The winners of the Golden Duck Awards, presented annually by SupderConDuckTivity, have been announced. The Golden Ducks are given to recognize excellence in young adult science fiction. The awards will be presented at Renovation, this year’s Worldcon.
Picture Book: Oh, No, or How My Science Project Destroyed the World, by Mac Bennett
Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades: Alien Encounter, by Pamela Service and Mike Gorman
Hal Clement Award for Young Adults: WWW: Watch, by Robert J. Sawyer
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James Knapp won this year’s Compton Crook Award for best first novel for his book State of Decay. The award comes with a prize of $1,000 and the winner will be treated as a guest of honor for two consecutive Balticons.
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The nominees for the second Gemmell Awards for fantasy have been announced. The Gemmell Awards are popularly voted awards. Anyone can vote by visiting the Gemmell Award website.
The Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer:
- Spellwright , by Blake Charlton
- Warrior Priest, by Darius Hinks
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin
- Shadow Prowler, by Alexey Pehov
- Tymon’s Flight, by Mary Victoria
The Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art:
- Olof Erla Einarsdottir for the cover of Power & Majesty
- Victoria Frank for the cover of Tymon’s Flight
- Todd Lockwood for the cover of The Ragged Man
- Cliff Nielson for the cover of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- Jon Sullivan for the cover of Shadow King
The David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2010:
- The Desert Spear, by Peter V. Brett
- War of the Dwarves, by Markus Heitz
- Towers of Midnight, by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
- The Alchemist in the Shadow, by Pierre Pevel
- The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
- The Black Prism, by Brent Weeks
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Pyr is launching a line of young adult novels after seeing the appeal of some of their titles with the young adult audience. The first novel in the new Pyr Young Adult line will be Lightbringer, the debut novel by K. D. McEntire. Other works scheduled for publication include Ian McDonald’s Planesrunner and Ari Marmell’s Thief’s Covenant.
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Mark Hodder’s novel The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack won this year’s Philip K. Dick Award, presented at Norwescon. The Philip K. Dick Award honors books published originally in paperback (mass market or trade), and is selected by a panel of judges which included William Barton, Andy Duncan, Bruce McAllister, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and David Walton. The judges also gave a special citation award to Project Itoh for the book Harmony, translated by Alexander O. Smith . Next year’s judges have been announced as Scott Baker, Mark Budz, Roby James, Darrell Schweitzer, and Alice K. Turner.
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This year’s nominees for the Prometheus Award have been announced. The awards are presented by the Libertarian Futurist Society and winners will be announced in August at Renovation, which will be held in Reno, Nevada. The nominees for the Hall of Fame were previously announced.
- For the Win, by Cory Doctorow
- Darkship Thieves, by Sarah Hoyt
- The Last Trumpet Project, by Kevin MacArdry
- Live Free or Die, by John Ringo
- Ceres, by L. Neil Smith
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Judge Denny Chin has rejected the Google Books Settlement, saying that the search engine’s agreement was too broad and “would arguably give Google control over the search market” for books. The agreement between Google and the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers was dismissed without prejudice, which means that Google and the organizations can revise the agreement and resubmit it in a way that gives better protection to copyright owners.
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The winners of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, given annually for gender-bending speculative fiction, have been announced. The awards will be presented at Wiscon on Memorial Day weekend. This year’s judges included Penny Hill, Euan Bear, Jessa Crispin, Alice Kim, and
Lawrence Schimel.
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, by Dubravka Ugresic
Furthermore, an honor list of six works was announced:
The Bone Palace, by Amanda Downum
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin
“Diana Comet and the Disappearing Lover,” (a.k.a. “Diana Comet”) by Sandra McDonald
“Drag Queen Astronaut,” by Sandra McDonald
The Secret Feminist Cabal, by Helen Merrick
Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor
Living with Ghosts, by Kari Sperring
The Colony, by Jillian Weise
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Chicago’s One Book, One City program has selected to read Neil Gaiman’s 2003 novel Neverwhere for its Spring 2011 choice. The Chicago Public Library chooses two books a year and this Fall’s selection will mark the program’s tenth anniversary. The program includes book discussions, public programs, a script reading of last year’s dramatic production of the play, and Gaiman will speak in Chicago on April 12 and 13.
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In support of Claude Lalumière’s forthcoming The Door to Lost Pages, ChiZine is running a contest to provide names of imaginary books. Two winners will be selected, one by voters, one by Lalumière. The two grand-prize winners each get a free, signed, limited-edition hardcover copy of The Door to Lost Pages, and ten postcards featuring their winning entry. The contest is open from February 17 through March 15.
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