Friday 23 May 2003

International Horror Guild Awards

The 2003 International Horror Guild Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in the field of horror and dark fantasy from the year 2002, were announced May 23, 2003. The Living Legend Award to Charles L. Grant was previously announced in April.

IHG awards are determined by jury. This year's judges are Edward Bryant, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Bill Sheehan, and Hank Wagner. The IHG website has background on Charles L. Grant, and a tribute by Edward Bryant.

LIVING LEGEND

Charles L. Grant

NOVEL

A Winter Haunting, Dan Simmons (Morrow)

FIRST NOVEL

A Scattering of Jades, Alexander C. Irvine (Forge)

LONG FORM

"My Work Is Not Yet Done", Thomas Ligotti (My Work Is Not Yet Done)

INTERMEDIATE FORM (tie)

"Pavane for a Prince of the Air", Elizabeth Hand (Embrace the Mutation)

"Death and Suffrage", Dale Bailey (F&SF Feb 2002)

SHORT FORM

"Prospect Cards", Don Tumasonis (Dark Terrors 6)

COLLECTION

Figures in Rain, Chet Williamson (Ash-Tree)

ANTHOLOGY

Dark Terrors 6, Stephen Jones & David Sutton, eds. (Gollancz)

NONFICTION

Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)

GRAPHIC NARRATIVE

Abarat, Clive Barker (HarperCollins)

PERIODICAL

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

ART

Jason Van Hollander

FILM

Frailty (directed by Bill Paxton, written by Brent Hanley)

TELEVISION

Six Feet Under (series, HBO; created by Alan Ball)

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Links

International Horror Guild official site —
  2003 awards press release, including nominees (pdf file)

Locus Online —
  2003 IHG nominees

Locus Index to SF Awards —
  International Horror Guild Awards —
    Past winners by Year
    Past nominees and winners

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PARSEC/Confluence Short Story Contest

Timons Esaias, coordinator of the 2003 PARSEC/Confluence Short Story Contest, has announced the winners:

• 1st: "Inter-Species Relations" by R. Lee Smith (Oregon)
• Tie for 2nd/3rd: "Dad on the Moon" by Rebecca Carmi (Ohio) and "Two for One" by L.K. Farrar (California)

Judges this year were Charles Oberndorf and Mary Soon Lee. First prize is $200 with publication in the Confluence 2003 Program Book. Second and third prizes are $75, with publication in a future issue of Parsec Magazine.

This year's theme was "The Alien Wore Fish-Net Stockings". Submissions came from all over the U.S., as well as India, France, Pakistan, Singapore, Canada, Australia and the UK.

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