The Writers Guild announced nominations for the 2023 Writers Guild Awards on January 11. The awards for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2022 will be presented on March 5. Andor and Severance are … Continue reading
(1) PHILADELPHIA READ’EM. On January 18, 2023 the Galactic Philadelphia Literary Salon, curated by Lawrence M. Schoen and Sally Wiener Grotta, will host Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and C.S.E. Cooney as they read from their latest work, and “converse with them … Continue reading
NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLIST The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in … Continue reading
(1) GET READY FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. Cora Buhlert rolls out “Love Through Space and Time 2022 – A Round-up of Indie Valentine’s Day Speculative Fiction”. …These Valentine’s Day stories cover the broad spectrum of speculative fiction. We have urban fantasy, … Continue reading
Finalists in 25 competitive categories for the 2022 Audie Awards, including the Audiobook of the Year, were announced by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) on February 3. The Audie Awards® recognize excellence in audiobook and spoken word entertainment. The winners will … Continue reading
(1) F&SF COVER REVEAL. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction’s Jan/Feb 2022 cover art by Kent Bash illustrates “Animale Dei Morti” by Nick DiChario. Publisher Gordon Van Gelder says the issue has just been printed and will be distributed soon. (2) PEN LONGLISTS. The … Continue reading
(1) SPACE OPERA. Stars Between, the 20-minute opera on the Voyager missions that E. Lily Yu wrote the libretto for, with Steven Tran composing, recently became available on Seattle Opera’s website along with other operas from the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab. Yu … Continue reading
(1) THE STARS MY DESTINATION. Galactic Journey gave out the Galactic Stars for 1965 today and Thomas Burnett Swann is a double winner: “[Dec. 22, 1965] Swann Lake (the 1965 Galactic Stars)”. …Swann is definitely a winner with his myth-inspired … Continue reading
(1) INSIDE STORY. In “Why I Write”: Samuel R. Delany scrolls through the reasons. This conversation appears in the Winter 2020 print issue of The Yale Review. … I remember sitting on the steps of the embalming room at the back … Continue reading
The 72nd annual Emmy Awards nominees were revealed July 28. HBO’s Watchmen gathered 26 nominations, the most for any series. The Mandalorian scored 15. The Emmy Awards will be presented September 20. The categories with nominees of genre interest follow … Continue reading