{{Short description|Speculative Fiction Writing Circle}} '''The Codex Writers' Group''', also known as '''Codex''', is an online community of active speculative fiction writers. Codex was created in January 2004 and won the 2022 Locus Special Award.<ref>{{cite web | date = August 4, 2022 | url = https://locusmag.com/2022/08/2022-locus-awards-online-report/ | title = 2022 Locus Awards Online Report | accessdate = August 30, 2022}}</ref>
== History and membership requirements == Codex was created in January 2004 by Quinn Reid, a member of Orson Scott Card's 2001 Literary Boot Camp.<ref>{{cite web | date = August 11, 2003 | url = http://hatrack.com/writers/news/lucreid.shtml | title = Former Bootcampers Published | accessdate = April 12, 2008}}</ref> The focus of the group is on writers in the early stages of their careers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.codexwriters.com/membership | title = Membership — Codex Writers | accessdate = November 3, 2025}}</ref>
The workshop previously used the phrase 'neo-pro' to identify members, but now describes itself as bringing together "pro-level speculative fiction writers at all stages of their careers who are actively writing".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.codexwriters.com/ | title = Codex Writers Home Page | accessdate = November 3, 2025}}</ref> Members are referred to as '''Codexians'''.
== Notable members == A number of current or former members of Codex have won or been nominated for major awards, including the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and Locus Award:
* Aliette de Bodard, author of the ''Obsidian and Blood'' books, Nebula and Locus Award winner * Nancy Fulda, author of the Nebula- and Hugo-nominated short story "Movement" * A. T. Greenblatt, author of the Hugo-winning novelette "Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as Super"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/|title=2021 Hugo Awards|work=Hugo Award|access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref> and the Nebula-winning short story "Give the Family My Love"<ref name=nebulas>{{cite web|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominees/a-t-greenblatt/|title=A. T. Greenblatt: Past Nominations and Wins|work=Nebula Award|publisher=SFWA|access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref> * José Pablo Iriarte, author of Nebula Award-nominated short story "Proof by Induction" and Nebula Award- and James Tiptree Award-nominated novelette "The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominees/jose-pablo-iriarte/|title=José Pablo Iriarte: Past Nominations and Wins|work=Nebula Award|publisher=SFWA|access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref> * Ken Liu, author of "The Paper Menagerie", which won the Nebula, the Hugo and the World Fantasy Awards, and ''The Grace of Kings'' and translator of ''The Three-Body Problem'' * Sarah Pinsker, Nebula award-winning author of ''A Song for a New Day'' and the Nebula- and Hugo-winning "Two Truths and a Lie",<ref>{{cite web |date=June 6, 2021 |title=SFWA Announces 56th Annual Nebula Award Winners |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/sfwa-announces-56th-annual-nebula-award-winners/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=Nebula Award}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Hugo Awards |date=January 2021 |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ |access-date=August 30, 2022}}</ref> among other award-nominated and -winning novelettes, novellas, and short stories * Lawrence M. Schoen, author of several Nebula-nominated novellas, and founder of the Klingon Language Institute * Elsa Sjunneson, editor of ''Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction'', issue #24 of ''Uncanny Magazine'', which won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine and the 2019 Aurora Award for Best Related Work<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2019 |title=2019 Hugo Awards |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2019-hugo-awards/ |access-date=October 27, 2021 |website=Hugo Award}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2022 |title=2019 Aurora Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/10/2019-aurora-awards-winners/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=Locus Online}}</ref> and nominee for the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing for the ''Fate Accessibility Toolkit''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Game Writing |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award/best-game-writing/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=Nebula Award}}</ref> * Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, author of multiple award-nominated works, including "This is Not a Wardrobe Door"<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=2016 Nebula Awards |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/2016/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Nebula Award |language=en-US}}</ref> and "How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps"<ref>"Fischer and Schmatz Win Tiptree" [https://locusmag.com/2016/04/fischer-and-smatz-win-tiptree/ Locus Magazine], April 1, 2016.</ref> * Caroline M. Yoachim, author of multiple award-nominated works, including works nominated for the Nebula<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominees/caroline-m-yoachim/|title=Caroline M. Yoachim: Past Nominations and Wins|work=Nebula Award|publisher=SFWA|access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.codexwriters.com Codex Writers Group website]
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Category:Speculative fiction writing circles Category:Writers' organizations based in the United States Category:Creative writing programs Category:Organizations established in 2004