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SFWA Announces 2012 Nebula Award Winners

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May 182013

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have announced the winners of the 2012 Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award, and the Andre Norton Award.

Here are the nominees; the winners are shown in bold.

Novel:

2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz ’13)
Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor)
The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

Novella:

After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press)
“The Stars Do Not Lie,” Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12)
“All the Flavors,” Ken Liu (GigaNotoSaurus 2/1/12)
“Katabasis,” Robert Reed (F&SF 11-12/12)
“Barry’s Tale,” Lawrence M. Schoen (Buffalito Buffet)

Novelette:

“Close Encounters,” Andy Duncan (The Pottawatomie Giant & Other Stories)
“The Pyre of New Day,” Catherine Asaro (The Mammoth Books of SF Wars)
“The Waves,” Ken Liu (Asimov’s 12/12)
“The Finite Canvas,” Brit Mandelo (Tor.com 12/5/12)
“Swift, Brutal Retaliation,” Meghan McCarron (Tor.com 1/4/12)
“Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia,” Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 8/22/12)
“Fade to White,” Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/12)

Short Story:

“Immersion,” Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 6/12)
“Robot,” Helena Bell (Clarkesworld 9/12)
“Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes,” Tom Crosshill (Clarkesworld 4/12)
“Nanny’s Day,” Leah Cypess (Asimov’s 3/12)
“Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream,” Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed 7/12)
“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” Ken Liu (Lightspeed 8/12)
“Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain,” Cat Rambo (Near + Far)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin (director), Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers), (Journeyman/Cinereach/Court 13/Fox Searchlight)
The Avengers, Joss Whedon (director) and Joss Whedon and Zak Penn (writers), (Marvel/Disney)
The Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard (director), Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (writers) (Mutant Enemy/Lionsgate)
The Hunger Games, Gary Ross (director), Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray (writers), (Lionsgate)
John Carter, Andrew Stanton (director), Michael Chabon, Mark Andrews, and Andrew Stanton (writers), (Disney)
Looper, Rian Johnson (director), Rian Johnson (writer), (FilmDistrict/TriStar)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book

Fair Coin, E.C. Myers (Pyr)
Iron Hearted Violet, Kelly Barnhill (Little, Brown)
Black Heart, Holly Black (McElderry; Gollancz)
Above, Leah Bobet (Levine)
The Diviners, Libba Bray (Little, Brown; Atom)
Vessel, Sarah Beth Durst (S&S/McElderry)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday UK)
Enchanted, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
Every Day, David Levithan (Knopf)
Summer of the Mariposas, Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Tu Books)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Above World, Jenn Reese (Candlewick)

Solstice Awards were awarded to editor Ginjer Buchanan and astronomer and entertainer Carl Sagan, the latter of which was accepted by his son Nick Sagan.

The Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service Award was awarded to Michael Payne.

The winners are announced at SFWA’s 48th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, held Thursday through Sunday, May 16 to May 19, 2013 at the San Jose Hilton in San Jose, California. Borderland Books hosted the mass autograph session from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17th at the San Jose Hilton.

As announced earlier this year, Gene Wolfe was the recipient of the 2012 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for his lifetime contributions to, and achievements in, the field. Founded in 1965 by the late Damon Knight, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America brings together the most successful and daring writers of speculative fiction throughout the world.

Campbell & Locus Award Nominations Announced For 2103

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May 142013

The Locus Awards Nominations

The Locus Awards are presented to winners of Locus Magazine‘s annual readers’ poll, which was established in the early ’70s specifically to provide recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards voters. Over the decades the Locus Awards have often drawn more voters than the Hugos and Nebulas combined. In recent years Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet, and unlike any other award, explicitly honor publishers of winning works with certificates. The first Locus Awards were given in 1971.

Locus has announced the nominees for the 2013 Locus Awards. The winners will be announced at the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle, Washington with Master of Ceremonies, Connie Willis. The finalists in the novel categories are:

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
Caliban’s War, James S.A. Corey (AKA: Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank) (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor; Gollancz)

FANTASY NOVEL

The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drowning Girl, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
Glamour in Glass, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Hide Me Among the Graves, Tim Powers (Morrow; Corvus)
The Apocalypse Codex, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown; Atom)
Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Dodger, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel & Friends; Much-in-Little ’13)

FIRST NOVEL

Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz ’13)
vN: The First Machine Dynasty, Madeline Ashby (Angry Robot US; Angry Robot UK)
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Random House; Doubleday UK)
The Games, Ted Kosmatka (Del Rey; Titan)
Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson (Grove; Corvus)

Visit Locus Online for the official press release and the complete list of finalists in all categories. Congrats to all the finalists and best of luck in June!

The Campbell Awards Nominations

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science-fiction novel of the year is one of the three major annual awards for science fiction. The first Campbell Award was presented at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1973. Since then the Award has been presented in various parts of the world: at California State University at Fullerton; at St. John’s College, Oxford; at the World SF Writers Conference in Dublin; in Stockholm; at the World SF meeting in Dublin again; the University of Kansas; and in a joint event with the SFRA Convention in Kansas City in 2007.

