The 2012 Nebula Awards were presented May 18, 2013 in a ceremony at  SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, held in San Jose CA. Gene Wolfe was honored with the 2012 Damon Knight Grand Master Award for his lifetime contributions and achievements in the field. Novel 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Throne of [...]

The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2013 Mythopoeic Award finalists. Winners will be announced at Mythcon 44, July 12-15, 2013, in East Lansing MI. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature: The Weirdstone trilogy: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Collins), The Moon of Gomrath (Collins), and Boneland (Fourth Estate), Alan Garner The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc) Death and Resurrection, R.A. [...]

The finalists for the 2013 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced: “Things Greater Than Love”, Kate Bachus (Strange Horizons 3/19/12) “Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12) “Scattered Along the River of Heaven”, Aliette  de Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/12) “The Grinnell Method”, Molly Gloss (Strange Horizons 9/3/12 & 9/10/12) After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy [...]

The 2013 John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalists have been named: The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit) Any Day Now, Terry Bisson (Overlook) Existence, David Brin (Tor) The Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross (Tor) Empty Space, M. John Harrison (Gollancz; Night Shade ’13) Intrusion, Ken MacLeod (Orbit) Railsea, China Miéville (Del [...]

The 2013 Branford Boase Award shortlist has been announced. The award is given to a debut author of an outstanding first novel for young people; the editors are also honored. Works of genre interest on the shortlist include After the Snow by S.D. Crockett, edited by Emma Young (Macmillan); Daylight Saving by Edward Hogan, edited by [...]

The 2013 Edgar Award winners were presented by the Mystery Writers of America for the best mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television produced in 2012. Winners of genre interest include The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (Quirk), winner for Best Paperback Original; Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego & Redondo Beach CA, awarded the Raven for [...]

The 2012 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction. NOVEL Immobility, Brian Evenson (Tor) Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Crown) The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc) The Devil in Silver, Victor LaValle (Spiegel & Grau) Edge, Koji Suzuki (Vertical) NOVELLA [...]

The winners of the 2013 Ditmar Awards, for Australian SF, have been announced: Best Novel Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin) Suited, Jo Anderton (Angry Robot) The Corpse-Rat King, Lee Battersby (Angry Robot) Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth (Random House Australia) Perfections, Kirstyn McDermott (Xoum) Salvage, Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet) Best Novella or Novelette “Sky”, [...]

The winner of the 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award was announced during a ceremony at the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival, May 1, 2013, in London. Dark Eden, Chris Beckett (Corvus) The other nominees were: Nod, Adrian Barnes (Bluemoose) Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway (William Heinemann) The Dog Stars, Peter Heller (Headline) Intrusion, Ken MacLeod (Orbit) 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) This [...]

Finalists for the 2013 Prix Aurora Awards, celebrating the best Canadian SF/fantasy work, have been announced. PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Best Novel – English Destiny’s Fall, Marie Bilodeau (Dragon Moon) Food for the Gods, Karen Dudley (Ravenstone) Thunder Road, Chadwick Ginther (Ravenstone) The Silvered, Tanya Huff (DAW) Triggers, Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada) Healer’s Sword, Lynda Williams (EDGE) [...]