The 14th annual Xingyun awards for Chinese science fiction were presented by the World Chinese Science Fiction Association on May 13, 2023 in Guanghan, Sichuan, China.
Best Novel
The Authors Guild released a statement regarding reports that New Leaf Literary Agency had “dropped one of its agents’ authors by email over the weekend, including some who were in the middle of contract negotiations, without warning or explanation.” The Guild went on to say, “New Leaf should have assigned the writers to other agents instead of simply dropping them. The Authors Guild strongly believes that every agent needs to ...Read More
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Finalists for the 2023 Colorado Book Awards have been announced, including their SF/F category.
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Other finalists of genre interest include Bizarre Bazaar: A Collection of Stories from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers edited by Amy Drayez & Veronica R. Calisto, eds.
The Bookseller announced the winners for the 2023 British Book Awards. Awards recipients of genre interest included Babel by R.F. Kuang (HarperVoyager) in the Fiction category and Tyger by SF Said, illustrated by Dave McKean (David Fickling), in the Children’s Fiction category. As previously announced, the shortlist featured a number of authors and titles of genre interest.
Winners were also announced in the Book Trade Awards, with 17 categories, including
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Doubleday/Hamish Hamilton) is the overall winner of the 2023 One Caribbean Media Bocas Prize. Banwo was honored during the three-day Bocas Lit Fest, held April 28-30, 2023. The even is “Trinidad and Tobago’s premier annual literary festival: a lively celebration of books, writers, writing, and ideas, with a Caribbean focus and international scope.” The award includes a $10,000 prize.
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According to The Bookseller, Sophie Robinson has been named editorial director at Tor UK, leaving Titan Books. Lydia Gittins has also moved to Tor UK from Titan, taking the title of publicity manager. Both will work under publisher Bella Pagan.
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced winners of the 2022 Nebula Awards at the 58th Annual Nebula Banquet during the 2023 SFWA Nebula Conference.
Novel
The 46th Williamson Lectureship, held April 13-15, 2023 in Portales NM, was a chance for the event’s committee to try a few new things, including a student display of science fiction artwork inspired by author Jack Williamson’s work and the screening of student genre films.
The theme of “Climates of Empire” suited the second in-person post-COVID Lectureship, held to honor SF pioneer Jack Williamson at Eastern NM University and around ...Read More
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The 2023 Aurora Awards ballot for works by Canadians has been announced. The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. The top five nominated works were selected, with additional works included when there was a tie for fifth place.
Best Novel
The annual Rainforest Resort Village writers retreat, hosted by Patrick Swenson and Fairwood Press, took place at Lake Quinault WA with three sessions: Feb 22-26, 2023; March 1-5, 2023; and March 8-12, 2023. For more, see their website.
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Arlene Busby, chair of Westercon 75, has announced that Westercon 75 is canceled.
The Westercon 75 staff and I regret that we cannot fulfill our plans to hold the event which had been scheduled for June 30 – July 3, 2023, in Anaheim, CA. It saddens us to do this, but a cascade of circumstances won’t allow it to happen.
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Finalists for the 2022 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. The award is given by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) for “the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australasian within the calendar year.”
Novel
Long
Bookouture, a digital publishing division of Hachette UK, has launched a new SF and fantasy imprint, Second Sky.
Their list includes “both debut authors and established writers, and covers a wide range of sub-genres within SFF, from epic fantasy to paranormal thrillers, from fantasy romance to time travel.”
For more information, see their website.
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Bouchercon has announced nominees for the 2023 Anthony Awards, honoring the best in crime fiction. Authors and works of genre interest include:
Best Hardcover Novel
Best First Novel
Best Humorous Novel
Best Historical Novel
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced Elizabeth Massie, Nuzo Onoh, and John Saul as recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award, given annually by the Board of Trustees to “individuals whose work has substantially influenced the horror and dark fantasy genres.”
Undertow Publications won the Specialty Press Award, given “to a publisher whose work has substantially influenced the horror and dark fantasy genres.”
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The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its eight-title shortlist:
The judges are Syima Aslam,
The inaugural Salam Award Writers’ Workshop was held March 5-11, 2023 at Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan. The workshop brought in 14 international writers, with instructors Elizabeth Hand and Mary Anne Mohanraj, for daily workshops, evening panels, and tours of the city. Organizers say “this week-long residency was the first of its kind in the country.” Attendees included former winners and finalists of the Salam Award, given ...Read More
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Winners of the 2023 Kurd Laßwitz Preis for the best German science fiction works and translations have been announced.
Best German SF Novel
Best German SF Short Story
Best Foreign SF Work Published in German
The 2023 SERAPH awards were announced April 27, 2023 at the Leipzig Book Fair. Theresa Hannig won Best Book for Pantopia (Fischer Tor). Christopher Abendroth won Best Indepedent Book for Der salzige Geschmack unserer Freiheit (Eigenverlag). Best Debut Book went to Lucia Herbst for Medusa: Verdammt lebendig (Piper Wundervoll).
For more information, see the announcement.
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The six-title shortlist has been announced for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and includes Pod by Laline Paull (Corsair).
“The Women’s Prize Trust’s mission is to change the world through books by women, opening up pathways into reading and writing for the storytellers and booklovers of tomorrow.” The winner will be announced on March 7, 2023, and will receive £30,000 and a bronze “Bessie” trophy. The 2023 judges are
The Omega Sci-Fi Awards has announced the finalists for its Tomorrow Prize short story competition:
Honorable mentions were given to the following stories:
The Tomorrow Prize
Princeton University is currently hosting “Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory”, an exhibit featuring diary entries, letters, drafts of novels, and preserved pages rescued after Morrison’s house burned down in 1993. The exhibition “will be the center of a community-wide exploration of how Morrison’s archive continues to influence the past, present, and future.”
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The 39th Writers of the Future Awards and 34th Illustrators of the Future Awards gala event took place on April 28, 2023 at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles CA.
The Writers of the Future Golden Pen Award went to David Henrickson for the story “White Elephant”, and the Illustrators of the Future Golden Brush Award went to Dao Vi for the illustration of “The Last History.” Each Golden Award ...Read More
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The 2023 Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction is open, and the judges for 2023 have been announced: Samit Basu, Mohammed Hanif, and Arley Sorg.
The annual award is open to original fiction of 10,000 words or fewer written in English by authors who “must either be currently residing in Pakistan, or be of Pakistani birth/descent.” Submissions are open through July 31, 2023.
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The Robert E. Howard (REH) Foundation has announced the Winners for the 2023 Robert E. Howard Awards.
The Atlantean – Outstanding Achievement, Book (non-anthology/collection)
The Hyrkanian – Outstanding Achievement, Essay
Australian author and fan Lee Harding, 86, died April 18, 2023 in Perth, Australia.
Lee John Harding was born February 19, 1937 in Colac, Victoria, Australia. He was active in Australian fandom starting in the early ’50s under the names Leo Harding and LJ Harding, producing fanzines Perhaps: The International Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Wastebasket.
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Fiyah has opened applications for this year’s Fiyah Grants, which include $1,000 and $500 awards in five categories: Rest, Emergency, Study, Craft, and Editorial. The grants are “intended to assist Black writers of speculative fiction in defraying costs associated with honing their craft,” and all except the Emergency Grant will be awarded as part of Juneteenth.
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2023 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all of the finalists!
The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 24, 2023, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile Hall at Preservation Park in ...Read More
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The 77th Annual Edgar Awards were presented April 27, 2023, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square. The Awards are given by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), “honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television.” Winners of genre interest follow.
Or Else by Joe Hart (Thomas & Mercer) won in the Best Paperback Original category, Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse by Martha Jocelyn (Tundra) won ...Read More
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Octavia E. Butler has been named the recipient of the Inaugural Infinity Award. The award is presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to “posthumously honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. This new award aims to recognize that even though those celebrated worldbuilders, storytellers, and weavers of words are no longer with us, their ...Read More
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Sci-con2023, the 61st Japan Science Fiction Convention, has announced the finalists for the 2023 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Awards), honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan.
Best Translated Novel
The 2023 finalists for the Roswell Award have been announced, along with the winner of the New Suns Climate Fiction Award.
The Roswell Award Finalists
The Roswell Award Honorable Mentions
“The Fading Colour of Tea Leaves”, Mof Afdhall “The Last Violin”, Sam Bohlken-Hern “Curved”,
