The Codex Writers’ Group also known as Codex is an online community of active speculative fiction writers. Codex was created in January 2004. The Codex Writers’ Group won the 2021 Locus Special Award. History and membership requirements Codex was created in January 2004 by Quinn Reid, a member of Orson Scott Card's 2001 Literary Boot Camp. The focus of the group is on writers in the early stages of their careers. The forum uses the phrase 'neo-pro', which they define as "writers who've had at least one professional publication and/or participated in one of the top by-audition-only workshops, but who have not yet sold a great many stories or a number of books.". Notable Codexians The following Codexians have won major awards and/or have books on shelves. A more comprehensive listing of publications by Codex Writers can be found at the Codex Library Website. Steve Bein, author of the "Fated Blades" series John Brown, author of the Dark God series [summer 2009] Tobias S. Buckell, author of Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, and Sly Mongoose Curtis Chen, author of Waypoint Kangaroo and Kangaroo Too Aliette de Bodard, author of the Obsidian and Blood books, Nebula and Locus Award winner. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, author of the Nommo-winning "The Witching Hour" and editor of Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora, a British Fantasy Award winner Nancy Fulda, creator of AnthologyBuilder.com David Macinnis Gill, author of InvisibleSun, Black Hole Sun, and Soul Enchilada A. T. Greenblatt, author of the Hugo-winning novelette "Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as Super" and the Nebula-winning short story "Give the Family My Love," among other awards and nominations Jim C. Hines, author of the Goblin Quest series Elaine Isaak, author of The Singer's Crown and The Eunuch's Heir 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” Debra Jess, author of Thunder City, Heroes of Andromeda, and Dream of My Soul Sharon Joss, author of the Hand of Fate series and Stars That Make Dark Heaven Light Sara King, author of the "After Earth" series Alethea Kontis, NYTimes bestselling author of The Dark-Hunter Companion, AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First and Beauty & Dynamite Ken Liu, author of "The Paper Menagerie," which won the Nebula, the Hugo and the World