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The winners of the 2014 British Fantasy Awards were announced on Sunday at FantasyCon 2014 in York:





•BEST FANTASY NOVEL (the Robert Holdstock Award): A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)
•BEST HORROR NOVEL (the August Derleth Award): The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)


•BEST NOVELLA: Beauty by Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
•BEST SHORT STORY: "Signs of the Times" by Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33)
•BEST ANTHOLOGY: End of the Road edited by Jonathan Oliver (Solaris)
•BEST COLLECTION: Monsters in the Heart by Stephen Volk (Gray Friar Press)
•BEST SMALL PRESS: The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)
•BEST COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL: Demeter by Becky Cloonan
•BEST ARTIST: Joey Hi-Fi
•BEST NON-FICTION: Speculative Fiction 2012 edited by Justin Landon and Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
•BEST MAGAZINE/PERIODICAL: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker (Wyrm Publishing)
•BEST FILM/TELEVISION EPISODE: Game of Thrones: "The Rains of Castamere" by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)
•BEST NEWCOMER (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): Ann Leckie for Ancillary Justice (Orbit)
•THE BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY SPECIAL AWARD (The Karl Edward Wagner Award): Farah Mendlesohn

Congrats to all the winners!

After long and arduous discussion we are extremely delighted to announce the winners of this year's Book Box Literary Prize! This year's shortlist was exceptional so we had no choice but to have two winners.


Joint winners of Book Box 2014 are:


Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson (William Heinemann)
The Visitors by Simon Sylvester (Quercus)



For their extraordinary debuts we would also like to give our special citation to:


Nina Allan for "The Race" (NewCon Press)
K. T. Medina for "White Crocodile" (Faber & Faber)

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SUNBURST AWARD SOCIETY ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF ITS THIRD ANNUAL COPPER CYLINDER AWARDS.

Toronto, Ontario (September 19th, 2014) The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the winners of the third annual Copper Cylinder Awards. The Copper Cylinder Award is an annual member's choice award selected by members of the Sunburst Award Society for books published during the previous year.

The Copper Cylinder Award derives its name from the first Canadian scientific romance, "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder," by James De Mille (1833-1880). The winners receive a unique, handcrafted, copper cylinder trophy.

The winner of the 2014 Copper Cylinder Adult Award is River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Group Canada – ISBN – 9780670068401).

The winner of the 2014 Copper Cylinder Young Adult Award is Homeland by Cory Doctorow (Tom Doherty Associates – ISBN – 9780765333698).

Guy Gavriel Kay lives in Toronto. Cory Doctorow lives in London, England.

The Sunburst Award Society also confers annually the juried Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Both awards celebrate the best in Canadian fantastic literature published during the previous calendar year.

http://emitor.rs/2014/11/dodeljene-world-fantasy-nagrade/

Sloboda

QuoteNa 65. dodeli Nacionalnih književnih nagrada u restoranu Cipriani Wall Street u Njujorku, domaćin dodele Danijel Hendler, poznatiji kao Lemoni Snicket, zbijao je šale o irelevantnosti književnog sveta i tiraniji Amazona. U obraćanju svojim kolegama piscima primetio je kako je Nacionalna književna nagrada kao dodela Oskara, ,,kad nikog ne bi bilo briga za dodelu Oskara" i zamišljao telegram od Džefa Bezosa u kojem ovaj poručuje izdavačima: ,,Sve ću vas pobiti".
Na kraju ceremonije, nakon što su podeljene nagrade za književnost za mlade, poeziju, publicistiku i beletristiku – dobitnici su Žaklin Vudson, Luiz Glik, Evan Osnos i Fil Klej – Hendler je tešio ostale finaliste podsećajući ih kako ,,izvan književnog sveta sve nas ionako smatraju gubitnicima".
Ali najvažniji govor na ovoj ceremoniji održala je Ursula Legvin, primajući nagradu za životno delo i poseban doprinos američkoj književnosti, osvrnuvši se na žanrovsku debatu i debakl u sukobu Amazona i izdavačke kuće Hatchette, objašnjavajući ključnu ulogu književnosti u društvu:
Od srca se zahvaljujem na ovoj divnoj nagradi, hvala mojoj porodici, agentima, urednicima, koji znaju da su za moje prisustvo ovde zaslužni koliko i ja, i da je ova nagrada njihova koliko i moja. Radujem se što je primam i želim da je podelim sa svim piscima koji su dugo bili isključeni iz književnosti, mojim kolegama autorima naučne fantastike i fantastike, koji poslednjih 50 godina pišu i čekaju, dok važne književne nagrade odlaze takozvanim ,,realistima".
Mislim da dolazi teško vreme kada ćemo želeti da čujemo pisce koji nude alternative ovome kako danas živimo, koji našem društvu ispunjenom strahom i opsednutom tehnologijom mogu da ponude drugačije oblike postojanja i čak novu nadu.
Biće nam potrebni pisci koji se sećaju slobode. Pesnici, vizionari, realisti šire realnosti. Sada su nam potrebni pisci koji prave razliku između proizvodnje robe široke potrošnje i bavljenja umetnošću. Proizvodnja pisanog materijala prema prodajnoj strategiji za maksimizaciju korporativne dobiti i uvećanje prihoda od reklama nije baš isto što i odgovorno objavljivanje i pisanje knjiga.
Međutim, vidim kako se prodajnom sektoru prepušta kontrola nad materijalom, gledam i svoje izdavače kako u glupavoj panici, u neznanju i pohlepi naplaćuju elektronske knjige bibliotekama šest ili sedam puta više nego kupcima u knjižarama. Nedavno smo imali primer profitera koji pokušava da kazni neposlušnog izdavača, nekim piscima se preti korporativnom fatvom, dok mnogi od nas – proizvođači, oni koji pišu i prave knjige – to ćutke prihvataju. Dopuštamo da nas robni profiteri prodaju kao dezodorans i da nam naređuju šta da objavimo i šta da pišemo.
Znate, knjige nisu samo roba. Motiv profita se često kosi sa ciljevima umetnosti. Mi živimo u kapitalizmu koji deluje nepobedivo. Ali takva su bila i božanska prava kraljeva. Ljudi mogu uspešno pružiti otpor svakom obliku ljudskog nasilja. Otpor i promena često počinju u umetnosti, a veoma često u našoj umetnosti – umetnosti reči.
Imala sam dugu i dobru karijeru. U dobrom društvu. Sada, na kraju te karijere, stvarno ne želim da gledam kako se američka književnost prodaje u bescenje. Mi koji živimo od pisanja i objavljivanja želimo – a trebalo bi da zahtevamo – pošteni deo prihoda. Ali naša prava nagrada nije profit. Ona se zove – sloboda.

The New Yorker, 20.11.2014.
VIDEO
Preveo Ivica Pavlović
Peščanik.net, 23.11.2014.

Stojim iza svega šta je Ursula izrekla. Tako se i ponašam i pišem.

Tsk, bili smo brži, ako je to bitno.

http://emitor.rs/2014/11/ursula-k-legvin-dobitnik-nagrade-za-zivotno-delo-nbf/

Na sinoćnjoj, šezdeset i petoj dodeli National Book nagrada, Ursuli Legvin dodeljena je Medalja za istaknut doprinos američkoj književnosti zbog ,,izuzetnog uticaja na nacionalno književno nasleđe". Priznatoj književnici, autorki mnogobrojnih dela fantastike, nagradu je uručio Nil Gejman. Govor koji je tom prilikom održala već je odjeknuo širom sveta. Original pogledajte na videu, a integralni prevod niže.

Ursula Le Guin

,,Hvala ti, Nile, i hvala dodeljivačima ove divne nagrade. Hvala od srca. Moja porodica, moj agent, urednici, znaju da je moj uspeh ovde njihova zasluga koliko je i moja, i da je ova divna nagrada njihova koliko i moja. I sa radošću je prihvatam u ime svih pisaca koji su toliko dugo bili isključeni iz književnosti, i delim je sa mojim kolegama autorima fantastike i naučne fantastike, piscima maštačima, koji su poslednjih pedeset godina gledali kako ova nagrada odlazi takozvanim realistima.

