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2025 Philip K. Dick Award

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The winner of the 2025 Philip K. Dick Award, given for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States, was announced April 18 at Norwescon 47 in SeaTac, Washington.

  • Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)

Special citation was given to:

  • Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by Norwescon. The 2024 award was given to These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) with a special citation to The Museum Of Human History by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House).

Judges for the 2025 award were Maurice Broaddus, C. S. Friedman, Rajan Khanna, Carol McGuirk, and Carrie Vaughn (chair).

This year’s judges are Jim Aikin, Kim Antieau, J. D. Goff, Abbey Mei Otis, and Lisa Swanstrom.

The virtual award ceremony can be found online here,

[Based on a press release.]

2025 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

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The six works nominated for the 2025 Philip K. Dick Award were announced by the judges and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust on January 10.

  • City Of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbell (Santa Fe Writers Project)
  • Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (Algonquin Books)
  • Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)
  • The Practice, The Horizon, And The Chain by Sofia Samatar (Tordotcom)
  • Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
  • Triangulum by Subodhana Wijeyeratne (Rosarium Publishing)

The judges for this year’s award are Maurice Broaddus, C. S. Friedman, Rajan Khanna, Carol McGuirk, and Carrie Vaughn (Chair).

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 18, 2025 at Norwescon 47. Plans for the ceremony will be posted at the Norwescon website.

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States during the previous calendar year. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the Northwest Science Fiction Society.

Last year’s winner was These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) with a special citation to The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House).