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2019 Summer Writing Challenge Winner

The 2019 summer challenge inspired me. I’m considering a twist to the challenge: instead of one sentence every entrant must use, I’m considering two sentences from which each must choose one. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2019

2019 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge Finalists

Be sure to share this post and the 2019 poll on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, or wherever you hang out on social media. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2019

Spec Faith 2019 Summer Writing Challenge – Evaluation Phase

We want all of our 2019 entries, even those that came in towards the latter part of the week, to have a fair shot at the finals. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2019

2019 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge

As has been the case for the last several years, Spec Faith’s 2019 summer writing challenge comes with rewards. First, there’s feedback. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2019

2018 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge Finalists

Be sure to share this post and poll with your friends and family, your Google+ circles and your Pinterest people, your Facebook friends and Twitter followers. The more voters, the better. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2018

Spec Faith 2018 Summer Writing Challenge – Evaluation Phase

Next week I’ll announce the three finalists, based on your pluses during this evaluation phase, and we’ll vote for a winner. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2018

2018 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge

Invite your friends to participate, either as writers or readers. The more entries and the more feedback, the better the challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2018

We Have A 2017 Summer Writing Challenge Winner

Congratulations to our 2017 Summer Writing Challenge winner: M. A. Zeller. I’ll be contacting our writing challenge winner privately to arrange the gift card from either Amazon or B&N. For those interested, voting results for our summer writing challenge winner […] —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2017

2017 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge Finalists

Be sure to share this post and poll with your friends and family, your Google+ circles and your Pinterest people, your Facebook friends and Twitter followers. The more voters, the better. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2017

Spec Faith 2017 Summer Writing Challenge – Evaluation Phase

We received a good number of interesting and entertaining stories, some coming in at the last minute. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2017

2017 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge

Spec Faith is holding a summer writing challenge, a type of writing exercise, with rewards. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2017

Spec Faith 2016 Summer Writing Challenge Finalists

Be sure to share this post and poll with your friends and family, your Google+ circles and your Pinterest people, your Facebook friends and Twitter followers. The more voters, the better. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2016

Spec Faith 2016 Summer Writing Challenge – Evaluation Phase

To find the entries, follow one of the links in this article (such as this one). The entries are in the comments section of that post. Be sure to click on the “Explore More” button to see all of them. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2016

Spec Faith 2016 Summer Writing Challenge

I’ll give a first line, and those who wish to accept the challenge will write what comes next—in 100 to 300 words, putting your entry into the comments section of this post. “What comes next” may be the opening of a novel, a short story, or a completed piece of flash fiction—your choice. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2016

Winner Of The 2014 Summer Writing Challenge

Once again we had a great group and our finalists made it hard to decide, but in the end, we have a winner who separated herself from the pack: Athelas Hale. Contratulations! —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2014

2014 Summer Writing Challenge Finalists

Choose from the finalists and vote in the poll at the end of this post for one entry you think is best. The one receiving the most votes will be the winner, and the author will receive a $25 e-gift card from either Amazon or B&N. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2014

2014 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge, Evaluation Phase

The Spec Faith Writing Challenge is a huge opportunity for writers to learn what readers think, but it depends upon faithful readers willing to put their opinions out there. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2014

Spec Faith 2014 Summer Writing Challenge

I’ll give a first line, and those who wish to accept the challenge will write what comes next—in 100 to 300 words. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2014

2013 Summer Writing Challenge Winner And Question

We have our winner: Austin Gunderson. Congratulations. But now, I have to ask. How many of you writers would be interested in participating in a short story contest if you were required to pay a $5.00 entry fee? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2013

Summer Writing Challenge Finals

Here are the top three entries, followed by the poll. Please choose the one piece you think is the winner of the 2013 Summer Writing Challenge and vote. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2013

Summer Writing Challenge Update

We writers know how our work seems to us, but we don’t know how it comes across to others. This challenge gives us a little window to view the reaction of our words on others. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2013

