Named in honor of the author of the seminal horror novel Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards are presented annually for superior achievement in writing in eleven categories, including traditional works of various lengths, poetry, screenplays, and non-fiction. Previous winners include Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, George R. R. Martin, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman. The... Continue Reading →
27th February 2019 - Zeus Is Undead: This One Has Zombies - Michael G. Munz Sometimes all a fallen goddess needs to regain her power is a trusty sword and a worldwide zombie apocalypse... Athena’s had a rough eighteen months. Formerly the goddess of wisdom, battle, and crafts, her divinity has been revoked. Zeus no longer... Continue Reading →
For anyone that has been following Curiosity Quills over the past couple of years, they've been in a lot of difficulties. The first rumblings of disquiet came around their potentially punitive termination fees for contracted authors, followed shortly by complaints around publication errors, missed deadlines and poor communication. Authors were reporting that royalties payments were... Continue Reading →
Only one week remains on the Ghost Walk Audiobook giveaway! All you have to do to take part is to head on over to author Melissa Bowesock's Facebook page and leave her a comment describing an adventuring, funny, unique or implausible way that you will listen to the book. Winners will be selected on 28th February... Continue Reading →
Award season continues with the announcement of the 2018 Nebula Shortlist from Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Nebula Awards will be presented during the annual SFWA Nebula Conference, which will run from May 16th-19th and feature programming developed and geared toward SFF professionals. On May 18th, a mass autograph session will take... Continue Reading →
The Continuum Foundation, organisers of the Aurealis Awards, have announced the finalists for the 2018 Aurealis .Awards The winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony taking place in Melbourne on Saturday May 4, 2019. Further details of the event will be available on the Aurealis website nearer the time. The Shortlist BEST CHILDREN’S... Continue Reading →
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the shortlist for their annual awards, for works published in 2018. The Awards will be presented on Saturday 20th April at Ytterbium, the 70th Eastercon, which this year is taking place at The Park Inn Heathrow, London, from 19-22 April 2019. The host for the ceremony will be... Continue Reading →
Wrath James White and Brian Keene, founders of the Splatterpunk Awards, which recognize superior achievement in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror, have announced the nominees for the second annual awards, honoring works published in 2018. BEST NOVEL A Gathering of Evil by Gil Valle (Comet Press)Camp Slasher by Dan Padavona (Independently Published)Full Brutal... Continue Reading →
Phoenix Pick recently announced that, working with the Heinlein Prize Trust, they have been able to reconstruct the complete text of an unpublished novel written by Robert A. Heinlein. Heinlein wrote this as an alternate text for The Number of the Beast". This text of approximately 185,000 words largely mirrors the first third of the published text, but... Continue Reading →
