Mia Sereno and Porpentine Charity Heartscape are the 2016 recipients of the Tiptree Fellowship. Each winner will receive a $500 grant, and work produced as a result of this support will be recognized and promoted by the Tiptree Award.
The fellowship is designed for individuals “doing work that is changing the way we think about gender through speculative narrative – maybe in a form we would recognize as the science ...Read More
Read moreThe World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2015 were announced during the World Fantasy Convention, held October 27-30, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus OH. The Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to David G. Hartwell and Andrzej Sapkowski.
The World Fantasy Awards winners are:
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The British Fantasy Society announced the British Fantasy Awards Winners on September 25, 2016 during an awards ceremony at FantasyCon 2016 at the Grand and Royal Hotels in Scarborough, England. The winners are:
The Alfie Awards were presented at midnight on August 20, 2016, during George R.R. Martin’s Hugo Losers Party, held at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City MO. The awards, named in honor of Alfred Bester (whose The Demolished Man was the first ever novel Hugo Award winner), with trophies created using ’50s hood ornaments, went to the top runner-up pushed off various categories of the Hugo Awards ballot by the ...Read More
Read moreThe World Fantasy Awards Ballot for works published in 2015 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the World Fantasy Convention, held October 27-30, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus OH. The Lifetime Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to David G. Hartwell and Andrzej Sapkowski.
The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:
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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners of the 2016 Locus Awards on Saturday, June 25, 2016 during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA.
Science Fiction Novel
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Read moreThe winners of the 2016 Sir Julius Vogel Award have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ). Winners were selected by members of SFFANZ and of the AuContraire 2016 convention.
Best Novel
The British Fantasy Society website has announced the shortlist for the 2016 British Fantasy Awards. The nominees are:
Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
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Read moreThe Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2016 Locus Awards.
Winners will be announced during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 24-26, 2016; Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony. Additional weekend events include author readings; a kickoff Clarion West party honoring first week instructor Paul Park, Clarion West supporters, awards weekend ticket holders, and special guests; panels with ...Read More
Read moreEugene Fischer’s novella “The New Mother” (Asimov’s 4-5/15) and Pat Schmatz’s novel Lizard Radio (Candlewick) are the two winners of the 2015 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, given annually to works of science fiction or fantasy that explore and expand gender roles. Each author will receive $1,000 in prize money, original artwork created to honor the winning works, and chocolate. Fischer will be honored at a ceremony during WisCon, May 27-30, ...Read More
Read moreThe winners of the 2016 Ditmar Awards for excellence in Australian SF have been announced, along with some other Australian awards.
Best NovelThe winners for the 2015 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards have been announced:
Best Novel
Best Short Story
Finalists for the 2016 Sir Julius Vogel Award have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ). Winners will be selected by members of SFFANZ and of the AuContraire 2016 convention.
Best Novel
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced that the late Sir Terry Pratchett will receive the 2016 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award.
The Solstice award, created in 2008 and given at the discretion of the SFWA president with the majority approval of the Board of Directors, is for individuals, living or dead, who have had “a significant impact on the science fiction or fantasy landscape, and is
The shortlist for the 2015 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced:
Best Novel
Best Short Story
Winners for the 2015 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, were announced September 9, 2015 at Dragon Con in Atlanta GA.
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
» August 24th was James Tiptree, Jr.’s 100th anniversary: Conceptual Fiction; Letters to Tiptree by Brit Mandelo at Tor.com; Tachyon Publications
» Summaries of Hugo Awards results and attendant issues at Wired, Boing Boing, Wall Street Journal, and Slate.
» Reactions to the first Hugo Award to a Chinese writer: NYT: Science-Fiction Prize Is Awarded to Chinese Writer for First Time; WSJ: Cixin Liu Becomes First Asian to Win Hugo ...Read More
Read moreThe Parse Awards Steering Committee has adjusted the list of finalists for the 2015 Parsec Awards, which honor excellence in speculative fiction podcasting.
The following nominees were eligible, but should not have been listed as finalists. The committee notes “these works are well worth your time to listen, and we hope you will go and enjoy them.”
Finalists for the 2015 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, have been announced. Winners will be announced at Dragon*Con, September 4 –September 7, 2015, in Atlanta GA.
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
The 2014 Kurd Lasswitz Award winners have been announced, recognizing exceptional German science fiction works and translations from 2013.
Best German SF Novel
Best German SF Short Story
Best Foreign SF Work Published in German
Best SF Translation Into German
N.A. Sulway’s novel Rupetta (Tartarus) is the winner of the 2013 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, given annually to works of science fiction or fantasy that explore and expand gender roles. Sulway will receive $1,000 in prize money, original artwork created to honor the winning works, and chocolate. She will be honored at a ceremony during WisCon 38, May 23-26, 2014 in Madison WI.
The Tiptree jury released an “honor list” ...Read More
Read moreSFWA has announced that Carl Sagan and Ginjer Buchanan are the recipients of the 2013 Solstice Awards. The awards will be presented during the Nebula Awards Weekend in San Jose CA, May 16-19, 2013.
The award, created in 2008 and given at the discretion of the SFWA president with the majority approval of the Board of Directors, is for individuals, living or dead, who have had “a significant impact on
SFWA has announced the recipients of the 2012 Solstice Awards: Octavia Butler and John Clute. The awards will be presented during the Nebula Awards Weekend in Arlington VA, May 17-20, 2012.
The award, created in 2008 and given at the discretion of the SFWA president with the majority approval of the Board of Directors, is for individuals, living or dead, who have had “a significant impact on the science fiction ...Read More
Read moreAndrea Hairston’s Redwood and Wildfire (Aqueduct) is the winner of the 2011 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, given annually to works of science fiction or fantasy that explore and expand gender roles. Hairston will receive $1,000 in prize money, original artwork created to honor the winning work, and chocolate.
The Tiptree jury released an “honor list” recognizing other noteworthy works:
The Science Fiction Research Association has announced the 2011 winners of its annual research awards:
Pilgrim Award: Donna Haraway
Pioneer Award: John Rieder, “On Defining SF, or Not: Genre Theory, SF, and History”, Science Fiction Studies 37.2 (July 2010)
Clareson Award: The Tiptree Motherboard (Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, Pat Murphy)
Mary Kay Bray: Alfredo Suppia, “Southern Portable Panic: Federico Álvarez’s Ataque de Pánico!”, ...Read More
Read moreThe 2010 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, May 21, 2011 in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Washington DC. Michael Swanwick was Toastmaster, and Michael Dirda gave the keynote address.
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People both online and offline have written in to let me know about a whole bunch of award short lists that I missed in this post (although to be fair, some of those nominations were announced this week, a few days after the original Consensus post went up). Since there’s so much interest, I’ve gone through and done a more systematic round-up of the awards. I’ve also got a spreadsheet ...Read More
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This weekend, awards season really geared up. The BSFA and Ditmar awards were announced, and the Hugo award nominations were revealed. Congratulations, by the way, to all the winners and nominees reading this!
So what do awards do for us as a community? Do they help shape the dialog, or are they just something to argue over? Along the way, do you have any gripes, praise, or handicapping ...Read More
Read moreGreer Gilman’s Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales (Small Beer) and Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volumes 1 & 2 (VIZ Media) are co-winners of the 2009 James Tiptree, Jr. Award, given annually to works of science fiction or fantasy that explore and expand gender roles. Ooku is the first manga to be chosen as a Tiptree winner. The awards ceremony will be held at WisCon 34 in Madison ...Read More
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WisCon 46 was held May 26-29, 2023 at the Concourse Hotel in Madison WI, as well as online, with Rivers Solomon and Martha Wells as guests of honor. There were approximately 570 warm bodies, plus 154 online memberships. Programming had 181 items scheduled, offering approximately 80 in-person panels and 30 online panels, all focused on SF/F literature, diversity, feminism, disability, criticism, and more, such as ‘‘Trope Subversion vs. Embracing with ...Read More
Read moreSF writer Suzy McKee Charnas, 83, died January 2, 2023. She was best known for her ambitious works that explored gender, sexuality, and feminist issues.
Suzy McKee was born October 22, 1939 in New York City. She attended Barnard College, where she studied economic history, and then served in the Peace Corps for two years in West Africa before getting a masters degree in teaching at NYU and working as ...Read More
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The Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree Award) is currently accepting applications for the Otherwise Fellowships, providing $500 grants for “writers, artists, scholars, media makers, remix artists, performers, musicians, or something else entirely. If you are doing work that is changing the way we think about gender through speculative narrative – maybe in a form we would recognize as the science fiction or fantasy genre, maybe in some other way – ...Read More
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