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Natalia Theodoridou

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Natalia Theodoridou is a Greek interactive fiction writer and scholar.[1] He was the fiction editor at sub-Q, an interactive fiction magazine. The magazine entered indefinite hiatus starting August of 2020.[2] He has a PhD in Media & Cultural Studies and graduated from the Clarion West Writers Workshop.[3]

Theodoridou's "The Birding: A Fairy Tale", published in Strange Horizons, was the winner of the 2018 World Fantasy Award for short fiction works.[4] It is about a plague that turns nearly everyone in the world into birds. The work was also adapted into podcast format.[5]

As of 2024, as an interactive fiction writer they have twice been nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.

Awards

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  • Fulbright Scholar, 2008–10
  • Greek Scientific Society Award, 2003
  • MA Studentship (Drama & Theatre Department, Royal Holloway University of London), 2007–2008
  • Ouseley Memorial Scholarship, 2011–13
  • Scholarship by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for undergraduate studies, 2002–2005
  • SOAS Research Scholarship 2010–13, & Additional Award for Fieldwork, 2010

Bibliography

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Interactive Fiction

The following works were nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.

Poetry

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  • "Blackmare" (2013)
  • "Pretty Half-Breeds, for Free" (2014)
  • "Ex Machina" (2014)
  • "Philomela in Seven Movements" (2015)
  • "An Inventory of Ghosts" (2015)

Short fiction

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Select short stories that have been nominated for awards

Title Year First published Reprinted / collected Notes[6]
"The Nightingales in Plátres" 2017 Theodoridou, Natalia (November 2017). "The Nightingales in Plátres". Clarkesworld (133): 21–33. Nominated BSFA for Best Short Fiction 2017
"The Birding: A Fairy Tale" 2017 Theodoridou, Natalia (18 December 2017). "The Birding: A Fairy Tale". Strange Horizons. Winner, World Fantasy Award 2018
"The Names of Women" 2018 Theodoridou, Natalia (11 October 2018). "The Names of Women". Strange Horizons Fund Drive Special. Nominated BSFA for Best Short Fiction 2018
"Birnam Platoon" 2018 Theodoridou, Natalia (November–December 2018). "Birnam Platoon". Interzone (278): 62–73. Nominated BSFA for Best Short Fiction 2018
"Georgie in the Sun" 2020 Theodoridou, Natalia (March–April 2020). "Georgie in the Sun". Uncanny Magazine (33). Placed 34th Locus for Best Short Story 2021
"The Shape of Gifts" 2020 Theodoridou, Natalia (July–August 2020). "The Shape of Gifts". F&SF. 139 (1&2): 239–256.
"To Set at Twilight in a Land of Reeds" 2022 Theodoridou, Natalia (2022). "To Set at Twilight in a Land of Reeds". The Best of World SF. 2 (?): –––.

References

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  1. ^ Acharya, Devi (3 September 2015). "Author Interview: Natalia Theodoridou". sub-Q Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Submissions". sub-Q Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Home". Natalia Theodoridou.
  4. ^ "Announcing the 2018 World Fantasy Award Winners". Tor.com. 4 November 2018.
  5. ^ December 2017, Anaea Lay Issue: 18 (18 December 2017). "Podcast: The Birding: A Fairy Tale". Strange Horizons.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Award Bibliography: Natalia Theodoridou". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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