,,Mislim da dolaze teška vremena u kojima će nam trebati glasovi pisaca koji mogu da zamisle alternativu današnjem načinu života, i koji mogu da prozru kroz naše zastrašeno društvo i njegove opsesije tehnologijom do drugih načina bivstvovanja, i možda izmaštaju neki realni razlog za nadu. Trebaće nam pisci koji se sećaju slobode. Pesnici, vizionari: realisti šire stvarnosti.

,,Sada, mislim da nam trebaju pisci koji znaju razliku između proizvodnje robe za tržište i bavljenja umetnošću. Razvoj pisanog materijala koji se konformira strategiji prodaje radi maksimiziranja korporativnog profita i prihoda od reklama nije isto što i odgovorno izdavanje ili autorstvo knjiga. (Hvala, hrabri tapšači.)

,,Ipak, vidim da je komercijali data kontrola nad uredništvom, vidim da su moji izdavači u budalastoj panici neznanja i pohlepe, da naplaćuju javnim bibliotekama šest ili sedam puta više za e-knjigu nego što naplaćuju kupcima. Upravo smo videli kako profiter pokušava da kazni izdavača zbog neposlušnosti, i pisce kojima preti korporativna fatva, i vidim mnogo nas, proizvođača koji pišemo knjige, i pravimo knjige, kako to prihvatamo. Kako dozvoljavamo da nas profiteri, trgovci, prodaju kao dezodorans, kako nam govore šta da objalvjujemo, i šta da pišemo. (Volim i ja tebe, dušo.)

,,Knjige, znate, nisu samo roba. Motiv zarade je često u sukobu sa ciljem umetnosti. Živimo u kapitalizmu. Njegova se moć čini neizbežnom. Takvom se činilo i božansko pravo kraljeva na vladavinu. Moguće je odupreti se svakoj ljudskoj vlasti, i svaka se ljudska vlast može promeniti delatnošću ljudskih bića. Otpor i promena često počinju u umetnosti, a vrlo često u našoj umetnosti – umetnosti reči.

,,Imala sam dugu i dobru karijeru. U dobrom društvu. Sada, ovde, na njenom kraju, zaista ne želim da gledam izdaju američke književnosti. Mi, koji živimo od pisanja i izdavaštva želimo – i trebalo bi i da tražimo – pošteno parče kolača. Ali, ime naše divne nagrade nije zarada, već sloboda.

,,Hvala."

vest: Bojan Butković
govor preveo: Miloš Petrik

FINALISTS: 2014 Philip K. Dick Award


 


The finalists for the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award, presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States, have been announced:


•Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Aqueduct Press)
•The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan (Angry Robot)
•The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (Sybaritic Press)
•Memory Of Water by Emmi Itäranta (Harper Voyager)
•Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches by Cherie Priest (Roc)
•Reach For Infinity edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 3, 2015 at Norwescon 38 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington.

Pan MacMillan has announced the nominees for the inaugural James Herbert Horror Award, presented in conjunction with the James Herbert estate and overseen by the Serendip Foundation. Horror novels written in English and published in the UK and Ireland between 1st January and 31st December 2014 were eligible. The judges include Ramsey Campbell, Rosie Fletcher, Kerry Herbert, Tom Hunter, Sarah Pinborough, and Dr Tony Venezi.


•The Girl with All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey
•The Troop, by Nick Cutter
•Cuckoo Song, by Frances Hardinge
•The Loney, by Andrew Michael Hurley
•Bird Box, by Josh Malerman
•An English Ghost Story, by Kim Newman

http://www.panmacmillan.com/Featured-Pages/Offers/James-Herbert-Award.aspx?

BSFA Award Nominations


Best Novel
•The Race, by Nina Allan
•Cuckoo Song, by Frances Hardinge
•Europe in Autumn, by Dave Hutchinson
•Wolves, by Simon Ings
•Ancilliary Sword, by Anne Leckie
•The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North
•Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor
•The Moon King, by Neil Williamson


Best Short Fiction:
•"The Honey Trap," by Ruth E J Booth
•"The Mussel Eater," by Octavia Cade
•"Scale Bright," by Benjanun Sriduangkaew



Best Non-Fiction
•Call and Response, by Paul Kincaid
•"Deep Forests and Manicured Gardens: A Look at Two New Short Fiction Magazines," by Jonathan McCalmont
•Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers and the First World War, by Edward James
•"The State of British SF and Fantasy: A Symposium," in Strange Horizons
•Greg Egan, by Karen Burnham

Kitschies Shortlist


London Fallen has announced the nominees for the 2014 Kitschies, presented for the most progressive, intelligent, and entertaining works of genre fiction. Winners will receive a cash prize and a trophy. The winners will be announced on March 4 at the Seven Dials Club in London.


The Red Tentacle (Novel)
•The Race, by Nina Allen
•The Peripheral, by William Gibson
•Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor
•Grasshopper Jungle, by Andrew Smith
•The Way Inn, by Will Wiles


The Golden Tentacle (Debut)
•The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne
•The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers
•Viper Wine, by Hermione Eyre
•Memory of Water, by Emmi Itäranta
•The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara



The Inky Tentacle (Cover Art)
•Emily Carroll's Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll & Sonja Chaghatzbanian
•Valerie Martin's The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, design by Steve Marking, lettering by Kimberly Glyder
•Nick Harkaway's Tigerman, by Glenn O'Neill
•Michel Faber's The Book of Strange New Things, by Rafaela Romaya & Yehring Tong
•Lavie Tidhar's A Man Lies Dreaming, by Ben Summers


The Invisible Tentacle (Natively Digital Fiction)
•Kentucky Route Zero: Act III, by Cardboard Computer
•80 Days, by Meg Jayanth
•echovirus12, by Jeff Noon, Ed, James Knight, violet sprite, Richard Biddle, Mina Polen, Uel Aramchek, Graham Walsh, and Vapour Vox
•The Sailor's Dream, by Simogo

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the nominees for this year's Nebula Awards, Norton Award, and Bradbury Award. All of the awards will be presented at the annual Nebula Award Weekend Banquet in Chicago, IL on June 6. All SFWA Active members may vote for the Nebulas from March 1 through March 31. This year's 50th Nebula Award will take place at Chicago's Palmer House from June 4-7.

Novel
•The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
•Trial by Fire, by Charles E. Gannon
•Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie
•The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu
•Coming Home, by Jack McDevitt
•Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer

Novella
•We Are All Completely Fine, by Daryl Gregory
•Yesterday's Kin, by Nancy Kress
•"The Regular," by Ken Liu
•"The Mothers of Voorhisville," by Mary Rickert
•Calendrical Regression, by Lawrence Schoen
•"Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)," by Rachel Swirsky

Novelette
•"Sleep Walking Now and Then," by Richard Bowes
•"The Magician and Laplace's Demon," by Tom Crosshill
•"A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i," by Alaya Dawn Johnson
•"The Husband Stitch," by Carmen Maria Machado
•"We Are the Cloud," by Sam J. Miller
•"The Devil in America," by Kai Ashante Wilson

Short Story
•"The Breath of War," by Aliette de Bodard
•"When It Ends, He Catches Her," by Eugie Foster
•"The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye," by Matthew Kressel
•"The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family," by Usman T. Malik
•"A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide," by Sarah Pinsker
•"Jackalope Wives," by Ursula Vernon
•"The Fisher Queen," by Alyssa Wong

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
•Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., & Armando Bo
•Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
•Edge of Tomorrow, Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth
•Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman
•Interstellar, Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
•The Lego Movie, Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
•Unmade, by Sarah Rees Brennan
•Salvage, by Alexandra Duncan
•Love Is the Drug, by Alaya Dawn Johnson
•Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, by A.S. King
•Dirty Wings, by Sarah McCarry
•Greenglass House, by Kate Milford
•The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, by Leslye Walton

Bram Stoker Nominations

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the nominees for the 2014 Bram Stoker Awards. Voting is open to all members of HWA until March 31. The winners will be announced at the World Horror Convention in Atlanta, GA on May 9, 2015.


