The Going Under Fan Fund ballot for the 2018 race is now available on the OzFanFunds website. Voters will choose an Australasian delegate to Continuum in Melbourne, Australia over the June 8-11, 2018 weekend. The candidates are Marcin Klak, and … Continue reading
(1) HALLOWEEN VIGIL. John King Tarpinian commemorated his annual Halloween visit to Ray Bradbury’s gravesite with this photo. (2) THE MOST GHOSTS. Halloween is a good day to be publicizing books newly available for sale from Richard Dalby’s Library. One … Continue reading
(1) RECORD LONGEVITY. Who knew? #TheHugoAwards are "officially amazing"! Receiving the Guinness Book of World Records certificate. #Worldcon75 pic.twitter.com/L33rRsN7SR — Worldcon 75 (@worldcon75) August 11, 2017 Or as Paul Mackintosh says at Teleread: “Hugo Awards get their own award – … Continue reading
(1) NEW WFA TROPHIES ON THE WAY. Kim Williams, chair of the 2016 World Fantasy Con, told readers of WFC’s Facebook page that last year’s WFA winners, given certificates at the 2016 award ceremony in Columbus, OH will soon be receiving … Continue reading
Donna Maree Hanson is the Get Up and Over Fan Fund (GUFF) winner 2017. GUFF exchanges delegates between Australasia and Europe. Hanson will represent Australasian fandom at Worldcon 75 this year. Alexandra Pierce, Sam Hawke, and Belle McQuattie were the … Continue reading
The final ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2017 has been released. It differs from the preliminary ballot (run here a few days ago) only in the addition of Ian Mond to the finalists for the William Atheling … Continue reading
The preliminary ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2017 has been made available for comment and correction before becoming final. The nominees are award-eligible works and persons first nominated by fans and members of the Australian NatCon. They … Continue reading
(1) HELSINKI NEWS. Worldcon 75 is holding an Academic Poster competition and would very much like participation from as many university students and researchers as possible. We are hosting a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) poster competition for … Continue reading
Voting on the Down Under Fan Fund delegate to Continuum, the 56th Australian National Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne, Australia, has opened and will continue until March 10, 2017 at 23:59 PST. There is one candidate in this year’s race, … Continue reading
Gillian Polack, GUFF co-administrator, announced the nominees for the next race are all in. The candidates are: Donna Maree Hanson Sam Hawke Belle McQuattie Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (shared) (Links are to Facebook.) This time the fund is picking a delegate … Continue reading