The following stories by Alpha graduates have won awards and appeared in professional publications:
Sarah Brand, 2006 & 2007
“Perchance to Dream,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2011
Courtney Crites, 2008 & 2009
“Inked Upon Thee,” Penumbra, October 2011
Seth Dickinson, 2006 & 2007
“The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Her Field-General, and Their Wounds,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, December 2011
“The Immaculate Conception of Private Ritter,” Dell Award: Winner, 2011
“Hypocrite,” Dell Award: First Runner-up, 2008
“Claymore Three-Zulu,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2007
Lara Donnelly, 2007 & 2008
“The Case of the Wayward Sister,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2011
“Family Ties,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2010
“The Case of the Unassuming Book and the Very Soiled Trousers,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2009
Emily Gilman, 2003 & 2004
“Lily,” Strange Horizons, December 2010
“The White Part of the Apple,” Fantasy Magazine, September 2009 (as Emily Tersoff)
“Stay With Me,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2008 (as Emily Tersoff)
Elena Gleason, 2005 & 2006
“Family Photo,” Daily Science Fiction, January 2011
“Whisper’s Voice,” Fantasy Magazine, April 2010
“Aeroplasty,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2009
“Erased,” Fantasy Magazine, April 2008 (winner, Best Fantasy Story of 2008)
Rachel Halpern, 2007 & 2008
“A Clarity of Mind,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2011
“Lucky Stiff,” Dell Award: Third Runner-up, 2010
Shivaun Hoad, 2006
“The Fairy’s Challenge,” Cicada, March/April 2009
Allison Jamieson-Lucy, 2009 & 2010
“To Soothe Ravaged Throats,” Daily Science Fiction, May 2011
Richard Larson, 2003 & 2004
“This Always Happens Here,” Daily Science Fiction, September 2011
“The Ghost Party,” Subterranean, May 2011
“Frosty’s Lament,” Shimmer Magazine #13, April 2011
“The Insides,” ChiZine #47, April 2011
“Urban Fantasy,” Icarus Magazine #8, March 2011
“I’ll Take You With Me,” Crossed Genres #27, February 2011
“Swimming Lessons,” Pax Americana #14, November 2010
“The Noise,” Sybil’s Garage #7, July 2010
“The Sandbox,” Electric Velocipede #17/18, August 2009
“Last Call,” Eclectica Magazine Vol. 13 No. 3, July 2009
“Up in the Air,” Strange Horizons, November 2008
“Good Night,” ChiZine #37, July 2008 (honorably mentioned in The Best Horror of the Year)
“Notice,” Vibrant Gray #2, February 2008
“Night and Day,” Pindeldyboz, September 2007
Tomas L. Martin, 2002 & 2003
“Activation,” Nature Futures, September 2010
“The Shogun and the Scientist,” Aberrant Dreams
“A Shogun’s Welcome,” Aberrant Dreams
“Some Things Never Change,” Satirica
Rebecca McNulty, 2007 & 2008
“The Little Man’s Call,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2011
“Sister’s Hands,” Dell Award: Second Runner-up, 2010
“Scales for Ivan,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2010
Sarah Miller, 2004 & 2005
“The Best and Bittrest Kiss,” Dell Award: First Runner-up, 2009
“Clockwork Angels,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2008
Amanda Olson, 2007 & 2009
“Aunt Victoria,” Dell Award: First Runner-up, 2011
Rachel Ross, 2002 & 2003
Claws, Chicken House, Summer 2012 (as Rachel Grinti, with Mike Grinti)
“The Changelings,” Triangulation 2003: A Confluence of Speculative Fiction
Rachel Sobel, 2008 & 2009
“In the Time of Drought,” Dell Award: Third Runner-up, 2011
“The Dead Star, the Satirist, and the Soldier,” Dell Award: Winner, 2010
“The Loyalty of Birds,” Clarkesworld Magazine, March 2009 (nominated for a Black Quill Award)
Tina Tseng, 2009 & 2010
“A Treatise on the Duality of Peace and Accomplishing a Rewarding Parent-Child Relationship Based Upon Mutual Respect and Love,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2011
Michail Velichansky, 2002 & 2004
Claws, Chicken House, Summer 2012 (as Mike Grinti, with Rachel Grinti)
“Evelyn,” Fantastical Visions IV, 2009
“A Monster in the Lake,” Horrors Beyond II, 2007
“Games on the Children’s Ward,” Writers of the Future 22 (first place for the quarter), 2006
“A Ragnarok Without Gods,” Corpse Blossoms, anthology nominated for Bram Stoker award, 2005
“Paper Shadows,” Fantastical Visions III, 2005
“Evelyn,” Dell Award: Third Runner-up, 2005
“Games on the Children’s Ward,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2004
“Lord of the Earth,” Fantastical Visions II, 2003
“Grounded,” Triangulation 2003: A Confluence of Speculative Fiction
Evelyn Wang, 2010
“Tippler’s Bane,” Pseudopod 231, May 2011
Jeannette Westwood, 2005 & 2006
“Locked and Keyed,” Dell Award: Honorable Mention, 2009
“The Banyan Tree,” Fantasy Magazine, October 2008
“Two Variations,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 21, November 2007
“Susano’s Comb,” Fantasy Magazine #3, 2006
“Crimson-lady at the Auction, Buying,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 18, June 2006
Rebekah White, 2006 & 2007
“Girl Wonder,” Dell Award: Third Runner-up, 2008