Superior Achievement in a Novel

Craig DiLouie – Suffer the Children (Gallery Books of Simon & Schuster)
Patrick Freivald – Jade Sky (JournalStone)
Chuck Palahniuk – Beautiful You (Jonathan Cape, Vintage/Penguin Random House UK)
Christopher Rice – The Vines (47North)
Steve Rasnic Tem – Blood Kin (Solaris Books)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Maria Alexander – Mr. Wicker (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
J.D. Barker – Forsaken (Hampton Creek Press)
David Cronenberg – Consumed (Scribner)
Michael Knost – Return of the Mothman (Woodland Press)
Josh Malerman – Bird Box (Harper Collins)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

Jake Bible – Intentional Haunting (Permuted Press)
John Dixon – Phoenix Island (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books)
Kami Garcia – Unmarked (The Legion Series Book 2) (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)
Tonya Hurley – Passionaries (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Peter Adam Salomon – All Those Broken Angels (Flux)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

Emily Carroll – Through the Woods (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Joe Hill – Locke and Key, Vol. 6 (IDW Publishing)
Joe R. Lansdale and Daniele Serra – I Tell You It's Love (Short, Scary Tales Publications)
Jonathan Maberry – Bad Blood (Dark Horse Books)
Paul Tobin – The Witcher (Dark Horse Books)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

Taylor Grant – "The Infected" (Cemetery Dance #71) (Cemetery Dance)
Eric J. Guignard – "Dreams of a Little Suicide" (Hell Comes to Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror (Volume 2)) (Big Time Books)
Joe R. Lansdale – "Fishing for Dinosaurs" (Limbus, Inc., Book II) (JournalStone)
Jonathan Maberry – "Three Guys Walk into a Bar" (Limbus, Inc., Book II) (JournalStone)
Joe McKinney – "Lost and Found" (Limbus, Inc., Book II) (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

Hal Bodner – "Hot Tub" (Hell Comes to Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror (Volume 2)) (Big Time Books)
Sydney Leigh – "Baby's Breath" (Bugs: Tales That Slither, Creep, and Crawl) (Great Old Ones Publishing)
Usman T. Malik – "The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family" (Qualia Nous) (Written Backwards)
Rena Mason – "Ruminations" (Qualia Nous) (Written Backwards)
John Palisano – "Splinterette" (Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction) (Widowmaker Press)
Damien Angelica Walters – "The Floating Girls: A Documentary" (Jamais Vu, Issue Three) (Post Mortem Press)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

Scott M. Gimple – The Walking Dead: "The Grove", episode 4:14 (AMC)
Jennifer Kent – The Babadook (Causeway Films)
John Logan – Penny Dreadful: "Séance" (Desert Wolf Productions/Neal Street Productions)
Steven Moffat – Doctor Who: "Listen" (British Broadcasting Corporation)
James Wong – American Horror Story: Coven: "The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks" (FX Network)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Michael Bailey – Qualia Nous (Written Backwards)
Jason V Brock – A Darke Phantastique (Cycatrix Press)
Ellen Datlow – Fearful Symmetries (ChiZine Publications)
Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, and Dennis Widmyer – Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press)
Brett J. Talley – Limbus, Inc., Book II (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

Stephen Graham Jones – After the People Lights Have Gone Off (Dark House Press)
John R. Little – Little by Little (Bad Moon Books)
Helen Marshall – Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine Publications)
Lucy A. Snyder – Soft Apocalypses (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
John F.D. Taff – The End in All Beginnings (Grey Matter Press)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

Jason V Brock – Disorders of Magnitude (Rowman & Littlefield)
S.T. Joshi – Lovecraft and a World in Transition (Hippocampus Press)
Leslie S. Klinger – The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft (Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W.W. Norton & Co.)
Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley – Horror 101: The Way Forward (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Lucy A. Snyder – Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide (Post Mortem Press)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

Robert Payne Cabeen – Fearworms: Selected Poems (Fanboy Comics)
Corrinne De Winter and Alessandro Manzetti – Venus Intervention (Kipple Officina Libraria)
Tom Piccirilli – Forgiving Judas (Crossroad Press)
Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo – Sweet Poison (Dark Renaissance Books)
Stephanie Wytovich – Mourning Jewelry (Raw Dog Screaming Press)


http://horror.org/final-ballot-bram-stoker-awards/

The finalists for the 2014 Aurealis Awards, given to works of SF, fantasy, and horror by Australians, have been announced!



BEST FANTASY NOVEL

◾Fireborn by Keri Arthur (Hachette Australia)
◾This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
◾The Lascar's Dagger by Glenda Larke (Hachette Australia)
◾Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)
◾Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld (Penguin Books Australia)
◾Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins (Harlequin Enterprises Australia)



BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY

◾"The Oud" by Thoraiya Dyer (Long Hidden, Crossed Genres Publications)
◾"Teratogen" by Deborah Kalin (Cemetery Dance, #71, May 2014)
◾"The Ghost of Hephaestus" by Charlotte Nash (Phantazein, FableCroft Publications)
◾"St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls" by Angela Slatter (The Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3)
◾"The Badger Bride" by Angela Slatter (Strange Tales IV, Tartarus Press)


BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

◾Aurora: Meridian by Amanda Bridgeman (Momentum)
◾Nil By Mouth by LynC (Satalyte)
◾The White List by Nina D'Aleo (Momentum)
◾Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres (Angry Robot)
◾This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
◾Foresight by Graham Storrs (Momentum)


BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY
◾"The Executioner Goes Home" by Deborah Biancotti (Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 11 Issue 6)
◾"Wine, Women and Stars" by Thoraiya Dyer (Analog Vol CXXXIV nos 1&2 Jan/Feb)
◾"The Glorious Aerybeth" by Jason Fischer (OnSpec, 11 Sep 2014)
◾"Dellinger" by Charlotte Nash (Use Only As Directed, Peggy Bright Books)
◾"Happy Go Lucky" by Garth Nix (Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press)


BEST HORROR NOVEL
 
◾Book of the Dead by Greig Beck (Momentum)
◾Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin)
◾Obsidian by Alan Baxter (HarperVoyager)


BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
◾"The Executioner Goes Home" by Deborah Biancotti (Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 11 Issue 6)
◾"Skinsuit" by James Bradley (Island Magazine 137)
◾"By the Moon's Good Grace" by Kirstyn McDermott (Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 12, Issue 3)
◾"Shay Corsham Worsted" by Garth Nix (Fearful Symmetries, Chizine)
◾"Home and Hearth" by Angela Slatter (Spectral Press)


BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL


◾The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim (Text Publishing)
◾Afterworld by Lynnette Lounsbury (Allen & Unwin)
◾The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty (Pan Macmillan Australia)
◾Clariel by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
◾The Haunting of Lily Frost by Nova Weetman (UQP)
◾Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld (Penguin Books Australia)


YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
◾"In Hades" by Goldie Alexander (Celapene Press)
◾"Falling Leaves" by Liz Argall (Apex Magazine)
◾"The Fuller and the Bogle" by David Cornish (Tales from the Half-Continent, Omnibus Books)
◾"Vanilla" by Dirk Flinthart (Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press)
◾"Signature" by Faith Mudge (Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press)



BEST COLLECTION

   
◾The Female Factory by Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter (Twelfth Planet Press)
◾Secret Lives by Rosaleen Love (Twelfth Planet Press)
◾Angel Dust by Ian McHugh (Ticonderoga Publications)
◾Difficult Second Album: more stories of Xenobiology, Space Elevators, and Bats Out Of Hell by Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
◾The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings by Angela Slatter (Tartarus Press)
◾Black-Winged Angels by Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications)


BEST ANTHOLOGY
 
◾Kisses by Clockwork by Liz Grzyb (Ed) (Ticonderoga Publications)
◾Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios (Eds), (Twelfth Planet Press)
◾Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction by Dominica Malcolm (Ed) (Solarwyrm Press)
◾Reach for Infinity by Jonathan Strahan (Ed) (Solaris Books)
◾Fearsome Magics by Jonathan Strahan (Ed) (Solaris Books)
◾Phantazein by Tehani Wessely (Ed) (FableCroft Publishing)


BEST CHILDREN'S FICTION

◾Slaves of Socorro: Brotherband #4 by John Flanagan (Random House Australia)
◾Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy by Karen Foxlee (Hot Key Books)
◾The Last Viking Returns by Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (ILL.) (Fremantle Press)
◾Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell (ABC Books)
◾Sunker's Deep: The Hidden #2 by Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)
◾Shadow Sister: Dragon Keeper #5 by Carole Wilkinson (Black Dog Books)


BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK/GRAPHIC NOVEL
◾Left Hand Path #1 by Jason Franks & Paul Abstruse (Winter City Productions)
◾Awkwood by Jase Harper (Milk Shadow Books)
◾"A Small Wild Magic" by Kathleen Jennings (Monstrous Affections, Candlewick Press)
◾Mr Unpronounceable and the Sect of the Bleeding Eye by Tim Molloy (Milk Shadow Books)
◾The Game by Shane W Smith (Deeper Meanings Publishing)



Winners of the 2014 Aurealis Awards and the Convenors' Award for Excellence will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony, on the evening of Saturday 11 April at the University House, Canberra.

