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uled for the normal weekend is: d Oyez, Oyez d •11 August—a week earlier (2nd Saturday) to avoid Worldcon FUTURE PROGRAMS The next NASFA Meeting will be 17 February 2018, at the At this writing, none of the remaining programs for 2018 NEW regular meeting location and the NEW regular time have been set. Judy and Sue are always looking for new pro- (6P). The Madison campus of Willowbrook Baptist Church, gram ideas, especially if you can run one yourself. has moved to 446 Jeff Road—about a mile from the previous CHANGING SHUTTLE DEADLINES location. See the map at right for directions to the church. See In general, the monthly Shuttle production schedule has been the map on page 2 for a closeup of parking at the church as moved to the left a bit (versus prior practice). Though things well as how to find the meeting room (“The Huddle”), which is are a bit squishy, the current intent is to put each issue to bed close to one of the back doors toward the north side of the about 6–8 days before each month’s meeting. church. Please do not try to come in the (locked) front door. Please check the deadline below the Table of Contents each FEBRUARY PROGRAM month to submit news, reviews, LoCs, or other material. The February program will be a pair (or possibly trio) of JOINING THE NASFA EMAIL LIST audio selections from the oeuvre of Orson Welles’ radio drama/ All NASFAns who have email are urged to join our email comedy. The works are selected from his various radio pro- list, which you can do online at . grams (1938–1946), which include a surprising number of New Church ~0.8 miles genre (and genre-adjacent) works. Location north of US 72 FEBRUARY ATMM Map To Maria and Adam Grim will host the February After-The- Willowbrook Madison Meeting Meeting at the church. The usual rules apply—that is, 446 Jeff Road NW New please bring food to share and your preferred drink. Also, Huntsville AL 35806 please stay to help clean up. We need to be good guests and Meeting leave things at least as clean as we found them. Location

FUTURE ATMMs Road Jeff We need hosts for most future months in 2018. Email to volunteer or inquire. (May is (aka University Drive) Center spoken for by Mary and Doug Lampert. November may be Kroger Shopping spoken for. All other months are open.) Center

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Inside this issue… NASFA Calendar...... 5 News & Info ...... 2 Stoker Awards Nominations ...... 6 Minutes of the January Meeting...... 5 Awards Roundup ...... 7 Deadline for the March 2018 issue of The NASFA Shuttle is Monday 26 February 2018 The list is usually low traffic, though the rate is rather variable. a $5 fee—in US, Australian, Canadian, or Generally the list is limited to announcements about club activ- New Zealand currency—to vote. Fur- ities plus the occasional message of general interest to north- ther donations are welcomed.) Besides, Alabama sf/f/h/etc. fans. Non NASFAns are both encouraged as unlikely as it may be, a write-in can- and welcomed to join the list, but please only do so if you’re didate could win. interested in the above restricted topics. You can vote online at with payment via PayPal or NASFA has an online calendar on Google Calendar. Interest- print a ballot (PDF at ) and vote by mail. scribe to it and have your Outlook, iCal, or other calendar au- The deadline is 11:59P Australian Eastern Daylight Time on 31 tomatically updated as events (Club Meetings, local sf/f/h March 2018. events, etc.) are added or changed. You can view the calendar HUGO/RETRO-HUGO NOMS OPEN online at . AND OTHER RELATED NEWS The nominating round for the 2018 Hugo Awards (and Campbell Award)—for works/activities in 2017—and the 1943 Retro-Hugo Awards—for works/activities in 1942—has begun. News & Info These awards are administered by Worldcon 76 , to be held 16–20 August 2018 at the San José OSBORN RELEASES NEXT McEnery Convention Center (and nearby hotels) in San José CA. DIVISION ONE BOOK This round will close at 11:59P PDT on Friday 16 March Trojan Horse, book 5 in local author 2018 (06:59 UTC on Saturday17 March). Most voting is Stephanie Osborn’s Division One series, done online these days (see has hit the bookshelves. At Amazon, the for links) but note that paper ballots must be received by that paperback was $14.66 at this was written date—postmark dates do not count toward eligibility. Any ($19.95 list price) while the e-book (Kin- person who was a voting member of at least one of the 2017 dle version) was $4.99—see . It’s also of 2017 may cast nominating ballots for both sets of awards. available from Barnes & Noble and many Worldcon can vote in the final round. Winners will be an- other booksellers. nounced at Worldcon 76. It has been announced that Art DUFF BALLOTING OPENS GoH John Picacio will host the 2018 Hugo Awards cere- Voting has begun for the 2018 Down Under Fan Fund race. mony. This is a northbound year, so the Australasian winner will be There are any numerous sites online that list works eli- expected to attend Worldcon 76 in San José. There is only one gible in many current Hugo categories and/or make rec- candidate, Marlee Jane Ward, on the ballot, but voting is still ommendations. It’s a little harder to find similar info for important since it’s a source of fundraising for DUFF. (There is the 75-year-old works eligible for the Retro Hugos. Here

