Science Fiction Awards Watch

A number of genre-related shows are included, notably Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, Futurama, Falling Skies, The Walking Dead (and I suppose Glee since so many of you talk about it so much.)

Additional information here.

Orignal Reporting by SF Site

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards, which will be presented on September 23 with host Jimmy Kimmel. Categories with nominees of genre interest are listed below.
Outstanding Comedy Series

• The Big Bang Theory
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Girls
• Modern Family
• 30 Rock
• Veep

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory
• Larry David as Himself in Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan in House Of Lies
• Louis C.K. as Louie in Louie
• Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock
• Jon Cryer as Alan Harper in Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory
• Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives
• Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in Modern Family
• Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family
• Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie
• Kristen Wiig as various characters in Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Community, “Remedial Chaos Theory,” written by Chris McKenna
• Girls, “Pilot,” written by Lena Dunham
• Louie, “Pregnant,” written by Louis C.K.
• Parks And Recreation, “The Debate,” written by Amy Poehler
• Parks And Recreation, “Win, Lose, Or Draw,” written by Michael Schur

Outstanding Drama Series

• Boardwalk Empire
• Breaking Bad
• Downton Abbey
• Game of Thrones
• Homeland
• Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad
• Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo ‘Gus’ Fring in Breaking Bad
• Brendan Coyle as John Bates in Downton Abbey
• Jim Carter as Mr. Carson in Downton Abbey
• Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones
• Jared Harris as Lane Pryce in Mad Men

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

• American Horror Story
• Game Change
• Hatfields & McCoys
• Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Luther
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries Or A Movie

• Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon in American Horror Story
• Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in Game Change
• Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn in Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone in Missing
• Emma Thompson as She in The Song Of Lunch

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie

• Frances Conroy as Moira in American Horror Story
• Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story
• Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace in Game Change
• Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy in Hatfields & McCoys
• Judy Davis as Jill Tankard in Page Eight

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries Or A Movie

• Denis O’Hare as Larry Harvey in American Horror Story
• Ed Harris as John McCain in Game Change
• Tom Berenger as Jim Vance in Hatfields & McCoys
• David Strathairn as John Dos Passos in Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia

Outstanding Animated Program

• American Dad! , “Hot Water”
• Bob’s Burgers, “BurgerBoss”
• Futurama, “The Tip of the Zoidberg”
• The Penguins of Madagascar, “The Return Of The Revenge Of Dr. Blowhole”
• The Simpsons, “Holidays Of Future Passed”

Outstanding Short-format Animated Program

• Adventure Time, “Too Young”
• Disney Phineas And Ferb, “The Doonkleberry Imperative”
• MAD, “Kitchen Nightmare Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy”
• Regular Show, “Eggscellent”
• Robot Chicken, “Fight Club Paradise”

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

• Brenda Strong as Mary-Alice Young in Desperate Housewives, “Give Me The Blame / Finishing The Hat”
• Dan Povenmire as Doctor Doofenshmirtz in Disney Phineas And Ferb: Across The 2nd Dimension
• Rob Riggle as Noel in Disney Prep & Landing, “Naughty Vs. Nice”
• Maurice LaMarche as Clamps, Donbot, Hyperchicken, Calculon, Hedonismbot, and Morbo in Futurama, “The Silence Of The Clamps”
• Kristen Wiig as Lola in The Looney Tunes Show, “Double Date”
• Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak, Duffman, Mexican Duffman, Carl, Comic Book Guy, and Chief Wiggum in The Simpsons, “Moe Goes From Rags To Riches”

Outstanding Children’s Program

• Degrassi, executive producers Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Brendon Yorke, co-executive producer Sarah Glinski, supervising producer Stephanie Williams, series producer Stefan Brogren, producer David Lowe
• Good Luck Charlie, executive producers Dan Staley, Drew Vaupen, Phil Baker, co-executive producers Christopher Vane, Erika Kaestle, Patrick McCarthy, produced by Pixie Wespiser
• iCarly, executive producers Dan Schneider, co-executive producer Robin Weiner, supervising producer Joe Catania, producer Bruce Rand Berman
• Victorious, executive producer Dan Schneider, co-executive producers Warren Bell, Robin Weiner, supervising producer Joe Catania, produced by Bruce Rand Berman
• Wizards Of Waverly Place, executive producers Ben Montanio, Vince Cheung, Todd J. Greenwald, co-executive producers Gigi McCreery, Perry Rein, supervising producer Richard Goodman, produced by Greg A. Hampson

Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

• Bill Groom, Production Designer; Adam Scher, Art Director; and Carol Silverman, Set Decorator for Boardwalk Empire, “Peg Of Old,” “Battle Of The Century,” and “To The Lost”
• Donal Woods, Production Designer; Charmian Adams, Art Director; Judy Farr, Set Decorator for Downton Abbey, Episode 4 and Episode 7
• Gemma Jackson, Production Designer; Frank Walsh, Art Director; Tina Jones, Set Decorator for Game of Thrones, “Garden Of Bones,” “The Ghost Of Harrenhal,” and “A Man Without Honor”
• Dave Blass, Production Designer; Oana Bogdan, Art Director; Shauna Aronson, Set Decorator for Justified, “Cut Ties,” “Loose Ends,” and “Measures”
• Dan Bishop, Production Designer; Christopher L. Brown, Art Director; Claudette Didul, Set Decorator for Mad Men, “At The Cod Fish Ball”

Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries Or Movie

• Mark Worthington, Production Designer; Edward L. Rubin, Art Director; Ellen Brill, Set Decorator for American Horror Story, “Open House” (Part 7)
• Beth Rubino, Production Designer; Charles M. Lagola, Art Director; Ellen Brill, Set Decorator for American Horror Story, Part 1
• David Roger, Production Designer; Paul Ghirardani, Art Director; Jo Kornstein, Set Decorator for Great Expectations
• Derek Hill, Production Designer; Servan Porupca, Art Director; John Vertrees, Art Director; Sally Black, Set Decorator for Hatfields & McCoys
• Geoffrey Kirkland, Production Designer; Nanci Noblett Starr, Art Director; Jim Erickson, Set Decorator for Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Arwel Wyn Jones, Production Designer; Dafydd Shurmer, Art Director; Joelle Rumbelow, Set Decorator for Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

