via SFScope

The 2013 judges are:
* Holly Black, 10 Pleasant Court, Amherst, MA 01002, USA
* Tom Clegg, 9 rue Arthur Rozier (Code: B9281), Paris 75019, France (Greatly prefers electronic submissions, to t [dot] clegg [at] noos [dot] fr)
* Marc Laidlaw, 15510 NE 153rd Street, Woodinville, WA 98072, USA (Greatly prefers electronic submissions, to mlaidlaw [at] gmail [dot] com)
* Stephen Laws, 4 Willowdene, Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 7BF, United Kingdom
* Stephanie Smith, 22 Furneaux Ave, Lutana, TAS 7009, Australia (Given the vagaries of international post, Ms. Smith would appreciate the following added to any package of submissions: “May be left on veranda.” Also, please email her with a list of submissions: stephasmith [at] me [dot] com)
* Peter Dennis Pautz, President, World Fantasy Awards Association, PO Box 43, Mukilteo, WA 98275, USA

Via SFScope

The Sunburst Award Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of its 2012 adult award is Paradise Talesby Geoff Ryman (Small Beer Press, ISBN – 9781931520645) and the winner of its 2012 young adult award is All Good Children by Catherine Austen (Orca Book Publishers ISBN – 9781554698240).

About Paradise Tales, the Sunburst jury said: “Paradise Tales is a terrific collection of stories covering a dizzying range of imaginative possibilities and narrators. A superb stylist, the author fully adjusts the tone and rhetoric of each story to its narrator and its context. This masterful and eclectic collection includes looks at a truly post-human future in which intelligent animals carry the seeds of a new humanity but may not want to produce it, as well as stories featuring various suggestive biotech possibilities, to the pioneering filmmakers of Mars, and to tender ghost stories, such as the fantasy dreams of the first lover of Pol Pot’s daughter. The author puts wit and consummate style at the service of profoundly human philosophical extrapolations.”

About All Good Children, the Sunburst Jury said: “In a physically and morally crumbling United States, 15-year-old Max Connors finds his family, friends, and himself under threat by a semi-covert Homeland Security plan to vaccinate all school children to be “good” – or, as Max calls it: zombification. Max, who’s smart, artistic, and a troublemaker, is horrified to learn that their parents and teachers are complicit and uses desperate measures to escape with his little sister and best friend. The author includes knowing nods to 1984, Brave New World, Stepford Wives, Alien and other pop-cultural touchstones in this tension-filled, fast-paced, and surprisingly tender dystopian thriller that’s narrated by its teen protagonist with wit and vigour.”

The jurors for the 2012 award were Douglas Barbour, Zsuzsi Gartner, Daniel Justice, Lorna Toolis and Halli Villegas.

The other shortlisted works for the 2012 adult award were:
Blackdog by K. V. Johanson (Pyr Books)
Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, by David Nickle (Chizine Publications)
Technicolor Ultra Mall by Ryan Oakley (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)
Enter, Night by Michael Rowe (Chizine Publications)
The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet (Chizine Publications)

The other shortlisted works for the 2012 young adult award were:

Ultraviolet by R. J. Anderson (Lerner Publishing Group)
The Summer of Permanent Wants by Jamieson Findlay (Doubleday Canada)
The Dead Kid Detective Agency by Evan Munday (ECW Press)
Blood Red Road: Dustlands: 1 by Moira Young (Doubleday Canada)

Geoff Ryman lives in the UK. This is his second Sunburst Award. He also won in 2005 for his novel Air. Catherine Austen lives in Gatineau, Quebec.

The jurors for the 2013 award will be Rebecca Bradley, Tony Burgess, Shari Lapeña, Barbara Roden and Leon Rooke.

The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award celebrating the best in Canadian fantastic literature published during the previous calendar year.

The winners receive a cash prize of $1,000 as well as a medallion which incorporates the Sunburst logo.

The Sunburst Award takes its name from the debut novel of the late Phyllis Gotlieb, one of the first published authors of contemporary Canadian speculative fiction.

For additional information about the Sunburst Award, the nominees and jurors, as well as previous awards, eligibility and the selection process, please visit the website at www.sunburstaward.org.

Via John Scalzi at SFWA & Whatever -

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 2012 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Awarded to Gene Wolfe

SFWA has named Gene Wolfe as the 2012 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for his contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy.

