Larson Wins Eugie Award

“Quandary Aminu vs The Butterfly Man” by Rich Larson (Tor.com 9/21/22) is the winner of the 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction

Other finalists were:

  • “A Chestnut, A Persimmon, A Cunning Lie”, Michelle Denham (Podcastle 2/8/22)
  • “The Little God of the Staircase”, Meg Elison (The Dark 9/22)
  • “The Pigeon-Keeper’s Daughter”, Su-Yee Lin (Strange Horizons 3/7/22)
  • “Nine Theories of Time”, Spencer Nitkey (Apex 3/22/22)

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2023 Eugie Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction have been announced:

  • “A Chestnut, A Persimmon, A Cunning Lie”, Michelle Denham (Podcastle 2/8/22)
  • “The Little God of the Staircase”, Meg Elison (The Dark 9/22)
  • “Quandary Aminu vs The Butterfly Man”, Rich Larson (Tor.com 9/21/22)
  • “The Pigeon-Keeper’s Daughter”, Su-Yee Lin (Strange Horizons 3/7/22)
  • “Nine Theories of Time”, Spencer Nitkey (Apex 3/22/22)

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2022 Eugie Award Winner

The winner of the 2022 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction has been announced:

  • WINNER: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather“, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/21)
  • “A Tableau of Things That Are”, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 6/21)
  • “A Flower Cannot Love the Hand”, Aimee Ogden (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/17/21)
  • “L’Esprit de L’Escalier“, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor.com 8/25/21)
  • “Colors of the Immortal Palette“, Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny 3-4/21)

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2022 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2022 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction were announced on Twitter:

  • “A Tableau of Things That Are”, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 6/21)
  • “A Flower Cannot Love the Hand”, Aimee Ogden (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/17/21)
  • “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather“, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/21)
  • “L’Esprit de L’Escalier“, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor.com 8/25/21)
  • “Colors of the Immortal Palette“, Caroline M. Yoachim (Uncanny 3-4/21)

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2021 Eugie Award Winner

The winner of the 2021 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction has been announced:

  • WINNER: “The Genetic Alchemist’s Daughter“, Elaine Cuyegkeng (Black Cranes)
  • “The Bone-Stag Walks“, KT Bryski (Lightspeed 8/20)
  • “The Sycamore and the Sybil“, Alix E. Harrow (Uncanny 3-4/20)
  • “City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat“, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 10/21/20)
  • “Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law“, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com 11/11/20)

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2021 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2021 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction have been announced:

  • “The Bone-Stag Walks“, KT Bryski (Lightspeed 8/20)
  • “The Genetic Alchemist’s Daughter“, Elaine Cuyegkeng (Black Cranes)
  • “The Sycamore and the Sybil“, Alix E. Harrow (Uncanny 3-4/20)
  • “City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat“, Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 10/21/20)
  • “Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law“, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com 11/11/20)

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Carroll Wins 2020 Eugie Award

“For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com 7/19) is the winner of the 2020 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction, announced at Dragon Con, held online September 3-7, 2020. Other finalists were:

  • “The House Wins in the End“, L Chan (The Dark 7/19)
  • “Love in the Time of Immuno-Sharing”, Andy Dudak (Analog 1-2/19)
  • “A Civilization Dreams of Absolutely Nothing”, Thoraiya Dyer (Analog 1-2/19)
  • “Postlude to the Afternoon of
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2020 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2020 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction have been announced:

  • “For He Can Creep“, Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com 7/19)
  • “The House Wins in the End“, L Chan (The Dark 7/19)
  • “Love in the Time of Immuno-Sharing”, Andy Dudak (Analog 1-2/19)
  • “A Civilization Dreams of Absolutely Nothing”, Thoraiya Dyer (Analog 1-2/19)
  • “Postlude to the Afternoon of a Faun”, Jerome Stueart (F&SF 3-4/19)

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Heller Wins 2019 Eugie Award

“When We Were Starless” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 10/18) is the winner of the 2019 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award), announced September 1, 2019 at Dragon Con, held in Atlanta GA. Other finalists were:

  • “The War of Light and Shadow, in Five Dishes“, Siobhan Carroll (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/18)
  • “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium to Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/18)
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2019 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2019 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award) have been announced:

  • “The War of Light and Shadow, in Five Dishes“, Siobhan Carroll (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/18)
  • “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium to Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/18)
  • “Barleycorn“, Cae Hawksmoor (Abyss & Apex 3/18)
  • “When We Were Starless“, Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 10/18)
  • “The Heart of Owl Abbas“, Kathleen Jennings
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Wilde Wins Eugie Award

“Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand” by Fran Wilde (Uncanny 9/17) is the winner of the 2018 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award), announced September 1, 2018 at Dragon Con, held at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta GA. Other finalists were:

  • “Infinite Love Engine”, Violet Allen (Lightspeed 4/17)
  • “Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance”, Tobias S. Buckell (Cosmic Powers)
  • “The Last Novelist
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2018 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2018 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award) have been announced:

  • “Infinite Love Engine”, Violet Allen (Lightspeed 4/17)
  • “Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance”, Tobias S. Buckell (Cosmic Powers)
  • “The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard)”, Matthew Kressel (Tor.com 3/15/17)
  • “And Then There Were (N-One)”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3-4/17)
  • “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand”, Fran Wilde
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Jemisin Wins Eugie Award

The winner of the 2017 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award), which “honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain,” has been announced.

