Annalee Newitz’ short story “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis” is the winner of the 2019 Theodore A. Sturgeon Memorial Award. The award was presented during the Campbell Conference Awards reception on Friday, June 28. Newitz’ story was … Continue reading
(1) FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. The five-day “Treasures From Planet Hollywood” auction brought in more than $15.6 million from over 5,500 bidders worldwide across some 1,600 lots, according to Heritage Auctions. Here are some items of genre interest that fetched big … Continue reading
The 2024 BIPOC Caucus award winners were announced during the 45th International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, held March 13-16 in Orlando, FL. 2024 FEATURED CREATURE (CORPORATE PERSONS) UPLIFTER (Steven Barnes received the award last year) EXEMPLARY ALLY … Continue reading
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the finalists for the 59th Annual Nebula Awards® in a livestreamed presentation on March 14. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Saturday, June 8, that will be streamed live … Continue reading
The 57th issue of the Uncanny Magazine, winner of seven Hugos and a British Fantasy Award, will be available on March 5 2 at uncannymagazine.com. Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 57th issue of their seven-time Hugo … Continue reading
(1) TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATON ASKS TINGLE FOR DO-OVER. Today the Texas Library Association’s executive director Shirley Robinson published a “TLA Statement Regarding Author Chuck Tingle” which says they want him to reconsider participating in their annual conference, although it says … Continue reading
Introduction: I’m going to open discussion of some of the proposed WSFS rules changes in the Chengdu Worldcon’s Business Meeting agenda by setting the table in a series of topical posts. (Download the English-language version here and the Chinese-language version … Continue reading
(1) MARTHA WELLS Q&A. Kelly Jennings interviews Martha Wells for IZ Digital: “Out of Trauma”. Kelly Jennings: I also saw somewhere that you used to work as a programmer – is that right? Can you talk about how that’s helped you … Continue reading
(1) TOP PEOPLE. Writer Ted Chiang, filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, manga creator Rootport, and artist Kelly McKernan are some of the recognizable names who are not CEOs or scientists on TIME’s list of “The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023”. … Continue reading
(1) VIRTUAL SFF CONFERENCE. The theme of the Virtual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (VICFA), to be held November 5-11, 2023, is “AI, Algorithms, Automata and Art” Organized by new Virtual Conference Coordinator and Afropantheologist Oghenechovwe Ekpeki. … Continue reading