• Meredith Tucker, Boardwalk Empire
• Jill Trvellick, Downton Abbey
• Nina Gold and Robert Sterne, Game of Thrones
• Mark Saks, The Good Wife
• Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Judy Henderson, Craig Fincannon, and Lisa Mae Fincannon
• Homeland, Laura Schiff and Carrie Audino, Mad Men

Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

• Robert Ulrich and Eric Dawson, American Horror Story
• Randi Hiller and Tamara-Lee Notcutt, Five
• David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran, and Kathleen Chopin, Game Change
• Fern Champion and Amy Hubbard, Hatfields & McCoys
• Kate Rhodes James, Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia

Outstanding Costumes for a Series

• John Dunn, Lisa Padovani, and Maria Zamansky, Boardwalk Empire, “21”
• Gabriella Pescucci and Uliva Pizzetti, The Borgias, “The Confession”
• Susannah Buxton, Downton Abbey, Episode 1
• Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham, and Chloe Aubry, Game of Thrones, “The Prince Of Winterfell”
• Eduardo Castro and Monique McRae, Once Upon A Time, “Hat Trick”

Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

• Chrisi Karvonides and Conan Castro, , American Horror Story,“Halloween,” Part 1
• Annie Symons and Yvonne Duckett, Great Expectations, Part 2
• Karri Hutchinson and Adina Bucur, Hatfields & McCoys, Part 1
• Ruth Myers and William McPhail, Hemingway & Gellhorn
• Sarah Arthur and Ceri Walford, Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia
• Lorna Marie Mugan and Rhona McGuirke, Treasure Island, Part 1

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series

• The Big Bang Theory, “The Countdown Reflection,” Peter John Chakos
• Hot In Cleveland, “God And Football,” Mark Dashnaw
• How I Met Your Mother, “Trilogy Time,” Sue Federman
• Two And A Half Men, “Why We Gave Up Women,” Joseph Bella
• 2 Broke Girls, “And The Kosher Cupcakes,” Darryl Bates

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries Or A Movie

• American Horror Story, Fabienne Bouville, Editor
• Game Change, Lucia Zucchetti
• Hatfields & McCoys, Part 2, Don Cassidy
• Hemingway & Gellhorn, Walter Murch
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia, Charlie Phillips

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series

• Boardwalk Empire, “Two Boats And A Lifeguard,” Francesca Paris and Christine Cantrell,
• The Borgias, “The Confession,” Stefano Ceccarelli, Tahira Herold, Claudia Catini, and Sevlene Roddy
• Downton Abbey, Episode 1, Anne “Nosh” Oldham and Christine Greenwood
• Game of Thrones, “The Old Gods And The New,” Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Rosalia Culora, and Gary Machin,
• Mad Men, “The Phantom,” Theraesa Rivers, Lucia Mace, Arturo Rojas, Maria Sandoval, and David Blair

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries Or A Movie

• American Horror Story, Monte C. Haught, Samantha Wade, Melanie Verkins, Natalie Driscoll, and Michelle Ceglia
• Hatfields & McCoys, Girorgio Gregorini, Peter Nicastro, and Gabriele Gregorini
• Hemingway & Gellhorn, Yvette Rivas and Frances Mathias

Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media – Enhancement To A Television Program Or Series

• Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
• Game of ThronesSeason Two – Enhanced Digital Experience
• The Team Coco Sync App, John Wooden, Aaron Bleyaert, Conan O’Brien, and Timothy Campbell

Outstanding Main Title Design

• American Horror Story, Kyle WJ Cooper, Juan Ruiz Anchia, Gabriel Diaz, and Ryan Murphy
• Great Expectations, Nic Benns, Rodi Kaya, and Tom Bromwich
• Magic City, Ahmet Ahmet, Michelle Dougherty, Kathy Kelehan, and Danielle White
• New Girl, Conn Reilly, Veva Burns, and John Priday
• Strike Back, Nic Benns, Miki Kato, and Joe Lea

Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)

• Boardwalk Empire, “Georgia Peaches,” Michele Paris, Mary Aaron, and Steven Lawrence
• Game of Thrones, “The Old Gods And The New,” Paul Engelen and Melissa Lackersteen
• Glee, “Yes/No,” Kelley Mitchell, Jennifer Greenberg, Melissa Buell, Tym Shutchai Buacharern, Paula Jane Hamilton, and Darla Albright
• Mad Men, “Christmas Waltz,” Lana Horochowski, Ron Pipes, Ken Niederbaumer, and Keith Sayer
• The Middle, “The Play,” Tyson Fountaine, Heather Cummings, Michelle Daurio, Tifanie White, Brian Kinney, and Elizabeth Dahl

Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic)

• American Horror Story, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight, and D. Garen Tolkin
• Hatfields & McCoys, Mario Michisanti and Francesca Tampieri
• Hemingway & Gellhorn, Gretchen Davis, Kyra Panchenko, and Paul Pattison

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

• American Horror Story, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Hiroshi Yada, Michael Mekash, Christopher Nelson, Kim Ayers, Christien Tinsley, and Jason Hamer
• Boardwalk Empire, “The Age Of Reason,” Michele Paris, Craig Lindberg, Jeremy Selenfriend, Mike Marino, David Presto, and Michael Fontaine
• Game of Thrones, “Valar Morghulis,” Paul Engelen, Conor O’Sullivan, and Rob Trenton
• Once Upon A Time, “Dreamy,” Toby Lindala and Sarah Graham
• The Walking Dead, “What Lies Ahead,” Greg Nicotero, Jake Garber, Andy Schoneberg, Kevin Wasner, Gino Crognale, and Carey Jonse

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

• Boardwalk Empire, “Gimcrack And Bunkum,” Fred Rosenberg, Jeffery Stern, Ruy Garcia, Annette Kudrack, Steve Visscher, Igor Nikolic, Heather Gross, and Marko Costanzo
• Breaking Bad, “Face Off,” Nick Forshager, Jason Tregoe Newman, Kathryn Madsen, Mark Cookson, Cormac Funge, Jane Boegel, and Jeff Cranforn
• CSI: Miami, “Blown Away,” Timothy I. Kimmel, Brad Katona, Ruth Adelman, Todd Niesen, Skye Lewin, Joseph Sabella, and James Bailey
• Game of Thrones, “Blackwater,” Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands, Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato, Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit, and David Klotz
• The Walking Dead, “Beside The Dying Fire,” Jerry Ross, Lou Thomas, Tim Farrell, Phil Barrie, David Lee Fein, and Hilda Hodges