Summer Writing Challenge

It’s time for another Spec Faith Writing Challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2013

‘The Green Knight’ Film May Not Outmatch the Original Poem’s Challenge of Human Virtue

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We Have A Winner—2020 Spec Faith Fall Writing Challenge

Thank you all for participating, and watch for the next Spec Faith Writing Challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2020

Finalists – 2020 Spec Faith Fall Writing Challenge

In alphabetical order by last name, our 2020 Spec Faith Fall Writing Challenge finalists are as follows: —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2020

Evaluation Phase-Spec Faith 2020 Fall Writing Challenge

We want all the entries, even those that came in at the deadline, to have a fair shot at the finals, and an opportunity to receive the same kind of evaluation as the entries that came in earlier last week. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2020

2020 Spec Faith Fall Writing Challenge

As we have done in the past, Spec Faith will offer a prize for the winner of the 2020 Fall Writing Challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2020

Summer 2020

Lorehaven Magazine’s New Summer 2020 Issue Arrives Next Week

Watch for the summer 2020 issue on Tuesday, June 30, featuring novelist W. A. Fulkerson and fifteen new reviews. —E. Stephen Burnett in June 2020

From The Writers’ Tool Box: Writing With Tension

Fiction needs genuine and credible struggles. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in May 2020

We Have A Winner—2020 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Again, thank you all for participating, and watch for Spec Faith’s Summer Writing Challenge later this year. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in February 2020

Finalists – 2020 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Here, in alphabetical order by last name, are your 2020 SpecFaith Winter Writing Challenge finalists. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2020

Evaluation Phase-Spec Faith 2020 Winter Writing Challenge

Next week I’ll announce the three finalists, based on your thumbs up during this evaluation phase and that given last week as the submissions came in. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2020

2020 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

As we have done in the past, Spec Faith will offer a prize for the winner of the 2020 Winter Writing Challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2020

For Those Who Write: Three People Who Steal Your Writing Joy

You can pour yourself into what you write and leave a trail of blood, sweat, and tears along the way, only to produce low sales numbers and tepid responses. —Paul Regnier in November 2019

Summer 2019

Lorehaven Magazine’s Summer 2019 Issue Arrives Next Week

What’s inside Lorehaven’s summer 2019 issue? Book reviews, great articles, and our interview with Shawn Smucker. —E. Stephen Burnett in July 2019

Summer Reading List

Here’s an opportunity for us to make those recommendations to Spec Faith readers for their summer reading list, especially about the books we’ve most recently read. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2019

Get a Glimpse of Lorehaven’s Summer 2019 Issue, Which Arrives Next Month

Coming in Lorehaven’s next issue: novelist Shawn Smucker with “Light from Distant Stars,” plus 12 more book reviews. —E. Stephen Burnett in June 2019

‘I Came to Faith, and Two Weeks Later I Started Writing’

Christians And Writing Speculative Fiction

I happen to think that the world desperately needs to hear what Christians have to say. The world needs hope and healing from sin, but the truth is there is only false hope in “looking for the power within,” or the “man is good, you just need to show him empathy” approach to life. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2018

Fiction Friday: Read Summer Challenge Submissions

For today, why not take advantage of the opportunity to see what writers have already submitted. Then on Monday, I’ll tell you what fascinates me so with this challenge. You’ll find the submissions in the comments of this post: “2018 Spec Faith Summer Writing Challenge.” —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2018

Summer 2018

Writing Supernatural Stories

Is it OK to use real supernatural beings in a fictitious way in order to create an entertaining story? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2018

We Have A Winner—2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Again, thank you all for participating, and watch for Spec Faith’s Summer Writing Challenge later this year. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in March 2018

Finalists – 2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Those who vote in the poll, please be sure you read all the finalist entries and give a fair assessment. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in February 2018

2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge Feedback

The more input, the more feedback, the better. But please be courteous to all the entrants, encouraging people to read all and vote for as many as they like. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in February 2018