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2 are a few resources known to the Shuttle: which they would host at the TSB Arena and Shed 6, Michael •Fanac.org is collecting fan publications from that year— Fowler Center, and the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington . If you have any NZ. Proposed dates are 12–16 August 2020. This would be the relevant material to add they’re open to any scans you can first New Zealand Worldcon. send; email Joe Siclari at . Utah is bidding for the 13th North •A Canada-based blog has a two-part post recommending American Science Fiction Convention—a con which is held graphic stories you may want to consider. The first post is at (technically may be held) when Worldcon is outside North . It includes a link to the second post. com>.) They would host at the Davis Conference Center and •That same blog has a listing of recommended novels eligible Hilton Garden Inn in Layton (Salt Lake City area) UT. Pro- for the 1943 cycle at . tion with Westercon 72, which the organizing committee is • A listing of works in all four fiction categories can be found at already running on those dates. . ART GoH PICACIO HEADS MEXICANX INITIATIVE FOR WORLDCON 76 Earlier this year Worldcon 76’s Art Guest of Honor, John Pica- cio, announced he’s sponsoring four Worldcon memberships for LOCUS RECOMMENDED READING LIST fans and pros with Mexican ancestry. [Picacio used “Mexicanx” LOCUS POLL & SURVEY as a non-gendered alternative for the gendered Spanish adjectives The two above-titled entities have much in common. All of “Mexicana” (female) and “Mexicano” (male). -ED] the novels and other fiction (plus non-fiction and art books) on Queue the piling on (in a good way). In a late January the 2017 Locus Recommended Reading List—excepting the blog post , Picacio listed almost 20 people and organiza- sponding categories of the 48th annual Locus Poll & Survey. tions who had signed on as “sponsoring teammates.” The total (Yes, you may also write in any Poll preferences that are not on number of available memberships had reached 50. the Recommended Reading List.) The nominal deadline to apply was 2 February 2018, but The Poll & Survey also includes a number of poll categories given the explosion in available memberships it is very possible (e.g., magazine/fanzine, publisher, editor, and more) not on the Picacio is still accepting applicants. See the blog post men- Recommended Reading List plus dozens of survey questions tioned above for further information. (mostly multiple choice). Everyone is welcome to take the Poll WORLDCON ACADEMIC TRACK AWARD: & Survey though subscribers to Locus have their poll answers HEINLEIN SOCIETY given double weight. Participants in the Academic Track . ence-fiction-convention> for Worldcon 76 will have a chance You can vote in the Locus Poll & Survey online at or print a copy and mail it in. Heinlein Society . The $250 prize 2018 FAAN AWARDS VOTING OPENS will be awarded based on the presentations as given at the con. Voting for the 2018 Fan Activity Achievement Awards (for The announcement says that, “Given this new opportunity, we fanzines and related works published in 2017) will be open will extend the submission deadline to March 1st.” through midnight Pacific time 15 March 2018. (For mailed MOVE OVER PUPPIES, IT’S RAINING FROGS ballots, the postmark date will be dispositive. Voting by email Sad Puppies. Rabid Puppies. Over the last few years we’ve is available and possibly preferred.) become unhappily accustomed to various slates being pushed Full details (including a printable ballot should you care to for the Hugo Awards. Now do things that way) can be seen at . The winners will be announced at Corflu 35 , to be held 4–6 May 2018 at the Ramada Plaza Toron- picked by Jon Del Arroz and to Downtown in Toronto ON. pretty much adheres to the BEAGLE NAMED SFWA GRAND MASTER same viewpoints as the afore- The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America has announced that Peter S. Beagle has been selected rather more Rabid than Sad). as the 34th Damon Knight Grand Master. This award is given Mike Glyer over at File770.com for “lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.” has created an archive page for the slate The award will be presented during this year’s Nebula Awards in case you’re curious but don’t want to up Del Arroz’s click Weekend , to be held count. If you’d rather get it directly from the frogs’s mouth, 17–20 May 2018 at the Marriott Pittsburgh City Center in then head to . RHYSLING & ELGIN LONGLISTS IN WORK SINGLE BIDS FOR 2020 WORLDCON; 2019 NASFiC The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association is assembling a list of candidates for the 2017 Rhysling by the required deadline to host the 2020 Worldcon and the and Elgin Awards. For the Rhyslings, members of the Associa- 2019 North American Science Fiction Convention. That pa- tion have until 15 February 2018 to propose items in both the perwork can be found on the 2017 Worldcon site at . nated poems can be seen at . New Zealand is bidding for Worldcon 78, For the Elgins, the deadline is 15 May 2018 for both the Chap- 3 book and Full-Length Book categories. A list of already-nomi- ing characters and creatures from the TV show Game of nated books can be seen at . Thrones—plus the Iron Throne itself (in stamp form). A large BAEN FANTASY ADVENTURE AWARD variety of collectables based on the stamps is available at OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS . One sheet features ten human characters sions through 12:01A EDT 30 April 2018. The max length is (many played by British actors) while the other has the Night 8,000 words in any fantasy genre, but they are looking for “ad- King (and White Walkers), giants, direwolves, dragons, and the venture fantasy with heroes you want to root for.” Full info can aforementioned Iron Throne. be found online at . STORYBUNDLE BLACK NARRATIVES PACKAGE For Black History Month, StoryBundle.com is offering up to eleven genre e-books (curated by Terah Edun) that “celebrate the cultural heritage and legacy of a diasporic black communi- ty” . StoryBundle has a “pay what you want” system. There’s a minimum of $5 for the basic four books, with an additional seven e-books added to the bundle if you pay $15 or more. A 12th item, Blades Of Magic: Crown Service #1 by Terah Edun is advertised as “free for sub- scribers.” The offer ends late in the day 1 March 2018. VARIOUS WORKSHOP SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Approximately ten partial and full scholarships and one work/study position for the Odyssey Workshop have been an- nounced. See for details and restrictions. The next workshop is 4 June–13 July 2018. The application deadline is 7 April 2018. George R.R. Martin has announced a scholarship “to bring an aspiring SF writer from a non-English-speaking country” THERE’S A STORY ABOUT THAT to the Taos Toolbox writing workshop , to be held 17–30 June 2018 at the at the Angel Fire man Imagination at the University of California San Diego, Resort near Taos NM. author David Brin has launched a website devoted