(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
The winner of the 2018 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing was announced on February 5. Winner: Ana Maria Curtis of Swarthmore College for the story, “Military Sunset.” First Runner-up: Cody D. Campbell of … Continue reading
[Editor’s note: be sure to read the comments on this post for more novellas and more Filer reviews.] By JJ: I’m a huge reader of novels, but not that big on short fiction. But the last few years, I’ve done … 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 2018 Philip K. Dick Award was presented March 30 at Norwescon 41 in SeaTac, Washington. The winner is: Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) A Special Citation also was awarded to: Deji Bryce Olukotun, author of After the … Continue reading
The winner of the 2018 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing was announced on January 31. Winner: Arthur Davis of Swarthmore College for the story, “Happy? Sad?” First Runner-up: Claire Spaulding of Columbia University … Continue reading
The judges of the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, have announced the seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award: The Book of Etta by … Continue reading
The John W. Campbell Memorial Award shortlist has been announced. The award is given for the best science fiction novel of the previous year. The winner will be named during the Campbell Conference Award Banquet on Friday, June 16, as … Continue reading
The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States during the 2017 award year are: Robert Onopa Deborah J. Ross James Stoddard Amy Thomson Rick Wilber The Philip K. … Continue reading
(1) SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME. Last spring the EMP Museum opened public voting on the 2016 finalists for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. In honor of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame’s 20th anniversary, … Continue reading