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

• American Horror Story, “Piggy, Piggy,” Gary Megregian, David Klotz, Steve M. Stuhr, Jason Krane, Jason Lezama, Timothy Cleveland, Bruce Tanis, Simon Coke, Zane Bruce, Jeff Gunn, and Lance Wiseman
• Hatfields & McCoys, Tom Bjelic, John Laing, John Smith, Mark Dejczak, Michael Mancuso, Dermain Finlayson, Kevin Banks, Darrell Hall, Alex Bulick, Nathan Robitaille, Dan Kiener, Emilie Boucek, and Steve Baine
• Hemingway & Gellhorn, Douglas Murray, Peter Horner, Kim Foscato, Steve Boeddeker, Casey Langfelder, Andrea Gard, Pat Jackson, Daniel Laurie, Goro Kayama, Andy Malcom, and Joanie Diener
• The River, “Doctor Emmet Cole,” Paula Fairfield, Jill Purdy, Carla Murray, Shelly Roden, and Gregg Barbanell
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia, Jeremy Child and Doug Sinclair

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

• Breaking Bad, “Face Off,” Darryl L. Frank, Jeff Perkins, and Eric Justen
• Downton Abbey, Episode 1, Nigel Heath, Alex Fielding, Oliver Brierley, and Keith Partridge
• Game of Thrones, “Blackwater,” Matthew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill, and Mervyn Moore
• Homeland, “Marine One,” Larry Long, Nello Torri, Alan Decker, and Larold Rebhun
• Person Of Interest, “Pilot,” Frank Morrone, Scott Weber, Keith Rogers, and Noah Timan

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries Or A Movie

• American Horror Story, “Piggy, Piggy,” Sean Rush, Joe Earle, and Doug Andham
• Game Change, David MacMillan, Leslie Shatz, and Gabriel J. Serrano
• Hatfields & McCoys, Part 1, Dragos Stanomir
• Hemingway & Gellhorn, Nelson Stoll, Lora Hirschberg, Peter Horner, and Douglas Murray
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia, Howard Bargroff

Outstanding Special Visual Effects

• Falling Skies, “Live And Learn” / “The Armory,” Andrew Orloff, Curt Miller, Sean Tompkins, Barbara Genicoff, Jake Bergman, Scott Fritts, Renaud Talon, Mike Kirylo, and James Hattin
• Game of Thrones, “Valar Morghulis,” Rainer Gombos, Juri Stanossek, Sven Martin, Steve Kullback, Jan Fiedler, Chris Stenner, Tobias Mannewitz, Thilo Ewers, and Adam Chazen
• Inside The Human Body, Episode 1, Phil Dobree, Sophie Orde, Dan Upton, Matt Chandler, Chris Roswwarne, Grant White, Jonas Ussing, Paul Herbert, and Nick Ward
• Once Upon A Time, “The Stranger,” Andrew Orloff, Laura Jones, Phil Jones, Jake Bergman, Nathan Matsuda, Dale Fay, Dayna Mauer, Kevin Struckman, and Sallyanne Massimini
• Pan Am, “Pilot,” Matt Robken, Christopher D. Martin, Sam Nicholson, Diego Galtieri, Daniel Kumiega, Michael Cook, William L. Arance, Martin Hilke, and Anthony Ocampo
• The Walking Dead, “Beside The Dying Fire,” Victor Scalise, Jason Sperling, Darrell Pritchett, Eddie Bonin, Valeri Pfahning, Spence Fuller, Martin Hilke,
  Michael Cook, and Jon Rosenthal

Outstanding Stunt Coordination

• American Horror Story, Tim Davison
• Criminal Minds, “The Bittersweet Science,” Tom Elliott
• Grimm, “The Woman In Black,” Matt Taylor
• Hawaii Five-0, “Kame’e,” Jeff David Cadiente
• NCIS: Los Angeles, “Blye K,” Troy James Brown
• Southland, “Wednesday,” Richard “Peewee” Piemonte

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series

• The Big Bang Theory, “The Countdown Reflection,” John Pierre Dechene, James L. Hitchcock, Richard Price, Brian (Army) Armstrong, Ray Gonzales, and John D. O’Brien
• Dancing With The Stars, Episode 1410A, Charles Ciup, Adam Margolis, Easter Xua, Larry Heider, Dave Levisohn, Bert Atkinson, Brian Reason, Damien Tuffereau, Hector Ramirez, Mike Malone, Bettina Levesque, Ron Lehman, Rob Palmer, Seth Saint Vincent, and Chuck Reilly
• Late Show With David Letterman, Episode 3602, Timothy W. Kennedy, David Dorsett, Jack Young, Karin Lucie Grzella, Al Cialino, John Curtin, George Rothweiler, Dan Flaherty, Fred Shimizu, John Hannel, Daniel Campbell, Steven Kaufman, and William White
• Saturday Night Live, “Host: Mick Jagger,” Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Paul Cangialosi, Len Wechsler, Barry Frischer, Eric A. Eisenstein, Susan Noll, and Frank Grisanti
• 30 Rock, “Live From Studio 6H (West Coast Version),” Steven Cimino, Barry Frischer, John Pinto, Charlie Huntley, Tim Quigley, Eric A. Eisenstein, Richard B. Fox, Marc Bloomgarden, Gerard Sava, Jeffrey Dutemple, Susan Noll, and Frank Grisanti

The Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation (ARESFFT) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards (for works published in 2011). There are two categories: Long Form and Short Form. The jury has additionally elected to award two honorable mentions in each category.

Long Form Winner

Zero by Huang Fan, translated from the Chinese by John Balcom (Columbia University Press)

Long Form Honorable Mentions

Good Luck, Yukikaze by Chohei Kambayashi, translated from the Japanese by Neil Nadelman (Haikasoru)

Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves (Little, Brown & Company)

Short Form Winner

“The Fish of Lijiang” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld #59, August 2011)

Short Form Honorable Mentions

“The Boy Who Cast No Shadow” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Laura Vroomen (PS Publishing)

“The Green Jacket” by Gudrun Östergaard, translated from the Danish by the author and Lea Thume (Sky City: New Science Fiction Stories by Danish Authors, Carl-Eddy Skovgaard ed., Science Fiction Cirklen)

The winners were announced today at Finncon 2012 < http://2012.finncon.org/>, held in Tampere, Finland. over the weekend May 19-20. The awards were announced by jury member Irma Hirsjärvi and ARESFFT Board member Cheryl Morgan.

