Josh Morrey

I’ve loved stories for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, I got in trouble (more than once) for reading The Hardy Boys and Choose Your Own Adventures during class. As a teenager, the first book that kept me up reading into the late hours of the night was Jurassic Park. I was raised by Trekkie parents with a deep love of science fiction and fantasy.

In college, I took a Science Fiction Literature class, the final for which I had to write a sci-fi short story. Afterwards, I decided to submit the story to Writers of the Future (my first submission anywhere). That story, The Edge of Paradise, earned an Honorable Mention, and I was hooked. I figured, if my first submission got an HM, then it shouldn’t be too hard to win, right? Wrong. almost twenty years later, I’ve garnered six Honorable Mentions and one Semi-Finalist. The struggle continues…

I am a strong proponent of the Oxford Comma.

I live in Utah with my wonderful wife and four incredible children. We love board games, video games, movies, and just spending time with family.