The winner of the 2024 Dell Magazines Award For Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing was announced on February 15. The award goes to the best unpublished and unsold science fiction or fantasy short story submitted by a full-time undergraduate … Continue reading
Worldcon Wayback Machine Introduction: Thirty years ago today ConFrancisco, the 1993 World Science Fiction Convention, began in San Francisco, California. I thought it would be fun to compile a day-by-day recreation drawing on the report I ran in File 770, Evelyn … Continue reading
The winner of the 2023 Dell Magazines Award For Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing was announced on February 15. The award goes to the best unpublished and unsold science fiction or fantasy short story submitted by a full-time undergraduate … Continue reading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
100 Year Starship presented the 2023 Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing in seven categories on February 2 during the 100YSS Nexus 2023 held in Nairobi, Kenya. The Canopus Award recognizes the finest fiction and non-fiction works that engage … Continue reading
100 Year Starship named today the finalists in the 2023 Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing in seven categories, including the new Original Local Short-Form Fiction for residents of continental Africa in conjunction with the upcoming Nexus Nairobi 2023. … Continue reading
The winners of the Asimov’s 36th Annual Readers’ Awards Poll were named earlier this month by editor Sheila Williams. BEST NOVELLA A blessing of Unicorns; Elizabeth Bear A Rocket for Dimitrios; Ray Nayler Glitch; Alex Irvine Light Up the Clouds; Greg Egan The Realms … Continue reading
(1) BIDDING WILF FAREWELL. Radio Times profiles the late actor in “Bernard Cribbins: How he brought magic to Doctor Who”. …It was when Howard Attfield, who’d played Donna’s dad in The Runaway Bride, passed away before his scenes could be completed … Continue reading
The nominees for the Sidewise: Sidewise Awards for Alternate History for the calendar year 2021 were announced July 19. SHORT FORM Matt Kresal, “Hitchcock’s Titanic,” Tales from Alternate Earths, Vol. III, Inklings Press, 2021 Alan Smale, “Gunpowder Treason,” Tales from Alternate Earths, Vol. … Continue reading
The top choices for Asimov’s 36th 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 NOVELLAS A Blessing … Continue reading