Gene Wolfe’s fiction first saw publication in the 1960s. He is best known for the novelsThe Book of the New Sun, Peace, and The Fifth Head of Cerberus, and received many awards, including the Nebula, World Fantasy and Locus.

Neil Gaiman: “It’s not that Gene Wolfe is, in the opinion of many (and I am one of the many), our finest living science fiction writer. It is that he is, in the opinion of theWashington Post (and of me, too) one of our finest living writers. He has been our uncrowned Grand Master for a long time, and now the rest of the world will know as well.”

In Gene’s own words: ”There was a time – long ago to most of you, though it seems recent to me – when Rosemary, our children, and I were living from paycheck to paycheck and barely getting by. I’d had three not-terribly-good stories published in a college magazine before I went into the Army, and I thought I might just possibly write on the side and make us a little extra money. I sold a few stories. Then it was time for school to start again, and Rosemary began badgering me for money for school clothes. I would gladly have given it to her if there had been any. Another story, “Car Sinister,” sold, and instead of depositing the check I got the manager of the hardware store to cash it for me. I took it to Rosemary: ‘Here’s every dime I got for that story. That’s how much you have for school clothes.’  A few days passed, and I was sitting on the kitchen floor trying to mend a chair.  Rosemary came up behind me and said, ‘Shouldn’t you be writing?’

“That’s when I knew I was a writer.

“You’d better watch your step, folks; you’re raising me to a height I would never have imagined.  If you keep this up I’ll start thinking I’m a good writer.”

SFWA President John Scalzi, on choosing Wolfe: ”You’d have to search far and wide to find a contemporary fantasy writer who has not been directly influenced by Gene Wolfe. His prose is a joy to read, his stories are dense and deep, and his worlds are dark and rich beyond compare. And to top it off, he is a genuinely delightful human being. It is well past time that his stories, his style and his contribution to our genre and to literature in general are recognized and celebrated with a Grand Master award. I am thrilled and humbled that Gene has graciously agreed to be our recipient this year.”

Connie Willis, 2011 Damon Knight Recipient: ”Oh, how wonderful that Gene Wolfe is going to be a Grand Master, even though of course he already is in the minds of everyone who’s ever read his books or who’s ever known him!  He’s one of the loveliest people it’s been my privilege to know in science fiction–courtly, kind, frighteningly intelligent, and at the same time endlessly patient with us lesser mortals. I know everybody will be praising his books during the next few days, and deservedly so, but I also want to put in a word for his equally amazing short stories, like ‘The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories’ and ‘The Death of Dr. Island’ –even his titles are brilliant!– and ‘Golden City Far’ and ‘The Detective of Dreams’ and ‘Memorare.’ And especially ‘Seven American Nights,’ which served as my first–and staggeringly memorable–introduction to him.

“Congratulations, Gene!  SO well-deserved!  And such good news!”

The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is given by SFWA for ‘lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.’ Wolfe joins the Grand Master ranks alongside such legends as Michael Moorcock, Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. LeGuin, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and Joe Haldeman. The award will be presented at the 48^thAnnual NebulaAwardsWeekend in San Jose, CA, May 16-19, 2013.

More information on the award’s history and the Nebula Award Weekend can be found at: http://www.sfwa.org/nebula-awards/nebula-weekend/

I’m sorry for the rush of catching-up posts here at SF Awards Watch.

Work on Amazing Stories has found me quite busy, with the result that I have neglected my responsibilities here.

Things have finally settled out a bit on the Amazing Stories project, which means that I’ll be able to pay a bit more attention to the awards as they come in.

I believe that today’s posts bring things up-to-date;  if I have missed anything that ought to be included, please let me know.

Steve

The 2012 Nova Awards were presented at this year’s Novacon convention (UK).  The Novas are awarded for excellence in British fanzine publishing and writing.

This year’s winners are:

Fanzine: Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer

Fanwriter: Mark Plummer

Fanartist” (tie) D West and Sue Mason

The Endeavour Award is presented to authors who live and work in the Pacific Northwest.

This year’s award went to Kristine Kathryn Rusch for her novel City of Ruins.