The winning authors and their translators will each receive an inscribed plaque and a cash prize of $350. Authors and translators of the honorable mentions will receive certificates.

Jury chair Dale Knickerbocker said, “The jury would like to thank all who nominated works, and compliment both the authors and translators for the fine quality of this year’s submissions. While both the winner and honorable mentions in the long fiction category had their supporters, we ultimately chose Huang Fan’s novella Zero (translated from the Chinese by John Balcom) as the winner. The author skillfully weaves elements from the masterpieces of dystopian fiction into his own very unique text, and the translator successfully communicates the work’s stark, frightening nature. Zero’s surprise denouement takes Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle a step further, wedding it with a touch of Asimov’s The Gods Themselves.”

“This year’s winner in the short fiction category, Chen Qiufan’s “The Fish of Lijiang” (translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu) was described by our judges as “brilliant,” “original,” and “a lovely and devastating story, beautifully written and translated.” It presents an interesting take on mental illness and wellness, work, and future technologies. In the tradition of the best SF, it offers a convincing extrapolation of the economic and consequent social changes that China has undergone in the past 30 years.”

ARESFFT President Professor Gary K. Wolfe added: “I’m delighted that the hard work of our distinguished jurors has resulted in such an impressive list of winners and nominees, and–equally important–that the international science fiction and fantasy community has taken this award to heart in terms of supplying nominees and suggestions for nominees. Congratulations not only to the winning authors and translators, but to everyone who has helped make these awards a viable and invaluable project.”

The money for the prize fund was obtained primarily through a 2011 fund-raising event for which prizes were kindly donated by George R.R. Martin, China Miéville, Cory Doctorow, Lauren Beukes, Ken MacLeod, Paul Cornell, Adam Roberts, Elizabeth Bear, Hal Duncan, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Peter F. Hamilton, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Nalo Hopkinson, Juliet E. McKenna, Aliette de Bodard, Nicola Griffith, Kelley Eskridge, Twelfth Planet Press, Deborah Kalin, Baen Books, Small Beer Press, Lethe Press, Aeon Press, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Kari Sperring, Helen Lowe, Rob Latham and Cheryl Morgan.

The jury for the awards was Dale Knickerbocker (Chair); Kari Maund, Abhijit Gupta, Hiroko Chiba, Stefan Ekman, Ekaterina Sedia, Felice Beneduce & Irma Hirsjärvi.

ARESFFT is a California Non-Profit Corporation funded entirely by donations.

Contact

info@sfftawards.org; http://www.sfftwards.org/ Cheryl Morgan supplied this information a couple of weeks ago and I’m just getting it up here:

Whew!  A LOT of catching up to do on the past couple of weeks (absence due to publishing duties on Amazing Stories):

Yes, we generally do not do the Emmys here – but Big Bang Theory has several nominations in hand, remains a top-rated prime time show AND has the good grace to present geek culture in a manner that has everyone laughing along with them, not AT them, so it deserves a nod this time around.  (How can we not mention an award that might be given to a TV show that dresses its set with enlarged copies of Captain Future covers?) You can see the full list of nominations on SFSite

Rhysling

Shira Lipkin and Megan Arkenberg have won this year’s Rhysling Award for SF poetry, short and long poems respectively.  More detail.

Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award

Frederic Brown.  Yes, he of the no ‘K’ name, takes the honors this year.  He’s not really been out of print or largely forgotten (heck, I re-read What Mad Universe at least once a year – just bought the pulp that it first ran in too), but he is certainly an author that we should keep in mind.  Detail.

Shirley Jackson

Novel: Witches on the Road Tonight, Sheri Holman (Grove Press)

Novella:  Near Zennor, Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)

Novelette:  The Summer People, Kelly Link (Tin House 49/Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, Candlewick Press)

Short Story:  The Corpse Painter’s Masterpiece, M. Rickert (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept/Oct, 2011)

Single-Author Collection: After the Apocalypse: Stories, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer Press)

Anthology:  Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers (Harper Voyager)

Details

Endeavour Nominees

FINALISTS FOR 2012

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Tor)
City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pyr)
River Marked by Patricia Briggs (Ace)
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday)
When the Saints by Dave Duncan (Tor)

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Scribe

Grandmaster: Kevin J. Anderson

Speculative Fiction Best Original Novel: Dungeons and Dragons-Forgotten Realms: Brimstone Angels, by Erin M. Evans

General Fiction Best Original Novel: Mike Hammer: Kiss Her Goodbye, by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane

Best Adaptation: Cowboys and Aliens, by Joan D. Vinge

Best Young Adult:Thunderbirds: Extreme Hazard, by Joan Marie Verba

Best Audio: Mike Hammer: Encore for Murder, by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane

Details

Prometheus

Best Novel: (tie) Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline;

The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman

Hall of Fame Award: “The Machine Stops,” by E.M. Forster (1909)

Details

Eisner

Best Short Story
“The Seventh,” by Darwyn Cooke, inRichard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition(IDW)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series
Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)

Best Limited Series
Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
Dragon Puncher Island, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12)
Snarked, by Roger Langridge (kaboom!)

Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12–17)
Anya’s Ghost, by Vera Brosgol (First Second)

Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)

Best Humor Publication
Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse Books)

Best Digital Comic
Battlepug, by Mike Norton

Best Reality-Based Work
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)

Best Graphic Album – New
Jim Hensons Tale of Sand, adapted by Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)

Best Graphic Album – Reprint
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition, by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Strips
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse vols. 1-2, by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books
Walt Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories, by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt (Dark Horse Books)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Writer
Mark Waid, Irredeemable, Incorruptible (BOOM!); Daredevil (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist
Craig Thompson, Habibi (Pantheon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand (Archaia)

Best Cover Artist
Francesco Francavilla, Black Panther (Marvel); Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger/Zorro, Dark Shadows, Warlord of Mars (Dynamite); Archie Meets Kiss (Archie)

Best Coloring
Laura Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)

Best Lettering
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Best Comics-Related Journalism
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon

Best Educational/Academic Work (tie)
Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice, by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Comics-Related Book
MetaMaus, by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)

Best Publication Design
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, designed by Eric Skillman (Archaia)

Hall of Fame
Judges’ Choices: Rudolf Dirks, Harry Lucey
Bill Blackbeard, Richard Corben, Katsuhiro Otomo, Gilbert Shelton

Details here

The Endeavour Award, for the best book by an author residing in the Pacific Northwest, has announced its nominees:

• Anna Dressed in Blood, Kendare Blake (Tor)
• City of Ruins, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pyr)
• River Marked, Patricia Briggs (Ace)
• Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday)
• When the Saints, Dave Duncan (Tor)

The judges selecting the winner for this year’s award will be Gregory Benford, Lawrence M. Schoen, and Susan Shwartz. The winner will be announced on November 2, 2012 at Orycon 34.

