Philip K. Dick Award Announced

The 2015 Philip K. Dick Award winner was announced on Friday, April 3, at Norwescon 38, in SeaTac, Washington. The winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2014 in the US is The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (Sybaritic). Special citation was given to Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Aqueduct).

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society.

This year’s judges are Eric James Fullilove, James Glass, David Higgins, Lisa Mason, and Jack Skillingstead.

For the full story plus photos, and more news like it, see the May issue of Locus magazine.