Philip A. Kramer of Seattle, WA has won the grand prize in the 2017 Jim Baen Memorial Award competition for his short story “Feldspar.” The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest has been held annually since 2007 and is focused … Continue reading
Baen Books has announced the ten finalists for the 2017 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, a contest held each year for of all levels of experience: Stewart C Baker S.B. Divya Susan Forest C Stuart Hardwick Bart Kemper Philip … Continue reading
The 2013 World Fantasy Award shortlist has been published. The winners will be announced at the 2013 World Fantasy Convention in Brighton on November 3. NOVEL • The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) • Some Kind of Fairy Tale, … Continue reading
World Fantasy Con 2013 announced in Progress Report #10 that nominations are now open for the World Fantasy Awards. Details about the awards and an electronic version of the ballot can be found here. All registered members of the 2011 … Continue reading
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the finalists for the 59th Annual Nebula Awards® in a livestreamed presentation on March 14. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Saturday, June 8, that will be streamed live … Continue reading
(1) THERE WILL BE NO 2023 HUGO LONGLIST ANTHOLOGY. David Steffen says, “With all of the complications of this year’s nomination list, Diabolical Plots has decided not to produce a new volume of the Long List Anthology this year.” Instead, Hal Y. … Continue reading
The Writers Guild of America has announced the 2024 Writers Guild Award nominees for screenwriting, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing. Here are the nominees of genre interest: SCREENPLAY Original Screenplay: Barbie, written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach; Adapted Screenplay: … Continue reading
(1) PRH PLANS EDITION OF A FAMOUS POTTER FANFIC. [Item by Anne Marble.] Penguin Random House (through Del Rey) is going to publish a revised version of “Manacled,” a very famous Harry Potter fanfic. This is a Hermione plus Draco … Continue reading
(1) 1632 AT FANTASCI. The first 1632Con from 1632 & Beyond will be at FantaSci in Raleigh-Durham, NC from April 19-21. Kevin Ikenberry, author of the Assiti Shards book The Crossing, is one of the con’s Special Guests. Bjorn Hasseler, Bethanne … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has released the longlists of nominees for the BSFA Awards for work published in 2023. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s … Continue reading