The Seiun Award winners have been announced at Varicon 2012, with official translations of (nearly all) Japanese titles for once:

• Best Japanese Novel: Tengoku and Zigoku, Yasumi Kobayashi
• Best Japanese Short Story: “The Singing Submarine and Peer-Peer Douga”, Hosuke Nojiri
• Best Foreign Novel: The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi, translated by Kazue Tanaka and Hiroshi Kaneko
• Best Foreign Short Story: “The Lifecycle of Software Objects”, Ted Chiang, translated by Nozomi Ohmori
• Best Media: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Best Comic: Gundam: The Origin
• Best Artist: Naohiro Washio
• Best Nonfiction: Hideo Azuma Soutokushu (The Hideo Azuma Omnibus)
• Best Event: No award (no nominations)

Mike Kennedy sent along a note to inform us all that there were multiple awards handed out at the recently concluded DeepSouthCon (long-running bastion of Southern Fried Fandom)

DSC 50 specific awards:

The convention held a Short Story writing contest.  This was specific to DSC 50, not an ongoing activity of DSCs in general.  The winner was Scott Hancock for “The Comet Five.”  The winning story is online here.

Not sponsored by DSC, but presented at DSC 50, were the Logan White­hurst Memo­rial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music.

The winners (per the award’s official site are:
Out­standing Comedy Music Video: The Muppet Show Theme Song — OK Go and the Muppets
Out­standing Original Comedy Song: It’s Not Just For Gays Any­more — Neil Patrick Harris
Out­standing Parody Song: Snoopy The Dogg — the great Luke Ski

PHOENIX & REBEL AWARDS

Phoenix Award: John Ringo

Rebel Award: Shelby Vick  (Planetary Stories)
Rebel Award: Bill, Linda, Robert, and Becky Zielke

SFAW is currently awaiting additional information to confirm the winner of the Rubble Award

ASFA – the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists have announced this year’s nominees, and have provided galleries of sample works.

Finalists for Hardback Books (Gallery)

These works are under consideration for nomination in the category of Best Cover Illustrations – Hardback Book Art for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley nominations only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Tom Kidd for Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean Press, March 2011)
Stephan Martiniere for Prospero Regained by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Tor, September 2011)
Lee Moyer for Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kieran (Subterranean Press, Sept. 2011)
Cliff Nielsen for The Tempering of Men by Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear (Tor, August 2011)
Greg Staples for The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Subterranean Press, Feb. 2011)

Finalists for Paperback Books (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Cover Illustrations – Paperback Books for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Mitchell D. Bentley for The Alamo and Zombies by Jean A. Stuntz (Yard Dog Press, Dec. 2011)
Dan Dos Santos for My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland (DAW, July 2011)
Justin Gerard for Hearts of Smoke and Steam by Andrew P. Mayer (Pyr, November 2011)
Lucas Graciano for The Goblin Corps by Ari Marmell (Pyr, July 2011)
David Palumbo for God’s War by Kameron Hurley (Night Shade, January 2011)
Matthew Stewart for The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells (Night Shade, February 2011)
Jon Sullivan for The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man by Mark Holder (Pyr, March 2011)
J. P. Targete for The Sword of Darrow by Alex & Hal Malchow (Ben Bella Books, May 2011)

Finalists for Magazine Covers (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Cover Illustrations – Magazine Art for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Facundo Diaz for Clarkesworld #57, July 2011
Laura Diehl for Fantasy #53, August 2011
Lee Moyer for Weird Tales #357, Winter 2010/2011
Carly B. Sorge for Apex Magazine #28, September 2011
Dariusz Zawadski for Fantasy #50, May 2011

Finalists for Interior Illustrations (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Interior Illustration Art for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Julie Dillon for The Dala Horse by Michael Swanwick (Tor.com, July 2011)
Scott Gustafson for Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allan Poe by Scott Gustafson (Simon & Schuster, Aug. 2011)
Ryohei Hase for Narco Americano by T. J. English (Playboy, February 2011)
Greg Staples for The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Subterranean Press, Feb. 2011)
J. P. Targete for The Sword of Darrow by Alex & Hal Malchow (BenBella Books, May 2011)

Finalists for Gaming Illustrations (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Gaming-Related Illustration Art for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

E.M. Gist for Wandering Elf (Magic the Gathering: Tactics), Sony Online, January 2011
Lucas Graciano for Pathfinder Player Companion: The Humans of Golarian, Paizo Publishing, July 2011
Michael C. Hayes for Distress (2012 Core Set Magic card), WotC, July 2011
Chris Rahn for Glissa, the Traitor (“Mirrodin Beseiged” Magic card), WotC, Jan./Feb. 2011
Matt Stewart for Creepy Doll (“Innistrad” Magic card), WotC, September 2011

Finalists for Product Illustrations (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Product Illustration Art for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Stuart Craig for production design for the Harry Potter films, Warner Brothers, 2011
Lee Moyer for Check These Out, 2012 Literary Pin-up calendar, Worldbuilders, 2011
John Picacio for George R.R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire, 2012 Calendar, Random House, July 2011
William Stout for Zombies 2012, calendar, Andrews McMeel, 2011
Michael Whelan for Gift from the Sea, Dragon*Con 2011 promo art & program book, 2011
Mark Zug for IlluXCon 2011 promo poster, 2011

Finalists for Best Three-Dimensional (Gallery)

These works are finalists the category of Best Three-Dimensional – Three-Dimensional Art for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Gil Bruvel for Dichotomy, cupro nickel
Thomas S. Kuebler for Baba Yaga, mixed
Michael Parkes for Moonstruck, bronze
Virginie Ropars for Autumnnalis Venenata, mixed
Vincent Villafranca for Robobike, bronze

Finalists for Unpublished Color (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Color Work – Unpublished for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Stephen Hickman for The Hero of the Apotheosis, acrylic
David Palumbo for Through a Blood Red Veil, oil
Omar Rayyan for The Dragon and the Nightingale, watercolor
Eric Velhagen for Fantasy Feast, oil
Raoul Vitale for Turin and Glaurang, oil

Finalists for Unpublished Monochrome (Gallery)

These works are finalists in the category of Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished for 2011. Images shown are for the purpose of Chesley voting only. All rights are retained by the individual artists.

