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— posted Tuesday 29 August 2023 @ 10:18 am PDT
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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.
— posted Tuesday 22 August 2023 @ 2:27 pm PDT
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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.
— posted Thursday 17 August 2023 @ 11:32 am PDT
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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.
— posted Wednesday 16 August 2023 @ 3:53 pm PDT
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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 winner was “Eight Mile and the City” by Steven Harper.
— posted Tuesday 15 August 2023 @ 11:39 am PDT
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Finalists for this year’s Dragon Awards have been released. Winners will be announced at Dragon Con, held in Atlanta GA from Aug 31st to Sept 4th, 2023.
The eligibility period for the awards is from mid-year to mid-year, so some of the finalists were published in 2022, others in 2023.
Winners last year included James S.A. Corey, Holly Black, Sarah Hollowell, David Weber/Timothy Zahn/Thomas Pope, Mercedes Lackey, Timothy Zahn, and Chuck Wendig.
The Military SF/F Novel category has been dropped this year, as has the Media Tie-in Novel category. The Comic Book and Graphic Novel categories have been combined. The SF/F TV Series category now allows for Internet release. And there’s a new category this year, for Illustrative Cover.
The full ballot on the Dragoncon.org site includes nominees for Best Digital Game and Best Tabletop Game, not compiled here.