SFWA Announced Grand Master & Service Awards


SFWA has announced that Larry Niven will be named the Damon Knight Grand Master. Niven began publishing in 1964 with "The Coldest Place" and has won the Nebula Award, multiple Hugo Awards, the Ditmar, Seiun, and Prometheus Awards.

In addition, SFWA has announced that Jeffry Dwight will receive the Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award. Through his hosting of SFWA's web presence from the shutdown of GEnie in 1999 until the launch of SFWA's new website a couple of year's ago, Dwight helped keep SFWA's internet presence going, providing connections for many members, and provided assistance for SFWA to modernize on the internet.

The award will be presented at the 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois, June 4 through 7, 2015.

The winners of the Kitschies, rewarding "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic", have been announced!


RED TENTACLE (NOVEL): Andrew Smith's Grasshopper Jungle




◾GOLDEN TENTACLE (DEBUT): Hermione Eyre's Viper Wine






◾INKY TENTACLE (COVER): Glenn O'Neill for Nick Harkaway's Tigerman






◾INVISIBLE TENTACLE (NATIVELY DIGITAL FICTION): Cardboard Computer's Kentucky Route Zero, Act III

Quote from: PTY on 06-03-2015, 08:13:30


◾GOLDEN TENTACLE (DEBUT): Hermione Eyre's Viper Wine

Ovakvo ime bi za književni pseudonim smislio neko u jeku puberteta, a njoj je (reklo bi se, po guglu) pravo i rođeno, eh, sudbino...

 


EDIT: Da nastavim u jutrošnjem didaktičkom duhu — to je prezime homofon imenice air, što će reći /eə/~/ɛː/ odnosno /er/. Dakle, na srpskom, po Prćiću, Хермајони Ер. 

Mogla sam da pretpostavim kako ćeš se ti javiti.

Za transkripciju "Hermajoni" znam, ali ne sećam se da sam je u životu videla upotrebljenu (npr. umereno sam sigurna da je lik iz "Zaljubljenih žena" u našem prevodu Hermiona), da li je to - ikada, igde - bilo u upotrebi?


Inače, Nemci su gđicu Grendžer najurednije ponemčili u Herminu 

Pa ja sam, kao neko ko, jelte, ne čita i dalje video na srpskom to ime u prevodu Potera (gde je, kao što znamo, Hermiona).

Međutim, sad se setih, mislim da je Briony iz Atonementa, hvala bogu, Brajoni.

Baen Memorial Contest Winner

The winners of the 2015 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest, sponsored by Baen Books and the National Space Society, have been announced. The contest looks for stories which explore the promise of space exploration. The winner will be published as the featured story on the Baen Books main website and paid at the normal paying rates for professional stories and receive an award, membership to the 2015 International Space Development Conference, a year's membership in the National Space Society, and a prize package containing various Baen Books and National Space Society merchandise.

•Grand Prize: "We Fly," by K. B. Rylander
•2nd Place: "A Metal Box Floating Between the Stars," by Jamie Lackey
•3rd Place: "Boomerang Zone," by Robert Dawson



(a usput da pomenem i pobednike 2014)

2014 WINNERS!

GRAND PRIZE
"Low Arc" by Sean Monaghan

SECOND PLACE
"Balance" by Marina J. Lostetter

THIRD PLACE
"Wind Shear" by Angus McIntyre



http://www.williamledbetter.com/contest.htm

SFWA is pleased to announce Joanna Russ and Stanley Schmidt as the recipients of the 2015 SFWA Solstice Awards. These awards are granted in recognition of the positive impact and influence the recipients and their work have had on the science fiction and fantasy genres. The awards will be presented at SFWA's 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend in Chicago, IL, May 4-7, 2015.
JOANNA RUSS (1937-2011)

Besides honoring her contributions as a fiction writer, SFWA is also honoring her roles as mentor, teacher, editor, and critic–indeed one of the co-creators of SF Feminist Criticism.

How To Suppress Women's Writing is not just an important work in our field, but an important work in any field. As John Clute wrote in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: "With Russ's third novel, The Female Man (1975), which awaited publication for some time, programmatic feminist fiction may be said to have come of age in American sf, though it would be unfair to describe this complex tale as exhausted by the iteration of its burden...she was a thoroughly grounded intellectual, and every word she wrote, fiction or nonfiction, was shaped by thought in action. Despite this – or perhaps because of this – she remained exceptionally persuasive. She told often unpalatable truths in tales that were, as pure story, a joy to read."

Russ's other works included Picnic on Paradise, The Hidden Side of the Moon, Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts: Feminist Essays, and The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews. She passed in 2011.

"How to Suppress Women's Writing, taught me how =not= to talk about the quality of others work. I'm pleased that we are honoring Joanna and sad we did not do it while she still lived. In a better world, the Trans Temporal Agency swept her into a future where her back doesn't hurt and the last thing that beings use to discuss a person's worth is their gender."


Steven Gould
SFWA President





STANLEY SCHMIDT
Stan Schmidt served for an astonishing 34 years at the helm of Analog, the literary heir, in a very real sense, to John W. Campbell. He brought many waves of new writers into the field, nurturing their voices, and if modern "hard" science fiction has had a curator/guide, it was Stan. He was nominated for the editor Hugo from 1980 through 2006 (its final year), and for the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form every year from 2007 (its first year) through 2013, when he was presented with the statue, along with a standing ovation.

Schmidt also wrote a great deal of hard science fiction of his own, starting with "A Flash of Darkness" for Analog in 1968. Later works included Newton and the Quasi-Apple, Tweedlioop, and several works of practical advocacy for humanity's movement into space.

Schmidt retired from Analog in 2012.

"All editors can be compared to racehorse trainers, identifying, nurturing, and pushing writers to achieve their best. For over 34 years, Stan has been influencing the shape of modern SF, both in his fiction, and his editorial choices. Because of the huge number of scientists, engineers, and technologists who grew up reading SF, he's had an effect on =this= future. I'm very pleased to honor him with the Solstice. Almost as pleased as when he bought my first published story back in 1979 and made me part of his stable."
Steven Gould
SFWA President







The Solstice Awards

The Solstice Awards were created to acknowledge individuals who have had a significant impact on the science fiction and fantasy landscape. It is especially meant to recognize the non-authorial figures in the industry, who are all too often taken for granted in regards to lifetime achievement. The award is given at the discretion of the SFWA President, with the majority approval of the SFWA Board of Directors, and upon advice from the past SFWA Presidents.

Up to three awards may be presented each year, awarded to any person, living or deceased, with the exception of recipients of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, or those who have been named Author Emeritus. Both members and non-members are eligible. The Solstice Awards have most recently been awarded to Carl Sagan, Ginjer Buchanan, Octavia Butler, John Clute, Tom Doherty, Terri Windling and Donald A. Wollheim.

Herbert Award Winner

The winner of the first James Herbert Award was announced on April 1. The award, administered by Pan McMillan in partnership with the Serendip Foundation and the estate of James Herbert, is presented for excellence in horror fiction. The prize includes a statuette and £2,000.

