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2011 Endeavour Award Winner

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Cherie Priest of Washington State has won the 2011 Endeavour Award for her novel Dreadnought.  A $1000 honorarium accompanies the award, now in its thirteenth year. The winner was announced over the weekend at OryCon.

The Endeavour Award honors a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book, either a novel or a single-author collection, created by a writer living in the Pacific Northwest.  The other finalists were A Cup of Normal by Devon Monk; The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip; Black Prism by Brent Weeks; and Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs.

The judges for the 2011 Award were Bud Sparhawk, John Joseph Adams, and Jo Walton.

The full press release follows the jump.

[Thanks to James Fiscus for the story.]

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2011 Endeavour Award Nominees

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The finalists for the 2011 Endeavour Award are four novels and a collection of short stories:

  • A Cup of Normal by Devon Monk (Fairwood Press)
  • The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip (Ace Books)
  • Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Orbit US)
  • Dreadnought by Cherie Priest (Tor Books)
  • Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (Ace Books)

The Endeavour Award honors a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book, either a novel or a single-author collection, created by a writer living in the Pacific Northwest.  All entries are read and scored by seven readers randomly selected from a panel of preliminary readers.  The five highest scoring books then go to three judges, who are all professional writers or editors.

The judges for the 2011 Award are editor John Joseph Adams and writers Bud Sparhawk and Jo Walton.

The Award comes with an honorarium of $1,000.00.  The winner will be announced November 11, 2011, at OryCon.

The full press release follows the jump.

[Thanks to Jim Fiscus for the story.]

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2010 Endeavour Award Winner

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Alaska writer David Marusek is winner of the 2010 Endeavour Award for his novel Mind Over Ship, published by Tor Books. The Award, the twelfth annual, is accompanied by an honorarium of $1,000.00 and an engraved glass plaque. Award was announced at OryCon. 

The full press release follows the jump.

Endeavour Award finalists Camille Alexa and Cat Rambo, presenter Steve Perry, and Award winner David Marusek. Finalists Patricia Briggs and Kay Kenyon were not present.

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Endeavour Award Photos

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James W. Fiscus has sent along several of his photographs taken at the Endeavour Award presentation on November 27 during OryCon in Portland, Oregon.

(1) Group shot of the finalists and presenter: Ken Scholes, Lou Anders, David D. Levine, Kay Kenyon, and  Dave Duncan.  Anders presented the Award.  (Finalist Neal Stephenson was not present.)

(2) Endeavour Award Winner David D. Levine

(3) Finalists Kay Kenyon and  Dave Duncan with Endeavour Award committee member Page Fuller.

(4) Shows finalist Ken Scholes with Award presenter Lou Anders.

2009 Endeavour Award

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David Levine reports: “At OryCon over Thanksgiving weekend, I won the Endeavour Award for my collection Space Magic, published by Wheatland Press. The award is for ‘a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors,’ and comes with a $1000 prize and a nifty glass trophy plaque.

“Space Magic was selected over worthy competitors Anathem by Neal Stephenson; Ill Met in the Arena by Dave Duncan; Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Stories by Ken Scholes; and A World Too Near by Kay Kenyon; by judges Joe Haldeman, John Helfers, and Sarah Zettel.”

Congratulations, David!

Le Guin Donation Helps Endeavour Award Auction

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James Fiscus, chair of the Endeavour Award, will be raising money through an online auction of two figurines donated by Ursula K. Le Guin:

A while ago, Ursula Le Guin donated two figurines to us that she was given by Hayao Miyazaki. They are of a Gardener from Island in the Sky and the Castle from Howl’s Moving Castle. We’re going to auction them on e-Bay, with the auction starting on November 21. There’s full information about both the Award and the figures on our Web site: www.osfci.org/endeavour.

The full press release appears after the jump.

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