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Neil V. Young

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND HORROR WRITER

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About Neil

Biography

Neil V. Young is a science fiction, fantasy and horror writer with many honorable and silver honorable mentions and a Finalist in the annual Writers of the Future Contest. His work has appeared in dozens of magazines and websites, including Challenge Magazine and 69 Flavors of Paranoia. He lives in Fountain Valley, California.

Neil V. Young has dozens of short stories and three novels behind him. His work earned Honorable and Silver Honorable Mentions, and most recently a Finalist in Writers of the Future.

awards

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest

There is no more prestigious award that a budding science fiction author can win. 

I haven’t won yet, but as my record shows, I’m at least a blip on the radar.

My Writers of the Future Awards History

  1. The Truths We Believe, 1st Quarter 2023, Finalist
  2. Curriculum Vitae, March-11, 2011 Honorable Mention
  3. The Last Roundup, June-11, 2012 Silver Honorable Mention
  4. The Tenth Muse, July-11, 2011 Honorable Mention
  5. The Trouble with Teppo, November-11, 2011, Honorable Mention
  6. Behind Blue Eyes, June-12, 2012 Honorable Mention
  7. The Light of the Next Sun, May-14, 2014 Honorable Mention
  8. Of Lost and Lasting Legacies, August-15, 2015, Honorable Mention
  9. Every Measure of Success, September-15, 2016, Honorable Mention
  10. The Truths That We Believe, September-15, 2015 Silver Honorable Mention
  11. Free Will, March-16, 2016 Honorable Mention
  12. To Peer Into Obsidian, June-16, 2016 Honorable Mention
  13. Every Measure of Success, September-16, 2016 Honorable Mention
  14. Human, Inc., January-17, 2017 Honorable Mention
  15. Say Hello to John Smith, March-17, 2017 Silver Honorable Mention
  16. A Realization in Virtual, Sep-17, 2017 Honorable Mention