The first winner is Craig Davidson for his novel The Troop, published under the pseudonym "Nick Cutter."

Hugo Nominations


This year's Hugo nominees were announced by Sasquan on April 4. All members of Sasquan , the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, are eligible to vote for this year's winners, which will be announced at the Worldcon on August 22.


Best Novel
•Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie
•The Dark Between the Stars, by Kevin J. Anderson
•The Gobin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
•Lines of Departure, by Marko Kloos
•Skin Game: A Novel of the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher

Best Novella
•Big Boys Don't Cry, by Tom Kratman
•"Flow," by Arlan Andrews, Sr.
•One Bright Star to Guide Them, by John C. Wright
•"Pale Realms of Shade," by John C. Wright
•"The PLural of Helen of Troy," by John C. Wright

Best Novelette
•"Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium," by Gray Rinehart
•"Championship B'Tok," by Edward M. Lerner
•"The Journeyman: In the Stone House," by Michael F. Flynn
•"The Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale," by Rajnar Vajra
•"Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus," by John C. Wright

Best Short Story
•"Goodnight Stars," by Annie Bellet
•"On a Spiritual Plain," by Lou Antonelli
•"The Parliament of Beasts and Birds," by John C. Wright
•"Totaled," by Kary English
•"Turncoat," by Steve Rzasa

Best Related Work
•"The Hot Equations: Thermodynamics and Military SF," by Ken Burnside
•Letters from Gardner, by Lou Antonelli
•Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth, by John C. Wright
•Why Science is Never Settled, by Tedd Roberts
•Wisdom from My Internet, by Michael Z. Williamson

Best Graphic Story
•Ms. Marvel Vol 1: No Normal , written by Kurtis J. Weibe, art by Roc Upchurch
•Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery wwritten by Kurtis J. Weibe, art by Roc Upchurch
•Zombie Nation Book #2: Reduce Reuse Reanimate , by Carter Reid
•Saga, Volume Three, written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples
•Sex Criminals, Vol 1: One Weird Trick, written by Matt Fraction, art by Chip Zdarsky

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)
•Captain America: Winter Soldier, screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, concept and story by Ed Brubaker, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
•Edge of Tomorrow, screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, and John-Henry Butterworth, directed by Doug Liman
•Guardians of the Galaxy, written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman, directed by James Gunn
•Interstellar, screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, directed by Christopher Nolan
•The Lego Movie, written by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, story by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)
•An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough
•Doctor Who: "Listen," written by Steven Moffat, directed by Douglas Mackinnon
•The Flash: "Pilot," teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns, story by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns, directed by David Nutter
•Game of Thrones: "The Mountain and the Viper," written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, directed by Alex Graves
•Grimm: "Once We Were Gods," written by Alan DiFiore, directed by Steven DePaul
•Orphan Black: "By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried," written by Graham Manson, directed by John Fawcett

Best Editor – Short Form
•Jennifer Brozek
•Vox Day
•Mike Resnick
•Edward R. Schubert
•Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Best Editor – Long Form
•Vox Day
•Sheila Gilbert
•Jim Minz
•Anne Sowards
•Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Artist
•Julie Dillon
•Jon Eno
•Nick Greenwood
•Alan Pollack
•Carter Reid

Best Semiprozine
•Abyss & Apex, edited by Wendy Delmater
•Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine, edited by David Kernot and Sue Bursztynski
•Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
•Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, and Christie Yant
•Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison

Best Fanzine
•Black Gate, edited by John O'Neill
•Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
•Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Colin Harris, and Helen J. Montgomery
•The Revenge of Hump Day, edited by Tim Bolgeo
•Tangent SF Online, edited by Dave Truesdale

Best Fancast
•Adventures in SF Publishing, Brent Bower (Executive Producer), Kristi Charish, Timothy C. Ward & Moses Siregar III (Co-Hosts, Interviewers and Producers)
•Dungeon Crawlers Radio, Daniel Swenson (Producer/Host), Travis Alexander & Scott Tomlin (Hosts), Dale Newton (Host/Tech), Damien Swenson (Audio/Video Tech)
•Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters), and Andrew Finch (Producer)
•Sci Phi Show, Jason Rennie
•Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman & Peter Newman

Best Fan Writer
•Dave Freer
•Amanda S. Green
•Jeffro Johnson
•Laura J. Mixon
•Cedar Sanderson

Best Fan Artist
•Ninni Aalto
•Brad W. Foster
•Elizabeth Leggett
•Spring Schoenhuth
•Steve Stiles

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2013 or 2014, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).
•Wesley Chu
•Jason Cordova
•Kary English
•Rold Nelson
•Eric S. Raymond

Ditmar Winners

The winners of the 2015 Ditmar Awards, for Australian SF, were announced at Swacon 40 in Perth on April 5.
•Best Novel: (tie) The Lascar's Dagger, by Glenda Larke; Thief's Magic, by Trudi Canavan
•Best Novella or Novelette: "The Legend Trap," by Sean Williams
•Best Short Story: "The Seventh Relic," by Cat Sparks
•Best Collected Work: Kaleidoscope, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios
•Best Artwork: Illustrations in Black-Winged Angels, by Kathleen Jennings
•Best Fan Writer: Tansy Rayner Roberts, for his body of work
•Best Fan Artist: Kathleen Jennings, for her body of work, including Fakecon art and "Illustration Friday"
•Best Fan Publication in Any Medium: The Writer and the Critic, by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
•Best New Talent: Helen Stubbs
•William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review: "Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?" by Tansy Rayner Roberts
•Peter McNamara Award: Mery Binns
•Norma K Hemming Award: The Wonders, by Paddy O'Reilly
•A. Bertram Chandler Award: Donna Maree Hanson

Philip K. Dick Award Winners

The winner of this year's Philip K. Dick Award for Best original paperback publication was announced at Norwescon on April 3. The Dick Award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust. This year's judges were Eric James Fullilove, James C. Glass, David M. Higgins, Lisa Mason, and Jack Skillingstead.

•Winner: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, by Meg Elison
•Special Citation: Elysium, by Jennifer Marie Brissett

BSFA Winners

The winners of the 2015 BSFA Awards were announced at Dysprosium, this year's Eastercon on April 5.

•Novel: Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie
•Short Fiction: The Honey Trap, by Ruth E J Booth
•Artwork: Tessa Farmer for her sculpture The Wasp Factory, after Iain Banks.
•Non-Fiction: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers and the First World War, by Edward James

Tiptree Winners


The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council has announced the winners of the 2014 Tiptree Award. The Award is presented for works of speculative fiction that address gender issues. The winners will be honored at Wiscon the weekend of May 22-25 and will receive $1,000, a piece of artwork, and chocolate.

•The Girl in the Road, by Monica Byrne
•My Real Children, by Jo Walton

The 2014 Aurealis Awards winners were announced on April 12 in Canberra, Australia. The Aurealis Awards are given out annual for excellence in Australian speculative fiction.
•Best Illustrated Book or Graphic Novel: Mr Unpronounceable and the Sect of the Bleeding Eye, by Tim Molloy
•Best Children's Book: Shadow Sister, by Carole Wilkinson
•Best Young Adult Short Fiction: "Vanilla," by Dirk Flinthart
•Best Young Adult Novel: The Cracks in the Kingdom, by Jaclyn Moriarty
•Best Horror Short Fiction: "Home and Hearth," by Angela Slatter
•Best Horror Novel: Razorhurst, by Justine Larbalestier
•Best Fantasy Short Fiction: "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls," by Angela Slatter
•Best Fantasy Novel: Dreamer's Pool, by Juliet Marillier
•Best Science Fiction Short Fiction: "Wine, Women and Stars," by Thoraiya Dyer
•Best Science Fiction Novel: Peacemaker, by Marianne de Pierres
•Best Anthology: Kaleidoscope, edited by Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios
•Best Collection: The Female Factory, by Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter
•Convenor's Award: Night Terrace team

Arthur C. Clarke Nominations


The shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award has been released. The judges this year include Duncan Lawie, Nicholas Whyte, Sarah Brown, Lesley Hall, and Leila Abu El Hawa. The winner, who will receive £2015.00 and the award, will be announced on May 6 at Foyles Bookshop, as part of the activities leading up to the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival.