Via SF site and elsewhere:

Life Achievement

winner Alan Garner
winner George R.R. Martin

Novel
winner Osama, Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
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)
“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)

Short Story
winner “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
“X for Demetrious”, Steve Duffy (Blood and Other Cravings)
“Younger Women”, Karen Joy Fowler (Subterranean Summer 2011)
“A Journey of Only Two Paces”, Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories)
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld 4/11)

Anthology
winner The Weird, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Corvus; Tor, published May 2012)
Blood and Other Cravings, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones, ed. (Jo Fletcher Books)
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Harper Voyager US)
Gutshot, Conrad Williams, ed. (PS Publishing)

Collection
winner The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, Tim Powers (Tachyon and Subterranean Press)
Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga)
Two Worlds and In Between, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Press)
After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
Mrs Midnight and Other Stories, Reggie Oliver (Tartarus)

Artist
winner John Coulthart
Julie Dillon
Jon Foster
Kathleen Jennings
John Picacio

Special Award—Professional
winner Eric Lane, for publishing in translation – Dedalus books
John Joseph Adams, for editing – anthology and magazine
Jo Fletcher, for editing – Jo Fletcher Books
Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications
Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers, for The Steampunk Bible

Special Award—Non-professional
winner Raymond Russell & Rosalie Parker, for Tartarus Press
Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan & Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
Cat Rambo, for Fantasy
Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker blog
Mark Valentine, for Wormwood

The winner of the 2012 WSFA Small Press Award was “The Patrician” by  Tansy Rayner Roberts,   published in Love and Romanpunk, by Twelfth Planet Press, May 2011, edited by Alisa Krasnostein.

The other finalists were:
“A Militant Peace” by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell, published in
Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, November 2011.

“Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden” by Joanne Anderton in Hope,
edited by Sasha Beattie, published by Kayelle Press, October 2011.

“Lessons from a Clockwork Queen” by Megan Arkenberg, published in
Fantasy Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, September 2011.

“Sauerkraut Station” by Ferrett Steinmetz, published in GigaNotoSaurus,
edited by Ann Leckie, November 2011.

“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu, published in
Clarkesworld Magazine, edited by Neil Clarke, April 2011.

“What Ho, Automaton!” by Chris Dolley, in Shadow Conspiracy, Volume II, edited
by Phyllis Irene Radford and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, published by Book View Cafe,
February 2011.

“Yesterday’s Taste” by Lawrence M. Schoen in Transtories, edited by  Colin Harvey
and published by Aeon Press, October 2011.

An acceptance speech and more information about the award can be found here

from both Elias Combarro and Tanya Tynjala, the 2012 Premios Ignotus (Ignoti?) awards go to:

Best Novel: Fieramente Humano, by Rodolfo Martínez (NGCficción!)
Best Novella: La textura de tu piel, by David Jasso (Abismos – Grupo AJEC)
Best Short Story: Mytolitic, by Sergio Mars (Catarsi 6)
Best Anthology/Collection: Abismos by David Jasso (Grupo AJEC)
Best Non-fiction Book: Blade Runner. Lo que Deckard no sabía, by Jesús
Alonso Burgos (Akal)
Best Article: Gigamesh, ¿Qué fue de…?, by Ignacio Illarregui Gárate (Literatura Prospectiva)
Best Illustration: Los horrores del escalpelo, de Alejandro Colucci (Grupo AJEC)
Best Audiovisual Production: Eva, by Kike Maillo (film)
Best Comicbook: El héroe, by David Rubin (Astiberri)
Best Poem: Histerias minúsculas, by Víctor Miguel Gallardo Barragán (Alea Blanca)
Best Magazine: Calabazas en el trastero (Saco de Huesos Ediciones)
Best Translated Novel (ex aequo): 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami (Tusquets,
translated by Gabriel Álvarez) and La chica mecánica (The Windup
Girl), by Paolo Bacigalupi (Plaza & Janés, translated by Manuel de los
Reyes García Campos)
Best Translated Short Story: Ultima generación (The State of the Art), by Iain M. Banks (Ultima generación – La Factoría de Ideas)
Best Website: La Tercera Fundación (Asociación Los Conseguidores) -
http://www.tercerafundacion.net/

More information here

Also from Ahrvid Engholm, we learn about the Alvar Awards:

The Alvar, a fandom achievement prize, is named after the legendardy Swedish sf fan Alvar Appeltofft, and was presented to:

Jonas Wissting

at this year’s national Swedish sf/f convention Konstrast (Swecon) in Uppsala.

Jonas was recognized for his fannish activities, including making sound recordings of panels and presentations at Swedish SF conventions.