project or gave us feedback, suggestions, and encouragement along the way.

This anthology was truly a community effort. Many of the above names are Campbell-eligible authors themselves who have work in this anthology—the 2016 group of eligible writers is filled with enthusiastic and generous people.

Lastly, because of the vastness of the project, we’d like to note that the anthology was formatted primarily through automated processes. We’ve made every effort to render every piece correctly and aesthetically, but if you see the odd formatting hiccup, please don’t hold it against the author or the original publisher.

We hope you enjoy wandering the pages of Up and Coming, and if you are so inclined, we encourage you to nominate and vote for the 2016 Campbell Award.

– SL Huang and Kurt Hunt, curators for Up and Coming: Stories by the 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors