Chris Beckett’s novel Dark Eden has won the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The winner was announced May 1 at a Royal Society event in London, and introduced by a panel on near-future science chaired by editor-in-chief of SFX Magazine, … Continue reading
(1) SLF ILLUSTRATION OF THE YEAR. Michelle Feng is the winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s search for their 2022 Illustration of the Year. Hoping to translate theory into policy and practice, Michelle’s experience revolves around working directly with traditionally … Continue reading
(1) NOT MY FAULT. The designer of the coin that shows H.G. Wells’ Martian tripods with four legs, Chris Costello, is passing the buck to the unknown artist of an old paperback cover which he displays as part of the … Continue reading
(1) SURPRISE ENDING. [Item by PhilRM.] Here’s another very interesting piece by Nina Allan discussing the books on this year’s Clarke Award shortlist: “Clarke Award shortlist 2020 – the reckoning”. There’s a bit of irony in that it was written … Continue reading
James White Award administrator Martin McGrath announced today they will not be running a competition in 2020. We regret to announce that the James White Award will not be running a competition this year. Due to technical issues with the … Continue reading
Newcon Press has released the table of contents for Best of British Science Fiction 2019 edited by Donna Scott. The book will be published July 14. In this volume you will encounter tales in which creatures are cut off from … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of short form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, eligibility posts, and other sources … Continue reading
British Science Fiction Association members have until January 31 to help choose the BSFA Awards shortlists for works published in 2019. The voting form is available to BSFA members here. In the first round, members nominated a longlist of 46 novels, 43 works … Continue reading
The winner of the 2019 James White Award is: “Limitations” by David Maskill David wins £200, his story will be published in a forthcoming issue of Britain’s longest running science fiction magazine, Interzone, and his story will be translated into … Continue reading
The 2019 James White Award shortlist is out, six stories chosen from 355 submissions, 22 of which made the longlist: Better Lost Than Loved – Bryn Fazakerley Bug on Bug – Mica Scotti Kole Digital Nomad – Koji A Dae … Continue reading