Monthly Archives: August 2023

          < http://www.sfadb.com/Sidewise_Awards_2023 > Finalists for this year’s Sidewise Awards, for works of alternate history published in 2022, have been released. Winners will be announced during this year’s World Fantasy Convention, to be held in Kansas City, MO, the weekend of Oct. 26-29 2023. The Sidewise Awards have been awarded since […]

< http://www.sfadb.com/Theodore_Sturgeon_Memorial_Award_2023 > The winner of this year’s Theodore Sturgeon Award, for best science fiction story of 2022, is “Rabbit Test” by Samantha Mills. The story has previously won a Nebula Award and a Locus Award, and is pending for this year’s Hugo Awards.

        < http://www.sfadb.com/Aurora_Awards_2023 > Winners of this year’s Aurora Awards, for works by Canadians, include Kate Heartfield (who’s won once before), Douglas Smith (who’s won twice before), Peter G. Reynolds, Fonda Lee (who’s won four times before), Shannon Allen & JR Campbell, and Cait Gordon & Talia C. Johnson.

< http://www.sfadb.com/Arthur_C_Clarke_Award_2023 > The winner is Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman. This is Beauman’s first nomination and win for any of the awards compiled in this database.

< http://www.sfadb.com/WSFA_Small_Press_Award_2023 > Finalists for this year’s Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for short fiction have been announced. The winner will be presented at Capclave, to be held in Rockville MD from Sept 29th to Oct 1st, 2023. Juliet Kemp was a finalist in 2020, Naomi Kritzer in 2014 and 2016. Last year’s […]