2018 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Feel free to invite any of your friends to participate, either as writers or readers. The more entries and the more feedback, the better the challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in February 2018

10 Fantastic Spec-fic Reads For Summer

A list of top-notch spec-fic books to enjoy reading over the summer. —Zac Totah in May 2017

We Have A Winner – 2017 Winter Writing Challenge

Congratulations to our 2017 Winter Writing Challenge winner: Liv K. Fisher. I’ll be contacting her privately to arrange her gift card from either Amazon or B&N. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

2017 Winter Writing Challenge Voting Reminder

In case you missed Monday’s post announcing the finalists, you can find it here. The entries appear in alphabetical order, determined by the last name of the authors. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

Finalists – 2017 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

All that’s left is to select the winner. Choose from these entries and vote in the poll at the end of this post for one entry you think is best. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

2017 Winter Writing Challenge Announcement

I encourage you to help all the writers by giving some feedback (besides the thumbs). That way, even those who don’t make the top three can benefit from their participation. Thanks in advance. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

‘Christian Fiction’ Vs. ‘Christians Writing Fiction’? We Need Both

We need Christian fiction and secular fiction, but not for reasons fans or critics may believe. —E. Stephen Burnett in January 2017

2017 Winter Writing Challenge Status

Feel free to share the original 2017 Winter Writing Challenge post and to invite your friends and family to read and to give their thumbs up votes. The more input, the more feedback, the better. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

Winter Writing Challenge Reminder

The 2017 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge will accept entries until midnight tomorrow, Sunday, January 15. That’s midnight Pacific time. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

Authors: Write Less on Writing, More on Stories

I’d rather explore fantastical stories than read about writing craft and industry. —E. Stephen Burnett in January 2017

2017 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

It’s time for our winter writing challenge! Winter lends itself to snuggling inside with a good book. For writers, that “good book” might be the one you’re writing. Either way, we’d like to add to your winter writing and reading […] —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2017

Writing About Jesus

Could it be, then, that writing about Jesus as the Savior who came to die for the forgiveness of sins is “on the nose” writing, and therefore amateurish? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2016

Ten Challenges For Christian Pokémon Critics

Harmless, addictive, or worse? Let’s discern Pokemon GO with Scripture, not traditions. —E. Stephen Burnett in July 2016

We Have A Winner – 2016 Winter Writing Challenge

Special thanks to all of you who participated: the entrants for sharing their stories with us, the visitors who commented and gave YES votes for finalists, and those who voted in the poll to select the winner. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in February 2016

2016 Winter Writing Challenge Finalists

All that’s left is to select the winner. Choose from these entries and vote in the poll at the end of this post for one entry you think is best. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in February 2016

2016 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

For the last several years, Spec Faith has held a winter writing contest, a type of writing exercise, with rewards. There’s feedback from other Spec Faith visitors and there’s the potential for a $25 gift card from either Amazon or B&N. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2016

Readers, You Are The Gatekeepers Of Great Writing

In an age of digital and self-publishing, we have met the story gatekeepers, and they are us. —Rachel Starr Thomson in November 2015

12 Fatal Flaws Of Fiction Writing: Weak Construction

Stories can fall apart from weak construction, and Rachel Starr Thomson offers better building tips. —Rachel Starr Thomson in November 2015

We Have A Winner – 2015 Autumn Writing Challenge

Special thanks to all of you who participated: the entrants for sharing their stories with us, the visitors who commented and gave YES votes for finalists, and those who voted in the poll to select the winner. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2015

2015 Autumn Writing Challenge Finalists

All that’s left is to select the winner. In this round you’ll choose from these entries and vote in the poll at the end of this post for one entry you think is best. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2015

Evaluation Phase: 2015 Spec Faith Autumn Writing Challenge

We want those “last minute” entries to have a fair shot at moving on to the finals, so please take time to read and give your feedback to those stories as well. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2015

