Rory August’s The Last Gifts of the Universe is the winner of the second Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition, created by Hugh Howey and Duncan Swan, is modeled after Mark Lawrence’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, and has his blessing. … Continue reading
The nominees for the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis 2023 were announced June 26. The juried award for the best short story and best novel published in the German language in the previous year is sponsored by the SFCD, Germany´s largest science-fiction club. Each … Continue reading
The Chengdu Worldcon’s Chinese-language website today published five posts about the just-concluded “2023 Chengdu World Science Fiction Convention Global Brand Conference” that are not yet available on its English-language counterpart. Three Chengdu Worldcon committee members from the U.S., Ben Yalow, … Continue reading
Guest Post by G.W. Thomas: Space opera in the 1950s found its home at Amazing Stories. For the nuts-and-bolts fan there was Astounding (not renamed Analog for another ten years). The literary reader had Fantasy & Science Fiction. The sophisticated … Continue reading
By Ahrvid Engholm: As our greatest advocate of space opera turns 90 years old today, May 21 (when writing this) — talking about Bertil Falk, of course — writer, reporter, editor, scholar, translator — I’ve taken the initiative to announce … Continue reading
(1) WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION. One of the three longlisted works of genre interest has survived to make the 2023 Women’s Prize shortlist which was announced today. Pod by Laline Paull is that book: Ea has always felt like an … Continue reading
The selections have been announced The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 anthology. This year’s volume is guest edited by two strong voices in the Black speculative fiction space, Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis. It will contain poetry, and cover … Continue reading
(1) BUILDING BETTER WORLDS. [Item by Olav Rokne.] In an essay for Bombay Lit Mag, Gautam Bhatia discusses the (sometimes-maligned) art of worldbuilding. It’s a thoughtful and nuanced piece that delves into the value of the worlds that SFF authors … Continue reading
All are welcome to nominate work for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, an annual $25,000 cash prize. The Prize is given to a writer whose book reflects the concepts and ideas that are central to Ursula’s own … Continue reading
Space Cowboy Books today announced the recipient of the fourth annual Space Cowboy Award is Arley Sorg. The Space Cowboy Award is given annually for supportive endeavors and excellence in the field of science fiction. Each year a committee, composed of … Continue reading