Category Archives: Awards

And Nebulas

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Cheryl

I don’t have to give you a run-down here, because the good folks from Locus were on hand to do so. Here’s the list. I am, of course, disappointed that The Drowning Girl didn’t win, but it is an interesting … Continue reading →

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Aurealis Awards Winners

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cheryl

Australia’s juried awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney today. Based on their Twitter feed, here are the winners. Children’s Fiction (mainly words): Brotherband: The Hunters by John Flanagan (Random House Australia) Children’s Fiction (mainly pictures): Little Elephants by … Continue reading →

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Tähtivaeltaja Award

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Cheryl

Talking of Finland, the results of the 2013 Tähtivaeltaja Award were announced on Monday. This is an award for science fiction published in Finnish. The shortlist was as follows: Pintakuvio (Surface Detail) by Iain M. Banks Ready Player One by … Continue reading →

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Ditmar Winners

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Cheryl

The Ditmar Award winners were announced at the Australian Natcon yesterday evening. I can’t see an official announcement yet, but based on Twitter reports the winners are as follows: Novel: Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin) Novella or Novelette: … Continue reading →

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Small Blue Planet: France

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Cheryl

C’est animé? C’est vivant? Je ne sais pas. La traduction, elle est difficile. Especially when you are as bad at languages as I am. Thankfully my guests on Small Blue Planet are very good at English. Many thanks to Mélanie … Continue reading →

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The Granta List

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Cheryl

Granta is a British literary magazine widely regarded as a pillar of the establishment. Every ten years they publish a list of “top British novelists under 40″. Previously the list has featured the likes of Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Jeanette … Continue reading →

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Australian Shadows Awards #WomenInGenre

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Cheryl

Via Kirstyn McDermott I have seen the results of this year’s Australian Shadows Awards, which are juried awards for horror fiction. Kirstyn is quite rightly jumping up and down because she has won the Novel category with Perfections. However, I … Continue reading →

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Sir Arthur’s Fantasy Women #WomenInGenre

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Cheryl

So the Clarke Award jury this year managed to return a short list of six books by men, despite four of the five judges being women. I think it is a pretty safe bet that if the Hugo Best novel … Continue reading →

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Hugos Wrap (I Hope)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Cheryl

As Hugo Outrage season has been replaced by Clarke Outrage season, I should be wrapping up what I say about this year’s nominees, but I did promise Sandra McDonald a full reply to a comment she left on one of … Continue reading →

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Women, Hugos and Me Elsewhere

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Cheryl

As I mentioned over the weekend, I met these nice people from For Books Sake at the Bristol Women’s Literature Festival. They are keen to expand on their SF&F coverage, so I wrote them an article about the Hugos, extolling … Continue reading →

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A Hugo Cautionary Tale

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Cheryl

First up today, if anyone has actually come here from Larry Nolen’s blog wondering what I have to say about a Hugo for Genre Poetry, all I can say is that McCalmont is wrong, as usual, (and check the date … Continue reading →

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The Five Percent Rule

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Cheryl

Every year when the Hugo Award nominees or winners are announced, someone finds something to complain about. This year one of the obvious targets is the fact that only three works made it onto the ballot for Short Story because … Continue reading →

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PKD Winner

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Cheryl

It being Easter, news is a little slow around the blogosphere, so you may not have heard that the winner of this year’s Philip K. Dick Award was announced at Norwescon last night. A drum roll please for Lost Everything … Continue reading →

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Best of Australia

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Cheryl

The nominees for this year’s Ditmar awards have been released. There’s a full list available here. I’m really impressed with how many women there are on the ballot. Clearly there is some sort of secret feminist cabal at work here. … Continue reading →

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Hugo Nominations Live

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Cheryl

This year’s Hugo Nominees will be announced live at a number of conventions, including Eastercon, this coming Saturday. There’s a list of them available here, but if you are not able to be at one of those events then the … Continue reading →

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Lammy Nominees Announced

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Cheryl

While I was out yesterday the short lists for the Lambda Literary Awards were announced. I’m pleased to see several friends on the lists. Roz Kaveney gets a nod in the Trans Fiction category for her poetry collection, Dialectic of … Continue reading →

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The Clarke and Digital

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Cheryl

The submissions list for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award was released today. There are lots of great books on it, and as always many interesting-sounding ones I’m not familiar with. However, I suspect that one of the things that … Continue reading →

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Tiptree Winners Announced

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Cheryl

In my email this morning was the announcement of this year’s Tiptree Award results. There are joint winners: The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam. As you probably know, I love The Drowning … Continue reading →

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BASFA Recommends

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Cheryl

As is traditional, the Bay Area Science Fiction Association has put together lists of recommendations for the various Hugo Award categories, and for the Campbell. I am amongst the members who have contributed. Yesterday Kevin posted them to the Hugo … Continue reading →

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We Have Nebulas

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Cheryl

The short lists for this year’s Nebula Awards were announced yesterday while I was out and about in Bristol. You can find them here. As usual, I’m delighted to see so many of my friends getting a chance at glory. … Continue reading →

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