The finalists for the 2012 Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for Short Fiction are: “A Militant Peace” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, published in Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, November 2011. “Flowers in the Shadow … Continue reading
The Speculative Literature Foundation has awarded its 2008 Gulliver Travel Research Grant to author Alaya Dawn Johnson. The full press release appears after the jump.
The Speculative Literature Foundation is accepting proposals for the Gulliver Travel Research Grant from July 1st 2008 until September 30th 2008. The full press release is after the jump.
Finalists in 27 competitive categories for the 2024 Audie Awards were announced by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on January 30. The Audie Awards® recognize excellence in audiobook and spoken word entertainment. The winners will be revealed on March 4. The complete … Continue reading
(1) LEARNEDLEAGUE. [Item by David Goldfarb.] “Question 4 of match day 23 of LearnedLeague season 99”: Fourth Wing and Iron Flame are titles of the best-selling “romantasy” books released in 2023. Give either the name of the series of which these are the … Continue reading
By Steve Vertlieb: This is a love story, as wondrous, tender, and affectionate as any that you’ll ever read. In the current vernacular, it might be referred to as a “bromance,” the non-romantic affection for one man by another. For, … Continue reading
The 2022 Saturn Award nominees were announced on August 12. Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, leads all films with 12. Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley runs second with 10. Among television shows, AMC’s Better Call Saul tops the list with seven nominations. … Continue reading
(1) PRESSING ON. Apex Book Company is seeking $6,200 to publish a print compilation anthology of all the original genre short fiction that appeared in their digital publication, Apex Magazine, during the 2021 calendar year. Their Kickstarter project, “Apex Magazine 2021 Compilation … Continue reading
(1) SUPERVULNERABLE. If you want every moviegoer to have a shot at breaking your password, use one of these: “DC and Marvel superheroes top breached password lists” at TechRepublic. Specops Software, a password management and authentication company, released a roundup of … Continue reading
(1) NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2021. The Library of Congress’ “10-Day National Book Festival for 2021” will include appearances by genre figures Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Roxane Gay, Kazuo Ishiguro and more. The theme of this year’s festival is “Open a Book, Open … Continue reading