•The Girl With All The Gifts, by M.R. Carey
•The Book Of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber
•Europe In Autumn, by Dave Hutchinson
•Memory Of Water, by Emmi Itäranta
•The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August, by Claire North
•Station Eleven, by Emily St John Mandel

Two Authors Withdraw Their Work From This Year's Hugo Awards

The controversy over this year's Hugo Awards nominations continues to get messier. Two authors who were nominated for awards after being included on the Sad Puppies voting slate (and the copycat slate, Rabid Puppies) have decided to decline their nominations.

For those of you coming to this late, Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies are part of an organized backlash that aims to combat what they see as "affirmative action" in Hugo voting, which has led to a marked increase in diversity among nominees and winners in recent years. They also argue that the awards are skewed towards more literary works, at the expense of old-fashioned science fiction adventure. A number of the nominations on the final ballot are for works published by Castalia House, a tiny Finnish publisher run by Rabid Puppies organizer Theodore "Vox Day" Beale, who is also nominated as an editor.

Marko Kloos, who was nominated for his novel Lines of Departure, writes:

It has come to my attention that "Lines of Departure" was one of the nomination suggestions in Vox Day's "Rabid Puppies" campaign. Therefore—and regardless of who else has recommended the novel for award consideration—the presence of "Lines of Departure" on the shortlist is almost certainly due to my inclusion on the "Rabid Puppies" slate. For that reason, I had no choice but to withdraw my acceptance of the nomination. I cannot in good conscience accept an award nomination that I feel I may not have earned solely with the quality of the nominated work.

Meanwhile, Annie Bellet, who was nominated for the short story "Goodnight, Stars," says:

I am withdrawing because this has become about something very different than great science fiction. I find my story, and by extension myself, stuck in a game of political dodge ball, where I'm both a conscripted player and also a ball. (Wrap your head around that analogy, if you can, ha!) All joy that might have come from this nomination has been co-opted, ruined, or sapped away. This is not about celebrating good writing anymore, and I don't want to be a part of what it has become.

I am not a ball. I do not want to be a player. This is not what my writing is about. This is not why I write. I believe in a compassionate, diverse, and inclusive world. I try to write my own take on human experiences and relationships, and present my fiction as entertainingly and honestly as I can.

http://io9.com/two-authors-withdraw-their-work-from-the-hugo-awards-1698053027

   ... i eto, još jedna kontraproduktivna reakcija, pošto fino ruši apsolutističke tvrdnje izvesnih liberala aktivista: da su na SP3 slejt stavljena sve listom ideološka sabraća, pa da je i sam slejt bezvredan što se tiče bilo kakvih kvalitativnih smernica... 

FINALISTS: 2015 Prometheus Award

The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists for the 2014 Prometheus Award, recognizing pro-freedom novels published in the last year, and the Hall of Fame Award for best classic fiction:


BEST NOVEL AWARD

◾The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin (Tor)
◾Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett (Anchor)
◾A Better World by Marcus Sakey (Thomas & Mercer)
◾Influx by Daniel Suarez (Angry Robot)

The award will be presented in a ceremony at Sasquan, the 73rd annual World Science Fiction Convention, on August 19-23, 2015 in Spokane.

European Science Fiction Society


ESFS Awards

2015
Eurocon 2015:
St. Petersburg (Russia)

http://esfs.info/esfs-awards/




HALL OF FAME

Best Author:  China Miéville (United Kingdom)
Best Artist  Manchu (France)
Best Magazine:  Fantastica Almanac (Bulgaria)
Best Publisher:  Gollancz (United Kingdom)
Best Promoter Mihaela Marija Perković (Croatia)
Best Translator  Ekaterina Dobrohotova-Majkova (Russia)





ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS:
◾Micheal Wozoning – Austria
◾Kaloyan Zahariev – Bulgaria
◾David Kelecic – Croatia
◾Martin D. Antonin – Czech Republic
◾Liz Bourke – Ireland
◾Luis Corredoura – Portugal
◾Georgiana Vladulescu – Romania
◾Victor Kolyuzhniak – Russia
◾Jana Paluchová – Slovakia




SPIRIT OF DEDICATION AWARDS:



Best Artist:  Serhiy Krykun (Ukraine)
Best Fanzine:  Pritiazhenie(Attraction) (Russia)
Best Website:  Europa SF (Romania)
Best Dramatic Presentation: Song of the Sea (Ireland)
Best creator of children's ScienceFiction or fantasy books: ◾Anton Lomaev* (Russia)
◾Ruth F Long* (Ireland)

*A tie occurred and both creators are awarded.

hrvati drmaju - i svaka im čast! - a srba nigde ni od korova!

tko leti - vrijedi

... ali funkcioniše i obratno, naravno! 






nego, još nagrada:


The thirteenth annual Rondo Hatton Awards were announced by the Classic Horror Film Board. More than 3100 voters took part in on-line voting to select the winners. The Rondo Hatton Award is named for the actor who appeared in numerous horror films over the course of his career. The awards recognizethe best in classic horror research, creativity, and film preservation.

• Best Film of 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy

• Best TV Presentation: The Walking Dead: 'The Grove'

• Best Classic DVD of 2014: Nightbreed: The Director's Cut

• Best Classic DVD/BLU-RAY Collection: Batman: The Complete Television Series

• Best Restoration: Nightbreed: The Director's Cut

• Best Commentary: Clive Barker and Mark Alan Miller for Nightbreed: The Director's Cut

• Best DVD Extra: Phantom of the Paradise: Paul Williams and Guillermo del Toro

• Best Independent Film: What We Do in the Shadows, directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi

• Best Short Film: The Mill at Calder's End , directed by Kevin McTurk

• Best Documentary Feature: Jodorowsky's Dune, directed by Frank Pavich

• Book(s) of the Year (tie):  The Creature Chronicles , by Tom Weaver with David Schecter and Steve Kronenberg; The Outer Limits at 50, by David J. Schow with Ted C. Rypel

• Best Magazine: Rue Morgue

• Best Magazine (classic): Famous Monsters

• Best Article: "The Complete Godzilla Chronology, 1954-2004," by August Ragone, Famous Monsters #275

• Best Interview (Award goes to interviewer): Chris Alexander interview with Werner Herzog, Fangoria #334

• Best Overall Issue: Diaboloque #22 (Childbirth, family and horror)

• Best Column: "Diary of the Deb," by Debbie Rochon

• Best Cover: Fangoria #330 by Nick Percival

• Best Website: Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell

• Best Horror Blog: Dr. Gangrene's Mad Blog

• Best Convention of 2014: Monsterpalooza

• Best Fan Event: Evil Dead Cast Reunioin at Horrorhound Weekend

• Favorite Horror Host: Svengoolie

• Best Horror Comic Book: The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard

• Best Horror Multi-Media or Podcast: Monster Kid Radio

• Best CD: Original Godzilla Soundtrack

• Best Toy, Model, or Collectible: Creature, Universal Monsters Select

• Classic Most in Need of Release, Upgrade, or Restoration: I Was a Teenage Werewolf/Frankenstein (both films)

• Writer of the Year: Max Weinstein (Diabolique editor)

• Artist of the Year: Bob Eggleton

• Linda Miller Award for Fan Artist of the Year: William C. Cope

• Reviewer of the Year: Mark D. Clark (Monsters from the Vault)

• Henry Alvarez Award for Creative Design: Sculptor Mike Hillhillwolf

• International Fan of the Year: Nigel Honeybone (Australia)

• Monster Kid of the Year: Frank J. Dello Stritto

• The Monster Kid Hall of Fame: Michael Weldon, Jose Mojica Marins, Garry Don Rhodes, and Sara Karloff

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Locus Award Finalists


Science Fiction Novel
•The Peripheral, by William Gibson
•Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie
•The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu
•Lock In, by John Scalzi
•Annihilation/Authority/Acceptance, by Jeff VanderMeer

