The judges’ shortlist for the 2017 James White Award was announced on June 18. The competition is open to original, unpublished short stories of not more than 6,000 words by non-professional writers. The award, established in 2000, offers non-professional writers the … Continue reading
(1) BUSINESS MEETING. Worldcon 75 has posted the Business Meeting Agenda [PDF file] on the WSFS Business Meeting page. It’s 18 pages — and it may not be done growing yet. (2) DELANY. The New Republic devotes an article to … Continue reading
By Carl Slaughter: Amazing Stories isn’t just one of those old-time sci-fi magazines from the Golden Age of rockets, rayguns, and robots. Revived by publisher and fan Steve Davidson, it is well on its way to becoming a full-fledged speculative ezine, … Continue reading
The caffeine in this morning’s coffee jarred loose a memory about Steve Stiles needing a website to effectively compete for the Hugo. Remember? Frank Wu said it here. I’d noticed something missing myself when I made a collection of links … Continue reading
(1) SLF ILLUSTRATION OF THE YEAR. Michelle Feng is the winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s search for their 2022 Illustration of the Year. Hoping to translate theory into policy and practice, Michelle’s experience revolves around working directly with traditionally … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2019 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
Baen Books has made three additions to the Baen Free Library — Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia, Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon and Cobra by Timothy Zahn. The full press release follows the jump.
(1) DEAD SCIENCE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT. James Davis Nicoll brings us “Five SF Novels Inspired by Disproven Scientific Theories” at Reactor. The history of science is filled with beautiful hypotheses slain by ugly facts. The tendency of the universe to … Continue reading
THE CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE The Crime Writers of Canada have announced the 2024 shortlist for their annual Awards of Excellence. Winners will be announced on the Crime Writers of Canada website on May 29. The Peter Robinson Award for … Continue reading
(1) FREYDIS MOON IDENTITY CHALLENGED. [Item by Anne Marble.] There are allegations that author Freydis Moon is really an alias for Taylor Barton, Taylor Brooke, and Jupiter Wyse — who were problematic. Freydis Moon is a nonbinary autistic author of … Continue reading