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2017 Prix Rosny Aîné and Other Awards at French National Convention

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The winners of 2017 Rosny-Aîné (The Elder) Awards were announced at the 44th French National Science Fiction Convention held July 13-16 in Grenoble (France). The award is given in two categories, novels and short stories.

NOVEL

  • François Rouiller: Métaquine

SHORT STORIES

  • Estelle Faye: Les Anges tièdes

The complete shortlist in both categories:

NOVELS

  • Robert Darvel : L’Homme qui traversa la Terre (Les Moutons électriques)
  • Dominique Douay : Brume de cendres (Les Moutons électriques)
  • Loïc Henry : Les océans stellaires (Scrineo)
  • Laurent Kloetzer : Vostok (Denoël)
  • Christian Léourier : Dur silence de la neige (Les Moutons électriques)
  • Romain Lucazeau : Latium (Denoël)
  • Olivier Paquet : Jardin d’hiver (L’Atlante)
  • François Rouiller : Métaquine (L’Atlante)

SHORT STORIES

  • Pierre Bordage : Hier, je vous donnerai de mes nouvelles (dans le recueil éponyme, L’Atalante)
  • Christian Chavassieux : Nulle part, tout le temps (in Un tremplin pour l’utopie, Helios)
  • Estelle Faye : Les Anges tièdes (in Un tremplin pour l’utopie, Helios)
  • Léo Henry : Pour toujours l’humanité (in Bifrost n° 83)
  • Laurent Kloetzer : La Confirmation (in Bifrost n° 83)
  • Brice Tarvel : L’Échelle de Dieu (in Galaxies nouvelle série n° 44/86)

Joëlle Wintrebert

Also, the Prix Cyrano was given to one of the convention’s guests of honor, author Joëlle Wintrebert.

Finally, the winners of the Prix Alain le Bussy were recognized. The results of the original fiction contest were announced in May.

Winners

  • “Triton sur le rivage de sable”, by Jean Bury
  • “In Google we trust”, by Jean-Marc Sire

Second Prize

  • “Les Pierres”, by Jean-Pascal Martin,

Third Prize

  • “Bikinis Kill Nano-Stars” by Stéphane Miller.

Other finalists

  • “A corps perdu”, by Agathe Tournois
  • “Echo”, by Christo Datso
  • “L’Anathème” by Philippe Pinel
  • “La Parfaite équation du bonheur”, by Emilie Querbalec
  • “Papa ?” by Michel Pelini
  • “Patience et Longueur de Temps”, by Marie-Hélène Tissier
  • “Poupsik, héros de l’espace”, by Alain Delbe

The two winning stories will be published in the French magazine Galaxies and the authors will receive 150 €, plus a 2-year subscription. The second and third place stories will also be published in Galaxies, and their authors will receive a two-year subscription. The other finalists will be published in Géante rouge 2017 (Red Giant 2017) and get a six-month subscription to Galaxies.

Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2015

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The winners of the 2015 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire were announced at Maison de l’Imaginaire du festival Étonnants Voyageurs in Saint-Malo, France on May 24.

Roman francophone / Novel in French

Roman étranger / Foreign Novel

Nouvelle francophone / Short Fiction in French

Nouvelle étrangère /Foreign Short Fiction

Roman jeunesse francophone / Novels for youth in French

Roman jeunesse étranger / Foreign novels for youth

Prix Jacques Chambon de la traduction / Jacques Chambon Translation Prize

Prix Wojtek Siudmak du graphisme / Wojtek Siudmak Graphic Design prize

Essai / Essay

Prix spécial

[Via Europa SF.]

2015 Prix Rosny Aîné

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Prix Rosny Aîné

The winners of the 2015 Prix Rosny Aîné for French science fiction were announced at VALCON, the 42nd French National Science Fiction Convention held in Les Valayans, August 20-23. The award is given in two categories, novels and short stories.

Roman

  • Yal AYERDHAL, Bastards

Nouvelle

  • Sylvie LAINÉ, L’Opéra de Shaya

Also, the Prix Cyrano was given at VALCON to one of the convention’s guests of honor, French artist Philippe Caza (pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou).

[Via Europa SF.]