Members of First Fandom have until June 1 to vote on the inductees into the Hall of Fame. First Fandom was founded in 1959 to connect those who had been in fandom prior to 1938. Its membership has since expanded with various classes of member. The Sam Moskowitz Award is presented for excellence in science fiction collecting. The winners will be announced at Chicon 7.
First Fandom Hall of Fame Award
- Ray Bradbury
- Larry Farsace
- Claude Held
- Jack Robins
First Fandom Posthumous Hall of Fame Award
Sam Moskowitz Archive Award
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The winners of the SFRA Awards, presented annually by the Science Fiction Research Association, have been announced. The presentation of the awards will be at this year’s SFRA conference, 28 June-1 July, in Detroit, Michigan.
- Pilgrim Award (for life time contributions to SF/F studies): Pamela Sargent
- Pioneer Award (for outstanding essay-length work of the year): “Toward a Cosmopolitan Science Fiction,” by David M. Higgins
- Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service: Art Evans
- Mary Kay Bray Award (for the best essay, interview, or extended review in the past year’s SFRA Review): “Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” by T.S. Miller
- Student Essay Award (for best student paper presented at the previous year’s SFRA conference): “Fantastic Voices: Octavia Butler’s First-Person Narrators and ‘The Evening and the Morning and the Night’,” by Florian Bast
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The Shirley Jackson Awards were established to recognize outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. This year’s judges include Laird Barron, Matthew Cheney, Maura McHugh, Kaaron Warren, and Gary K. Wolfe. The winners will be announced on July 15th at Readercon 23 in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Novel:
- The Devil All the Time, by Donald Ray Pollock
- The Dracula Papers, by Reggie Oliver
- The Great Lover, by Michael Cisco
- Knock Knock, by S.P. Miskowski
- The Last Werewolf, by Glen Duncan
- Witches on the Road Tonight, by Sheri Holman
Novella:
- “And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living,” by Deborah Biancotti
- “A Child’s Problem,” by Reggie Oliver
- “Displacement,” by Michael Marano
- The Men Upstairs, by Tim Waggoner
- “Near Zennor,” by Elizabeth Hand
- “Rose Street Attractors,” by Lucius Shepard
Novelette:
- “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine,” by Peter Straub
- “Ditch Witch,” by Lucius Shepard
- “The Last Triangle,” by Jeffrey Ford
- “Omphalos,” by Livia Llewellyn
- “The Summer People,” by Kelly Link
Short Fiction:
- “Absolute Zero,” by Nadia Bulkin
- “The Corpse Painter’s Masterpiece,” by M. Rickert
- “Hair,” by Joan Aiken
- “Max,” by Jason Ockert
- “Sunbleached,” by Nathan Ballingrud
- “Things to Know About Being Dead,” by Genevieve Valentine
Single-Author Collection:
- After the Apocalypse: Stories, by Maureen F. McHugh
- The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares, by Joyce Carol Oates
- Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors, by Livia Llewellyn
- The Janus Tree, by Glen Hirshberg
- Red Gloves, by Christopher Fowler
- What Wolves Know, by Kit Reed
Edited Anthology:
- Blood and Other Cravings, edited by Ellen Datlow
- A Book of Horrors, edited by Stephen Jones
- Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers
- Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow
- Teeth, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
- The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
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The FAAN Awards were announced on April 22 at Corflu Glitter, held from April 20-22 in Las Vegas, NV.
- Best Website: eFanzines.com, hosted by Bill Burns
- Harry Warner Jr. Memorial Award Best Letterhack: Robert Lichtman
- Best Perzine: A Meara for Observers, edited by Mike Meara
- Best Single Issue or Anthology: Alternative Pants, edited by Randy Byers
- Best Fan Artist: Steve Stiles
- Best Fan Writer: Mark Plummer
- Best Genzine or Collaboration: Banana Wings, edited by Mark Plummer and Claire Brialey
- #1 Fan Face: Mark Plummer
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Patrick Ness, the winner of the 2011 Red Tentacle for his novel A Monster Calls will join the panel of judges of the Kitschies. Ness replaces outgoing judge Lauren Beukes, who had previously won the award. Ness joins editor Rebecca Levene and the award’s co-founders, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin who will will select the Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle, for the novel and debut categories.
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Author Tananarive Due has been named Cosby Chair for the Humanities at Spelman College for the 2012-13 academic year. The Cosby Chair was endowed by Drs. William and Camille Cosby in 1987 and supports professorships in the fine arts, humanities, and the social sciences at the historically African-American college. Candidates are expected to have achieved the pinnacle of success in their careers.
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The Rhysling nominations have been been announced the the Science Fiction Poetry Association. The Rhyslings are presented to recognize excellence in speculative verse.