Fantasy Novel
•The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
•Steles of the Sky, by Elizabeth Bear
•City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett
•The Magician's Land, by Lev Grossman
•The Mirror Empire, by Kameron Hurley

Young Adult Book
•Half a King, by Joe Abercrombie
•The Doubt Factory, by Paolo Bacigalupi
•Waistcoats & Weaponry, by Gail Carriger
•Empress of the Sun, by Ian McDonald
•Clariel, by Garth Nix

First Novel
•Elysium, by Jennifer Marie Brissett
•A Darkling Sea, by James L. Cambias
•The Clockwork Dagger, by Beth Cato
•The Memory Garden, by Mary Rickert
•The Emperor's Blades, by Brian Staveley

Novella
•"The Man Who Sold the Moon," by Cory Doctorow
•We Are All Completely Fine, by Daryl Gregory
•Yesterday's Kin, by Nancy Kress
•"The Regular," by Ken Liu
•"The Lightning Tree," by Patrick Rothfuss

Novelette
•"Tough Times All Over," by Joe Abercrombie
•"The Hand Is Quicker," by Elizabeth Bear
•"Memorials," by Aliette de Bodard
•"The Jar of Water," by Ursula K. Le Guin
•"A Year and a Day in Old Theradane," by Scott Lynch

Short Story
•"Covenant," by Elizabeth Bear
•"The Dust Queen," by Aliette de Bodard
•"The Truth About Owls," by Amal El-Mohtar
•"In Babelsberg," by Alastair Reynolds
•"Ogres of East Africa," by Sofia Samatar

Anthology
•The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-first Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois
•Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History, edited by Rose Fox & Daniel José Older
•Rogues, edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois
•Reach for Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan
•The Time Traveler's Almanac, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer

Collection
•Questionable Practices, by Eileen Gunn
•The Collected Short Fiction Volume One: The Man Who Made Models, by R.A. Lafferty
•Last Plane to Heaven, by Jay Lake
•Academic Exercises, by K.J. Parker
•The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Nine: The Millennium Express, by Robert Silverberg

iiiii - imamo pobednika:


Clarke Award Winner






Chair of the Judges, Andrew M. Butler said:

"Station Eleven is a novel that straddles the story of a global apocalypse (the Georgia Flu that wipes out 99% of the human population) and its survivors 20 years later. While many post-apocalypse novels focus on the survival of humanity, Station Eleven focuses instead on the survival of our culture, with the novel becoming an elegy for the hyperglobalised present."

Emily St. John Mandel's fourth novel has also garnered praise across the science fiction community, with previous Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Lauren Beukes calling it "a firework of a novel" and Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin selecting it as his favourite book of 2014 and calling it "beautifully written, and wonderfully elegiac."

2014 Bram Stoker Winners
— posted Saturday 9 May 2015 @ 9:16 pm PDT
The 2014 Bram Stoker Awards winners have been announced by the Horror Writers Association.


Superior Achievement in a Novel

Blood Kin, Steve Rasnic Tem (Solaris)
Suffer the Children, Craig DiLouie (Gallery)
Jade Sky, Patrick Freivald (JournalStone)
Beautiful You, Chuck Palahniuk (Jonathan Cape/Vintage)
The Vines, Christopher Rice (47North)



Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Mr. Wicker, Maria Alexander (Raw Dog Screaming)
Forsaken, J.D. Barker (Hampton Creek)
Consumed, David Cronenberg (Scribner)
Return of the Mothman, Michael Knost (Woodland)
Bird Box, Josh Malerman (HarperCollins)



Superior Achievement in a YA Novel

Phoenix Island, John Dixon (Gallery)
Intentional Haunting, Jake Bible (Permuted)
Unmarked, Kami Garcia (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Passionaries, Tonya Hurley (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
All Those Broken Angels, Peter Adam Salomon (Flux)



Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

"Fishing for Dinosaurs", Joe R. Lansdale (Limbus, Inc., Book II)
"The Infected", Taylor Grant (Cemetery Dance #71)
"Dreams of a Little Suicide", Eric J. Guignard (Hell Comes to Hollywood II)
"Three Guys Walk Into a Bar", Jonathan Maberry (Limbus, Inc., Book II)
"Lost and Found", Joe McKinney (Limbus, Inc., Book II)



Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (tie)

"The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family", Usman T. Malik (Qualia Nous)
"Ruminations", Rena Mason (Qualia Nous)
"Hot Tub", Hal Bodner (Hell Comes to Hollywood II)
"Baby's Breath", Sydney Leigh (Bugs: Tales That Slither, Creep, and Crawl)
"Splinterette", John Palisano (Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction)
"The Floating Girls: A Documentary", Damien Angelica Walters (Jamais Vu #3)



Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Fearful Symmetries, Ellen Datlow, ed. (ChiZine)
Qualia Nous, Michael Bailey, ed. (Written Backwards)
A Darke Phantastique, Jason V Brock, ed. (Cycatrix)
Burnt Tongues, Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, & Dennis Widmyer, eds. (Medallion)
Limbus, Inc., Book II, Brett J. Talley, ed. (JournalStone)



Superior Achievement in a Collection

Soft Apocalypses, Lucy Snyder (Raw Dog Screaming)
After the People Lights Have Gone Off, Stephen Graham Jones (Dark House)
Little by Little, John R. Little (Bad Moon)
Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall (ChiZine)
The End in All Beginnings, John F.D. Taff (Grey Matter)



Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide, Lucy Snyder (Post Mortem)
Disorders of Magnitude, Jason V Brock (Rowman & Littlefield)
Lovecraft and a World in Transition, S.T. Joshi (Hippocampus)
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger (Liveright)
Horror 101: The Way Forward, Joe Mynhardt & Emma Audsley (Crystal Lake)



Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

Forgiving Judas, Tom Piccirilli (Crossroad)
Fearworms: Selected Poems, Robert Payne Cabeen (Fanboy Comics)
Venus Intervention, Corrinne De Winter & Alessandro Manzetti (Kipple Officina Libraria)
Sweet Poison, Marge Simon & Mary Turzillo (Dark Renaissance)
Mourning Jewelry, Stephanie Wytovich (Raw Dog Screaming)



Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

Bad Blood, Jonathan Maberry & Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (McElderry)
Locke and Key: Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega, Joe Hill & Gabrielle Rodriguez (IDW)
I Tell You It's Love, Joe R. Lansdale & Daniele Serra (Short, Scary Tales)
The Witcher, Paul Tobin (Dark Horse)



Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

The Babadook
American Horror Story: Coven: "The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks"
Doctor Who: "Listen"
Penny Dreadful: "Séance"
The Walking Dead: "The Grove"



Jack Ketchum and Tanith Lee were the recipients of the Horror Writer's Association Life Achievement Awards. ChiZine Publications won the Specialty Press Award, and the Silver Hammer Award, presented for outstanding service to HWA, went to Rena Mason. The President's Richard Laymon Service Award was given to Tom Calen, Brock Cooper, and Doug Murano.

HWA introduced the Mentor Award "honoring writers who, thru the Mentoring Program, provide excellent support to their mentees." Mentor of the Year went to Kathy Ptacek.

The Bram Stoker Awards were presented during a banquet ceremony at the 25th annual World Horror Convention in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, May 9 2015.