to finding Martin is also funding a scholarship to Clarion West , to be held 17 June–27 July 2018 in Seattle's be faced by some agency, company, individual—or all hu- University District. The Application deadline is 1 March 2018. manity—in real life.” Other Clarion West scholarships are available. These scenarios are posted as “challenges” at and you are invited to reply with genre on West has announced the 2018 Sally Klages Memorial In- books, films, etc., that address the issue. For instance, Chal- structorship to alter human behavior, as Toxoplasma makes rats seek out will be sponsored by Ellen Klages. This will cover “travel, liv- cats, or wasps control caterpillars. Is there a story about that?” ing arrangements, and remuneration” for a resident instructor in INTO THE BLACK CONTEST RESULTS the fourth week of the six-week workshop. Winners of the Into The Black Short Story Contest (covered THE GREAT AMERICAN READ in the October 2017 Shuttle) have been announced and are PBS will be airing The Great American Read, an “eight-part available to read for free. The contest, organized by the Eco- television competition and nationwide campaign [that] explores nomic Security Project sought the power of books and the joy of reading through the lens of to explore the impacts of guaranteeing a “basic income” to all America’s 100 best-loved novels, as voted on by the public.” members of a future society. Genre figures appearing on in the series will include Mar- The winning story, “Rounding Corrections,” secured a garet Atwood, Junot Díaz, and George R.R. Martin . The series starts on 22 May runner up (“The Floor,” Melissa Fall) was said to receive 2018 (check local listings) and will include an ongoing public $1,000. Both stories are online at . WORLD BOOK DAY AND YA/CHILDREN’S LIT GAH REBOOT MOVING FORWARD World Book Day makes hardly Also reported in the October 2017 Shuttle was the develop- a blip in the US but is more celebrated elsewhere. YA selections ment of a reboot pilot for The Greatest American Hero, with a in the UK include at least two genre novels—Fly by Night, female lead. Website SyFiWire (a SyFi network property) re- Frances Hardinge and Summoner: The Novice, Taran Math- ports that ABC has now put in a firm order for the pilot as a half- aru—plus several graphic novels, picture books, and more that hour single-camera comedy . In the UK and Ireland, the World Book Day organization has Of course, a pilot order does not mean the show will be distributed more than 15 million £1 World Book Day book picked up, but—if it is—it would be perhaps the only comedy tokens through schools and libraries that can be used toward among the many superhero shows currently on the tube. buying the selected children’s and YA books (£2.50 for full FIREFLY BLINKS BACK ON—IN PRINT novels; £1 for other works). If you’re a fan of Browncoats and all things ’Verse you may be UK ISSUES GAME OF THRONES STAMPS interested in a series of books upcoming from Titan Books and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products. 4 At least three titles have already been mooted and it’s probably worth noting Dues are due. that the events therein will be considered canon. TV series hon- Doug tried to start up a NASFA Board of Directors meeting. cho Joss Whedon will serve as a consulting editor for the novels. It couldn’t happen during the regular members’ meeting, so BRUSH UP ON YOUR KLINGON—VISIT QO’NOS Sam moved to adjourn at 6:09:45P. Apparently that adjourn- Stockholm Sweden is the temporary home to the First City ment didn’t take, because the members’ meeting continued. on the planet Qo’noS. You can see live events sponsored by the CON BUSINESS Klingon Institute of Cultural Exchange 3 February–24 March Judy announced that there will be a Not-a-Con. 2018 courtesy of the Turteatern theater troupe. Further info can Treasurer Sam reported that Con†Stellation XXXV made be found at and $32.46 (if you don’t include the $4000 in CDs we cashed to . help pay for it). [So it really lost around $4000. -ED] SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART LIVE TAKES 2018 OFF Judy and Sue are working on future programming. The organizers of the ongoing Spectrum Fantastic Art Live Doug moved to adjourn at 6:11:53P. series have announced that the event is canceled for 2018. In an The January program was a round of science fiction, fantasy, early January Facebook post , John Fleskes plus Meeting Meeting was hosted by Mary and Doug Lampert at Cathy and Arnie Fenner blamed the cancelation on the lack of a the regular meeting location. workable facility (in KC) available on a workable date—a situ- ation to which all too many con organizers can relate. They do still plan an awards ceremony for the Spectrum 25 Awards in May, but further details are not yet available. NASFA Calendar They’ve expressed a hope that SFAL can be revived in 2019, though they hint there may be changes to the model (potentially FEBRUARY hoping to increase crossover attendance from other Kansas 01 National Freedom Day. City fannish events). 01–04 Game-O-Rama—Atlanta GA. THIS IS HORROR WANTS YOUR VOTES 02 Groundhog Day. UK podcast/review/publishing website This Is Horror wants 02 National Wear Red Day (women’s heart health). you to vote in their 2017 This Is Horror Awards. Nominees 02–04 Days of the Dead—Atlanta GA. have been selected in eight fiction and podcast categories and 03–04 BrickFair—Birmingham AL. anyone can vote (by email) for the winners. Nominees and 04 BD: Rosa Parks. instructions are at . 05 Día de la Constitución. DO LAWSUITS EVER END? 08 BD: Lin Cochran. Both sides of the San Diego Comic-Con v. Salt Lake Comic 09 BD: Jack Lundy. Con lawsuit have filed post-judgement motions disputing as- 09–11 Seishun-Con—Atlanta GA. pects of the jury verdict and/or how the judge ruled on various 09–11 The Vampire Diaries—Nashville TN. other aspects before and during the trial. (The jury found SLCC 10 BD: Marcia Illingworth. at fault, but denied willful infringement and awarded SDCC 12 BD: Abraham Lincoln. only $20,000 vs. the $12,000,000 they’d sought.) 13 Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras. You can see a rundown of this and a link to some of the mo- 14 Ash Wednesday. tions filed at . 