2015 Autumn Writing Challenge

Here it is, the end of September, with the autumn equinox bearing down upon us, and we haven’t had our second 2015 writing challenge yet. So it’s time! —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2015

Seven Final Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—are we sensitive to their fans and critics’ views? Suggest silly fixes? Assume “salvation or rededication†are our best themes? —E. Stephen Burnett in September 2015

Seven More Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—should we criticize them? If so, how? What are they for? Is a “subculture†bad? —E. Stephen Burnett in September 2015

Seven Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—love them, hate them, ignore them? Here are seven challenges about them. —E. Stephen Burnett in September 2015

Finals – 2015 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

I know those who have followed the 2015 Winter Writing Challenge were not expecting to vote in the finals. My original intent was to bring in at least one judge. But best laid plans don’t always pan out. See for […] —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2015

Week Two: 2015 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Spec Faith’s 2015 Winter Writing Challenge has now closed. We now have a week to finish rating the entries. Remember, you can “thumbs up” as many stories as you wish. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2015

2015 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge

Your 2015 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge prompt: Ryder needed to know the truth, but he was pretty sure none of the others were interested. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2015

Divergent, Great Stories, And Good Writing

The book series was one more hot story that had fans craving the next book and the next. Granted, though the first book opened as #6 on the NY Times best-selling list, it didn’t reach the stature of Twilight or Hunger Games and certainly not of Harry Potter. Still, it had a loyal and avid following. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in June 2014

My Writing Influences

Keven, you write dark paranormal Christian fiction. How in the world did you get there?? Glad you asked. —Keven Newsome in February 2014

Winter Challenge Winner; Fiction Goals

Special thanks to all who participated in the 2013 Spec Faith 2013 End-of-the-Year Writing Challenge–those who entered, who voted in either or both first rounds, who gave feedback to the writers, and who were part of choosing our winner. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2013

Final Vote – End Of The Year Winter Writing Challenge

The entry receiving the most votes will be the winner of the 2013 End Of The Year Winter Writing challenge, and the author will receive a $25 gift card from either Amazon or B&N. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2013

2013 Winter Writing Challenge Round 1 Voting Redo

I’m re-posting the entries below in the order in which they were originally posted (alternating font color to make it easier to identify the beginning of each entry). As before, you may like (vote for) as many as you wish —Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2013

Winter Writing Challenge Entrty Phase Drawing To A Close

Today is the last day to post an entry to the 2013 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge, but it is not the last day of the Challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2013

End-Of-The-Year Winter Writing Challenge

Feedback continues though the Challenge is now closed to new submissions. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2013

Christians Writing Speculative Fiction Published In The General Market

We [Christian writers] are a somewhat fractured community. Rather than working in unity, we seem content to support and encourage only those who are like us. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2013

The Mystery Of Love and Writing

Writing a book, like finding love, is a sacred pursuit. No one can tell you how to do it any more than they can tell you how to fall in love. It just doesn’t work that way. It’s not a […] —Christopher Miller in January 2013

Winter Writing Challenge Winner

We have a winner in the 2013 Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge–Austin Gunderson —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2013

Spec Faith Winter Writing Challenge Finals

I’ve reposted their entries below, followed by the official poll to determine the 2013 winner. You will be able to vote only once for only one entry to determine who will receive the $25 gift card to either Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The poll closes at midnight (Pacific time), Sunday, January 20. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2013

Winter Writing Challenge – Phase 2

In this phase two, visitors here at Spec Faith have one more week to read the one-hundred-to-two-hundred-word entries and give a thumbs up and/or comment to as many as they like. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in January 2013

Spec Faith New Year’s Eve/Winter Writing Challenge

Here at Spec Faith we’ve had several successful writing challenges in 2012, so what better way to usher in the new year than by holding our winter challenge! —Rebecca LuElla Miller in December 2012

Writing In The Raw

Author Christopher Miller: Confession time. Writing doesn’t come easy for me. There, I’ve said it. So you can imagine my shock and surprise when asked to join as a regular contributor to the Speculative Faith blog. —Christopher Miller in December 2012

