Monthly Archives: July 2014
Phoenix Award
http://www.sfadb.com/Phoenix_Award For southern fandom. One new recipient for 2013 (Robert Jordan), but only according to Wikipedia; the scenic-city.com linked official site is defunct. 14 updated pages.
Phantastik Preis
http://www.sfadb.com/Phantastik_Preis Results for 2010 through 2013. More appeals to Google, and Amazon sites (including “Look Inside” previews to examine copyright pages). It seems Fforde’s Irgendwo ganz anders = First Among Sequels; Gaiman’s Der lächelnde Odd und die Reise nach Asgard = Odd and the Frost Giants; Iain M. Banks’ Welten = Transition, and Banks’ Krieg […]
Lord Ruthven Awards
http://www.sfadb.com/Lord_Ruthven_Awards These are awards for vampire novels and nonfiction. Added results for 2013 and 2014. The official site is woefully out of date; results taken from Locus Magazine’s coverage of the annual ICFA conferences, where the awards are announced. 38 new and updated pages.
James White Award
This award, for an unpublished writer whose winning story will be published in Interzone, has become intermittent. There were no results in 2013. http://www.sfadb.com/James_White_Award_2014 26 new and updated pages.
Italia Awards
http://www.sfadb.com/Italia_Awards Added results for 2010 through 2014. Again, as with previous awards, only the ‘international’ categories are compiled here, though we’ve provided links to the complete results on the award’s home site. Compiling these non-English language awards involves appeals to Google Translate and various Amazon sites, and sometimes raw Google searches, to be sure which […]