15 BD: Susan B. Anthony. In-related news, the judgement against SLCC is the likely 16 Chinese New Year. causative factor in Phoenix Comicon rebranding itself as Phoenix 16–18 AnachroCon—Atlanta GA. Comic Fest . Mean- 16–18 MGA Con—Macon GA. while, Central City Comic Con in Yakima WA has stated they are 16–18 Model & Toy Soldier Show—Atlanta GA. holding off on any name change as things continue to play out 16–18 PurpleBunnyCon—Nashville TN. . lowbrook Madison. Program: Genre audio drama/ comedy by Orson Welles. ATMM: Adam and Maria Grim will host at the church. 17 BD: Nancy A. Cucci. January Minutes 17 Knox Nerd Comic Show—Knoxville TN. by Steve Sloan 17–18 ETSU-Con—Johnson City TN. 17–18 Onyxcon—Atlanta GA. The January meeting of the North Alabama Science Fiction 19 Presidents’ Day. Association was called to order on Saturday, January 13, 2018, 22 BD: George Washington. in the new Madison satellite location of Willowbrook Baptist 23–25 DSC 56/Concave 39—Bowling Green KY. Church at 6:07:27P by President Mary Lampert and the crick- 23–25 ConNooga—Chattanooga TN. ets. 24 Día de la Bandera. Dues are due. NASFA annual dues are $25 for an individual 24 AnniCon—Anniston AL. and $6 for each additional family member in the same house- 24–25 Comic & Pop Culture Expo—Huntsville AL. hold. MARCH OLD BUSINESS 01 Purim. The officers election for 2018 happened back in November. 02–04 GnomeCon 7—Savannah GA. 5 02 BD: Ronnie Lajoie. 30 Día del Niño. 02 Read Across America Day. MAY 03–04 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Expo—Atlanta GA. 01 May Day/Labor Day/Día del Trabajo. 03–04 M.A.C.K.—Murfreesboro TN. 04 Bash Of The Empire VII—Atlanta GA. 03 Cardboard*Con—Atlanta GA. 04–06 WHOlanta—Atlanta GA. 08 International Women’s Day/Día Internacional de la Mujer. 05 National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day. 09 BD: Tracey Kennedy. 05 Cinco de Mayo. 09–11 MidSouthCon 36—Memphis TN. 10 Día de la Madre. 09–11 AndoCon—Atlanta GA. 11–13 Outlantacon—Atlanta GA. 09–11 JoeLanta—Atlanta GA. 12–13 Heroes & Villains—Nashville TN. 09–11 Tennessee Game Days XIII—Franklin TN. 12–13 Walker Stalker—Nashville TN. 11 Daylight Saving Time begins. 13 Mother’s Day. 13 BD: Anita Eisenberg. 14 BD: Nancy Whittle. 14–18 International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts 39 15 Peace Officers Memorial Day. —Orlando FL. 16 First day of Ramadan. 16–18 CoastCon 41—Biloxi MS. 16 BD: Linda Bolgeo. 17* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- 17–20 Frolicon—Atlanta GA. lowbrook Madison. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. 17–20 Atlanta Game Fest 31—Atlanta GA. 17 St. Patrick’s Day. 19* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- 17 FarleyCon—East Ridge TN. lowbrook Madison. Program: TBD. ATMM: Doug 20 Spring equinox. and Mary Lampert will host at the church. 21 BD: Benito Juárez. 19 Armed Forces Day. 22 BD: Jayson Woosley. 19 BD: David O. Miller. 25 Palm Sunday. 19–20 Southern Steampunk Expo—Gulfport MS. 30–31 Huntsville Comic Convention—Huntsville AL. 20 Shavuot. 30–01 Conglomeration—Louisville KY. 24–27 MomoCon—Atlanta GA. 30–01 MTAC—Nashville TN. 25 National Missing Children’s Day. 30–01 Spy Con—Atlanta GA. 25–27 Mobicon—Mobile AL. 30 Good Friday. 25–27 Treklanta—Atlanta GA. 31 Dalton Comic & Toy Convention—Dalton GA. 25–27 Escape Velocity—Washington DC. 31 First Day of Pesach. 27 BD: Kathy Paulk. APRIL 28 Memorial Day. 01 Easter. OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO 01 April Fools’ Day. The North Alabama Science Fiction Association meets on the 03 BD: Kevin Ward. third Saturday of each month. (Unless there is a large nearby 05–08 Furry Weekend Atlanta—Atlanta GA. convention being held that weekend—in which case we often 06 Orthodox Good Friday. move the meeting to the second or fourth Saturday.) The regu- 06 National Tartan Day (Canada). lar meeting location is the Madison campus of Willowbrook 07 BD: Mary Lampert. Baptist Church—446 Jeff Road NW. The Executive Commit- 07 Last Day of Pesach. tee meeting (if scheduled) is before the business meeting. The 07 Tupelo Titan Con—Tupelo MS. business meeting is at 6P. The program is at 6:30P. Anyone is 08 Orthodox Easter. welcome to attend any of the meetings. There is usually an After- 13 Isra and Mi’raj. the-Meeting Meeting (starting at about 7:30P) either at the 13 BD: Thomas Jefferson. church or with directions available at the program. 13–15 221B Con—Atlanta GA. 13–15 Salute To Supernatural—Nashville TN. 14–15 TigerCon—Valdosta GA. 15 BD: “Uncle Timmy” Bolgeo. Stoker Awards Noms 15 BD: Manda Freeman. 16 Patriot’s Days. Finalists for the 2017 Bram Stoker Awards (styled as for Superior Achievement) have been 20–22 JAMPcon—Chattanooga TN. announced by the Horror Writers Association. Winners will be 20–22 JordanCon—Atlanta GA. announced during this year’s StokerCon , 21–22 Tupelo Con—Tupelo MS. to be held 1–4 March2018 at the Providence Biltmore Hotel in 21* NASFA Meeting—6P Business, 6:30P Program, at Wil- Providence RI. By category, the finalist are: lowbrook Madison. Program: TBD. ATMM: TBD. STOKER NOVEL NOMS 21 BD: Randy B. Cleary. Ararat, Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s) 21 Enchanted Pub Crawl—Atlanta GA. Sleeping Beauties, Stephen King and Owen King (Scribner) 21 Mobile Bay Anime Fest—Daphne AL. Black Mad Wheel, Josh Malerman (Ecco) 22 Earth Day. I Wish I Was Like You, S.P. Miskowski (JournalStone) 25 Administrative Professionals Day. Ubo, Steve Rasnic Tem (Solaris) 26 BD: Chloie Airoldi. STOKER FIRST NOVEL NOMS 26 Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Cold Cuts, Robert Payne Cabeen (Omnium Gatherum) 27 Arbor Day (many US states—local date varies by state). In the Valley of the Sun, Andy Davidson (Skyhorse) 30 BD: Mark Maxwell. What Do Monsters Fear?, Matt Hayward (Post Mortem) 6 The Boulevard Monster, Jeremy Hepler (Bloodshot) The Art of Horror Movies, Stephen Jones, ed. (Applause The- Kill Creek, Scott Thomas (Ink Shares) atre & Cinema) STOKER YA NOVEL NOMS Where Nightmares Come From, Joe Mynhardt and Eugene The Door to January, Gillian French (Islandport) Johnson, eds. (Crystal Lake) Hellworld, Tom Leveen (Simon Pulse) STOKER POETRY COLLECTION NOMS The Last Harvest, Kim Liggett (Tor Teen) Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest, Robert