Fall Writer Challenge Finalists

In no special order, the finalist entries are re-posted below. After reading (or reviewing) them, vote in the poll to determine who will win this year’s Fall Writer Challenge. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2012

Last Day To Pick Fall Writer Challenge Finalists

We need to pick the finalists. There are some very close races. Be sure you add your voice (in reality, what counts is your thumb up) to the decision so that we can include the three entries readers prefer. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2012

Fall Writer Challenge

By way of reminder, here’s the way this particular challenge works: I’ll give a first line, and those who wish to accept the challenge will write what comes next–in 100 to 200 words, putting those in the comments section of this post. Readers will give thumbs up to the ones they like the most —Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2012

Announcement: The 7/16 Writers’ Challenge

Last week I left open the possibility that we might add a second round to the first ever Spec Faith Writers’ Challenge, creating a poll for the entries that received the most thumbs up so that readers might decide which is their favorite. I’m not closing the door to that possibility, but I realized that the entries posted later in the week need some time for readers to read them. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2012

Writer Time: A Short Writing Challenge

Here’s the way we’ll set up this first ever Spec Faith writing challenge. I’ll give a first line, and those who wish to accept the challenge will write what comes next–in 100 to 200 words, putting those in the comments section of this post. Readers will give thumbs up to the ones they like the most, and, if they wish, they may give a reply to the various entries, telling what particularly grabbed their attention. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2012

For Writers: Embracing Multimedia In Writing

Author Keven Newsome to speculative writers: Everything’s going multimedia…except books. But as the digital book age progresses, the technology will also progress. It is time for us writers to embrace multimedia. —Keven Newsome in May 2012

Imagine There’s No Christian SF Writing Blogs

Either my perception is limited or magnified, or Christian-speculative-fiction blogs really are overly focused on writers. Shouldn’t the ratios of writers’ and readers’ material be reversed? —E. Stephen Burnett in May 2012

Please Stop Writing Fantasy Novels

Andrew Peterson: If I loathe most fantasy, why did I write The Wingfeather Saga? —Andrew Peterson in July 2011

Writing In The Doldrums

After his “Lamb Among the Stars” epic series, author Chris Walley shares what may be next, despite personal bouts with discouragement, distraction, and sense of displacement. How do Christian storytellers deal with these? —Chris Walley in July 2011

Guest Post – Shiny Writing Tips From Mal Reynolds and Firefly

I love space opera and sci-fi, which means I love Joss Whedon’s short-lived space western series Firefly, and I especially love Malcolm Reynolds. The Mal Reynolds character is what you get if you made a TV series about the adventures […] —Johne Cook in May 2011

Jill Williamson on Writing, ‘Darkness’ and Light In Fiction, Part 2

Part 2: Jill Williamson discusses her writing, completing the ‘Blood of Kings’ trilogy, darkness and light in fiction, and what is ahead for herself and the Christian visionary field. Also available in audio with our NEW podcast, The Portal. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2011

Jill Williamson on Writing, ‘Darkness’ and Light In Fiction, Part 1

Jill Williamson discusses her writing, completing the ‘Blood of Kings’ trilogy, darkness and light in fiction, and what is ahead for herself and the Christian visionary field. NEW: The Portal Podcast — the complete interview in audio form. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2011

Writing and World-building Bit By Bit

A finished novel, especially if it’s published, lends credibility and worth to the entire plodding process. But in the middle of the process, especially if the novel isn’t guaranteed fame or publication — isn’t it difficult to see the point? —E. Stephen Burnett in March 2011

Kirk Outerbridge: on Writing Cyber-thrillers and Winning Awards

E. Stephen Burnett: Kirk Outerbridge — author of cyberthrillers Eternity Falls and The Tenth Crusader (both from ye olde Marcher Lord Press) is our guest author today. Some weeks ago I finished Eternity Falls myself, and I’d like to point […] —Kirk Outerbridge in November 2010
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