At their second annual conference the Historical Writers of America will award their PastWords Award to seven artists whose “work illuminates the past”. The award was setup “to recognize creators who have produced an outstanding body of work.” Among the winners of the 2017 awards is none other than A Song of Ice and Fire, and therefore TV sensation Game of
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The Parsec Awards are the premier (and only) awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy podcasting, and they need your help. After a decade of celebrating the pioneers of SFF podcasting they are looking to add to the team, and it looks like the request is urgent as they want you to help with the 2017 awards!
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An announcement for our Canadian friends today with the release of the shortlist for the 2017 Sunburst Awards. The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an award to recognize exceptional writing in three categories: adult, young adult and short story. The awards are presented annually to a winner in each of the categories. And yes, they do
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Dylan Callens lands cleanly. That would be the headline of a newspaper built with an anagram generator. And although Dylan is a Welsh name meaning god or hero of the sea, he is not particularly fond of large bodies of water. His last name, Callens, might be Gaelic. If it is, his last name means rock. Rocks sink in the
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The World Fantasy Convention is all set to honour Terry Brooks and Marina Warner with lifetime achievement awards at their annual ceremony in November.
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The Scribe Awards have announced their winners of the 2017 awards.
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Controversy marred the annual Dragon Awards this year, this gets a little bit convoluted so you’ll need to bear with us while we unravel this for you. The issues started with Alison Littlewood, author of The Hidden People. The novel was announced as nominated in the Horror novel category of the Dragon Awards, an excellent achievement for the author? Well,
Read moreBrian Aldiss was an enormous figure in the Science Fiction field and it was with great sadness that we learnt of his passing on 19th of August this year, at the age of 92.
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Layton is a bestselling author who writes across multiple genres, including mystery, thriller, suspense, horror, and fantasy. He is the author of the popular Dominic Grey series, as well as other works of fiction. His novels have been optioned for film, nominated for multiple awards (including a finalist for an International Thriller Writers award), and have reached #1 on numerous
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When the Booker Prize shortlist was announced yesterday a Zealot Script favourite was missing. Unfortunately for author Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad has missed out on scooping the most prestigious literary prize of them all. We’re sure that Colson is not too disheartened as he can console himself with the fact that he has already been awarded 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the
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