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< http://www.sfadb.com/Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame_2023 > Inductees announced in June 2023 are John Carpenter, N.K. Jemisin, Dune, and Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Sources: Locus Online and File 770) < http://www.sfadb.com/Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame_2021 > Inductees announced in 2021, but apparently not reported by Locus or by File 770, were Nichelle Nichols, Sigourney Weaver, Godzilla, and A Trip to the Moon. (Sources: […]

          < http://www.sfadb.com/Hugo_Awards_2023 > < http://www.sfadb.com/Lodestar_Award_2023 > < http://www.sfadb.com/Astounding_Award_for_Best_New_Writer_2023 > Winners will be announced October 21, 2023, at the Chengdu Worldcon in Chengdu, China. Some stats on the nominees in the top four fiction categories: Novel nominees: Moreno-Garcia: first Hugo nomination ever. This novel placed 3rd in the Locus Poll for […]

    < http://www.sfadb.com/The_Kitschies_2023 > Winners of this year’s Kitschies, for “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic,” announced June 24, 2023, are novels by W.P. Wiles and Julia Armfield, and the cover art by Klara Smith for a novel by Michelle Penn.

          < http://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2023 > Winners of this year’s Locus Awards, determined by a poll of the magazine’s readers and announced yesterday, October 24, in Oakland, CA, include John Scalzi, R.F. Kuang, T. Kingfisher, Charlie Jane Anders, Ray Nayler, Becky Chambers, John Chu, Samantha Mills, anthologists Sheree Renée Thomas & Oghenechovwe Donald […]

          < http://www.sfadb.com/Shirley_Jackson_Awards_2023 > Nominees for this year’s Shirley Jackson Awards, given annually since 2008 for achievements in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction, have been announced. Winners will be announced at Readercon on July 15, 2023. Last year’s winners included Stephen Graham Jones, Zin E. Rocklyn, E.A. Petricone, Isabel […]