Self-Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC) is a competition focusing self-published science-fiction novels, created and spearheaded by Hugh Howey (author of the Silo series) and Duncan Swan (author of Monstre). Read more about its inception on Hugh’s blog, and for more info, visit the official website here.

Jump to Queen’s Book Asylum’s special SPSFC feature: a series of interviews with the competition’s authors!

Judges
- Queen’s Book Asylum + Fantasy Book Critic
- Fantasy-Faction
- FanFiAddict
- Book Invasion
- Tar Vol On
- Red Stars
- At Boundary’s Edge
- File 770
- Meteor Reviews
- Space Lasagna
General Timeline
Reviews
- Joseph Wartick reviews Refraction
- Noel Lynn reviews Dog Country
- Joseph Wartick reviews Daros
- Edpool reviews ARvekt
- Joseph Wartick reviews Age of Order
- Joseph Wartick reviews What Branches Grow
- Leviathan Libraries reviews Age of Order
- Noel Lynn reviews Daros
- Joseph Wartick reviews Along the Perimeter
- Paige reviews Zero Day Threat
- Ryan Howse reviews The Nothing Within
- Joseph Wartick reviews The Jagged Edge
- William C. Tracy reviews Age of Order, A Star Named Vega, Dog Country, Captain Wu, Of Cinder and Bone, Shadows of Mars, Resistance, and Destroyer
- Joseph Wartick reviews Dog Country
- Lena reviews Nigh, Broken Ascension, Synthesis:Weave, The Peacemaker’s Code, The Vacuum of Space, The Stars Within, The Orthogonal Galaxy, Convergence, and Folder
- Tar Vol On reviews Bloodlines
- Suzy reviews Age of Order
- Joseph Wartick reviews The Trellis
- Fantasy-Faction reviews Monster of the Dark
Interviews
- Queen’s Book Asylum interviews Craig Lea Gordon
- Queen’s Book Asylum interviews Jim Nelson
- Joseph Wartick interviews Malcom F. Cross
- Queen’s Book Asylum interviews P. L. Tavormina
- Joseph Wartick interviews Julian North
Announcements
- Book Invasion announces their 3 semifinalists
- At Boundary’s Edge announces their semifinalist batch
- Red Stars announces all 30 semifinalists
- Red Stars announces their 3 semifinalists
- FanFiAddict announces their 3 semifinalists
- Space Lasagna announces their 3 semifinalists
- Meteor Reviews announces their 3 semifinalists
- File 770 announces their 3 semifinalists
- Red Stars announces their 3 semifinalists
- At Boundary’s Edge announces their 3 semifinalists
- Queen’s Book Asylum + Fantasy Book Critic announce their 3 semifinalists
Phase 1 – Initial batches
Cypher
Green: Passed to next phase
Red: Cut
Team Queen’s Book Asylum + Fantasy Book Critic
Team Fantasy-Faction
Team FanFiAddict
Team Book Invasion
Nigh by Alan Miller
Life on Planet Earth by Andy Gorman
The United World by Craig Priestley
Broken Ascension by Dave Walsh
Synthesis:Weave by Rexx Deane
The Peacemaker’s Code by Deepak Malhotra
Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days by Drew Melbourne
Soldierina by Better Hero Army
Dropnauts by J. Scott Coatsworth
Emergence – The Emiliana Chronicles by Jacki Rawlinson
The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide to New New England & Beyond by Jim Infantino
The Vacuum of Space by Julia Huni
The Clarity of Cold Steel by Kevin P Wright
Code of Conduct by Kristine Smith
The Stars Within by Lena Alison Knight
Road to Juneau by Liam Quane
Alien Advantage by Lorain O’Neil
Streamrider by Mark Huntley-James
The Orthogonal Galaxy by Michael L. Lewis
Convergence (A DRMR Novel, Book 1) by Michael Patrick Hicks
The Aspirant by Nick Adams
Aerovoyant by P.L. Tavormina
The Cult Shadow by Pedro Cordero
Folder by Raymond Bolton
The Empress Capsule by R. K. Thorne
The Scent of Metal by Sabrina Chase
The Fourth Sage by Stefan Bolz
The Merry Maids by Stefanie Contreras
Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes
Novum Chronicles by Joseph Rhea
Team Tar Vol On
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Team At Boundary’s Edge
Time Burrito by Aaron Frale
Defiant by Aaron Hodges
Sand Runner by Agnes Jasinska
Mazarin Blues by Al Hess
The Nothing Within by Andy Giesler
Destroyer by Brian Turner
Company Daughter by Cal Primer
Rhonda Wray: Raptor Wrangler by Charon Dunn
The Flight of the Kingfisher by Chloe Garner
Bragg For Hire by Chris Woomer
Delphine Descends by Darrel Moore
Daros by Dave Dobson
The Immune by David Kazzie
Melody by David Stangland
The Boy Who Walked Too Far by Dominic Watson
Crystal Deception by Doug J. Cooper
Ironshield by Edward Nile
Terms of Service by Elliott Scott
The Lead Cloak by Erik Hanberg
Tracker220 by Jamie Krakover
Beneath 5th City by Jesse Sprague
Blood Animus by Kyle McKeon
The Dark That Dwells by Matt Digman and Ryan Roddy
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher
KHAOS by Michael Reid Jr
The Shift by Mihai Pruna
The Exodus Betrayal by Nicola Scrimgeour
Devour the Stars by Robin Coots
Entity by Shannon Lindsay
Life in the North by Tao Roung Wong
Team File 770
Team Meteor Reviews
Team Space Lasagna
Phase 2 – Semifinalists

Phase 3 – Finalists
Tune in for when the 300 turn 10…
Winner
There can only be one
