By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of more than 1,000 short form works published for the first time in 2020. Note that all of the works labeled “novella”, “novelette”, and “short story” are eligible in … Continue reading
(1) VIRTUAL BENEFITS. An A.V. Club roundtable agrees, “For disabled and other marginalized fans, online events aren’t a compromise—they’re a lifeline”. [Shannon Miller] …It made me think of all my fellow disabled NCTzens who experience similar barriers with live performances. … Continue reading
George Phillies, President of the National Fantasy Fan Federation, editor of TNFF, and ballot counter for the Neffies, distributed the Neffy Award ballot in the July Issue of TNFF. Best Novel (over 100,000 words) Against Three Lands – George Phillies … Continue reading
The National Fantasy Fan Federation has published the nominations for the 2019 Neffy Awards, honoring works appearing in 2018. Best Novel (over 100,000 words) Against Three Lands—George Phillies A Guide For Murdered Children—Sarah Sparrow Legion—The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds … Continue reading
(1) TAPPING MORE REVENUE STREAMS. Peter Grant has his own spin on the recent “day job” meme in “Disruption and the business of writing” at Mad Genius Club. …In essence, we have to stop looking at each book as an … Continue reading
(1) MORE ALA HONORS. We linked the 2019 youth awards from the American Library Association the other day. Here are two more sets of awards and recommended reading lists from the ALA: LITA: The LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young … Continue reading
By Cora Buhlert: As a reader and writer, I like stories that cross genre boundaries. Therefore, the anthology Terror at the Crossroads – Tales of Horror, Delusion, and the Unknown sounded like something right up my alley. Editors Emily Hockaday … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … Continue reading
The top five choices for Asimov’s 32nd Annual Readers’ Awards Poll are online. There are links that will allow you to read all the finalists. BEST NOVEL / NOVELLA How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry – Alexander Jablokov (July/August 2017) … Continue reading
Editor Rich Horton has finalized the table of contents for The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2018 Edition. He anticipated some questions about the list in a post on Strange at Ecbatan — For those who might have seen … Continue reading