Sarah Gulde has won the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) to travel from North America to Europe to attend Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for Our Futures, defeating Vanessa Applegate.
There were 118 valid votes, 25 of which were submitted with no preference. The fund is currently administered by Michael Lowrey in North America and Sandra Bond in Europe. Worldcon will be held August 8-12, 2024 at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) ...Read More
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Finalists have been announced for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, including categories and works of genre interest.
Fiction:
The winners for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards have been announced. The categories have been revised and expanded from previous years.
Best Novel
Best Shorter Fiction (for
Author Sharon Green, 79, died February 17, 2022 in Old Bridge NJ.
Green’s first publications were the Jalav/Amazon Warrior series, starting with Crystals of Mida (1982) and continuing with An Oath to Mida (1983), Chosen of Mida (1984), The Will of the Gods (1985), and To Battle the Gods (1986). The Terrilian Sequence began with The Warrior Within (1982) and includes The Warrior Enchained (1983), The Warrior Rearmed (1984), The ...Read More
Read moreAuthor Kirk Dougal, 57, died March 18, 2024 in a Fort Wayne IN hospital of cancer.
His Fallen Angel series includes Dreams of Ivory and Gold (2014) and Valleys of the Earth (2017). His epic fantasy Legacy of Bones (2020) launched series A Tale of Bone & Steel, which also includes Black Shadow Rising (2020), Wings of the Storm (2020), Joiner of Bones (2020), Dragonkiller (2021), Path of Shadows (2021), ...Read More
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The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced the third annual Sturgeon Symposium, to be held October 17-18, 2024 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS.
The Symposium is celebrating Samuel R. Delany, who “has redefined the boundaries of SFF as well as literary criticism through his explorations of language, society, sexuality, and narrative form. This year’s symposium acknowledges his lasting impact on science fiction, speculative ...Read More
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Finalists for the 2024 Imadjinn Awards have been announced.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Best Fantasy Novel
The 2023 Chesley Awards winners were announced by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA):
Best Hardback Illustration
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) is the winner of the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award.
The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House) received a special citation.
The other nominees were:
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Locus magazine has a long history in our field; from a one-page zine founded to support a Worldcon bid, it has grown to become the premier industry magazine for science fiction and fantasy publishing. For decades, they’ve covered the news from authors signing with agents to sales of books to ...Read More
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Submissions are now open for the third Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest.
The contest is run by Fix, Grist‘s “solutions lab,” and will be judged by authors Omar El Akkad and Annalee Newitz. They seek entries between 2,500 and 5,000 words that “envision the future of climate progress.” This year’s theme asks writers to “envision a future where humanity overcomes the climate crisis and builds ...Read More
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Finalists for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book have been announced by Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention. There were 1,720 valid nominating ballots received and counted from members of the 2023 and 2024 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2024 Hugo Awards. Voting on the final ballot will open during April 2024.
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Read moreConvention organizer and editor Deb Geisler, 66, died March 23, 2024. She was in home hospice care with lung and heart disease. Geisler was best known for her work running Boston-area conventions, including a Worldcon.
Deborah M. Geisler was born September 20, 1957 in Dayton OH. She attended Ohio University, where she earned bachelor and master’s degrees, and got her PhD at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. She taught communication and journalism ...Read More
Read moreAuthor James A. Moore, 58, died March 27, 2024. Moore was an award-winning author of more than 50 fantasy and horror titles.
James Arthur Moore was born September 3, 1965 in Atlanta GA. He began publishing work of genre interest with House of Secrets (1995, with Kevin Andrew Murphy), and his first solo novel was Hell-Storm (1996). Other notable books include Under the Overtree (2000), Fireworks (2001), Bram Stoker Award ...Read More
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The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.
LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
Kat Clay and Ian Nichols of Australia are the candidates for the 2024 Going Under Fan Fund (GUFF), which will send fans from Oceania to Europe to attend Glasgow 2024: A Worldcon for our Futures, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention, to be held August 8-12, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Voting is open until April 22, 2024. For more information, see the GUFF website.
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The six-title shortlist for the Dublin Literary Award has been announced. Authors and titles of genre interest include:
The initial 70 titles on the longlist were “nominated by 80 libraries from 35 countries around the world.” The shortlist features “6 books nominated by
The shortlist for the 2024 Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction has been announced. The prize is “open to both published and unpublished writers and aims to seek out the best established and up and coming voices in the form.” The theme for the 2024 prize was “The Uncanny.”
There were 7 shortlisted stories from the following authors:
Phantastische Akademie has announced the winners for the 2024 SERAPH, a German fantasy award.
Best Debut
Winners have been announced for the 2024 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, including titles of genre interest.
Older Readers’
Younger Readers’
Iain J. Clark will design the base of the 2024 Hugo Award trophy, and Sara Felix will design the 2024 Lodestar Award trophy.
Each year, the rocket-shaped Hugo Award trophy “is given a unique base design to reflect the personality of the hosting Worldcon.” The Lodestar trophy is also given a unique design every year. Felix previously designed the first Lodestar trophy in 2018.
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The inaugural Wayward Wormhole workshop was held November 1-21, 2023 at Castle de Llaés in Gurb, Spain.
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Author and professor of mathematics Vernor Vinge, 79, died from Parkinson’s disease on March 20, 2024. He was noted for introducing the technological singularity concept (AKA the Singularity) and known for his gripping hard science fiction.
Vernor Vinge was born in Waukesha Wisconsin on October 2, 1944. He was married to fellow science fiction author Joan D. Vinge from 1972 to 1979.
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The shortlist for the 2024 International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The six-title list includes Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (Granta).
The annual Dylan Thomas prize, in partnership with Swansea University, awards £20,000 “to the best published or produced literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under.” This year’s judges are Tice Cin, Namita Gokhale, Jon Gower, Seán Hewitt, and Julia Wheeler.
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced their Summer Scares Reading list for 2024.
ADULT
YOUNG ADULT
MIDDLE GRADE
International Thriller Writers has announced the finalists for the 2024 Thriller Awards, including several titles and authors of genre interest.
Best Hardcover Novel
Best Paperback Original Novel
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its eight-title shortlist:
The judges are M.H. Ayinde,
Both the 12-title Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year and the Children’s & Young Adult prize longlists were announced today.
The awards “seek to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers” and “accept entries published in the UK by writers of colour. These include (and not limited to) fiction, non-fiction, short stories, graphic novels, poetry and all other genres.” The prize awards £1000 to each winner, along with “a ...Read More
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DAVID-CHRISTOPHER GALHEA is now represented via Ginger Clark Literary.
DANI RAANAN is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.
J. FEDERLE is now a client of Ginger Clark Literary.
SUSAN COOPER is the 40th recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, presented via the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. She will be honored June 6-9, 2024, at the 59th Nebula Awards Ceremony in ...Read More
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The finalists for the 93rd Annual California Book Awards, presented by the Commonwealth Club of California, have been announced. Titles and authors of genre interest include Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc (MCD) in the Fiction category. There are eight categories of awards, including Poetry, Californiana, and more.
The awards honor “the writers who have come to define California to the world.” The winners will be announced in May.
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The 2023 Aurealis Awards shortlist, recognizing the best in Australian speculative fiction, has been announced.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Best Science Fiction Novella
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has released the final ballot for the 2023 Nebula Awards.
Novel