Frazier and Bruce The Ravenous, Amy Lukavics (Harlequin Teen) Boston (Crystal Lake) When I Cast Your Shadow, Sarah Porter (Tor Teen) No Mercy, Alessandro Manzetti (Crystal Lake) STOKER GRAPHIC NOVEL NOMS Satan’s Sweethearts, Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo (Weasel) Darkness Visible, Mike Carey, Ethan David Arvind, Brendan A Collection of Nightmares, Christina Sng (Raw Dog Screaming) Cahill, and Livio Ramondelli (IDW) Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare, Stephanie M. Kindred, Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler, and John Jen- Wytovich (Raw Dog Screaming) nings (Abrams) My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) The Black Monday Murders, Jonathan Hickman and Tomm Coker (Image) Awards Roundup Monstress: Volume 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) SAWYER RECEIVES ORDER OF ONTARIO STOKER LONG FICTION NOMS Robert J. Sawyer has been “Faking it Until Forever Comes,” Scott Edelman (Liars, Fak- selected for Ontario’s highest ers, and the Dead Who Eat Them) honour, the Order of Ontario Mapping the Interior, Stephen Graham Jones (Tor.com Publishing) (for “[a]n Ontarian who Sweetlings, Lucy Taylor (Tor.com Publishing) has shown outstanding qualities A Kiss of Thorns, Tim Waggoner (DarkFuse) of individual excellence and STOKER SHORT FICTION NOMS achievement in any field”). The “I will be the Reflection Until the End,” Michael Bailey (Tales presentation ceremony will be 27 February 2018. from the Lake, Volume 4) PEN AMERICA LITERARY/SERVICE AWARDS “A Song Left Behind in the Aztakea Hills,” James Chambers PEN America has announced that Stephen King (Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2) will receive the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, “Apocalypse Then,” Lisa Mannetti (Never Fear: The Apocalypse) which “is presented annually to a critically-acclaimed author “So Sings the Siren,” Annie Neugebauer (Apex 12 October 2017) whose work embodies PEN America’s mission to oppose re- “Loving You Darkly,” Mercedes M. Yardley (F(r)iction Sum- pression in any form and to champion the best of humanity.” mer 2017) The award will be presented at the 2018 PEN America Liter- STOKER FICTION COLLECTION NOMS ary Gala, to be held 22 May 2018 at the American Museum of Strange Weather, Joe Hill (William Morrow) Natural History in New York NY. And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe, Gwendolyn Kiste Separately, several genre books have been nominated in var- (JournalStone) ious categories of the PEN America Literary Awards. Locus Goblin, Josh Malerman (Earthling) Magazine has a roundup of the genre candidates at . pendent Legions) HEINLEIN AWARD Writing Madness, Patrick McGrath (Centipede) Neal Stephenson has been selected for the 2018 Robert A. STOKER SCREENPLAY NOMS Heinlein Award (for “outstanding pub- Stranger Things, “MadMax,” Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer lished works in science fiction and Twin Peaks: The Return, “Gotta Light?,” Mark Frost and technical writings to inspire the David Lynch human exploration of space”) by It, Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman the Baltimore Science Fiction So- Get Out, Jordan Peele ciety. Split, M. Night Shyamalan The award will be presented at STOKER ANTHOLOGY NOMS Balticon 52 , Sycorax’s Daughters, Kinitra Brooks, Linda D. Addison, and to be held 25–28 May 2018 at the Susana Morris, eds. (Cedar Grove) Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Bal- Black Feathers, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Pegasus) timore MD. Nights of the Living Dead, Jonathan Maberry and George A. TIPTREE FELLOWSHIPS Romero, eds. (St. Martin’s Griffin) Winners (and honorary mentions) for two 2017 Tiptree Fel- The Beauty of Death, Volume 2: Death by Water, Alessandro lowships have been announced by the James Tiptree, Jr. Liter- Manzetti and Jodi Renee Lester, eds. (Independent Legions) ary Council . The fellowships ($500 each) went to Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, Doug H. Pueyo and Ineke Chen-Meyer. Honorable mentions went Murano, ed. (Crystal Lake) to Julian K. Jarboe and Lilliam Rivera. STOKER NON-FICTION NOMS EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AWARD FELLOWSHIP Horror in Space, Michele Brittany, ed. (McFarland) Genre poet/short fiction author Shannon Connor Winward Searching for Sycorax, Kinitra D. Brooks (Rutgers University has been selected for a $3,000 Emerging Professional Award Press) (fellowship) by the Delaware Division of the Arts . Part of her Fellowship will be to “offer at least one 7 exhibit or performance during the upcoming year, providing an works made a good dent, taking home three trophies out of opportunity for the public to experience [her] work.” about seven categories with fictional content (that is, excluding HWA AWARDS news, sports, documentaries, etc.). Genre winners include: The Horror Writers Association has announced Feature Film...... Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water the winners of a pair of awards. They will be presented at Stok- First-Time Feature Film Director...... Jordan Peele, Get Out erCon 2018 , to be held 1–4 March at the Drama Series ..Reed Morano, The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred” Providence Biltmore Hotel in Providence RI. The winners are: 2018 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS HWA 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award...... Linda Addison Winners of the 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards have been announced by the Broadcast Film Crit- Press and Independent Legions Press ics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Associa- Additionally, the HWA has announced the nominees for the tion. Genre works took home some trophies on both sides. 