Short Poems First Published in 2011
- Mary Alexandra Agner, “Venus to Her Terraformers”
- Camille Alexa, “Young Miss Frankenstein Regrets”
- Erik Amundsen, “The Lend”
- Elizabeth Barrette, “The Shipwright’s Song”
- Robert Borski, “Abel”
- Bruce Boston, “The Music of Robots”
- Rich Boucher, “Response to Botticelli”
- G. O. Clark, “Peter and Alice”
- P. S. Cottier, “Fingernails”
- Becca De La Rosa, “World’s End”
- James S. Dorr, “Monkey See”
- Denise Dumars, “Folding Money”
- Martin Elster, “My Unicorn”
- Timons Esaias, “Dark Matter”
- Kendall Evans, “Dragon”
- Angel Favazza, “Clothes of Yesterday”
- Janis Freegard, “Yayoi Kusama goes to Iceland”
- Lyn C. A. Gardner, “In Translation”
- T. M. Göttl, “Bridges”
- Neile Graham, “The Bean-Sidhe Calls in Owl-Light”
- Neile Graham, “The Ones Outside Your Door”
- John Grey, “Mr. and Mrs. Goodnight”
- Sandra Kasturi, “Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm”
- Roz Kaveney, “Fembot”
- Keith Kennedy, “First Loves for the First Time”
- Nicole Kornher-Stace, “The Witch’s Heart”
- B. J. Lee, “The Tortoise’s Encounter”
- Greg Leunig, “Love in the Quantum Era”
- Shira Lipkin, “The Library, After”
- C. S. MacCath, “When I Arrived, This Is What She Said.”
- Elizabeth R. McClellan, “Down Cycles”
- Dawn McDuffie, “Thank God for Proust”
- Joanne Merriam, “Love in the Time of Alien Invasion”
- Kurt Newton, “Nuclear Stockpile Janitor”
- Scott Nickell, “Response to Poe’s ‘Sonnet—To Science’”
- Juan Manuel Perez, “Vanity”
- Tim Pratt, “Lion Heart”
- Sofía Rhei, translated by Lawrence Schimel, “The Magic Walnut”
- Matthew Richards, “Ravel: An Etymology”
- Andrew Rihn, “The Physics Major Agrees to Take the English Major Stargazing”
- Ty Russell, “The Seas of Time”
- R. Paul Sardanas and Tisha Garcia, “Luna Satyricon”
- Ann K. Schwader, “the more space”
- Ann K. Schwader, “Past Human”
- Alexandra Seidel, “Lanterns”
- John W. Sexton, “slit sea cucumber”
- Marge Simon, “The Human Guest”
- Marge Simon, “Visitors”
- Robin Spriggs, “The Elusive Language of Purple Birds”
- Heidy Steidlmayer, “Grendel’s Mother”
- W. Gregory Stewart, “idiointerventionist (or, ‘but I interrupt myself’)”
- Anna Sykora, “Dead Hotels”
- Sonya Taaffe, “Taking the Auspices”
- James E. Tolan, “Red Grown”
- Mary Turzillo, “Graffiti Tree”
- Mary Turzillo, “Moving to Enceladus”
- Anna Waite, “To the ancients, the sea was a dangerous place”
- Kyla Lee Ward, “The Kite”
- Gerald Warfield, “A Greater Moon”
- Jacqueline West, “Escaping the Dawn”
- Neal Wilgus, “A Modest Suggestion”
- Stephen M. Wilson, “Angel’s Den”
- Stephen M. Wilson, “Christogenesis”
- Greer Woodward, “Closure”
Long Poems First Published in 2011
- Mike Allen, Sonya Taaffe, and Nicole Kornher-Stace, “The King of Cats, the Queen of Wolves”
- Erik Amundsen, “Desfixion”
- Megan Arkenberg, “The Curator Speaks in the Department of Dead Languages”
- Elizabeth Barrette, “The Cathedral of the Michaelangelines”
- Dana Bell, “Welcomed Cast Outs”
- Robert Borski, “Gavage”
- Bruce Boston, “Surreal Fortune”
- g. sutton breiding, “Letter from the Golden Age”
- Benjamin Cartwright, “Terraforming Mars”
- G. O. Clark and Kendall Evans, “The 25-Cent Rocket: One-Quarter of the Way to the Stars”
- C. S. E. Cooney, “Postcards from Mars”
- Lyn C. A. Gardner, “The Chant of the Black Cats”
- Lyn C. A. Gardner, “The Witch Girl”
- Albert Goldbarth, “Summary: Kinetic vs. Potential”
- April Grant, “Wallpaper”
- Sally Rosen Kindred, “Wendy Darling Has Bad Dreams”
- Rose Lemberg, “In the Third Cycle”
- Shira Lipkin, “The Changeling’s Lament”
- Elissa Malcohn, “The Last Dragon Slayer”
- Helen Marshall, “Beautiful Monster”
- Helen Marshall, *Skeleton Leaves: A Collection*
- Elizabeth R. McClellan, “The Walking Man Goes Looking for the Sons of John: Six Cantos”
- Joanne Merriam, “Tender Aliens”
- Mari Ness, “Snowmelt”
- Paul Park, “Ragnarok”
- Sofia Samatar, “Girl Hours”
- Alexandra Seidel, “A Masquerade in Four Voices”
- Nancy Sheng, “Guan Yin in the Garden”
- Michael Shorb, “Ahura Mazda”
- J. E. Stanley, “Speaking to the Hangman Is Not Permitted”
- Mary Turzillo, “The Legend of the Emperor’s Space Suit (A Tale of Consensus Reality)”
- Catherynne M. Valente, “The Melancholy of Mechagirl”
- Catherynne M. Valente, “The Secret of Being a Cowboy”
- JoSelle Vanderhooft, “Blood, Snow, Birch and Underworld”
- Caitlin Meredith Walsh, “Initiation”
- Kyla Lee Ward, “The Soldier’s Return”
- Shannon Connor Winward, “All Souls’ Day”
- Greer Woodward, “Ribbons of the Sun”
- Xanadu (Ofnguyenfame), “Mood of Mind (I)—*Tu Bi Hi Xa*”
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The English language nominations for the Prix Aurora have been announced by the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association. Voting for the awards will begin on April 16.