  • “The City Born Great”, N.K. Jemisin (Tor.com 9/16)
  • “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
  • “Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man”, Suzanne Palmer (Asimov’s 7/16)
  • “The Limitless Perspective of Master Peek, or, the
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2017 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the 2017 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award), which “honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain,” have been announced:

  • “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
  • “The City Born Great”, N.K. Jemisin (Tor.com 9/16)
  • “Ten Poems for the Mossums, One for the Man”, Suzanne Palmer (Asimov’s 7/16)
  • “The Limitless Perspective of Master Peek, or, the Luminescence
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Valente Wins Eugie Award

“The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild” by Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 1/15, 3/15) won the inaugural Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award), which “honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain.”

The announcement was made at Dragon Con, held September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta GA. The award celebrates “the best in innovative fiction” and honors writer and editor Eugie Foster, who died in 2014. ...Read More

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2016 Eugie Award Finalists

Finalists for the inaugural Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award), which “honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain,” have been announced:

  • “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight”, Aliette De Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/15)
  • “The Deepwater Bride”, Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)
  • “The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild”, Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 1 & 3/15)
  • “Pocosin”, Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/15)
  • “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa
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Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction

The first annual Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (the Eugie Award) will be presented at Dragon Con, to be held September 2-5, 2016. in Atlanta GA. The award celebrates “the best in innovative fiction” and honors writer and editor Eugie Foster, who died in 2014. Speculative short stories published in 2015 are eligible for the award, with nominations made by a panel of editors, reviewers, and select readers, ...Read More

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2015 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards Winners

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Redhook) won this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel published in 2014, and Cory Doctorow’s “The Man Who Sold the Moon” (Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future) is the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2014.

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2014 Nebula Awards Winners

The 2014 Nebula Awards were presented June 6, 2015 in a ceremony at  SFWA’s 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Chicago, IL. Larry Niven was honored with the 2014 Damon Knight Grand Master Award for his lifetime contributions and achievements in the field.

Novel

  • Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)
  • The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)
  • Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
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2015 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards Finalists

The finalists for the 2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel published in 2014 and for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2014 have been announced.

John W. Campbell Memorial Award

  • The Race, Nina Allan (Newcon)
  • A Darkling Sea, James L. Cambias (Tor)
  • The Peripheral, William Gibson (Putnam)
  • Afterparty, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
  • Europe in Autumn,
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2014 Nebula Awards Ballot Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have released the final ballot for the 2014 Nebula Awards.

Novel

  • The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)
  • Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
  • Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor)
  • Coming Home, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
  • Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)

Novella

  • We Are All
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Eugie Foster (1971-2014)

Writer Eugie Foster, 42, died September 27, 2014 of respiratory failure, a complication of her cancer, in Atlanta GA.

Foster was best known for her short fiction, including novelette “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” (2009), winner of a Nebula Award and finalist for Hugo and British SF Association awards. She began publishing fiction with “Second Daughter” in Leading Edge (2002), and went on to publish ...Read More

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Independent eBook Awards

The winners of the 2012 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards were announced. Winners of genre interest include:

General Fiction, Runner Up:

  • Someone Else’s Fairytale, Emily Mah Tippetts (Emily Mah Tippetts)

Best Action/ Adventure, Runner Up:

  • Redaction, Linda Andrews (LandNa)

Best Children’s Lit, Winner:

  • Alice Parker’s Metamorphosis, Nicola Palmer (Kallisto)

Best Children’s Lit, Runner Up:

  • The Lost Secret of Fairies, Tiffany Turner (Tiffany
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Roberts Wins WSFA Small Press Award

The winner of the 2010 Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for Short Fiction has been announced:

  • “Siren Beat”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Roadkill/Siren Beat, Twelfth Planet)
  • “each thing i show you is a piece of my death”, Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer (Clockwork Phoenix 2, Norilana)
  • “Race to the Moon”, Kyell Gold (New Fables Summer 2009, Sofawolf)
  • “Images of Anna”, Nancy Kress (Fantasy Magazine
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2010 Hugo Awards Winners

Winners of the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced at a ceremony during Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Melbourne, Australia, September 5, 2010.

Best Novel

WINNER (tie): The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) WINNER (tie): The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • Julian Comstock:
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2010 WSFA Small Press Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2010 Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for Short Fiction have been announced:

“each thing i show you is a piece of my death”, Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer (Clockwork Phoenix 2)

“Race to the Moon”, Kyell Gold (New Fables Summer 2009)

“Images of Anna”, Nancy Kress (Fantasy Magazine 9/09)

“James and the Dark Grimoire”, Kevin Lauderdale (Cthulhu Unbound)

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Nebula Awards Winners

The 2009 Nebula Awards winners were announced on Saturday, May 15th during the 2010 SFWA Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Novel:

  • The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
  • The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam)
  • Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket)
  • The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • Finch, Jeff
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2009 BSFA Award Winners

Winners of the 2009 British Science Fiction Association Awards have been announced:

Best Novel

  • The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan)
  • Ark, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
  • Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)
  • Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Short Fiction

  • “The Beloved Time of Their Lives” , Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia (The Beloved of My Beloved)
  • “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask,
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2010 Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominees

Nominees for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, September 2-6, 2010. The Hugo Awards ceremony will take place September 5, 2010. The listing here is alphabetical by title within a category, then nominee.

Best Novel

  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • The City & The
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2009 Nebula Awards Nominations

The 2009 Nebula Awards nominees have been announced:

Novel:

  • The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
  • The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam)
  • Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket)
  • The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
  • Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
  • Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)

Novella

  • The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
  • “Arkfall”, Carolyn Ives
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2009 BSFA Award Finalists

The British Science Fiction Association announced the finalists for the 2009 awards. Best Novel

  • Ark, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
  • Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)
  • The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan)
  • Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Short Fiction

  • “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast”, Eugie Foster (Interzone #220)
  • The Push, Dave Hutchinson (Newcon Press)
  • “Johnnie and Emmie-Lou Get
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Issue 751 Table of Contents, August 2023

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