2019 Kurd Laßwitz Preis Winners

Winners of the 2019 Kurd Laßwitz Preis for best German science fiction works and translations have been announced:

Best German SF Novel

  • NSA – Nationales Sicherheits-Amt, Andreas Eschbach (Lübbe)

Best German SF Short Story

  • “Confinement”, Thorsten Küper (Nova #26)

Best Foreign SF Work Published in German

  • Eiswelt [Early Riser], Jasper Fforde (Heyne)

Best SF Translation Into German

  • New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson, translated by Jakob Schmidt (Heyne)

Best Cover Art or Illustration

  • Michael Marrak for the cover of Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Zeit, Michael Marrak (Amrûn)

Special Award For Outstanding Achievement

  • Ronald M. Hahn, Michael K. Iwoleit, Helmuth W. Mommers, Olaf G. Hilscher, Frank Hebben & Michael Haitel

The winner for Best German Audio Work has not been decided yet. The award ceremony will take place during Penta-Con 2019, to be held November 1-3, 2019 in Dresden, Germany.

For more information, see the official website.

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