By Jo Van Ekeren: This past weekend, ConFusion 2021 (Eastercon) was held as a virtual convention. Guests of Honour were author Dan Abnett, author and editor Nik Vincent-Abnett, and fan Dave Lally. The online environment was primarily in an application … Continue reading
Next year fans will choose the site of the 2023 Worldcon: Chengdu, China and Memphis, TN (USA) are currently in contention. Beyond that? An abundance of new Worldcon bids have responded to SMOFCon 37-1/4’s call for questionnaires — Israel, Los … Continue reading
A bid to host the 2025 Worldcon in Brisbane, Australia has been organized. Their Twitter account identifies Devin Madson as one co-chair, who responded to File 770’s question that Leife Shallcross is the other. There is one other group bidding … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of long-form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated over the course of the year from dust jackets, Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages … Continue reading
The preliminary ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2019 has been made available for comment and correction before becoming final. The nominees are award-eligible works and persons first nominated by fans and members of the Australian NatCon which … Continue reading
The winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards were announced at the Australian National Convention in Perth on April 14. BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION When the Lyrebird Calls, Kim Kane (Allen & Unwin) BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL / ILLUSTRATED WORK Negative Space, Ryan … Continue reading
The 2016 Aurealis Awards shortlist has been announced by the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation. Judging coordinator Katharine Stubbs reports there were over 800 entries across the 15 categories. Click on the link to see the members of the judging panels. The Aurealis Award winners … Continue reading
The Get Up-and-over Fan Fund ballot for the 2017 race is now available on the OzFanFunds website. Voters will choose an Australasian delegate to Worldcon 75 in Helsinki. The candidates are Donna Maree Hanson, Sam Hawke, Belle McQuattie, and the … Continue reading