Angie Smibert
Angie's fiction has appeared in a wide variety of magazines, including Odyssey and Pedestal. Her story, "Living Inside the Box, " will be published in Farrago's Wainscott anthology, Crawlspace, due out this winter. She's a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as well as the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Before becoming a freelance writer, Angie worked at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for over a decade, writing training and promotional videos, designing online training, and developing web sites. And before that, she worked at Virginia Tech for many years, writing, among other things, publications for the US Department of Energy. She also has experience writing proposals, grant applications, and press releases.
Her work has won a number of awards, including:
- Telly Award,
- Communicator Awards Crystal Award of Excellence in Writing and Marketing
- Multimedia and Internet Training Gold Medal Award,
- Several NASA Software Awards, and
- NASA Silver Snoopy Award.
Angie has a Bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech and a Master's from Hollins College (now University). She has also participated in several workshops, including the Science Fiction Writers Workshop at the University of Kansas.
Latest Articles
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How to Pick the Right Critique Group or Workshop
To pick the right genre writing critique group for you, weigh your writing goals against the mission, scope, participation requirements, and quality of the workshop.
Jan 29, 2009
- Angie Smibert
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Occupational Reading for Science Fiction Writers
If you're serious about writing science fiction, you need to read the professional markets, the trade journals, and science and technology magazines.
Jan 28, 2009
- Angie Smibert
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Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy 101
Beginning speculative fiction writers have a number of options -- including books, online courses, critique groups, and workshops -- to help them get started.
Jan 26, 2009
- Angie Smibert
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MFA / MA's for Speculative Fiction Writers
The University of Southern Maine and Seton Hill University now offer low-residency master's degrees in writing genre or popular fiction.
Jan 26, 2009
- Angie Smibert
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Online Science Fiction Writing Classes
Several online writing schools offer classes specifically for science fiction and fantasy writers.
Nov 27, 2008
- Angie Smibert
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Free Credit Reports
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Nov 26, 2008
- Angie Smibert
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Online Workshops for Speculative Fiction Writers
For science fiction, fantasy and horror writers, it's crucial to find a critique group that understands their genre. Several such workshops thrive online today.
Nov 26, 2008
- Angie Smibert
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