2024 Kurd Laßwitz Preis Shortlist
The shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Kurd Laßwitz Preis. The prize is awarded to German-language SF works published in the previous year.
Best German SF Novel
- [empfindungsfæhig], Reda El Arbi (Lector)
- Niemandes Schlaf, Sven Haupt (Eridanus)
- Adam und Ada, Christian Kellermann (Hirnkost)
- Neurobiest, Aiki Mira (Eridanus)
- Skábma – Das Nanobot-Experiment, Jacqueline Montemurri (Roter Drache)
- Tachyon – Die Waffe, Brandon Q. Morris (Fischer Tor)
- Dies ist mein letztes Lied, Lena Richter (OhneOhren)
- Die Terrania-Trilogie, Michael Marcus Thurner (Perry Rhodan vol. 3208-3210)
Best German SF Story
- “Die Straße der Bienen”, Christian Endres (Klimazukünfte 2050 – Geschichten unserer gefährdeten Welt)
- “Die End-of-Life-Schaltung”, Uwe Hermann (Exodus 46)
- “Nur ein Werbespot”, Dieter Korger (Ferne Horizonte – Entfernte Verwandte)
- “Der Mann, der Räume glücklich machte”, Michael Marrak (Perry Rhodan vol. 3234)
- “Nicht von dieser Welt”, Aiki Mira, (Nova 32)
- “Die Frau in der Wand”, Michael Schneiberg (Exodus 47)
- “Der Spielplatz”, Yvonne Tunnat (Jenseits der Traumgrenze)
- “Trauergeschäfte”, Yvonne Tunnat (Exodus 47)
- “No Filter”, Melanie Vogltanz (Queer*Welten 10)
- “Stulpai”, Wolf Welling (Exodus 47)
- “Grüne Herzen”, Charline Winter (Queer*Welten 11)
Best Non-German SF Work translated first time in 2023
- Der gemeine Lumpfisch [Venomous Lumpsucker], Ned Beauman (Liebeskind)
- Der Sturm [The Tempest], Peter Cawdron (A7L)
- “Das perfekte Mädchen [The Perfect Girl]”, Guy Hasson (Zion’s Fiction)
- The Mothers [Dark Lullaby], Polly Ho-Yen (Piper)
- Projekt Pluto [Plutoshine], Lucy Kissick (Heyne)
- Babel [Babel, Or The Necessity of Violence], Rebecca F. Kuang (Eichborn)
- Immer nach Hause [Always Coming Home], Ursula K. Le Guin (Carcosa)
- Das Meer der endlosen Ruhe [Sea of Tranquility], Emily St. John Mandel (Ullstein)
- Tausend Arten von Blau [천 개의 파랑], Cheon Seon-Ran (Golkonda)
- Ecce Machina – Die Seele der Maschine [When the Sparrow Falls], Neil Sharpson (Piper)
- Termination Shock [Termination Shock], Neal Stephenson (Goldmann)
Best Translation of SF into German
- Der Sturm [The Tempest], Peter Cawdron, translated by Sharyn Wegmann (A7L)
- Babel-17 [Babel-17], Samuel R. Delany, translated by Jakob Schmidt (Carcosa)
- Die letzte Erzählerin [The Last Cuentista], Donna Barba Higuera, translated by Jennifer Michalski (Dragonfly)
- Immer nach Hause [Always Coming Home], Ursula K. Le Guin, translated by Matthias Fersterer, Karen Nölle & Helmut W. Pesch (Carcosa)
- Tausend Arten von Blau [천 개의 파랑], Cheon Seon-Ran, translated by Jan Henrik Dirks (Golkonda)
- Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus [The Fifth Head of Cerberus], Gene Wolfe, translated by Hannes Riffel (Carcosa)
- Straße nach überallhin [Roadmarks], Roger Zelazny, translated by Jakob Schmidt (Piper)
Best SF Cover Art or Illustration related to a German edition in 2023
- Arndt Drechsler-Zakrzewski for the cover art of New Dodge, Torsten Scheib & Marc Hamacher, eds. (Leseratten)
- Olaf Kemmler for the cover art of phantastisch! 92, Klaus Bollhöfener, ed. (Atlantis)
- Detlef Klewer for the cover art of Weltenportal 5, Christoph Grimm, ed. (Weltenportal Selbstverlag)
- Ingo Lohse for the cover art of exodus 47, René Moreau, Hans Jürgen Kugler & Heinz Wipperfürth, eds. (Exodus Selbstverlag)
- Horst Rellecke for the cover art of exodus 46, René Moreau, Hans Jürgen Kugler & Heinz Wipperfürth, eds. (Exodus Selbstverlag)
- Dirk Schulz for the cover art of Facetten aus Eis (Perry Rhodan, vol. 3241), Oliver Fröhlich & Christian Montillon (VPM)
- Thomas Thiemeyer for the cover art of Ferne Horizonte – Entfernte Verwandte, Hans Jürgen Kugler & René Moreau, eds. (Hirnkost)
Best German SF Radio Play
- Der Ernstfall
- Slughunters – Jagd auf die Jäger
Best German Non-fiction Texts related to SF
- Handbuch der Planeten – Reiseführer durch die Welten von Jack Vance, Gunther Barnewald (FanPro)
- Vision und Verfall – Deutsche Science Fiction in der DDR, Hans Frey (Memoranda)
- “Big Data is watching you! Werden wir durch unsere Smartphones belauscht?”, Olaf Kemmler (Tor Online)
- Von Andromeda bis Utopia – Eine Zeitreise durchs österreichische Fandom, Alfred Vejchar (p.machinery)
- Science Fiction im Radio – Programm und Sound utopischer Hörspiele in der Deutschschweiz von 1935 – 1985, Felix Wirth (Transcript)
Special Achievement Award for SF activities in 2023
- Olaf Brill and Michael Vogt
- Robert Corvus
- Fritz Heidorn, the Klimahaus Bremerhaven, the Deutsche Klimastiftung and the Hirnkost-Verlag
- Marianne Labisch, Uli Bendick, Mario Franke and Torsten Low
- The team around Claudia Rapp
- Hannes Riffel
- Rainer Schorm and Jörg Weigand
- Gregor Sedlag
- Yvonne Tunnat
Special Achievement Award for Long-Term Activities
- Arndt Drechsler-Zakrzewski
- René Moreau, Olaf Kemmler, Heinz Wipperfürth and Hans Jürgen Kugler
- Jörg Weigand
Special Achievement award: Critical, Committed, Intersectional
- Kathrin Dodenhoeft, Heike Knopp-Sullivan, Lena Richter, and Judith C. Vogt
- Aşkın-Hayat Doğan
- Klaus Farin, Hans Frey, Christian Kellermann, Hardy Kettlitz, and Karlheinz Steinmüller
- The Hirnkost Publishing House team
Winners will be selected by a jury. Awards will be presented at ElsterCon, to be held September 27-29, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany.
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