Starburst Magazine announced its Brave New Words Award winner at the Starburst Media City Festival on March 17.

• • Margrét Helgadóttir for her work as editor of Pacific Monsters (Fox Spirit Books) .

The award judges were: urban fantasy author Russell Smith, games designer Mikey Smith, “hardcore word nerd” Rebecca Derrick, and podcaster/author Alasdair Stuart.

[Thanks to Mark Hepworth for the story.]