Justin Gerard for St. George and the Dragon, pencil
Stephen Hickman for Siegfried, ink on toned paper
Jo?o Ruas for Migration, graphite on paper, vellum & acetate
Raoul Vitale for The Yeti, pencil
Allen Williams for Wood Nymph, pencil

Finalists for Best Art Director

Matt Adelsperger for WotC
Lou Anders for Pyr Books
Irene Gallo for Tor
David Palumbo for Night Shade Books
Jon Schindehette for WotC

Finalists for Lifetime Artistic Achievement

Jim Burns
Jean Giraud (AKA “Moebius”)
Charles Vess

This year’s David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy were presented tonight in a ceremony held at London’s Magic Circle headquarters.

The winners were:
Ravenheart Award (best cover art): Raymond Swanland – Blood of Aenarion
Morningstar Award (best debut): Helen Lowe – Heir of Night
Legend Award (best novel): Patrick Rothfuss – The Wiseman’s Fear

For further details, or to request photos of the ceremony, please reply to stanjnicholls@tiscali.co.uk or millerlau@clara.co.uk

2013: The Gemmell Awards and World Fantasy Convention

We were also pleased to announce this evening that next year’s Gemmell Awards ceremony will take place as part of 2013’s World Fantasy Convention.

The convention takes place in Brighton, UK between 31st October and
3rd November.  The only other times that the World Fantasy Convention has moved outside North America was in 1988 and 1997, when it was staged in London, so we feel privileged to be a part of this prestigious international event.

Held at Brighton’s Metropole Hotel and the West Pier, WFC 2013 boasts an impressive line-up of honoured guests, including Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, Brian Aldiss, Alan Lee and Tessa Farmer.  The Master of Ceremonies is China Mieville; and a host of other authors, artists, publishers and industry insiders will also be attending.

For full details of the convention visit the official website at http://wfc2013.org/

We hope to see as many of our regular attendees and supporters as possible at WFC 2013.

As the Gemmell Awards will be presented in October/November next year, and not in mid-June as usual, we’ll be altering our voting cycle to accommodate the change of date.  To keep abreast of the changes check the awards website - http://gemmellaward.ning.com/ - where you can sign-up for our free newsletter.  The change of venue and date is for one year only – 2014 will see the awards returning to the Magic Circle.

We are pleased to announce this year’s nominees for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.  The winners will be announced at Chicon 7, this year’s Worldcon, in Chicago, Illinois during the weekend of August 30.

The Sidewise Awards have been presented annually since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. This year’s panel of judges was made up of Stephen Baxter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Stu Shiffman, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver.

Short Form

* Michael F. Flynn, The Iron Shirts (Tor.com)
* Lisa Goldstein, Paradise Is a Walled Garden (Asimov’s, 8/11)
* Jason Stoddard, Orion Rising (Panverse 3, edited by Dario Ciriello,
Panverse Publishing)
* Harry Turtledove, Lee at the Alamo (Tor.com)

Long Form

* Robert Conroy, Castro’s Bomb (Kindle)
* Robert Conroy, Himmler’s War (Baen Books)
* Jeff Greenfield, Then Everything Changed (Putnam)
* Ian R MacLeod, Wake Up and Dream (PS Publishing)
* Ian McDonald, Planesrunner (Pyr)
* Ekaterina Sedia, Heart of Iron (Prime)
* Lavie Tidhar, Camera Obscura (Angry Robot)

The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were conceived in late 1995 to honor the best allohistorical genre publications of the year. The first awards were announced in summer 1996 and honored works from 1995. The
award takes its name from Murray Leinster’s 1934 short story “Sidewise in Time,” in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines.

This year’s nominees include previous winners Harry Turtledove (1997, 2002), Michael F. Flynn (2007), Ian R. MacLeod (1998, 2005), and Robert Conroy (2009). Jason Stoddard was previously nominated in 2005. First
time nominees include Lisa Goldstein, Jeff Greenfield, Ian McDonald, Ekaterina Sedia, and Lavie Tidhar.

Thanks to Steven H Silver of the SFSite for the update

Thanks to SFSite News for the notice:

The 2012 Ditmars and Australian SF Awards were awarded at Continuum 8: Craftonomicon, the 51st Australian National SF Convention.  And those winners are:

The A Bertram Chandler Award: Richard Harland

The Norma K Hemming Award: AA Bell, for Hindsight, and Sara Douglass, for The Devil’s Diadem

The Peter McNamara Award: Bill Congreve

The Chronos Awards:

Best Long Fiction:
The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines (Brimstone Press)

Best Short Fiction:
The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt, Paul Haines (in The Last Days of Kali Yuga)

Best Fan Writer:
Jason Nahrung

Best Fan Artist:
Rachel Holkner

Best Fan Written Work:
Tiptree, and a collection of her short stories, Alexandra Pierce (in Randomly Yours, Alex)

Best Fan Artwork:
Blue Locks, Rebecca Ing (Scape 2)

Best Fan Publication:
The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best Achievement:
Conquilt, Rachel Holkner and Jeanette Holkner (Continuum 7)

The Infinity Award, for overwhelming contribution to Australian SF: Merv Binns

The Ditmar Awards:

Best Novel
The Courier’s New Bicycle, Kim Westwood (HarperCollins)

Best Novella or Novelette
“The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt”, Paul Haines, in The Last Days of Kali Yuga(Brimstone Press)

Best Short Story
“The Patrician”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Love and Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Collected Work
The Last Days of Kali Yuga by Paul Haines, edited by Angela Challis (Brimstone Press)

Best Artwork
“Finishing School”, Kathleen Jennings, in Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (Candlewick Press)

Best Fan Writer
Robin Pen, for “The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar”

Best Fan Artist
Kathleen Jennings, for work in Errantry (tanaudel.wordpress.com) including “The Dalek Game”

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best New Talent
Joanne Anderton

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
Alexandra Pierce and Tehani Wessely, for reviews of Vorkosigan Saga, in Randomly Yours, Alex

The 2012 Audie Awards, given out by the Audio Publishers Association, had several winners of SFnal interest, collated by the fine fiolks at SFScope:

Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12: Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson, narrated by Debbie Allen (HarperAudio)

Children’s Titles for Ages Up to 8: Django: World’s Greatest Jazz Guitarist by Bonnie Christensen, narrated by George Guidall (Live Oak Media)

Fantasy: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, narrated by Khristine Hvam (Hachette Audio)

Fiction: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank, narrated by Will Patton (Audible, Inc.)