2017 Bram Stoker Awards (listed elsewhere in this issue). Win- In the movie categories, The Shape of Water won four times ners for the Stokers will be announced and the awards present- (Best Picture, Director, Production Design, and Score). ed at StokerCon. Get Out won for both Sci-Fi or Horror Movie and Orig- GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS inal Screenplay. Coco also won twice—Animated Fea- The 2018 Golden Globe Awards ture and Song. Three additional genre movies took were presented in an early January home a single award—Blade Runner 2049 (Cinematog- televised event by the Hollywood raphy), War for the Planet of the Apes (Visual Effects), Foreign Press Association. There and Wonder Woman (Action Movie). Though not directly were a few genre winners in both attributed to her work in Wonder Woman, it’s worth noting the TV and Movie categories. that Gal Gadot received the #SeeHer Award. In the former, The Handmaid’s On the TV side of the ledger, The Handmaid’s Tale Tale took home two trophies—for took home trophies in the Drama Series, Actress in a TV Series (Drama) and for Ac- Drama Series, and Supporting Actress in a Drama Se- tress in a TV Series (Elisabeth Moss). In the latter, The Shape ries categories. Two genre works won in a single category— of Water also copped two honors—for Director of a Motion Stranger Things (Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) and Picture (Guillermo del Toro) and Original Score (Alexandre Rick and Morty (Animated Series). Genre-adjacent The Big Desplat). Additionally, Coco got the nod in the Animated Bang Theory copped the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Se- Movie category. ries trophy. SAG AWARDS NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS Winners have been announced for the 2018 Screen Actors Winners (and runners up) of the 2017 National Society of Guild Awards . Genre works fared Film Critics Awards poorly this year, with only two wins—one each on the movie have been announced. Though non-genre Lady Bird was the and TV side; both in the Stunt Ensemble categories. Wonder big winner, three genre films did score: Woman took home the Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Actress ...... The Shape of Water (Sally Hawkins; Motion Picture trophy, while Game of Thrones copped the shared with her work in non-genre Maudie) Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series statue. Actor ...... Get Out (Daniel Kaluuya ) PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS Cinematography...... Blade Runner 2049 (Roger Deakins) Winners have been announced for the 2018 Producers Guild STABBY AWARDS of America Awards . Genre works did better here than at the Screen Actors been announced by subreddit r/Fantasy . The winners are: Darryl F. Zanuck Award (Motion Picture Producer)...... The Novel ...... Red Sister, Mark Lawrence Shape Of Water Self-Published/Independent Novel...... Sufficiently Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures...... Coco Advanced Magic, Andrew Rowe Norman Felton Award (Episodic Television [Drama] Debut Novel...... Kings of the Wyld, Nicholas Eames Producer) ...... The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 1) Active r/Fantasy Professional ...... Mark Lawrence (author) David L. Wolper Award (Long-Form Television Anthology/Collection/Periodical...... Evil is a Producer) ...... Black Mirror (Season 4) Matter of Perspective, Adrian Collins, ed. In the genre-adjacent-adjacent area, Leah Remini: Scientol- TV Series/Movie ...... Stranger Things (season 2) ogy and the Aftermath (Seasons 1–2) won in the Producer of Short Fiction ...... The Mad Lancers, Brian McClellan Non-Fiction Television category. Fantasy Site ...... The Weatherwax Report Game...... Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Related Work ...... Michael Kramer and Kate Reading (narration of Oathbringer) Artwork...... The Endpapers Character Portraits (Oathbringer), Dan Dos Santos and Howard Lyon Serialized Fiction...... Twig, Wildbow (J.C. McCrae) r/Fantasy Community Member..../u/esmerelda-weatherwax Post or Comment on r/Fantasy...../u/esmeralda-weatherwax Death Will have to wait — I ATENT DEAD! r/Fantasy Original Review...... /u/HiuGregg NSFW DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stane Winners have been announced for the 2018 Directors Guild r/Fantasy Mod Choice Awards (two)...../u/CoffeeArchives— of America Awards . Genre For “running one of our r/Fantasy book clubs, helping with 8 the read along, constantly putting out book reviews, and be- CLARKESWORLD READER’S POLL NOMS & VOTE ing awesome at every turn”; and /u/JosiahBancroft—For Finalists in the Clarkesworld Reader's Choice Poll have “contributing as an author and community member with been announced and voting opened to the public . Nominations were done tributing writer” in an “experimental” 24-hour flash vote. The final vote will BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS be open through 11:59P EST on 24 February 2018 at the link Winners (and other commendations) for the 2018 BBC Au- above. dio Drama Awards have been announced. There were some Clarkesworld Best Story Noms genre winners and a number of genre nominations among the “Who Won the Battle of Arsia Mons?,” Sue Burke (November bakers dozen categories—see the full list at . “Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe,” ANNIE AWARDS Naomi Kritzer (March 2017) Winners of the 45th Annie Awards (for “The Secret Life of Bots,” Suzanne Palmer (September 2017) “excellence in the field of animation”) have been announced. “A Series of Steaks,” Vina Jie-Min Prasad (January 2017) The majority of winners are genre productions so the Shuttle “An Account of the Sky Whales,” A Que (June 2017) chooses to run the entire list rather than try to sort them out. Clarkesworld Best Cover Art Noms Several special awards that were presented are not listed. Homecoming 2, Jonas De Ro (November 2017) Animated Feature...... Coco Sea Change, Matt Dixon (June 2017) Animated Feature (Independent)...... The Breadwinner Eistibus, Angel of Divination, Peter Mohrbacher (December 2017) Animated Special Production...... Revolting Rhymes Jungle Deep, Sergei Sarichev (March 2017) Animated Short Subject ...... Dear Basketball Waste Pickers, Gabriel Bjork Stiernstrom (January 2017) Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial...... June OSCAR NOMS Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Preschool Nominees for the 90th Academy Awards have been an- Children ...... Octonauts, “Operation Deep Freeze” nounced. Genre films did perhaps better than usual, landing an Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children ...... We