Seiun Awards

The winners of the Japanese Seiun Awards, voted on by attendees of Donbura Con L, the 50th Japanese Science Fiction Convention, we announced on September 3.

• Japanese Novel: Kyonen wa Ii Toshi ni Narudarou (Last Year Was Probably a Good Year), by Yamamoto Hiroshi
• Japanese Short Story: “Arisuma-oo no Aishita Mamono” (“King Arisuma’s Beloved Demon”), by Ogawa Issui
• Foreign Novel: Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn
• Foreign Short Story: “Carry the Moon in My Pocket,” by James Lovegrove
• Media: District 9
• Comics: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Fullmetal Alchemist), by Arakawa Hiromu
• Art: Naoyuki Katou
• Non-fiction: Sa wa saiensu no sa (Sa is for Science), by Tsukasa Shikano
• Open category: Hayabusa (MUSES-C) space probe

Seiun Awards

The Seiun Award winners were announced in Japan the weekend of August 6. Traditionally, the awards for translated works are presented to the winners at Worldcon.

• Best Novel: Guin Saga series, by Kaoru Kurimoto
• Best Short Story: “Jisei no yume,” by Hirotaka Tobi
• Best Translated Novel: The Last Colony, by John Scalzi
• Best Translated Short Story: “Dark Integers,” by Greg Egan
• Best Dramatic Presentation: Summer Wars
• Best Graphic Novel: Pluto, by Naoki Urasawa, Osamu Tezuka, Takashi Nagasaki, and Makoto Tezuka
• Best Artist: Naoyuki Kato
• Best Non-Fiction: Nihon SF Seishin-shi, by Yasuo Nagayama
• Best SF-Related Activity: Gundam 30th Anniversary Project Real G the Statue of Gundam
• Special Prize: Takumi Shibano

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