International Steampunk City

The Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation will be hosting the International Steampunk City the weekend of May 6-8, 2011. The event will take place at various locations through the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, artwork, street theatre, and exhibits.

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Steamcon Airship Awards

The nominees for the first Steamcon Airship Awards have been announced. The Steamcon Airship Awards will be presented at Steamcon II: Weird Weird West, to be held in Seattle, Washington from November 19-21. Any pre-registered member of the con may vote for the winners in five categories.

Written

• Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, by Alan Moore
• Mainspring, by Jay Lake
• Soulless, by Gail Carriger

Visual

• Paul Guinan
• Richard Nagy
• Haruo Suekichi
• Jake von Slatt

Aural

• Abney Park
• The Clockwork Dolls
• Extraordinary Contraptions
• The Men that Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing

Community Contributor

• Captain Robert Brown of Abney Park
• GD Falksen
• Mike Perschon
• Jake Von Slatt

Potpourri

• Deadlands Role Playing Game
• Girl Genius
• The League of STEAM
• The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

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BookViewCafé Steampunk Photo Winners

Christa Newman has been declared the winner of the BookView Café’s Extraordinary Steampunk Photo Contest. Newman will receive copies of The Shadow Conspiracy: Tales of the Steam Age, volumes one and two for her picture of a leather apron clad steampunk diva. Randolph Fritz took second prize and readers’ choice.

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