Humor: Shatner Rules by William Shatner with Chris Regan, narrated by William Shatner (Penguin Audio)

Original Work: METAtropolis: Cascadia by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, and Tobias S. Buckell, narrated by Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes and LeVar Burton (Audible, Inc.)

Package Design: Jane Austen: Classic BBC Radio Productions by Jane Austen, narrated by Angharad Rees and a full cast; Hannah Gordon and a full cast, Juliet Stevenson; Annette Crosbie (AudioGO/BBC Audio)

Paranormal: Hard Magic by Larry Correia, narrated by Bronson Pinchot (Audible, Inc.)

Science Fiction: Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi, narrated by Wil Wheaton (Audible, Inc.)

Read about all of the awards here

24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners

Lesbian Fiction

Six Metres of Pavement, by Farzana Doctor, Dundrun Press

Gay Fiction 

The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner

Lesbian Debut Fiction

Zipper Mouth, by Laurie Weeks, The Feminist Press

Gay Debut Fiction

Quarantine: Stories, by Rahul Mehta, Harper Perennial

Lesbian Memoir/Biography

When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love & Revolution, Jeanne Córdova, Spinsters Ink

Gay Memoir/Biography

The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood, by Glen Retief, St. Martin’s Press

Lesbian Mystery

Dying to Live, by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou, Bold Strokes Books

Gay Mystery

Red White Black and Blue, by Richard Stevenson, MLR Press

LGBT Anthology

Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader, ed. by Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier Martínez, Duke University Press

LGBT Children’s/Young Adult

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright, Simon & Schuster

LGBT Drama

A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw, by Peggy Shaw, University of Michigan Press

LGBT Nonfiction

A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski, Beacon Press

LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

The German, by Lee Thomas, Lethe Press

LGBT Studies

Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, by Lisa L. Moore, University of Minnesota Press

Bisexual Fiction

The Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio

Bisexual Nonfiction

The Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgest Press

Transgender Fiction

Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, ed. by Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press

Transgender Nonfiction

Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels, by Justin Vivian Bond, The Feminist Press

Lesbian Erotica

Story of L, by Debra Hyde, Ravenous Romance

Gay Erotica

All Together, by Dirk Vanden, iloveyoudivine Alerotica

Lesbian Poetry

Love Cake, by Leah Lakshmi Piepza-Samarasinha, TSAR Publications

Gay Poetry

A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos, ed. by David Trinidad, Nightboat Books

Lesbian Romance

Taken by Surprise, by Kenna White, Bella Books

Gay Romance

Every Time I Think of You, by Jim Provenzano, CreateSpace/Myrmidude Press

Lambda Awards site; 

Thanks to SFSite for the lead

The nomination form for the Pegasus Awards for Excellence in Filking is now up on their website.  Go here to fill one out

Thanks to SFSite for the notice

The Scribe Awards

The Scribe Awards acknowledge and celebrate excellence in licensed tie-in writing—novels based on TV shows, movies, and games.

We are now accepting submissions for the Seventh Annual Scribe Awards. Books published between January 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2012 are eligible.

The awards will be given at a ceremony in July at this year’s Comic-Con convention in San Diego.

GRANDMASTER: KEVIN J. ANDERSON

2012 Nominees are:

SPECULATIVE FICTION / BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL

STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT by John Jackson Miller
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS—FORGOTTEN REALMS: BRIMSTONE ANGELS by Erin M. Evans
SUPERNATURAL: COYOTE’S KISS by Christa Faust
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: THE SHARD AXE by Marshiela Rockwell
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM by A.C. Crispin

GENERAL FICTION / BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL

ROYAL PAINS: FIRST DO NO HARM by D.P. Lyle
MIKE HAMMER: KISS HER GOODBYE by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane
BURN NOTICE: THE BAD BEAT by Tod Goldberg

BEST ADAPTATION / GENERAL OR SPECULATIVE

CONAN THE BARBARIAN by Michael Stackpole
CRYSIS LEGION by Peter Watts
TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON by Peter David
COWBOYS & ALIENS by Joan D. Vinge

BEST YOUNG ADULT

ME & MY MONSTERS: MONSTER MANNERS by Rory Growler (Ian Pike)
THE SMURFS movie tie-in by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
THUNDERBIRDS: EXTREME HAZARD by Joan Marie Verba

BEST AUDIO

MIKE HAMMER: ENCORE FOR MURDER by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane
DARK SHADOWS: THE LOST GIRL by D. Lynn Smith
HIGHLANDER: ALL THE KINGS HORSES by Scott Andrews
DOCTOR WHO: THE MANY DEATHS OF JO GRANT by Cavan Scott & Mark Wright

Thanks to SFSite for the notice

Analog & Asimov’s Reader’s Awards

The winners of Analog’s Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Awards are:

Best Novella: “With Unclean Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro (November)
Best Novelette (tie):
“Jak and the Beanstalk” by Richard A. Lovett (July-August)
“Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in the Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms” by John G. Hemry (March)
Best Short Story: “Julie is Three” by Craig DeLancey (March)
Best Fact: “Smart SETI” by Gregory and James Benford (April)
Best Cover: December 2011 by Bob Eggleton (for “Ray of Light”)

The winners of Asimov’s Readers’ Awards are:

Best Novella: “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (October-November)
Best Novelette: “All About Emily” by Connie Willis (December)
Best Short Story: “Movement” by Nancy Fulda (March)
Best Poem: “Five Pounds of Sunlight” by Geoffrey A. Landis (January)
Best Cover Artist: Paul Youll for “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” (October-November)

2012 Mythopoeic Award Finalists 

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Nebula Awards®.