Actor nom, a Supporting Actor nom, an Actress nom, a Sup- Bare Bears, “Panda’s Art” porting Actress nom, two Director noms, and two Best Picture General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast noms—though all of these were either for The Shape of Water Production ...... Rick and Morty, “Pickle Rick” or Get Out. Winners will be announced in a televised ceremony Student Film ...... Poles Apart 4 March 2018. Animated Effects in an Animated Production ...... Coco The Shape of Water led all movies with 13 noms—for Best Character Animation in an Animated TV/Broadcast Picture; Director (Guillermo del Toro); Actress (Sally Production...... Trollhunters, “Homecoming” Hawkins); Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins); Supporting Character Animation in an Animated Feature Actress (Octavia Spencer); Cinematog- Production ...... Coco raphy; Costume Design; Film Editing; Character Animation in a Live Action Production...... War Original Score; Original Screenplay; for the Planet of the Apes Production Design; Sound Editing; Character Animation in a Video Game ...... Cuphead and Sound Mixing. Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Blade Runner 2049 is next in the Production ...... Samurai Jack, “XCVI” genre pack with five nominations Character Design in an Animated Feature (albeit none in the headline cate- Production ...... Coco gories). It was recognized for Cine- Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast matography; Production Design; Production ...... Disney Mickey Mouse, “The Scariest Sound Editing; Sound Mixing; and Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!” Visual Effects. Directing in an Animated Feature Production...... Coco Next are Get Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi with four Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production ...... Disney nods each. Get Out is up for Best Picture; Director (Jordan Mickey Mouse, “The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Peele); Actor (Daniel Kaluuya); and Original Screenplay. Last Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!” Jedi was recognized for Original Score; Sound Editing; Sound Music in an Animated Feature Production ...... Coco Mixing; and Visual Effects. Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast A pair of genre films—Beauty and the Beast and Coco— Production ...... Samurai Jack, “XCIII” each received two nominations. Beauty is trying for Costume Production Design in an Animated Feature Design and Production Design. Coco is nominated for Animat- Production ...... Coco ed Feature Film and Original Song. Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast A lengthy tail of genre and genre-adjacent movies each got a Production...... Disney Mickey Mouse, “Bee Inspired” single nomination. The Adapted Screenplay category has a nod Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production ...... Coco to Logan. The Animated Feature Film category includes The Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Boss Baby, The Breadwinner, Ferdinand, and Loving Vincent. Production...... SpongeBob SquarePants One of the Foreign Language Films (Hungary’s On Body and Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production ...... Coco Soul) apparently has genre content. Several of the Animated Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production...... Rick Short nominees are unambiguously genre; other may not be but and Morty, “The Ricklantis Mixup” are perhaps genre-adjacent—Dear Basketball, Garden Party, Writing in an Animated Feature Production ...... Coco LOU, Negative Space, and Revolting Rhymes (apparently both Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast parts were nominated). Finally, the Visual Effects category Production ...... Samurai Jack, “XCIII,” “XCIV,” “XCIX” recognizes Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2; Kong: Skull Island; Editorial in an Animated Feature Production ...... Coco and War for the Planet of the Apes. 9 tion Society . The nominees are: The Book of Etta, Meg Elison (47North) Six Wakes, Mur Lafferty (Orbit) After the Flare, Deji Bryce Olukotun (The Unnamed Press) The Wrong Stars, Tim Pratt (Angry Robot) Revenger, Alastair Reynolds (Orbit) Bannerless, Carrie Vaughn (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com) PROMETHEUS HALL OF FAME NOMS Finalists for the 2018 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award have been announced by the Libertarian Futurist Society. The winner will be selected by LFS members RAZZIE NOMS later this year and the award will be presented “at a major sci- Nominees for the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards (“honoring” the worst in 2017 film) have been announced. “Starfog,” Poul Anderson (1967) As is often the case, genre and genre-adjacent works did quite “As Easy as A.B.C.,” Rudyard Kipling (1912) “well.” The “winners” will be announced 3 March 2018. The Island Worlds, Eric Kotani and John Maddox Roberts (1986) Leading all movies, Transformers XVII: The Last Knight (the "Conquest by Default,” Vernor Vinge (1968) real title didn’t have the absurdly high number) took nine nom- “With Folded Hands…,” Jack Williamson (1947) inations—for Worst Picture; Worst Actor (Mark Wahlberg, DARRELL AWARD NOMS shared with non-genre Daddy’s Home 2); Worst Supporting Finalists for the 2018 Darrell Award (for “Midsouth” sf/f) have been announced by Hopkins, shared with non-genre Collide); Worst Supporting sponsor MidSouthCon. The winner will be announced at Mid- Actress (Laura Haddock); Worst Screen Combo (Any Combi- SouthCon 36, to be held 9–11 March 2018 at the Memphis nation of Two Humans, Two Robots, or Two Explosions); Hilton in Memphis TN. In addition to the Darrell finalists, Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel; Worst Director (Michael Robin Burks will be inducted into the Coger Memorial Hall of Bay); and Worst Screenplay. Fame for his body of work. The Darrell nominees are: Third overall (trailing Fifty Shades Darker, a different kind “From Hair to Eternity,” Phyllis Appleby (Malice in Memphis: of fantasy) is The Mummy with seven “honors.” These are for Elmwood: Stories to Die For) Worst Picture; Worst Actor (Tom Cruise); Worst Supporting Seek and