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Pakistani-American Author wins the 2006 DIY Award

posted by Markus on Wednesday November 15, @05:45AM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

Sveta Cole writes "Austin, TX: Since publishing Beyond the Cayenne Wall, a collection of short stories in 2005, Shaila Abdullah has received much recognition and acclaim for her debut work. This month, she was named a winner in the ebook category of the 2006 DIY Book Festival. The award honors independent and self-published book on the cutting-edge of literature. "

PRESS RELEASE: 2005 BSFA Awards announced

posted by Markus on Sunday April 23, @07:36AM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

The results of the 2005 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) awards were announced on 15 April 2006. The awards were presented during Concussion, the British national science fiction convention (aka Eastercon), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow.

BEST NOVEL: _Air_ by Geoff Ryman (Gollancz)
BEST SHORT FICTION: 'Magic for Beginners' by Kelly Link
BEST ARTWORK: Cover of _Interzone_ #200 by Pawel Lewandowski
NON-FICTION: _Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996_ by Gary K Wolfe (Beccon Publications)

PRESS RELEASE: 2005 BSFA Award for non-fiction

posted by Markus on Sunday April 23, @07:29AM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

In addition to the awards for the best novel, short fiction and artwork of 2005, which were decided by a ballot of BSFA members and attending members of the Eastercon, the results of a jury award for non-fiction were announced. This award was open to any writing about science fiction or fantasy published, on paper or online, during 2005. The award is not confined to academic criticism or reviews, but neither does it exclude these categories.

Congratulations to the Award Winners from everyone at DiverseBooks!

Orange Prize for Fiction (Women): long-list

posted by rwgray on Thursday April 06, @05:48PM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

The Orange Prize for Fiction Announces its 2006 longlist for the best novel of the year written by a woman and published in the UK.

2005 BSFA AWARD SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED

posted by Markus on Thursday February 09, @07:09PM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

The shortlists for the 2005 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) awards were announced today (22 January). The BSFA would like to extend its congratulations to all those shortlisted.

The awards will be presented on Saturday 15 April 2006, in a ceremony at the British national science fiction convention, Concussion, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow.

Editor's note - the best Novel is obviously Accelerando by Charles Stross... Review here as soon as I get around to type it up!

Pakistani-American Author's Book Wins the 2005 Norumbega Fiction Award

posted by Markus on Tuesday November 08, @12:58PM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

Shaila Abdullah sends us the press clipping announcing her win of the 2005 Nurumbega Fiction Award (congrats!)with Beyond the Cayenne Wall, a collection of short stories.

2005 British Fantasy Award for Breathe (Christopher Fowler)

posted by alexmc6 on Wednesday October 05, @04:44PM ( Printer Friendly Version. | Email this article )

David J Howe writes:
AWARD FOR BREATHE

We're delighted to report that Christopher Fowler's zombie-horror novella BREATHE, published by Telos last year, was the overall winner of the BEST NOVELLA category in the coveted 2005 British Fantasy Awards, presented on Sunday 2 October at FantasyCon, held at the Quality Hotel in Walsall.

2005 World Fantasy Award Nominees

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Alex McLintock writes "World Fantasy Award nominees have been posted to one of my favourite discussion forums: Instant Fanzine on Live Journal. http://www.livejournal.com/community/instant_fanzi ne/119398.html"

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Booker Prize

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Nial Harrison tells us that the winner of the 2004 Booker Prize is Alan Hollinghurst, for "The Line of Beauty".

Clarke Awards

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"DiverseBooks reviewer "FlyingSauce" has written up the Clarke awards on his LiveJournal" Another LiveJournal user Gummitch took pictures

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