Science Fiction Awards Watch

Alberto García-Teresa writes with the results of the 2010 Xatafi-Cyberdark Awards.

Spanish Language Long Form

Winners: El mapa del tiempo (The Map of Time), Félix J. Palma (Algaida) and El hermano de las moscas, Jon Bilbao (Salto de página)

Runners up: Rojo alma, negro sombra, Ismael Martínez Biurrun (451 Ed.) and El hombre divergente, Marc R. Soto (Grupo AJEC).

Spanish Language Short Form

Winner: “Mosquitos”, Marc R. Soto (in the collection, El hombre divergente, AJEC)

Runners up: “Lo más dulce”, Santiago Eximeno (in Bebés jugando con cuchillos edited by Santiago Eximeno, Grupo AJEC); “El hombre divergente”, Marc R. Soto (in El hombre divergente, Grupo AJEC).

Translated Long Form

Winner: The Yiddish’s Policemen Union, Michael Chabon (Mondadori).

Runners up: War fever, J.G. Ballard (Berenice); Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki Murakami (Tusquets); The Terror, Dan Simmons (Roca); Spin, Robert Charles Wilson (Omicrón).

Translated Short Form

Winner: “The Index”, J. G. Ballard (in the collection Fiebre de guerra, Berenice).

Runners up: “Fever War”, J.G. Ballard (in Fiebre de guerra, Minotauro); “The Ice Man”, by Haruki Murakami (in the collection Sauce ciego, mujer dormida, Tusquets); “Salmonella Men on Planet Porno”, by Yasutaka Tsutsui (in the collection Hombres salmonela en el planeta Porno, Atalanta).

Publisher

Winner: Francisco Arellano for Biblioteca del Laberinto.

Runners up: Mondadori for Miracles of Life, by J.G. Ballard; Menoscuarto for La realidad oculta. Cuentos fantásticos españoles del siglo XX, (David Roas and Ana Casas, ed.); Puerto NORTE-SUR and Libros del Zorro Rojo for the re-issue of Illustrated classics for the young readers; Tusquets for Cuentos completos by Cristina Fernández Cubas.

As usual, help with translations is appreciated. There seems to be some confusion abut the publisher of the Ballard collection.