Hey bookworms! Exciting news coming your way. The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust, known for celebrating the magic of imagination, has just revealed the shortlist for the second annual Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. And let me tell you, it’s a seriously impressive lineup. This fabulous literary prize awards a whopping $25,000 to a writer for a
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The BSFA has announced their full longlist for the 2021 BSFA Awards in the following categories: Best Artwork Best Fiction for Younger Readers Best Novel Best Short Fiction Best Non-Fiction
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Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announces the recipients of its special awards. The board chose Laurie R. King as the 2022 Grand Master, the 2022 Raven Award recipient is Lesa Holstine, and Juliet Grames will receive the Ellery Queen Award. They will accept their awards at the 76th Annual Edgar Awards Ceremony, which will be held on 28th April, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New
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The Sunburst Award Society has announced that The Sunburst Awards For Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic will be going on Hiatus. The incredible global impact of the Covid-19 virus has taken another victim, although it seems that this one will not be a permanent closure. The Sunburst Award Society announced the hiatus on their website, full quote below,
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This year’s Arthur C Clarke award was announced in unusual style with last year’s winner, Tade Thompson, having the honour of tweeting the news. That’s right, the announcement was tweeted. 2020, right? The honour of this year’s award goes to Namwali Serpell for her novel The Old Drift. In a series of tweets announcing the win, Tade Thompson had this
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FiyahCon, the virtual convention centering the perspectives and celebrating the contributions of BIPOC in speculative fiction, has recently announced the addition of the Ignyte Awards to their inaugural FiyahCon event. “The Awards seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts
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The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the ballot for the 2020 Aurora Awards. To be eligible, a work must be released in 2019 by a Canadian. Nominations are by members of the CSFFA and the top five nominees in each category are included on the final ballot.
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The judges of the 2020 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:
Read moreThe Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College is accepting book and play submissions for the 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards. The Neukom Awards, now in its third year, offers prizes in three categories of speculative fiction. Each category will receive an honorarium of $5,000 at a Dartmouth-sponsored event related to speculative fiction.
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Akwaeke Emezi’s fantastic debut novel Freshwater has taken the plaudits, and the top prize at this year’s Nommo Awards being declared the Best Novel. Freshwater centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born “with one foot on the other side.” The best novella award went to Nerine Dorman for
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