Professional Award Nominations
Best Novel – English
- Enter Night, by Michael Rowe
- Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, by David Nickle
- Napier’s Bones, by Derryl Murphy
- The Pattern Scars, by Caitlin Sweet
- Technicolor Ultra Mall, by Ryan Oakley
- WWW: Wonder, by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Short Fiction – English
- “The Legend of Gluck,” by Marie Bilodeau
- “The Needle’s Eye,” by Suzanne Church
- “One Horrible Day,” by Randy McCharles
- “Turning It Off,” by Susan Forest
- “To Live and Die in Gibbontown,” by Derek Künsken
Best Poem / Song – English
- “A Good Catch,” by Colleen Anderson
- “Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm,” by Sandra Kasturi
- “Skeleton Leaves,” by Helen Marshall
- “Skeleton Woman,” by Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps
- “Zombie Bees of Winnipeg,” by Carolyn Clink
Best Graphic Novel – English
- Goblins, webcomic, created by Tarol Hunt
- Imagination Manifesto, Book 2, by GMB Chomichuk, James Rewucki, and John Toone
- Weregeek, webcomic, created by Alina Pete
Best Related Work – English
- Fairytale, CD by Heather Dale
- The First Circle: Volume One of the Tenth Circle Project, edited by Eileen Bell and Ryan McFadden
- Neo-Opsis, edited by Karl Johanson
- On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society
- Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor
Best Artist (Professional and Amateur Nominations)
- Janice Blaine, “Cat in Space,” Cover art for Neo-Opsis, Issue 20
- Costi Gurgu, cover art for Outer Diverse
- Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications
- Dan O’Driscoll, “Deep Blue Seven,” cover art for On Spec magazine, Summer issue
- Martin Springett, Interior art for The Pattern Scars
Fan/Volunteer Award Nominations
Best Fan Publication
- BCSFAzine,edited by Felicity Walker
- Bourbon and Eggnog, by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland, and Randy McCharles
- In Places Between: The Robin Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest Book, edited by Reneé Bennett
- Sol Rising newsmagazine, edited by Michael Matheson
- Space Cadet, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
Best Fan Filk
- Stone Dragons (Tom and Sue Jeffers), concert at FilKONtario
- Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90
- Cindy Turner, Interfilk concert at OVFF
Best Fan Organizationa
- Andrew Gurudata, chair of the Constellation Awards committee
- Peter Halasz, administrator of the Sunburst Awards
- Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of the Chiaroscuro Reading Series (Toronto)
- Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)
- Alex von Thorn, chair of SFContario 2 (Toronto)
- Rose Wilson, for organizing the Art Show at V-Con (Vancouver)
Best Fan Other
- Lloyd Penney, letters of comment
- Peter Watts, “Reality: The Ultimate Mythology” lecture, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
- Taral Wayne, Canadian Fanzine Fanac Awards art
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University of Virginia graduate student Andrew Ferguson has won the top prize in the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia’s 49th Book Collecting Contest. Ferguson’s collection focuses on the works of R. A. Lafferty and includes 200 items including out-of-print novels, obscure magazines that featured his short stories, and books Lafferty once owned. The prize includes $300 and a fellowship to Rare Book School.
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Jane Yolen received the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion, also known as the de Grummond Medal, at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Children’s Book Festival. The award was founded in 1969 and is given in recognition of an author’s dedication and influence on the field of children’s literature.
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