{"id":17624,"date":"2024-08-01T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/on.patronhunt.com\/apex-publications\/?p=17624"},"modified":"2024-08-02T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:34:49","slug":"snap-judgment-episode-11-with-special-guest-vajra-chandrasekera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/on.patronhunt.com\/apex-publications\/snap-judgment-episode-11-with-special-guest-vajra-chandrasekera\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap Judgment Episode 11 with special guest Vajra Chandrasekera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snap Judgment Episode 11 with Special Guest Vajra Chandrasekera\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I4giTOWeUtU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apex Magazine is excited to present SNAP JUDGMENT Episode 11 of our rapid-fire, live-streaming critique series. Every quarter, industry professionals Lesley Conner, Rebecca E Treasure, and a special guest offer live feedback on the first pages of anonymous submissions, which are read aloud by our host and narrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are pleased to announce that our special guest editor for this event is author and editor Vajra Chandrasekera!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vajra Chandrasekera is from Colombo, Sri Lanka. His debut novel The Saint of Bright Doors won the Locus, Nebula, and Crawford awards, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023. His second novel Rakesfall is out now. His short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction has appeared in Analog, West Branch, and The Los Angeles Times, among others. He has worked as an editor for Strange Horizons and Afterlives: The Year\u2019s Best Death Stories, and as a judge for the Dream Foundry Writing Contest and the Salam Award. You can find more about him at <a href=\"https:\/\/vajra.me\/\">vajra.me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snap Judgment Episode 11 will be livestreamed on the Apex Magazine Youtube on Thursday August 01 at 12 noon ET (9 a.m. PT \/ 11 a.m. CT \/ 5 p.m. UTC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host &amp; Narrator \u2013 Andrea Johnson Please consider backing our 2025 Apex Magazine Kickstarter, live NOW! 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