Novel Winner: Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

Other Nominees

• Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press)
• Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
• God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books)
• Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books)
• The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Novella Winner: ”The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011)

Other Nominees

• “Kiss Me Twice,” Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2011)
• “Silently and Very Fast,” Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA Press;Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011)
• “The Ice Owl,” Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy andScience Fiction, November/December 2011)
• “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary,” Ken Liu (PanverseThree, Panverse Publishing)
• “With Unclean Hands,” Adam-Troy Castro (Analog Science Fiction andFact, November 2011)

Novelette Winner: ”What We Found,” Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011)

Other Nominees

• “Fields of Gold,” Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse 4, Night Shade Books)
• “Ray of Light,” Brad R. Torgersen (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2011)
• “Sauerkraut Station,” Ferrett Steinmetz (Giganotosaurus, November 2011)
• “Six Months, Three Days,” Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com, June 2011)
• “The Migratory Pattern of Dancers,” Katherine Sparrow (Giganotosaurus, July 2011)
• “The Old Equations,” Jake Kerr (Lightspeed Magazine, July 2011)

Short Story Winner: ”The Paper Menagerie,” Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011)

Other Nominees

• “Her Husband’s Hands,” Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011)
• “Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son,” Tom Crosshill (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011)
• “Movement,” Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 2011)
• “Shipbirth,” Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 2011)
• “The Axiom of Choice,” David W. Goldman (New Haven Review, Winter 2011)
• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees,” E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2011)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Winner: Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife,” Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)

Other Nominees

• Attack the Block, Joe Cornish (writer/director) (Optimum Releasing; Screen Gems)
• Captain America: The First Avenger, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely (writers), Joe Johnston (director) (Paramount)
• Hugo, John Logan (writer), Martin Scorsese (director) (Paramount)
• Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen (writer/director) (Sony)
• Source Code, Ben Ripley (writer), Duncan Jones (director) (Summit)
• The Adjustment Bureau, George Nolfi (writer/director) (Universal)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and FantasyBook Winner: The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)

Other Nominees

• Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Juvenile)
• Chime, Franny Billingsley (Dial Books; Bloomsbury)
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Hodder & Stoughton)
• Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• The Boy at the End of the World, Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Greenwillow Books)
• Ultraviolet, R.J. Anderson (Orchard Books; Carolrhoda Lab)

2011 DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD: Connie Willis

SOLSTICE AWARD: Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute

SERVICE TO SFWA AWARD: Bud Webster

“This is a fantastic list that shows both the width and depth of our genre. It shows that Science Fiction and Fantasy are not static but continue to grow and change. We are truly blessed with a fantastic slate of finalists this year. That these authors came out as the winners, is a credit to both the strength of the slate itself and the individual authors, and I couldn’t be happier for you. Congratulations to you all.”
-John Scalzi
President
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

“While the Nebula Awards are voted on by the members of SFWA, before we were professional writers, each of us is a fan of the genre. The winners of the Nebulas represent not just a critical achievement, but also that these are all really good reads. I’m very proud of all of the recipients’ work.”
-Mary Robinette Kowal
Vice President
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

THE NEBULA AWARD

The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by the active members of SFWA for outstanding science fiction and fantasy published in 2011. The awards were announced at the Nebula Awards® Banquet held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.

THE SOLSTICE AWARD

The Solstice Awards were created to acknowledge members who have had a significant impact on the science fiction and fantasy landscape. It is especially meant for those who have made a consistent, positive, major difference in the genre.

This year’s award was crafted by Mike Libby, of Insect Lab.

ABOUT SFWA

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.

Since its inception, SFWA® has grown in numbers and influence until it is now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers’ organizations in existence, boasting a membership of approximately 2,000 science fiction and fantasy writers as well as artists, editors and allied professionals. Each year the organization presents the prestigious Nebula Awards® for the year’s best literary and dramatic works of speculative fiction.

The folks at Concatenation sent along a notice that the Zagreb website (host of the 2012 Eurocon) has posted the correct awards list for 2012:

The European Scientific Fiction Society (ESFS) is committed to promoting Science Fiction in Europe and European Science Fiction worldwide. Every year the ESFS grants awards for the outstanding contribution to the genre of science fiction at the European level. The awards’s design is different each time, chosen by the host country.

The ESFS award ceremony 2012 was held in Zagreb on April, Saturday, 28. The Croatian design of the ESFS award was a green glass plaque with the etched Glagolitic letters: ”ESFS Contact Award 2012?.

Hall of Fame

Best Author: Ian McDonald (UK)
Best Artist: Nela Dunato (Croatia)
Best Translator: Pavel Weigel (Czech Republic)
Best Promoter: SF Encyclopedia Online Team (UK)
Best Publisher: Ailleurs et demain, Robert Laffout (France)
Best Magazine: Galaxies SF (France)

Spirit of Dedication Award

Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelni spolek Kaspar (Czech Republic), for its adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ novella Floers for Algernon
Best Website: Science Fact and Science Fiction Concatenation (UK)
Best artist: Zdenko Baši? (Croatia)
Best fanzine: Eridan (Croatia)

Honorary Award: Jean Giraud aka Moebius (France)

Honorary Award European Grand Master: Brian Aldiss (UK)

Encouragement Awards: Aleksandra Ruda (Russia), Katarina Brbora (Croatia), Istvan Marki (Hungary), Illy Tyo (Russia), Aleš Oblak (Slovenia), Oliviu Craznic (Romania), Rod Rees (UK), Lucia Droppova (Slovakia), Jan “Johnak” Kotouc (Czech Republic)

Congratulations to all the winners!

You can visit the official website here

Information herein contains some items that were obtained via SFSignal (currently nominated for a Hugo Award for both its publication and its podcast)

Nominations for the 2012 Parsec Awards for podcasting are now viewable on the web here.  (Too many categories and nominees to post here, please go take a look – this is a tremendously vibrant and growing aspect of SF fandom.)

The Center for the Study of Science Fiction has posted the short list for the John W. Campbell Memorial award for best novel here and here -

and more found on the SFSite

Shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards here and special awards as well for artists, non-fiction and PS Publishing for independent publishing also here.

And last but certainly not least talked about – The 2012 Clarke Award winner for best novel goes to -