Since 1979, the Campbell Award has been presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as the focal point of a weekend of discussions about the writing, illustration, publishing, teaching, and criticism of science fiction.

The Award was created to honor the late editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, now named Analog. Campbell, who edited the magazine from 1937 until his death in 1971, is called by many writers and scholars the father of modern science fiction. Writers and critics Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss established the award in Campbell’s name as a way of continuing his efforts to encourage writers to produce their best possible work.

The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
Any Day Now, Terry Bisson (Overlook)
Existence, David Brin (Tor)
The Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross (Tor)
Empty Space, M. John Harrison (Night Shade)
Intrusion, Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Railsea, China Miéville (Del Rey)
The Fractal Prince, Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor)
Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds (Ace)
Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
Slow Apocalypse, John Varley (Ace)
Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson (Grove Press)

The award, for best SF novel, will be presented during the Campbell Conference, to be held July 13-16, 2013 at the Oread Hotel in Lawrence KS.

Kim Stanly Robinson’s 2312 has now been nominated for an impressive six awards.

A Special Thank You From ‘Stolen Droids’

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Jan 122013

posted by Gene Turnbow, Krypton Radio founder and station manager

I just got en email from Zuke Arakaki (“Zuke”) of the Stolen Droids production team with a link to this video meant for you, our listeners. It’s a special thank you from Zuke, Schmidty, Zohner, and Stark them for helping get their show, Stolen Droids, nominated for the 8th Annual Podcast Awards in 2012.

The Stolen Droids show is our technology show, and you can hear it every Tuesday at Saturday at 4PM, and it’s one of my personal favorites. Although they didn’t win, here’s why it’s still a big deal:

The Podcast Awards site received 9 million nomination submissions from the listening public all over the world. They nominated 5 thousand shows, and once the nominations were published, 12 million ballots were submitted for the new shows.

‘Stolen Droids’ placed in the top ten shows for technology.

And it’s due not only to the excellence Stolen Droids brings to every show they do, but also thanks in large part to you, our listeners, and all the nominations and votes you sent in to support them and their efforts.

On behalf of the Stolen Droids production team, and the staff at Krypton Radio and myself, thank you. Thank you all.

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Dec 132012

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Job Posting Announcement: KRW1-DEC2012 | Freelance Writer

Job Overview

Company:	Krypton Media Group d.b.a: Krypton Radio http://kryptonradio.com	Required Education:	The ability to read, but Masters in English Literature preferred.
Job Type:	Journalism Reporting on Current Events Being nosy	Required Experience:	The ability to write, spell correctly, and use proper grammar.
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Are you looking to develop your career in journalism? If you love superheroes, comic books, science fiction, steampunk, fantasy, gaming, internet radio stations, shiny pieces of metal, sniffing strange objects, getting just the facts on stories, scooping other news outlets on major stories, rescuing damsels in distress, blowing up small towns in the Nevada desert, cackling evilly, wearing tight revealing spandex pants, chest hair, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Men, K-9, being a xenophobic weirdo, polishing the Death Star, skydiving, scuba diving, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, horseshoes, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Apple Jack, Princess Celestia, Spike, plotting to take over the world, building elaborate underwater bases, turning water into wine, drinking mudders milk, wearing browncoats, laying shipwrecked and comatose drinking fresh mango juice with goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes, having fun, fun, fun, In the sun, sun, sun, becoming overlord of the world, interstellar domination, mind melding with dogs, laughing at cats, drink the last bit of milk in the fridge, and thinking no one will notice?

The check into becoming a Freelance Writer. Krypton Radio is one of the fastest growing internet radio stations in the Milky Way Galaxy, with more than 3,000 fans on Facebook and admirers in many Earth countries. We offer tremendous career growth opportunities for our employees that get results.

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2012 World Fantasy Award Winners Announced

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Nov 052012

The World Fantasy Awards are presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in the fantasy field.

A panel of judges and members of the World Fantasy Convention select nominees. Winners are selected by a panel of judges that differs every year. This year’s judges were John Berlyne, James P. Blaylock, Stephen Gallagher, Mary Kay Kare, and Jacques Post.

2012 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Alan Garner
George R.R. Martin

Novel

Winner: Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)

Nominees:

• Those Across the River, Christopher Buehlman (Ace)
• 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
• A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella

Winner: “A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong,” K.J. Parker (Subterranean Winter 2011)

Nominees:

• “Near Zennor,” Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors)
• “Alice Through the Plastic Sheet,” Robert Shearman (A Book of Horrors)
• “Rose Street Attractors,” Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight)
• Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press; Clarkesworld)

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8th Annual Podcast Awards – ‘Stolen Droids’ One Of The Finalists!

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Nov 032012

Stolen Droids

This is so exciting. We told you just last week that our popular technology show Stolen Droids, the podcast that the great guys at StolenDroids.com let us air as a radio program each week, was in the running for nomination for the prestigious Podcast Awards. Not only did they actually get that nomination, they are now one of only ten finalists in the Technology category!

You helped put them there with your nomination, and now that the judges have picked out the finalists, you can help them win – just go to http://podcastawards.com and cast your votes. Yes, that’s plural – you can come back and vote again every day until the people’s choice online voting ends on November 15.

We’re very proud that Stolen Droids chose Krypton Radio as their internet radio station, and we think they deserve this award. Go vote for them!

Stolen Droids can be heard on Krypton Radio on Tuesdays at 4PM, PST (7PM Eastern), and then again on Saturdays at 4PM PST (7PM Eastern).

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Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Harryhausen, Stan Lee To Be Honored At Eaton SciFi Conference April 11-14, 2013

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Jul 272012

Award winners Le Guin, Harryhausen & Lee

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin, special effects creator Raymond F. Harryhausen and Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee will be recognized with the J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction at the University of California, Riverside’s Eaton Science Fiction Conference April 11-14, 2013. The conference examines science fiction in multiple media, and will be held at the Riverside Marriott Hotel.

Le Guin, who will receive the Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012, has written 20 science fiction and fantasy novels, among them “The Left Hand of Darkness” and “The Dispossessed,” each of which won Hugo and Nebula awards. She is the author of many short stories, six volumes of poetry, 13 books for children, as well as criticisms, collections of essays and screenplays.

Stan Lee Sets Guinness World Record For Largest Graphic Novel

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Jun 282012

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That’s a big comic book!

Photo Credit/Copyright 1821 Comics

1821 Comics www.1821comics.com, comic legend Stan Lee and POW! Entertainment have set a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Graphic Novel ever published with a scaled up version of their New York Times Best Selling graphic novel ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR.

The giant version of the graphic novel was unveiled last week in a special celebration held at the Vault Gallery in Culver City that included a silent art auction with proceeds from the event benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute. The official certificate from the Guinness World Record organization was presented to Lee and 1821 Comics co-founder Terry Dougas by actor Thomas Jane, star of HBO’s Hung and Marvel’s Punisher. Michael Wayne, John Wayne’s grandson and Chair of the John Wayne Cancer Institute also attended the event and addressed the attendees.

ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR is one of the most sought after coffee table books with the original editions available on both hardcover and paperback. Both versions of the book have hit the New York Times Best Sellers list several times. ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR is the brainchild of Lee, Paris Kasidokostas Latsis and Terry Dougas, founders of 1821 Comics and Lee’s producing partner Gill Champion, President and CEO of POW! Entertainment. ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR is printed as a beautiful large coffee table book with the story re-imagined by Stan Lee and Terry Dougas, written by Max Work and artwork by Skan Srisuwan.

The book is available as a hard cover collector’s edition and soft cover. The book is available at local comic retailers, book stores and online. The limited edition giant book stands 25 inches tall, 33 inches wide and is 2 inches thick.

The donated art which was on display from the event included a limited edition Turbie Breaks The Frown Barrier by two-time Emmy Winner Rich Arons, Anticipation for Andy by Anthony Win, Brock Hamilton’s Spider Man, Mary Jane by Jamie Tyndall, and 6 giant pieces of artwork from ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR by Skan Srisuwan. The Vault Gallery will hold a viewing of the artwork from the event today for the general public.

1821 Comics is taking pre-sales of the record setting book for fans who want to personally own a copy. For additional details please email info@1821comics.com.

The event’s sponsors included: Stan Lee’s World of Heroes, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo Presented by POW! Entertainment, Sun Drop, Veev and Whosay.

Commented 1821 Comics co-founder Terry Dougas on the World Record “It’s truly an honor to first hit the New York Times best-sellers with ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR, and now to be setting a new world record for the largest graphic novel published with our limited edition scaled up version. I’d like to thank Stan Lee and POW! Entertainment for partnering with us on this project and to all of our sponsors and donors who attended last night’s event benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute.”

Stan Lee said: “It’s incredibly gratifying to be able to merge an entertainment project with a charitable endeavor. I’m delighted to have been able to combine the occasion of our graphic-novel ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR being included into the world-famous Guinness Book of Records with a perfect opportunity to aid the splendid work of the John Wayne Cancer Institute. It’s just one more example of art aiding life and I’m extremely proud to have been a part of it.”

“Publishing remains a core part of POW!’s business. We are always looking for creative, exciting ways to reach our fans and consumers, and this event exemplifies that perfectly,” remarked POW! Entertainment’s Gill Champion.

ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR story takes Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers and places them in the futuristic sci-fi/fantasy Empire of Verona, the most powerful territory on Earth. The MONTAGUES, powerful cyborgs made of artificial DNA, and the CAPULETS, genetically enhanced humans known for their speed and agility, worked in tandem to destroy all threats to the city. With no one left to fight, the Montagues and Capulets found themselves a new enemy: each other.

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