The British Fantasy Society (BFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 British Fantasy Awards:
Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
JOSEPH COELHO won the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing for The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by KATE MILNER (Otter-Barry). The award was presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
CLARE WINGER HARRIS (1891-1968) is the winner of the 2024 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to bring attention to lesser-known SF and fantasy authors, announced at Readercon 33, held July 11-14, 2024, in ...Read More
Read moreAuthor M.J. Engh, 91, died at home July 11, 2024 in Garfield WA.
Mary Jane Gholson was born January 26, 1933. She attended the University of Chicago, studying history, archaeology, and library science, and worked as an editor in the US and Japan. Upon returning to the US, she worked as a freelance editor and substitute teacher. In 1971 she attended the University of Oklahoma, earning a Master of Library ...Read More
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The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) announced that they have been awarded a $5,000 Capacity-Building Grant from the National Book Foundation.
The SLF is one of 49 nonprofit literary arts organizations across the United States awarded grants to support projects that build organizational capacity and ensure greater sustainability.
The Speculative Literature Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting literary quality in speculative fiction by encouraging promising new writers, assisting established ...Read More
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The Indiana Author Awards have announced the 2024 shortlist. The awards “celebrate the best books by Indiana authors written in eight different categories and published during the previous two years.” Works of genre interest follow.
Fiction
Genre
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) announced the winners for the 2024 Nommo Awards, given to works “by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines,” at Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention.
Best Novel
Winners for the 2023 Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards and the 38th Asimov’s Readers’ Awards, have been announced, with many finalists available to read online.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Award Winners
BEST NOVELLAS
Tim Aldiss, son of late SFWA Grandmaster Brian Aldiss (1925-2017), has announced the launch of the Aldiss Award, “which celebrates excellence in world-building across speculative fiction & gaming.”
The Aldiss Award seeks to carve out a prestigious place within the science fiction, fantasy and gaming communities, celebrating the profound impact of world-building on culture and storytelling. By recognising and supporting those who excel in the art of world-building, the award
The 2024 Aurora Awards winners for the best SF and fantasy by Canadians have been announced.
Best Novel
Best YA Novel
The winners for the 2023 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were announced August 12, 2024 at the World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, Scotland.
Long Form
Short Form
The LA in 2026 Bid Committee won the right to host the 2026 Worldcon. LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, will be held August 27-31, 2025 in Anaheim CA.
Guests of Honor announced so far include Barbara Hambly, Ronald D. Moore, Colleen Doran, Anita Sengupta, Tim Kirk, Geri Sullivan, Stan Sakai, and Toastmaster Ursula Vernon.
Chair Joyce Lloyd said, “Thank you everyone who supported us and voted for ...Read More
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The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2023 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2024 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 17-20, 2024 in Niagara Falls, NY
The Life Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to Ginjer Buchanan and Jo Fletcher.
The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:
Best Novel
The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 11, 2024 by Glasgow 2024, the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention.
The winners are:
Best Novel
WINNER: Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
Readercon 33 was held July 11-14, 2024 at the Boston Quincy Marriott in Quincy MA. Guests of honor were Rebecca Roanhorse and Amal El-Mohtar; Naomi Mitchison was the memorial guest of honor. The focus of Readercon is ‘‘imaginative literature’’ – literary science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their intersections, with ‘‘near-total focus on the written word.’’
There were 700 members, with a peak of 596 warm bodies on site Saturday. There ...Read More
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The Mythopoeic Society announced the winners of the 2024 Mythopoeic Awards during Mythcon 53, held August 2-5, 2024 in Minneapolis MN.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
The Alfie Awards were presented on August 9, 2024 by George R.R. Martin, who dusted off the awards this year once again to honor those who were deleted from the 2023 Hugo Awards ballot. The presentation took place at a private banquet held at the Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel in Glasgow, to an audience of authors, colleagues, and previous Alfie holders.
The awards recipients were Babel by R.F. Kuang for ...Read More
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Several awards for services to fandom were presented by First Fandom during the opening ceremonies of the Worldcon in Glasgow, held August 8, 2024.
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award
First Fandom Posthumous Hall of Fame Award
Sam Moskowitz Archive Award
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Canadian independent horror publisher DarkLit Press appears to be defunct; their website and social media accounts are no longer functional, and messages sent to their emails bounce.
Some of their authors, including Steve Stred, have reported problems in recent months, including unpaid royalties, a lack of royalty statements, communication difficulties, and other issues.
DarkLit was founded in 2021 by Andrew Robert, but he left the company earlier this year, with ...Read More
Read moreSF writer Brendan DuBois, 64, was arrested in Exeter NH on July 10, 2024, and faces six felony counts of possession of child pornogaphy. DuBois turned himself in after the arrest warrant was issued. The complaint alleges he ‘‘did knowingly possess at least 35 visual representations of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.’’ The police received a tip from Google earlier this year and executed a search warrant in May, ...Read More
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Jeffe Kennedy sent the following message to members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association:
Dear SFWA members, friends, and all in the larger SFF and cross-genre community,
I’m writing today to announce my resignation as President of SFWA. I’ve served in this role for over three years and on the Board of Directors for more than seven years. It has been a privilege and an honor to serve ...Read More
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Starship Sloane Publishing has announced the revival of classic SF magazine Galaxy Science Fiction, originally published from 1950-80, with a brief revival in the ’90s.
The journal is being brought back in both print and digital form “for a contemporary audience, featuring both authors from its original run and beyond into today’s global SF landscape, with works spanning seven countries.”
Authors and artists include Eugen Bacon, F.J. Bergmann, Eliane Boey, ...Read More
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The Baltimore Science Fiction Society has announced that the annual BSFS Annual Poetry Contest has been renamed in honor of late SF author Steve Miller, who died in February 2024. The contest will henceforth be known as the Steve Miller BSFS Annual Poetry Contest.
The BSFS membership voted to rename the contest with the support of Miller’s widow and collaborator Sharon Lee.
The poetry contest was founded in 2008, and ...Read More
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Finalists for the 2024 Premio Italia Awards have been announced:
International SF Novel
Science Fiction Novel
Dragon Con has announced the ballot for the 2024 Dragon Awards.
Best Science Fiction Novel
Poet Deborah P. Kolodji, 64, died July 21, 2024 at home in Temple City CA. She was well known in science fiction poetry circles, and was best known for her haiku.
Kolodji was born August 11, 1959 in Long Beach CA. She began publishing her work in the 1970s, mostly Star Trek-inspired poems in fanzines. She attended the University of Southern California, graduating with a mathematics degree, and worked ...Read More
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Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel (Viking), The Book of Love by Kelly Link (Random House), and Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (Tin House) are all on the longlist for the 2024 First Novel Prize, given by the Center for Fiction “to honor the best debut fiction of the year.”
The longlist and winners are chosen by “a committee of distinguished American writers.” The winner will be announced during the Center’s Annual ...Read More
Read moreSF artist and editor Taral Wayne, 72, died at home on July 31, 2024.
Wayne MacDonald was born October 12, 1951 in Toronto, Canada. He took the pen name Taral from an invented language, Siroihin, introduced in one of his fanzines. He joined the Ontario Science Fiction Club in 1971, contributing works of art and writing to fanzines and semiprozines, and publishing his own journals, including Delta Psi, New Toy, ...Read More
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Finalists for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing, including several works of genre interest, have been announced, including “Breastmilk” by ‘Pemi Aguda (One Story 5/27/21).
The winner will be selected by a panel of judges and announced at an awards dinner to be held September 17, 2024. The winner will receive a £10,000 prize.
For more information, see the Caine Prize website.
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Dream Foundry, a “non-profit dedicated to bolstering the careers of nascent professionals working with the speculative arts,” has announced the finalists for its 2024 contests.
Writing Contest
Art Contest
The finalists’ entries have been sent
Spiral Tower Press has announced the third annual Trigon Awards, honoring “the past, present, and future of science fiction, fantasy, and horror” in three categories.
Literary Achievement: Howard Andrew Jones
Scholarly Achievement: Jeffrey Shanks
Special Achievement: Oliver Brackenbury
The awards were presented online on July 27, 2024 during SpiralCon 3. Awardees were selected by the Trigon Committee. For more information, see the Spiral Tower Press website.
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The 13-title longlist for the 2024 Booker Prize has been announced, with works of genre interest including:
The £50,000 prize is “open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published
The 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26, 2023. Winners of SF/F interest follow.
Best Short Story
Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Best Continuing Series
Best New Series
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