- See more at: http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/05/2014-bram-stoker-winners/#sthash.TTIZP6BR.dpuf

stigle i Shirley Jackson nominacije:

The Shirley Jackson Awards were established to recognize outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The winners will be announced on July 12 at Readercon 26 in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Novel
•Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
•Bird Box, by Josh Malerman
•Broken Monsters, by Lauren Beukes
•Confessions, by Kanae Minato
•The Lesser Dead, by Christopher Buehlman
•The Unquiet House, by Alison Littlewood

Novella
•The Beauty, by Aliya Whiteley
•Ceremony of Flies, by Kate Jonez
•The Good Shabti, by Robert Sharp
•The Mothers of Voorhisville, by Mary Rickert
•We Are All Completely Fine, by Daryl Gregory

Novelette
•"The Devil in America," by Kai Ashante Wilson
•"The End of the End of Everything," by Dale Bailey
•"The Husband Stitch," by Carmen Maria Machado
•"Newspaper Heart," by Stephen Volk
•"Office at Night," by Kate Bernheimer and Laird Hunt
•"The Quiet Room," by V H Leslie

Short Fiction
•"Candy Girl," by Chikodili Emelumadu
•"The Dogs Home," by Alison Littlewood
•"The Fisher Queen," by Alyssa Wong
•"Shay Corsham Worsted," by Garth Nix
•"Wendigo Nights," by Siobhan Carroll

Single-Author Collection
•After the People Lights Have Gone Off, by Stephen Graham Jones
•Burnt Black Suns: A Collection of Weird Tales, by Simon Strantzas
•Gifts for the One who Comes After, by Helen Marshall
•They Do The Same Things Different There, by Robert Shearman
•Unseaming, by Mike Allen

Edited Anthology
•Letters to Lovecraft, edited by Jesse Bullington
•Fearful Symmetries, edited by Ellen Datlow
•The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, edited by Mark Morris
•Shadows & Tall Trees 2014, edited by Michael Kelly
•The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron, edited by Ross E. Lockhart and Justin Steele

2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominees
(Definitivno, definitivno najiscrpniji i najmanje pristrasan izbor iz same produkcije, jer bukvalno sve sa ove liste je must read kategorija!)


1.The Race by Nina Allen (Newcon Press)
2.A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias (Tor)
3.The Peripheral by William Gibson (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
4.Afterparty by Daryl Gregory (Tor)
5.Europe in Autumn by David Hutchinson (Solaris)
6.Wolves by Simon Ings (Gollancz)
7.The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Tor)
8.Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
9.Defenders by Will McIntosh (Orbit)
10.The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Redhook)
11.The Bees by Laline Paull (Ecco)
12.Bête by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
13.Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future by John Scalzi (Tor)
14.The Martian by Andy Weir (Broadway Books)
15.Area X (The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance) by Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)
16.Echopraxia by Peter Watts (Tor)

FINALISTS: 2015 The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award



The finalists are:

◾"Lady With Fox," Greg Benford. Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction (eds. Ben Bova and Eric Choi), Tor Books, 2014.
◾"Childfinder," Octavia E. Butler. Unexpected Stories, Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 2014.
◾"In Her Eyes," Seth Chambers. Fantasy & Science Fiction Jan/Feb 2014.
◾"The Man Who Sold the Moon," Cory Doctorow. Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (eds. Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer), Morrow, 2014.
◾"Herd Immunity," Tananarive Due. The End is Now (eds. John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey), Broad Reach Publishing, 2014.
◾"When it Ends, He Catches Her," Eugie Foster. Daily Science Fiction 26 Sep 2014.
◾We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl Gregory. Tachyon, 2014.
◾Yesterday's Kin, Nancy Kress. Tachyon, 2014.
◾"A Hotel in Antarctica," Geoffrey Landis. Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (eds. Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer), Morrow, 2014.
◾"The Regular," Ken Liu. Upgraded (ed. Neil Clarke). Wyrm Publishing 2014.
◾"The Lightness of the Movement," Pat MacEwan. Fantasy & Science Fiction Mar/Apr 2014.
◾"We Are the Cloud," Sam J. Miller. Lightspeed Sep 2014.
◾"The Fifth Dragon," Ian McDonald. Reach for Infinity (ed. Jonathan Strahan). Solaris, 2014.
◾"Shatterdown," Suzanne Palmer. Asimov's Jun 2014.
◾"The Cryptic Age," Robert Reed. Asimov's Dec 2014.

Scribe Award Nominations

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers has announced the nominees for the 2015 Scribe Awards, presented for the best in tie-in fiction from 2014. The winners will be announced in July at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – GENERAL

   
• 24: Deadline, by James Swallow
• Murder She Wrote: Death of a Blue Blood, by Don Bain
• Mike Hammer: King of the Weeds, by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
• Homeland: Saul's Game, by Andrew Kaplan
• The Killing: Uncommon Denominator, by Karen Dionne

BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL – SPECULATIVE

   
• Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution, by Keith R. A. DeCandido
• Grimm: Chopping Block, by John Passarella
• Star Trek: Disavowed, by David Mack
• Star Trek: Foul Deeds Will Rise, by Greg Cox
• Grimm: The Killing Time, by Tim Waggoner
• Pathfinder: The Redemption Engine, by James Sutter
• Fringe: Sins of the Father, by Christa Faust

ADAPTED NOVEL – GENERAL AND SPECULATIVE

   
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, by Alex Irvine
• Noah, by Mark Morris
• War of the Worlds: Goliath, by Adam Whitlach

YOUNG ADULT – ALL GENRES, ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED

   
• Spirit Animals: Blood Ties, by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
• Battletech: The Nellus Academy Incident, by Jennifer Brozak
• Penguins of Madagascar, by Tracey West

SHORT STORIES

   
• Pathfinder: "Hunter's Folly," by Josh Vogt
• Mike Hammer: "It's in the Book," by Max Collins and Mickey Spillane
• Stargate: "Perceptions," by Diana Botsford
• Pathfinder: "Queen Sacrifice," by Steven Savile
• Tales of Valdemar: "Written in the Wind," by Jennifer Brozek

The 2013 Winner of the 31st Compton Crook Award in 2013 was: Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole, published by Ace Books, Released January 31, 2012


The 2014 Compton Crook 32 Award Finalists are (in alphabetical order, by author):

   
• Glyphbinder by T. Eric Bakutis
• In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell
• The Enchanted Skean by Vonnie Winslow Crist
• City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster
• Fire With Fire by Charles E. Gannon
• The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
• Shh! It's a Secret: A novel about Aliens, Hollywood, and the Bartenders Guide by Daniel Kimmel
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

FINALISTS: 2015 Aurora Award


Best Novel-English

   
• Echopraxia by Peter Watts
• The Future Falls by Tanya Huff
• My Real Children by Joe Walton
• The Peripheral by William Gibson
• A Play of Shadow by Julie E. Czerneda

Best YA (Young Adult) Novel-English

   
• Lockstep by Karl Schroeder
• Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf by Sherry Peters
• Out of This World by Charles de Lint
• Rain by Amanda Sun
• Twist of the Blade by Edward Willett
• Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
• The Voices in Between by Charlene Challenger

Best Short Fiction-English

   
• "Crimson Sky" by Eric Choi
• "Jelly and the D-Machine" by Suzanne Church,
• "Mecha-Jesus" by Derwin Mak
• "No Sweeter Art" by Tony Pi
• "Soul-Hungry" by Suzanne Church

Best Poem/Song-English

   
• "A Hex, With Bees" by Tony Pi
• "Aversions" by Helen Marshall
• "The Machine" by David Clink
• "The New Ways" by Amal el-Mohtar
• "The Perfect Library" by David Clink

Best Graphic Novel-English

   
• Cassie & Tonk by Justin Currie and GMB Chomichuk
• It Never Rains by Kari Maaren
• Raygun Gothic Vol. 2 by GMB Chomichuk
• Treadwell by Dominic Bercier
• Trillium by Jeff Lemire

Best Related Work-English

   
• Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction by Suzanne Church
• Gifts for the One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall
• Lackington's speculative prose edited by Ranylt Richildis
• On Spec published by the Copper Pig Writers' Society
• Strange Bedfellows edited by Hayden Trenholm

Best Artist

   
• James Beveridge, cover for Tantamount and Out Dweller
• Erik Mohr, cover for The Door in the Mountain and ChiZine Publications
• Derek Newman-Stille, cover for Elephants and Omnibuses
• Dan O'Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press and On Spec magazine
• Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk & Steve Fahnestalk, "Walking on the Moon", cover for On Spec, No. 95 (Vol. 25 No. 4)

Best Fan Publication

   
• Broken Toys edited by Taral Wayne
• Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe
• Pubnites & Other Events edited by Yvonne Penney
• Space Cadet edited by R. Graeme Cameron
• Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille