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Winners of the 4th Annual Black Quill Awards

Dark Genre Novel of the Year
(Novel-length work of horror, suspense, or thriller from mainstream publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
A DARK MATTER | by Peter Straub
Readers' Choice:
SPARROW ROCK | by Nate Kenyon

Best Small Press Chill
(Novel or novella published by small press publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
A BOOK OF TONGUES | by Gemma Files
Readers' Choice:
A BOOK OF TONGUES | by Gemma Files

Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection
(Single author collection, any publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
OCCULTATION | by Laird Barron
Readers' Choice:
BLOOD AND GRISTLE | by Michael Louis Calvill

Best Dark Genre Anthology
(Multi-author collection, any publisher; awarded to the editor)
Editors' Choice:
HAUNTED LEGENDS
Edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas
Readers' Choice:
HORROR LIBRARY IV
Edited by R.J. Cavender and Boyd E. Harris

Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction
(Any dark genre non-fiction subject, any publisher; awarded to the authors or editors)
Editors' Choice:
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE
by Thomas Ligotti
Readers' Choice:
THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS
Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner

Best Dark Scribble
(Single work, non-anthology short fiction appearing in a print or virtual magazine; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
"The Things" by Peter Watts
(from Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2010)
Readers' Choice:
"We" by Bentley Little
(from Cemetery Dance #64)

Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
(Book video promoting any work of genre fiction or non-fiction; awarded to the video producer)
Editors'/Readers' Choice:

Neverland by Douglas Clegg - DouglasClegg.com

Stvarno ne mogu da shvatim taj rejv oko The Things... mene se to dojmilo kao sasvim osrednji pričuljak...

Ima l' to da se nađe negde na netu? (mislim na The Things)

ima. na sfsignalu, valjda...

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

Hvala!

Harlan Ellison has been named as this years recipient of the Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction.

The award is given as part of UC Riverside's Eaton Science Fiction Conference, a "premier academic conference devoted to the study of all aspects of science fiction as a literary genre and social phenomenon". The award is given to those who have "contributions of lasting significance" to the field. Previous recipients include Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl and Samuel R. Delany.

2010 Nebula Awards Nominations

Novel
The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

Novella
The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
''Iron Shoes'', J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
''The Sultan of the Clouds'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
''Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance'', Paul Park (F&SF 1-2/10)
''The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer '10)

Novelette
''Map of Seventeen'', Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
''The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
''The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara'', Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
''Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
''Pishaach'', Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
''That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)
''Stone Wall Truth'', Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov's 2/10)

Short Story
''Arvies'', Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 8/10)
''How Interesting: A Tiny Man'', Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)
''Ponies'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
''I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno'', Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed 6/10)
''The Green Book'', Amal El-Mohtar (Apex 11/1/10)
''Ghosts of New York'', Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
''Conditional Love'', Felicity Shoulders (Asimov's 1/10)

Ray Bradbury Award
Despicable Me
Doctor Who: ''Vincent and the Doctor''
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3

Andre Norton Award
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of  SFWA and will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, D.C.. Other awards to be presented are the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Science Fiction or Fantasy for Young Adults, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Solstice Award for outstanding contribution to the field..

Možda je Džejmisonova najizglednija, a nakon nje rekao bih Koni Vilis. Zanimljivo kako Mystery Knight nije u konkurenciji za novelu.

Pa, ako bude Koni, Mića ima da se raspameti.

Hm, interesantno ta Koni Vilis šema sa nominacijom ta dva romana. Zapravo se radi o jedinstvenom romanu koji je objavljen u dva dela, valjda zbog glomaznosti. Knjige jesu podebele, što jes' - jes'... ko bi rekao da će Koni ovako prolifično da ispuni pauzu... 

Sad me zanima kako će se to računati, ako Koni uzme Nebulu; kao osam ukupno, za osam naslova? 

Gledao sam nešto juče - ispade da Martin ni za jedan roman u serijalu PLIV nije dobio ni Huga ni Nebulu. Dobro, sa izuzetkom one prve novele. Razumem za Huga, ali kako je moguće da mu je Nebula izmakla? Počinjem da sumnjam u relevantnost tih nagrada.

Pa , izgleda mi da ima nešto i u slučajnosti, kad autora zapadne da ima žešću konkurenciju, dok u onim 'mršavim' godinama, nagrada ode svemu i svačemu, zaista.

Devedeset sedme Nebula je otišla Vondi Makintajer za The Moon and the Sun. Uz sve dužno poštovanje, za taj roman nisam ni čuo, a kamoli ga pročitao. Devedeset devete Nebulu je dobila Oktavija Batler za Parable of the Talents. Dve 'iljade prve, džebena Ketrin Azaro za The Quantum Rose  . I tako dalje. Nešto sam se nameračio da pročitam sve dobitnike Nebula i Hugoa, i to ću sprovesti u delo čim pazarim e-reader.

Quote from: Nightflier on 24-02-2011, 20:40:41
Nešto sam se nameračio da pročitam sve dobitnike Nebula i Hugoa, i to ću sprovesti u delo čim pazarim e-reader.

Uf, penitenziagite! 

Iskreno, bolje nemoj: jes' da ima dosta naslova koji su itekako valjali u svoje vreme, ali ih je isto dobrano pregazilo, a onda ima i dosta naslova koji ni onda nisu bili bog zna kako vredni čitanja. Osim u izuzetnim situacijama, tipa dugog boravka u zatvorskoj samici ili vojnom karantinu iz vremena variole vere. 

Mislim da sam dobar broj svejedno pročitao. Iskren da budem, što više knjiga imam na raspolaganju, to manje imam želje za čitanjem.

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL

HORNS by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
DEAD LOVE by Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Stone Bridge Press)
APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle)
DWELLER by Jeff Strand (Leisure/Dark Regions Press)
A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub (DoubleDay)

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL

BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files (Chizine Publications)
CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
SPELLBENT by Lucy Snyder (Del Rey)

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION

THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman (Cemetery Dance)
DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti (Deathwatch)
MONSTERS AMONG US by Kirstyn McDermott (Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears)
THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION

RETURN TO MARIABRONN by Gary Braunbeck (Haunted Legends)
THE FOLDING MAN by Joe R. Lansdale (Haunted Legends)
1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN by Lisa Mannetti (Shroud Magazine #10)
IN THE MIDDLE OF POPLAR STREET by Nate Southard (Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology)
FINAL DRAFT by Mark W. Worthen (Horror Library IV)

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY

DARK FAITH edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
HORROR LIBRARY IV edited by R.J. Cavender and, Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
MACABRE: A JOURNEY THROUGH AUSTRALIA'S DARKEST FEARS edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
HAUNTED LEGENDS edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
THE NEW DEAD edited by Christopher Golden (St. Martin's Griffin)

Superior Achievement in a COLLECTION

OCCULTATION by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
BLOOD AND GRISTLE by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY by Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
A HOST OF SHADOWS by Harry Shannon (Dark Regions Press)

Superior Achievement in NONFICTION

TO EACH THEIR DARKNESS by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman (Citadel)
LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS by Sam Weller (Melville House Publications)

Superior Achievement in a POETRY collection

DARK MATTERS by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)
WILD HUNT OF THE STARS by Ann K. Schwader (Sam's Dot)
DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST by Robin Spriggs (Anomalous Books)
VICIOUS ROMANTIC by Wrath James White (Bandersnatch Books)

    * Zoo City – Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
    * The Dervish House – Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
    * Monsters of Men – Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
    * Generosity – Richard Powers (Atlantic Books)
    * Declare – Tim Powers (Corvus)
    * Lightborn – Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

The Arthur C Clarke Award is a juried award for the best work of science fiction published in Britain in the previous year. It's judged from the works submitted by publishers so it's theoretically possible for the award to miss out on options they would have liked to consider had they only been submitted. The "published in Britain in the previous year" is why an award-winning novel published in 2000 made it onto the shortlist this year: Tim Powers's Declare only had its first UK publication in 2010.

These are six books from six different publishers (out of the twenty-two which submitted books this year), by four men and two women, one culmination of a trilogy, and five standalones. As more than one has already commented, the list features four authors of American origin (although some of them have lived in the UK for years) and one South African, Lauren Beukes. Only one of them, Ian McDonald, has been British and lived in Britain for the majority of his life. This is a point worth mentioning because the Clarke Award is specifically a British award, albeit for what's published in the country rather than where those authors come from. In more trivial statistics: one-word titles make up 50% of the shortlist, but that's not too disproportionate – they made up 27% of the list of eligible submissions. It was also a good year to have the last name "Powers".

The shortlist was chosen by this year's judging panel: Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Martin Lewis for the BSFA, Phil Nanson and Liz Williams for the Science Fiction Foundation, and Paul Skevington for SF Crowsnest.com. Paul Billinger chaired the judges on behalf of the award. They will all be busy re-reading the shortlist in the coming weeks, in preparation for the jury's final meeting to choose the winner.

I'm looking forward to reading this list too; from the reviews I've read and initial reactions to the shortlist, it looks like quite a good one. I've only read Lightborn so far, although conveniently, I started Zoo City yesterday and have The Dervish House handy since I'm reading the BSFA novel shortlist, and those three books (but no others) overlap with the Clarke shortlist.

In the weeks between now and the 27th of April, when the jurors, having reread the shortlist, will meet again to decide on the winner, and the award will be given at the SCI-FI London Film Festival.

Quote from: Nightflier on 25-02-2011, 19:04:16
Iskren da budem, što više knjiga imam na raspolaganju, to manje imam želje za čitanjem.

To stanje će rapidno da napreduje sa e-čitačem, veruj mi... 

Inače, baš bi bilo zgodno da Zoo City pokupi Arthur C Clarke Award; posle toga bi komotno mogao i kakav horor roman da dođe na red... 

Meni je zanimljiviji nedostatak najnagradjivanije knjige prosle godine.

Quote from: LiBeat on 04-03-2011, 16:23:33

Inače, baš bi bilo zgodno da Zoo City pokupi Arthur C Clarke Award; posle toga bi komotno mogao i kakav horor roman da dođe na red... 

Pa, viđala sam na netu da o Zoo City govore i kao o delimično sf romanu.

Još nije objašnjeno poreklo cele te priče oko familijara, tako da je moguće da je objašnjenje zapravo SF.

Ne samo to, nego je i pristup više SF nego UF. Jedna novotarija i uticaj te novotarije na društvo, uz pokušaje proučavanja familijara, svedočanstva iz različitih delova sveta i sl.

Quote from: Melkor on 04-03-2011, 16:37:13
Meni je zanimljiviji nedostatak najnagradjivanije knjige prosle godine.

Ako misliš na curičku-na-navijanje, čini mi se da ne ispunjava propozicije.  

Quote from: Nightflier on 04-03-2011, 18:25:01
Još nije objašnjeno poreklo cele te priče oko familijara, tako da je moguće da je objašnjenje zapravo SF.

Ehhhh, ne može to tako... da bi bilo SF, mora biti objašnjeno.
A i van tog (vrlo bitnog) problema sa poreklom, ni same posledice nisu ni mrvicu objašnjene, tako da...

ali drago mi je da vidim koliko ton proze može da zavede... priznajte iskreno, vama to liči na SF uglavnom zato što je ozbiljno napisano...  

Liči na SF zbog ozbiljnog pristupa, da.

Pretpostavljam da se i tebi zbog toga dopada.

Da, to je totalno moj kap of ti.  

Inače, Zoo mi je fantastika koja liči na SF a Mekdonaldovo Bespuće mi je SF koji liči na fantastiku, a oba mi se ujedno i totalno dopadaju. go figure...

Quote from: LiBeat on 05-03-2011, 21:22:32


Inače, Zoo mi je fantastika koja liči na SF a Mekdonaldovo Bespuće mi je SF koji liči na fantastiku, a oba mi se ujedno i totalno dopadaju. go figure...

Same here.

Spectrum 18 award winners



Concept Art
Gold: Kekai Kotaki for Riven Earth
Silver: Tomaz Jedruszek for Legends of Norrath

Dimensional
Gold: David Meng
Silver: Akihito

Comics
Gold: Rebecca Guay for A Flight of Angels
Silver: David Palumbo for Sleep
Silver: Joao Ruass for Fables 96

Books
Gold: David Palumbo for God's War
Silver: Dan Dos Santos for White Trash Zombie

Advertising
Gold: Ryohei Hase for Narco Americano
Silver: Sam Weber for The Fisherman's Wife

Editorial
Gold: Andrew Jones for Share One Planet
Silver: Brom for Redd Wing

Institutional
Gold: Richard Anderson for Knight March
Silver: Donato Giancola for Mind Machine

Unpublished
Gold: Rebecca Guay for Pandora
Silver: J. S. Rossbach for White Heat
Silver: Scott Brundage for Tigers Have Striped Skin

Awards were chosen by jury members Nathan Fox, Gregory Manchess, Shena Wolf, Jarrod and Brandon Shiflett, Boris Vallejo, and Julie Bell.

Photos and video of the judging can be seen on the Spectrum website.

једна од паметнијих ствари које је урадила арена нет је ангажовање кекаи котаки (нема шансе да га ставим у падеж)

http://tiptree.org/

Quote2010 Tiptree Award Winner Announced!

The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council is pleased to announce that the 2010 Tiptree Award is being given to Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, by Dubravka Ugrešić (Canongate, 2010).

cover for BABA YAGA LAID AN EGG

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg impressed with its power and its grace. Tiptree juror Jessa Crispin explains that the beginning of the book "does not scream science fiction or fantasy. It starts quietly, with a meditation on the author's aging mother, and the invisibility of the older woman.... But things shift wholly in the second act, with a surreal little tale of three old ladies, newly moneyed, who check into an Eastern European health spa. There's another revolution in the third act, where what looks like a scholarly examination of the Russian fairy tale hag erupts into a rallying cry for mistreated and invisible women everywhere."

Crispin notes that the fairy tale figure Baba Yaga is the witch, the hag, the inappropriate wild woman, the marginalized and the despised. She represents inappropriateness, wilderness, and confusion. "She's appropriate material for Ugresic, who was forced into exile from Croatia for her political beliefs. The jurors feel Baba Yaga Laid an Egg is a splendid representation of this type of woman, so cut out of today's culture."

Ugrešićeva je inače prva žena koja je dobila NINa 1989 za Forsiranje romana-reke

A ovde ima i odlomak iz Baba-Jage

Evo i Džindžerovog prikaza Baba Jage.

Ne da mi je drago, nego mi je baš, baš drago.

Every year SF Site asks you, our readers, to tell us what you felt were the best books you read from the year that just ended. For the past several weeks, we've been reading your recommendations with keen interest, and tallying your votes for the best of the best. What follows is the list that you and your fellow readers have chosen as the best books from 2010.

http://www.sfsite.com/columns/best11b.htm

Edit: Taman sam dobio inspiraciju šta dalje da čitam.

The finalists for the 2011 Ditmar Awards:



Best Novel


    * Death Most Definite, Trent Jamieson (Hachette)
    * Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott (Pan Macmillan)
    * Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Voyager)
    * Stormlord Rising, Glenda Larke (Voyager)
    * Walking the Tree, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot Books)


Best Novella or Novelette


    * "Acception", Tessa Kum (Eneit Press)
    * "All the Clowns in Clowntown", Andrew McKiernan (Brimstone Press)
    * "Bleed", Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "Her Gallant Needs", Paul Haines (Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "The Company Articles of Edward Teach", Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Short Story


    * "All the Love in the World", Cat Sparks (Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "Bread and Circuses", Felicity Dowker (Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications)
    * "One Saturday Night With Angel", Peter M. Ball (Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "She Said", Kirstyn McDermott (Scenes From the Second Storey, Morrigan Books)
    * "The House of the Nameless", Jason Fischer (Writers of the Future XXVI)
    * "The February Dragon", Angela Slatter and Lisa L. Hannett (Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Collected Work


    * Baggage, edited by Gillian Polack (Eneit Press)
    * Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears, edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
    * Scenes from the Second Storey, edited by Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall (Morrigan Books)
    * Sprawl, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
    * Worlds Next Door, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Artwork


    * Cover art, The Angaelien Apocalypse/The Company Articles of Edward Teach (Twelfth Planet Press), Dion Hamill
    * Cover art, Australis Imaginarium (FableCroft Publishing), Shaun Tan
    * Cover art, Dead Sea Fruit (Ticonderoga Publications), Olga Read
    * Cover art, The Girl With No Hands (Ticonderoga Publications), Lisa L. Hannett
    * "The Lost Thing" short film (Passion Pictures), Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan


Best Fan Writer


    * Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain
    * Chuck McKenzie, for work in Horrorscope
    * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at Australian
    * Speculative Fiction in Focus
    * Tehani Wessely, for body of work including reviews at Australian
    * Speculative Fiction in Focus


Best Fan Artist


    * Rachel Holkner, for Continuum 6 props
    * Dick Jenssen, for cover art of Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
    * Amanda Rainey, for Swancon 36 logo


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium


    * Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus, edited by Alisa Krasnostein et al.
    * Bad Film Diaries podcast, Grant Watson
    * Galactic Suburbia podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce
    * Terra Incognita podcast, Keith Stevenson
    * The Coode Street podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan
    * The Writer and the Critic podcast, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond


Best Achievement


    * Helen Merrick and Andrew Milner, Academic Stream for Aussiecon 4
    * Amanda Rainey, cover design for Scary Kisses
    * Kyla Ward, Horror Stream and The Nightmare Ball for Aussiecon 4
    * Grant Watson, Media Stream for Aussiecon 4
    * Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce,
    * Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely, Snapshot 2010


Best New Talent


    * Peter M. Ball
    * Thoraiya Dyer
    * Lisa L. Hannett
    * Kathleen Jennings
    * Pete Kempshall


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review


    * Leigh Blackmore, for Marvels and Horrors: Terry Dowling's Clowns at Midnight
    * Damien Broderick, for editing Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Australian Science Fiction Review
    * Ross Murray, for The Australian Dream Becomes Nightmare
    * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for A Modern Woman's Guide to Classic Who

The nominees for The Prometheus Awards, which annually honor libertarian SF novels, include:


For the Win by Cory Doctorow (TOR Books)
Darkship Thieves by Sarah Hoyt (Baen Books)
The Last Trumpet Project by Kevin MacArdry (free online)
Live Free or Die by John Ringo (Baen Books)
Ceres by L. Neil Smith (Big Head Press, free online)

Uf, sto ovoga puno ima

Best Short Story

    * "Bart on the Fourth of July," by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo)
    * "Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow," by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)
    * "Cinderella," by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
    * "Hamburgers for One," by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image)
    * "Little Red Riding Hood," by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d'Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
    * "Post Mortem," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

    * The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW)
    * Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
    * Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
    * Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: "Sparrow," by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
    * Unknown Soldier #21: "A Gun in Africa," by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series

    * Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
    * Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
    * Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
    * Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
    * Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
    * Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

Best Limited Series

    * Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse)
    * Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)
    * Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
    * Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
    * Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni)

Best New Series

    * American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
    * iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC)
    * Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image)
    * Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
    * Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)

Best Publication for Kids

    * Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion)
    * Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
    * Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)
    * Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse (Ape Entertainment)
    * Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)
    * The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens

    * Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel (Scholastic Graphix)
    * Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books)
    * Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
    * Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
    * Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low)

Best Humor Publication

    * Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse)
    * Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo)
    * Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown)
    * I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
    * Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios)
    * Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

Best Anthology

    * The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press)
    * Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare&midot;Ponent Mon)
    * Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image)
    * Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
    * Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books)

Best Digital Comic

    * Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc
    * The Bean, by Travis Hanson, www.beanleafpress.com
    * Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler, www.lackadaisycats.com/comic.php
    * Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall, occasionalcomics.com
    * Zahra's Paradise, by Amir and Khalil, www.zahrasparadise.com

Best Reality-Based Work

    * It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
    * Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics)
    * Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM)
    * Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
    * You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album-New

    * Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG)
    * Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence 'Otis' Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.)
    * Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
    * Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

    * The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
    * Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
    * Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse)
    * The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts)
    * Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia)
    * Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)

Best Adaptation from Another Work

    * Dante's Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
    * The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
    * The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
    * 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement's Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
    * Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips

    * Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
    * 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
    * George Heriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
    * Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
    * Roy Crane's Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books

    * Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
    * The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
    * The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
    * Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
    * Thirteen "Going on Eighteen," by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

    * It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
    * The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
    * King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
    * The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
    * Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia

    * Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
    * Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)
    * A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
    * House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
    * Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)

Best Writer

    * Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
    * Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW)
    * John Layman, Chew (Image)
    * Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
    * Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0 (Image)

Best Writer/Artist

    * Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
    * Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
    * Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
    * James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

    * Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
    * Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man's Story (Fantagraphics)
    * Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
    * Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
    * Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

    * Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
    * Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
    * Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
    * Carol Tyler, You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist

    * Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
    * Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
    * Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
    * David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
    * Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

Best Coloring

    * Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
    * Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad (Metaphrog)
    * Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
    * Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon's Thieves (First Second)
    * Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Lettering

    * Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
    * Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
    * Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
    * Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
    * Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

    * Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
    * The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com)
    * ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com)
    * ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com)
    * The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com)
    * USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index)

Best Comics-Related Book

    * Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
    * Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
    * The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
    * Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
    * 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)

Best Publication Design

    * Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
    * Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
    * Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
    * 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
    * Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)

Hall of Fame
Judges' Choices:

    * Ernie Bushmiller
    * Jack Jackson
    * Martin Nodell
    * Lynd Ward

SAN DIEGO -- Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2011. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from heartfelt autobiographical works to books aimed at kids and teens to deluxe hardcover archival editions. Unlike in past years, superheroes are very much in the minority in this year's selections.

Topping the 2011 nominees with 5 nominations is Return of the Dapper Men, a fantasy hardcover by writer Jim McCann and artist Janet Lee, published by Archaia. It has nods for Best Publication for Teens, Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer, Best Artist, and Best Publication Design. Two comics series have 4 nominations: Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (published by Shadowline/Image) and Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (published by IDW). A variety of titles have received 3 nominations, including the manga Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media), John Layman and Rob Guillory's series Chew (Image), Daniel Clowes's graphic novel Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly), and Mike Mignola's Hellboy titles (Dark Horse).

The creator with the most nominations is Mignola with 5 (including cover artist), followed by Spencer and Hill, each with 4. Several creators have 3: McCann & Lee, Rodriquez, Urasawa, and Clowes, plus writer Ian Boothy (for Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book and other Bongo titles) and cartoonist Jimmy Gownley (for Best Publication for Kids plus coloring and lettering on his Amelia Rules! series). A record 15 creators have 2 nominations each.

DC Comics has the most nominations for a publisher, with its various imprints (DCU, Vertigo, WildStorm) garnering 14 nominations (plus 3 shared). The DC Universe has 5 of those nominations, while the Vertigo imprint has 9, all spread among multiple titles and creators. In addition, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Levitz, published by TASCHEN, has two nominations. The publishers emerging with the second-most nominations this year with 12 each are Image (led by Chew and Morning Glories) and IDW, which in addition to Locke & Key has double nods for four titles: Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, Polly & Her Pals Sundays, and Darwyn Cooke's Parker: The Outfit. Close behind with 11 nominations each are alt/indy comics publishers Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly. Fantagraphics dominates the U.S. Edition of International Material category with 3 nominees and has 2 nominations each for Carol Tyler's You'll Never Know: Collateral Damage and Jacques Tardi's It Was the War of the Trenches. Besides Wilson, D&Q is on the ballot with two nominations each for Lynda Barry's Picture This, James Sturm's Market Day, and Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library 20.

Other publishers with multiple nominations include Dark Horse (9, plus 2 shared), Archaia (9), VIZ Media (4), and Marvel (3, plus 2 shared); six publishers with 3 nominations: Abrams Comicarts, Bongo, Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, First Second, NBM, and Scholastic/Graphix; and five with 2 nominations: Abstract Studio (Terry Moore's Echo), Disney/Hyperion, McClelland & Stewart (Scott Chantler's Three Generals), TASCHEN, and Vertical. Another two dozen publishers had 1 nomination each. Notably, many of these publishers are mainstream publishing houses and not standard comics industry companies. In addition to the ones mentioned above, they include Amulet Books, Andrews McMeel, Bloomsbury, Crown, Fulcrum Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lee & Low, The Library of America, and Yale University Press.

Among this year's nontraditional "discoveries" by the judges are Seymour Chwast's adaptation of Dante's Divine Comedy (Bloomsbury), the "mocumentary" Finding Frank and His Friends by "Clarence 'Otis' Dooley" (Curio & Co.), the Native American anthology Trickster (Fulcrum), Lucidity Press's The Anthology Project, and cartoonist Dave Kellett's Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953.

Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are in their 23rd year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2011 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of comics store rep John Berry (Metropolis Comics, Bellflower, California), Comic-Con board of director Ned Cato (geekroundtable.com), librarian Karen Green (Columbia University), comics writer/editor Andy Helfer (The Shadow; Paradox Press), publishing consultant Rich Johnson (previously with DC Comics and Yen Press), and retail manager Chris Powell (Lone Star Comics, Dallas, Texas).

Ballots with this year's nominees will be going out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A downloadable pdf of the ballot will also be available online, and a special website has been set up for online voting. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 22 at Comic-Con International.

Voting in one Eisner Awards category, the Hall of Fame, is already completed. The judges chose the nominees earlier this year, and voting was conducted solely online, with voting ending on March 24.

The Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture. Jackie Estrada has been administrator of the Awards since 1990. She can be reached at jackie@comic-con.org.

2010 Shirley Jackson Awards

The nominees for this year's Shirley Jackson Awards -- recognizing outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic -- have been announced:

NOVEL

    * Dark Matter, Michelle Paver (Orion)
    * A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (Doubleday)
    * Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
    * Mr. Shivers, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
    * The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell (Holt)
    * The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)

NOVELLA

    * The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS Publishing)
    * Chasing the Dragon, Nicholas Kaufmann, (Chizine Publications)
    * "Mysterium Tremendum", Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
    * One Bloody Thing After Another, Joey Comeau (ECW Press)
    * Subtle Bodies, Peter Dubé (Lethe Press)
    * The Thief of Broken Toys, Tim Lebbon (Chizine Publications)

NOVELETTE

    * "--30--," Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
    * "The Broadsword," Laird Barron, (Black Wings, PS Publishing)
    * "Holderhaven," Richard Butner, (Crimewave 11: Ghosts)
    * "The Redfield Girls," Laird Barron (Haunted Legends, Tor)
    * "Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains," Neil Gaiman (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)

SHORT STORY

    * "As Red as Red," by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Haunted Legends, Tor)
    * "Booth's Ghost," Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn't See, Small Beer Press)
    * "The Foxes," Lily Hoang (Haunted Legends, Tor)
    * "six six six," Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
    * "The Things," Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, Issue 40)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

    * Occultation, Laird Barron (Night Shade)
    * The Ones That Got Away, Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
    * The Third Bear, Jeff Vandermeer (Tachyon)
    * What I Didn't See, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer Press)
    * What Will Come After, Scott Edelman (PS Publishing)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

    * Black Wings: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, edited by S. T. Joshi (PS Publications)
    * Haunted Legends, edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
    * My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, edited by Kate Bernheimer (Penguin)
    * Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (William Morrow)
    * Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders (Harper Voyager)

The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented at Readercon 22, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The nominees for the 2011 Hugo Awards

    BEST NOVEL

    Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
    Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
    The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
    The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
    Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

    BEST NOVELLA

    The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
    ''The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon'', Elizabeth Hand (Stories)
    ''The Sultan of the Clouds'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
    ''Troika'', Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
    ''The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer 2010)

    BEST NOVELETTE

    ''The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
    ''Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
    ''Eight Miles'', Sean McMullen (Analog 9/10)
    ''The Emperor of Mars'', Allen M. Steele (Asimov's 6/10)
    ''That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)

    BEST SHORT STORY

    ''Ponies'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11/17/10)
    ''For Want of a Nail'', Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's 12/10)
    ''Amaryllis'', Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed 6/10)
    ''The Things'', Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

    BEST RELATED WORK

    Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
    The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, Mike Resnick & Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
    Writing Excuses, Season 4, Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
    Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O'Shea, eds. (Mad Norwegian)
    Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

    BEST GRAPHIC STORY

    The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man, Mike Carey; art by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
    Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, Phil & Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio (Airship Entertainment)
    Grandville Mon Amour, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
    Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, Howard Tayler (Hypernode)
    Fables: Witches, Bill Willingham; art by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

    BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – LONG

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    How to Train Your Dragon
    Inception
    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Toy Story 3

    BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – SHORT

    Doctor Who: ''A Christmas Carol''
    Doctor Who: ''The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang''
    Doctor Who: ''Vincent and the Doctor''
    Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
    The Lost Thing

    BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR LONG FORM

    Lou Anders
    Ginjer Buchanan
    Moshe Feder
    Liz Gorinsky
    Nick Mamatas
    Beth Meacham
    Juliet Ulman

    BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM

    John Joseph Adams
    Stanley Schmidt
    Jonathan Strahan
    Gordon Van Gelder
    Sheila Williams

    BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

    Daniel Dos Santos
    Bob Eggleton
    Stephan Martiniere
    John Picacio
    Shaun Tan

    BEST SEMIPROZINE

    Clarkesworld
    Interzone
    Lightspeed
    Locus
    Weird Tales

    BEST FANZINE

    Banana Wings
    Challenger
    The Drink Tank
    File 770
    StarShipSofa

    BEST FAN WRITER

    James Bacon
    Claire Brialey
    Christopher J Garcia
    James Nicoll
    Steven H Silver

    BEST FAN ARTIST

    Brad W. Foster
    Randall Munroe
    Maurine Starkey
    Steve Stiles
    Taral Wayne

    JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER [NOT A HUGO AWARD]*

    Saladin Ahmed
    Lauren Beukes
    Larry Correia
    Lev Grossman
    Dan Wells

    *All John W. Campbell Award finalists are in their 2nd year of eligibility.

Congratulations to Lauren Beukes for winning the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her book Zoo City published by Angry Robot.



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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2011 Locus Awards.

Science Fiction Novel

    Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
    Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
    Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
    The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
    Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

Fantasy Novel

    Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada; Roc)
    Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
    Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
    The Fuller Memorandum, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
    The Sorcerer's House, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

First Novel

    The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade)
    The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
    Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
    The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)
    How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu (Pantheon)

Young Adult Book

    Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
    Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
    Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins UK; Greenwillow)
    I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; HarperCollins)
    Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Novella

    Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
    The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
    "The Mystery Knight"', George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
    "Troika", Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
    "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'", Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer '10)

Novelette

    "The Fool Jobs", Joe Abercrombie (Swords & Dark Magic)
    "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains", Neil Gaiman (Stories)
    "The Mad Scientist's Daughter", Theodora Goss (Strange Horizons 1/18-1/25/10)
    "Plus or Minus", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
    "Marya and the Pirate", Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 1/10)

Short Story

    "Booth's Ghost", Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn't See and Other Stories)
    "The Thing About Cassandra", Neil Gaiman (Songs of Love and Death)
    "Names for Water", Kij Johnson (Asimov's 10-11/10)
    "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time", Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/10)
    "The Things", Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

Magazine

    Analog
    Asimov's
    F&SF
    Subterranean
    Tor.com

Publisher

    Baen
    Night Shade Books
    Orbit
    Subterranean Press
    Tor

Anthology

    Zombies vs. Unicorns, Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, eds. (McElderry)
    The Beastly Bride, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Viking)
    The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)
    Warriors, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor)
    Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (HarperCollins)

Collection

    Mirror Kingdoms, Peter S. Beagle (Subterranean)
    What I Didn't See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
    Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber (Night Shade)
    The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Night Shade)
    The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny: Volume Five: Nine Black Doves, Roger Zelazny (NESFA)

Editor

    Ellen Datlow
    Gardner Dozois
    Gordon Van Gelder
    David G. Hartwell
    Jonathan Strahan

Artist

    Bob Eggleton
    Donato Giancola
    John Picacio
    Shaun Tan
    Michael Whelan

Non-fiction

    80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler & Debbie Notkin, eds. (Aqueduct)
    Conversations with Octavia Butler, Conseula Francis (University Press of Mississippi)
    Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr., (Tor)
    CM Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary, Mark Rich (McFarland)
    Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

Art Books

    Bob Eggleton, Dragon's Domain (Impact)
    Spectrum 17, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
    Donato Giancola, Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth (Underwood)
    Shaun Tan, The Bird King and Other Sketches (Windy Hollow)
    Charles Vess & Neil Gaiman, Instructions (Harper)

Aurealis Awards
Posted on May 22, 2011 by Jonathan

Last night the glitterati of the Australian science fiction and fantasy scene gathered at the Independent Theatre in Sydney for the annual Aurealis Awards shindig.  Unfortunately many of us couldn't be there, so informal gatherings happened around the country, frequently referring to Twitter for updates.

We had a small group of friends over for champagne and gossip while we watched and waited for "our" category (Best Anthology) to roll around. Last year was a great one here in Western Australia and Alisa (for her excellent Sprawl), Marianne and I (for Wings of Fire) , and just me solo (for Godlike Machines) were all up for Best Anthology.  which I think in itself was one of the best things about the awards.  As it turned out Marianne and I were delighted to hear that Wings of Fire had been given the award. We worked hard on the book, and it was especially pleasing to win an award with Marianne.

Other friends won during the evening – Tansy, Helen, Margo, and Kirstyn among many. Congratulations to them all! More than one person pointed out how similar the results were to the recent Ditmar Awards, and how good it was to see a convergence of popular and critical opinion looking back at last year's Australian SF/F scene.

And, since I've not seen it online elswhere, the full list of winners:

Kris Hembury Encouragement Award: Jodie Cleghorn
Peter McNamara Convenors' Award: Helen Merrick
Best Science Fiction Novel: Transformation Space, Marianne de Pierres
Best Science Fiction Short Story: The Heart of a Mouse, K.J. Bishop
Best Fantasy Novel: Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best Fantasy Short Story: The February Dragon, LL Hannett & Angela Slatter (joint winners) Yowie, Thoraiya Dyer
Best Horror Novel: Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott
Best Horror Short Story: The Fear, Richard Harland
Best Anthology: Wings of Fire, Edited by Jonathan Strahan and Marianne S. Jablon
Best Collection: The Girl With No Hands, Angela Slatter
Best Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel: Changing Ways: Book 1, Justin Randall
Best Young Adult Novel: Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey
Best Young Adult Short Story: A Thousand Flowers, Margo Lanagan
Best Children's Fiction(told primarily through pictures): The Boy and the Toy, Sonya Hartnett (writer) & Lucia Masciullo (illustrator)
Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through words): The Keepers, Lian Tanner

Evo je i Nebula. Drago mi je da je Pratchett dobio nagradu za young adults romane, Tiffany Aching serija knjiga to vise nego zasluzuje.


http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/05/2010-nebula-awards-winners/

The 2010 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, May 21, 2011 in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Washington DC. Michael Swanwick was Toastmaster, and NAME gave the keynote address.

Novel

   Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

   The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
   The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
   Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
   Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
   Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)

Novella

   ''The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer '10)

   The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
   ''Iron Shoes'', J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
   The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
   ''The Sultan of the Clouds'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
   ''Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance'', Paul Park (F&SF 1-2/10)


Novelette

   ''That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)

   ''Map of Seventeen'', Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
   ''The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
   ''The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara'', Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
   ''Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
   ''Pishaach'', Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
   ''Stone Wall Truth'', Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov's 2/10)

Short Story (tie)

   ''Ponies'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
   ''How Interesting: A Tiny Man'', Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)

   ''Arvies'', Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 8/10)
   ''I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno'', Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed 6/10)
   ''The Green Book'', Amal El-Mohtar (Apex 11/1/10)
   ''Ghosts of New York'', Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
   ''Conditional Love'', Felicity Shoulders (Asimov's 1/10)


Ray Bradbury Award

   Inception

   Despicable Me
   Doctor Who: ''Vincent and the Doctor''
   How to Train Your Dragon
   Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
   Toy Story 3

Andre Norton Award

   I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)

   Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
   White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
   Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
   Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
   The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
   A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
   Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Alice Sheldon AKA James Tiptree, Jr. and Michael Whelan received the Solstice Award. John E. Johnston received the SFWA Service Award.

The winners of Analog Science Fiction and Fact's AnLab Award and Asimov's Science Fiction's Readers' Award have been chosen. They are:

Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Winners

BEST NOVELLA: "Phantom Sense" by Richard A. Lovett & Mark Niemann-Ross (11/10)
BEST NOVELETTE: "Outbound" by Brad R. Torgersen (11/10)
BEST SHORT STORY: "Red Letter Day" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (9/10)
BEST FACT: "Tips for the Budget Time-Traveler" by Shane Tourtellotte (12/10)
BEST COVER: December 2010 by Bob Eggleton
Asimov's Science Fiction Readers' Award Winners

BEST NOVELLA: "Becoming One With the Ghosts" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (10-11/10)
BEST NOVELETTE: "The Emperor of Mars" by Allen M. Steele (6/10)
BEST SHORT STORY [TIE]:

    "The Lovely Ugly" by Carol Emshwiller (8/10)
    "Libertarian Russia" by Michael Swanwick (12/10)

BEST POEM: "Welcome Home" by Janis Ian (10-11/10)
BEST COVER ARTIST [TIE]:

    Tomislav Tikulin (7/10)
    Michael Whelan (8/10)

The awards were presented at a breakfast celebration during the 2011 Nebula Awards weekend.

...da ne uskratimo iliterate feminizma :


The winners of the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards:

Lesbian Fiction: INFERNO (A POET'S NOVEL) by Eileen Myles (OR Books)

Gay Fiction: UNION ATLANTIC by Adam Haslett (Doubleday)

Lesbian Debut Fiction: SUB ROSA by Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp)

Gay Debut Fiction: BOB THE BOOK by David Pratt (Chelsea Station Editions)

Lesbian Poetry: THE NIGHTS ALSO by Anna Swanson (Tightrope)

Gay Poetry: PLEASURE by Brian Teare (Ahsahta Press)

Lesbian Mystery: FEVER OF THE BONE by Val McDermid (HarperCollins)

Gay Mystery: ECHOES by David Lennon (Blue Spike Publishing)

LGBT SF: DIANA COMET by Sandra McDonald (Lethe)

Lesbian Romance: RIVER WALKER by Cate Culpepper (Bold Strokes)

Gay Romance: NORMAL MIGUEL by Erik Orrantia (Cheyenne Publishing)

LGBT Children's/Young Adult: WILDTHORN by Jane Eagland (Houghton Mifflin)

LGBT Drama: OEDIPUS AT PALM SPRINGS: A FIVE LESBIAN BROTHERS PLAY by Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Pega Healey, and Lisa Kron (Samuel French)

LGBT Anthologies: GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman (Seal)

LGBT Nonfiction: KING KONG THEORY by Virginie Despentes (The Feminist Press)

LGBT Studies: (tie) ANOTHER COUNTRY: QUEER ANTI-URBANISM by Scott Herring (NYU Press) and ASSUMING A BODY: TRANSGENDER AND RHETORICS OF MATERIALITY by Gayle Salamon (Columbia University Press)

Bisexual Nonfiction: BORDER SEXUALITIES, BORDER FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (Rowan &Littlefield)

Bisexual Fiction: THE LUNATIC, THE LOVER, AND THE POET by Myrlin A. Hermes (HarperPerennial)

Lesbian Erotica: SOMETIMES SHE LETS ME: BEST BUTCH/FEMME EROTICA, edited by Tristan Taormino (Cleis)

Gay Erotica: TELENY AND CAMILLY by Jon Macy (Northwest Press)
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: (tie) HAMMER! MAKING MOVIES OUT OF SEX AND LIFE by Barbara Hammer (The Feminist Press) and WISHBONE: A MEMOIR IN FRACURES by Julie Marie Wade (Colgate University Press)

Gay Memoir/Biography: SECRET HISTORIAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMUEL STEWARD, PROFESSOR, TATTOO ARTIST AND SEXUAL RENEGADE by Justin Spring (FSG)

WINNERS: 2010 Bram Stoker Awards


The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2010 Bram Stoker Awards


Superior Achievement in a NOVEL: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (Doubleday/Orion)

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL (Tie):
Black and Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION: Invisible Fences by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION : "The Folding Man" by Joe R. Lansdale (from Haunted Legends)

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY: Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)

Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)

Superior Achievement in NON-FICTION: To Each Their Darkness by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)

Superior Achievement in a POETRY COLLECTION: Dark Matters by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)

HWA also presented its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards and its Specialty Press Award. Ellen Datlow was on hand to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award, which she shared this year with Al Feldstein. The Specialty Press Award went to Joe Morey of Dark Regions Press.

The Silver Hammer Award, for outstanding service to HWA, was voted by the organization?s board of trustees to Angel Leigh McCoy. The President's Richard Laymon Service Award was given to Michael Colangelo.

Congratulations to all the winners!

The winners of the 2011 Locus Awards have been announced:


SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

FANTASY NOVEL: Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)

FIRST NOVEL: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)

YA BOOK: Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)

NOVELLA: The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)

NOVELETTE: "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains", Neil Gaiman (Stories)

SHORT STORY: "The Thing About Cassandra", Neil Gaiman (Songs of Love and Death)

MAGAZINE: Asimov's

PUBLISHER: Tor

ANTHOLOGY: Warriors, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor)

COLLECTION: Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber (Night Shade)

EDITOR: Ellen Datlow

ARTIST: Shaun Tan

NON-FICTION: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr., (Tor)

ART BOOK: Spectrum 17, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)

FINALISTS: 2011 BFS Fantasy Awards

The British Fantasy Society has announced the shortlist for the 2011 BFS Fantasy Awards:



BEST NOVEL (AUGUST DERLETH FANTASY AWARD)
Apartment 16 - Adam Nevill - Pan McMillan
Demon Dance - Sam Stone - The House Of Murky Depths
The Leaping - Tom Fletcher - Quercus
Pretty Little Dead Things - Gary McMahon - Angry Robot
The Silent Land - Graham Joyce - Gollancz


BEST NOVELLA
"1922" - Stephen King - Hodder & Stoughton
"Humpty's Bones" - Simon Clark - Telos
"Ponthe Oldenguine" - Andrew Hook - Atomic Fez
"Sparrowhawk" - Paul Finch - Pendragon
"The Thief of Broken Toys" - Tim Lebbon - ChiZine


BEST SHORT STORY
"The Beautiful Room" - R B Russell - Nightjar
"Fool's Gold" - Sam Stone - NewCon
"The Lure" - Nicholas Royle - Solaris
"Otterburn" - Jan Edwards - Estronomicon
"Something For Nothing" - Joe Essid - PS Publishing


BEST COLLECTION
Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King - Hodder & Stoughton
The Gravedigger's Tale: Fables of Fear - Simon Clark - Robert Hale
Last Exit for the Lost - Tim Lebbon - Cemetery Dance
One Monster Is Not Enough - Paul Finch - Gray Friar
Walkers in the Dark - Paul Finch - Ash Tree


BEST ANTHOLOGY
Back From the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories - Johnny Mains - Noose & Gibbet
The End of the Line - Jonathan Oliver - Solaris
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 21 - Stephen Jones - Robinson & Constable
Never Again - Allyson Bird & Joel Lane - Gray Friar
Zombie Apocalypse! - Stephen Jones - Robinson & Constable


BEST NON-FICTION
Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong - Telos
Cinema Futura - Ed. Mark Morris - PS Publishing
Fantastic TV: 50 Years of Cult Fantasy and Science Fiction - Steven Savile - Plexus
M P Shiel: The Middle Years 1897-1923 - Harold Billings - Roger Beacham
The Shrieking Sixties - Darrel Buxton - Midnight Marquee


BEST ARTIST
Ben Baldwin
Daniele Serra
Les Edwards
Paul Mudie
Vincent Chong


BEST SMALL PRESS
Atomic Fez - Ian Alexander Martin
Gray Friar Press - Gary Fry
Pendragon Press - Christopher Teague
Telos Publishing - David J Howe and Stephen James Walker
TTA Press - Andy Cox


BEST MAGAZINE/PERIODICAL
Black Static - Andy Cox - TTA
Cemetery Dance - Rich Chizmar
Murky Depths - Terry Martin - The House Of Murky Depths
Shadows and Tall Trees - Michael Kelly - Undertow Publications
Strange Horizons - Susan Marie Groppi


BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL
Clint - Mark Millar - Titan
Grandville Mon Amour - Bryan Talbot - Jonathan Cape
Neonomicon - Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows - Avatar
The Mountains of Madness - Ian Culbard - Self Made Hero
The Unwritten Vols 1 & 2 - Mike Carey & Peter Gross - Titan Books


BEST FILM
Alice in Wonderland - Tim Burton - Walt Disney
Inception - Christopher Nolan - Syncopy Films
Kick-Ass - Matthew Vaughn - Lionsgate
Monsters - Gareth Edwards - Vertigo Films
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Edgar Wright - Universal Pictures


BEST TELEVISION
A History of Horror With Mark Gatiss - Mark Gatiss - BBC
Being Human - Toby Whithouse - BBC
Doctor Who - Steven Moffat - BBC
Sherlock - Steven Moffat - BBC
True Blood - Alan Ball - HBO

The winners of the 2010 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced:


NOVEL: Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)

NOVELLA: "Mysterium Tremendum" by Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
NOVELETTE: "Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains," Neil Gaiman (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
SHORT STORY: "The Things," Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, Issue 40)
SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION: Occultation by Laird Barron (Night Shade)



EDITED ANTHOLOGY: Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al
Sarrantonio (William Morrow)

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