Awards – NCSF

World Fantasy Awards 2022

De World Fantasy Awards 2021 zijn uitgereikt.

Life Achievement Awards: Megan Lindholm, Howard Waldrop

Best Novel: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (Orbit US/Orbit UK)

Best Novella: And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock Press)

Best Short Fiction: “(emet)” by Lauren Ring (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/Aug 2021)

Best Anthology: The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021), ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Jembefola Press)

Best Collection: Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan by Usman T. Malik (Kitab)

Best Artist: Tran Nguyen

Special Award – Professional: Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda, for Monstress Volume Six: The Vow (Image Comics)

Special Award – Non-Professional: Tonia Ransom, for Nightlight: A Horror Fiction Podcast

De complete lijst van nominees staat op de website van de World Fantasy Convention.

Hugo Awards 2022

De Hugo Awards 2022 zijn uitgereikt.

Winners of the 2022 Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Awards:

Best Novel – A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine (Tor)
Best Novella – A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
Best Novelette – “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer (Clarkesworld, Jun 2021)
Best Short Story – “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Mar/Apr 2021)
Best Series – Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)
Best Graphic Story or Comic – Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell (DC)
Best Related Work – Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tordotcom)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form – Dune, screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; directed by Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert (Warner Bros / Legendary Entertainment)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – The Expanse: Nemesis Games, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar; directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Studios)
Best Editor, Short Form – Neil Clarke
Best Editor, Long Form – Ruoxi Chen
Best Professional Artist – Rovina Cai
Best Semiprozine – Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; nonfiction editor Elsa Sjunneson; podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
Best Fanzine – Small Gods, Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story)
Best Fancast – Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, produced by Veronica Simonetti
Best Fan Writer – Cora Buhlert
Best Fan Artist – Lee Moyer
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society) – The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey Books)
Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines) – Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)

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De Nebula Awards zijn op 21 mei digitaal uitgereikt. De complete lijst komt binnenkort te staan op de website van het Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA): Awards by Year – The Nebula Awards® (sfwa.org)

2021 Nebula Awards

Novel: A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)

Novella: And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)

Novelette: “O2 Arena,” Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Galaxy’s Edge 11/21)

Short Story: “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather,” Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 3–4/21)

Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction: A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: WandaVision: Season 1, Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward (Marvel Studios)

Game Writing: Thirsty Sword Lesbians, April Kit Walsh, Whitney Delagio, Dominique Dickey, Jonaya Kemper, Alexis Sara, Rae Nedjadi (Evil Hat Games)

38th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master: Mercedes Lackey.

Kevin J. O’Donnell, Jr., Service to SFWA Award: Colin Coyle.

Kate Wilhelm Solstice Awards: Arley Sorg, Troy L. Wiggins, and Petra Mayer (postuum).

Speculatief: magazine voor vertaalde fictie

Op 1 mei 2022 brengt Goran Lowie de eerste uitgave uit van Speculatief Magazine, een gratis online magazine van speculatieve fictie in vertaling. Dit zijn Hugo, Nebula, Locus etc. genomineerde of bekroonde werken die eindelijk een vertaling zien in het Nederlands. Allemaal gratis te lezen via zijn website of te beluisteren via Spotify.

Leuk initiatief!

https://speculatief.be/

Harland Awards 2021

Na ruim drie maanden is het zover: de winnaar van de Harland Awards is bekend! Tot 31 oktober 2021 konden verhalen in de genres fantasy, sciencefiction, horror en magisch realisme ingezonden worden. Uit de 190 inzendingen is, met dank aan het harde werk van de lezersjury, een shortlist van 15 samengesteld, waaruit een winnaar en vier runners-up zijn geselecteerd.

De Harland Awards 2021-schrijfwedstrijd is gewonnen door:

1. Gerthein Boersma met het verhaal ‘Parterretrap’.

De vier runners-up zijn:

2. Jan van Gorkum met het verhaal ‘Spiegeltijd’
3. Marius van Bruggen met het verhaal ‘Tijd verandert alles’
4. Rene van Dijk met het verhaal ‘Daar ligt Dondergat’
5. Anouk Slaats met het verhaal ‘Opgejaagd’

Gefeliciteerd allemaal!

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De volledige lijst vind je op Hebban: de uitslag van de Harland Awards 2021!

Edge.Zero Award 2020

Winnaar van de Edge.Zero Award 2020 : Pake Pollok – Joost Uitdehaag

2de plaats : Regatta van Duizend Glinsterende Kathedralen – Jaap Boekestein

3de plaats : Niet Hitler – Anaid Haen & Django Mathijsen

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Hugo Awards 2021

De Hugo Awards 2021 zijn uitgereikt:

Winners of the 2021 Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Awards

Best Novel
Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

Best Novella
The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tor.com)

Best Novelette
Two Truths and a Lie, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com)

Best Short Story
“Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine, September/October 2020)

Best Series
The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

Best Related Work
Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG)

Best Graphic Story or Comic
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N. Abrams)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Good Place: Whenever You’re Ready, written and directed by Michael Schur (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group)

Best Editor, Short Form
Ellen Datlow

Best Editor, Long Form
Diana M. Pho

Best Professional Artist
Rovina Cai

Best Semiprozine
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L. Wiggins, executive editor DaVaun Sanders, managing editor Eboni Dunbar, poetry editor Brandon O’Brien, reviews and social media Brent Lambert, art director L. D. Lewis, and the FIYAH Team.

Best Fanzine
nerds of a feather, flock together, ed. Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla

Best Fancast
The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer

Best Fan Writer
Elsa Sjunneson

Best Fan Artist
Sara Felix

Best Video Game
Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll Productions)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines)
Emily Tesh (2nd year of eligibility)

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