Nominations for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association’s Elgin Award have closed and Morgan L. Ventura, the 2023 Elgin Award Chair reports the works named below are the nominees. The award is named for SFPA founder Suzette Haden Elgin, and is … Continue reading
The top choices for Asimov’s 37th Annual Readers’ Award Poll are online. There are links that will allow you to read all the finalists. The winners chosen by readers will be revealed at a later date. BEST NOVELLAS BEST NOVELETTES … Continue reading
(1) YOU’RE INVITED TO THE PARTY. File 770’s 45th anniversary celebration begins soon after the turn of the year. The 45th birthday of the fanzine is on January 6, and the 15th anniversary of the blog is on January 15. … Continue reading
British Science Fiction Association members will have until February 21 to help choose the BSFA Awards shortlists for works published in 2021. The voting form is available to BSFA members here. In the first round, members nominated a longlist of 74 novels, 62 works of short … Continue reading
(1) LINDSAY ELLIS LEAVES TWITTER. Hugo-nominated video essayist and Astounding-nominated author Lindsay Ellis has announced her departure from Twitter as a result of dogpiling and other forms of internet abuse. Newsweek connects some of the events leading up to this … Continue reading
Neil Clarke has unveiled the table of contents for his Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6, which features science fiction short stories/novelettes/novellas originally published in 2020. The cover art is Pascal Blanché’s “FOSS_STATION77”. Table of Contents “Scar Tissue by Tobias … Continue reading
The 41st issue of Uncanny Magazine winner of five Hugos and a British Fantasy Award, will be available on July 6 Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 41st issue of their five-time Hugo Award-winning online science … Continue reading
(1) AN ALIEN STUDY. Charlie Jane Anders tells what problems are caused when TV aliens are just minority groups given forehead bumps: “Star Trek, Star Wars reveal the cultural minefield of inventing aliens” at Polygon. … Alien characters don’t just … Continue reading
The top choices for Asimov’s 35th Annual Readers’ Awards Poll are online. There are links that will allow you to read all the finalists. The winners chosen by readers will be revealed at a later date. BEST NOVELLA Maelstrom by … Continue reading
(1) FRONT AND CENTER. Octavia Butler is on the cover of Huntington Frontiers, published by the Huntington Library in Pasadena. Read the cover article here: “A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky” by Lynell George. When I last encountered … Continue reading