Paul A. Carter has announced his retirement from the John W. Campbell Memorial Award jury after serving for several decades. Sheila Finch and Paul di Filippo will both join the jury effective immediately. The John W. Campbell Memorial Award is presented annually by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction in Lawrence, KS.
The Nova Awards were presented at Novacon the weekend of November 13. The Novas are given for excellence in British fanzines. Steve Green, the award’s administrator, has announced that he will step down, to be replaced by Martin Tudor.
Best Fanzine: Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Best Fan Writer: Claire Brialey
Best Fan Artist: Sue Mason
John M. Cowan won the ISFiC Writers Contest for his short story “Oracle,” announced at opening ceremonies at Windycon 36 on November 13. The ISFiC Writers Contest has been running since 1986 and is open to any unpublished author living in Illinois or an ajoining state, or any member of Windycon. This year’s entrants were judged by Roland Green, Betty Ann Hull, and Bill Fawcett. Cowan was previously an attendee at the Windycon Writers Workshop, administered by former ISFiC Writers Contest winner Richard Chwedyk.
SFWA President Russell Davis has announced that Madeleine Robins will be taking over as the Nebula Awards Commissioner as the new rules governing the Nebula Awards take effect. Robins takes over from Brook West, who has been administering the Nebula Awards for several years.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards have been established. Announced at World Fantasy Con in San Jose, two awards will be given annually for science fiction translated into English, one for long form and one for short form. The first awards are slated to be presented in 2011 for works published in 2010. Both the original author and the translator will be recognized.
Following the presentation of the first David Gemmell Legend Award, the awards committee has added two new categories, the David Gemmell Morningstar Award and the David Gemmell Ravenheart Award, each, like the original award, named for the title of one of Gemmell’s novels. The Morningstar Award will be presented for best newcomer to fantasy fiction. The Ravenheart will honor best fantasy cover art of the year. As with the Legend Award, all winners will be determined by popular vote.
The 2009 World Fantasy Awards were presented on November 1 at World Fantasy Convention 2009 in San Jose, California. This year’s judges included Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.
The winners of the Xatafi-Cyberdark Award for the Critics of Fantastic Literature have been announced. The award is presented annually in Spain.
Spanish fiction book (ex-aequo):
Spanish tale:
Foreign fiction book:
Foreign tale:
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This year’s Pegasus Award winners for achievement in filk were announced at OVFF over the weekend.
Richard Corben has been named the newest Spectrum Grand Master. Spectrum runs an annual series of art contest and exhibits for speculative fiction. Corben’s first professional SF art sales was for the September 1967 cover of F&SF. he went on to illustrate for numerous fanzines. He illustrated R. Crumb’s Underground Comix and has had a successful career in comics, animation, and book cover design.