Destroy, William C. Dietz (Ace) Actor (Russell Crowe); Worst Supporting Actress (Sofia “Luminaria,” John Hornor Jacobs (Apex 7 March 2017) Boutella); Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel; Worst Director Coney Island Book of the Dead, Sheila Martin (Narrioch) (Alex Kurtzman); and Worst Screenplay. “A Very Worthy Human Being,” Richard Powell (Malice in Next on the genre list is The Emoji Movie with four nods— Memphis: Elmwood: Stories to Die For) for Worst Picture; Worst Screen Combo (Any Two Obnoxious Wild Hunt, Nick Rowan (self-published) Emojis); Worst Director (Tony Leonidis); and Worst Screen- Land of Wolves, TJ Turner (Oceanview) play. A Night at the Quay, William Alan Webb (Dingbat) A trio of genre/adjacent works took three noms each. Moth- “Black Like Them,” Troy L. Wiggins (Fireside January 2017) er! is up for Worst Actress (Jennifer Lawrence); Worst Support- AUDIE AWARDS NOMS ing Actor (Javier Bardem, shared with the latest Pirates of The Finalists have been announced for the 2018 Audie Awards Caribbean flick); and Worst Director (Darren Aronofsky). Boo (for “distinction in au- 2! A Medea Halloween is looking for “wins” in Worst Actress diobooks and spoken-word entertainment”) by the Audio Pub- (Tyler Perry); Worst Screen Combo (Tyler Perry and Either the lishers Association. There are over two dozen categories with Ratty Old Dress or Worn Out Wig); and Worst Remake, Rip- genre works scattered over at least half of them. The full list Off, or Sequel. Pirates of the Caribbean XIII: Dead Careers can be seen at . Finalists in the three nized in Worst Actor (Johnny Depp); Worst Supporting Actor categories most directly applicable to sf/f/h fans follow. (Javier Bardem, shared with Mother!); and Worst Screen Com- Audie Awards Fantasy Noms bo (Johnny Depp and His Worn Out Drunk Routine). Snake Eyes, John Conroe, narrated by James Patrick Cronin Last [I type with significant relief -ED], The Circle has a (Audible Studios) single nomination, for Worst Actress (Emma Watson). The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss, PHILIP K. DICK AWARD NOMS narrated by Kate Reading (Simon & Schuster Audio) Nominees for the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award (for an original (Recorded Books) paperback sf book published in Spellmonger, Terry Mancour, narrated by John Lee (Podium the US) have been announced. Publishing) The award is sponsored by the Skullsworn, Brian Stavely, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden Philip K. Dick Trust and the Phil- (Brilliance Publishing) adelphia Science Fiction Society The Refrigerator Monologues, Catherynne M. Valente, narrated . The award ceremony by Karis A. Campbell (HighBridge Audio) (which will take place at Nor- Audie Awards Paranormal Noms wescon 41 to be held 29 March–1 April (Audible Studios) 2018 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport in SeaTac Eleventh Grave in Moonlight, Darynda Jones, narrated by [Seattle area] WA) is sponsored by the Northwest Science Fic- Lorelei King (Macmillan Audio) 10 Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology, Jonathan Maberry VES AWARDS NOMS and George A. Romero, eds., narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Nominees for the 16th Visual Effects Society Awards have been Silver Silence, Nalini Singh, narrated by Angela Dawe (Tantor announced. Many of the nominees in the two Audio) dozen or so categories are for genre work, but Finding My Pack, Lane Whitt, narrated by Cooper North and the list is a bit long to print here so check it Aletha George (Tantor Audio) out at . Winners will ina Gavankar (Random House Audio) be announced at a ceremony on 13 February 2018. The X-Files: Cold Cases, Joe Harris, Chris Carter, and Dirk RT BOOK REVIEWS AWARDS NOMS Maggs, narrated by David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, et Nominees for the 2017 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice al. (Audible Studios) Best Book Awards have been announced. There are dozens of The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin, narrated by Robin Miles (Ha- categories, most unrelated to sf/f/etc. You can see all the nomi- chette Audio) nees at . Sf/f fans will Provenance, Ann Leckie, narrated by Adjoa Andoh (Hachette probably be most interested in about a dozen categories: Urban Audio) Fantasy Novel, Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding, Indie Press/Self- New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson, narrated by Suzanne Pub Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal World- Toren, Robin Miles, et al. (Hachette Audio) building, Fantasy Romance, Futuristic Romance, Sci-Fi Novel, AMAZING BOOK AWARDS NOMS Fantasy Novel, Epic Fantasy Novel, Fantasy Adventure, and The shortlist for the Sussex Coast Schools Amazing Book Young Adult Paranormal/SF. Awards (for YA books in the Winners will be announced during the 2018 RT Booklovers UK) has been announced. At least two of them (Ink and Re- Convention , to be held 15–20 May 2018 Made) have genre ties. The full shortlist is: at the Peppermill Resort in Reno NV. Ink, Alice Broadway EDGAR AWARDS NOMS Sleeper, J D Fennell Nominees for the 2018 Edgar Awards have been announced by I Have No Secrets, Penny Joelson the Mystery Writers of America. There are a Re-Made, Alex Scarrow significant number of genre (sf/f/h) works scat- tered among the dozen-plus categories, but non- sf/f/h mysteries predominate. You can see the full list of nominees (plus named Grand Masters, etc.) at . TA FIRST TRANSLATION PRIZE NOMS One of the books shortlisted for the Translators Association First Translation Prize (for “a debut literary The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominees for the EE British el The Queue, Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House), Elisabeth Academy Film Awards, to be presented 18 February 2018. The Jaquette, trans. The winner will be announced at a 1 March leading genre nominee is The Shape of Water, which got nods 2018 ceremony at The British Library. A £2,000 prize will be in an even dozen categories—Best Film, Director, Leading shared equally between the translator and their editor(s). Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Original BRAVE NEW WORDS AWARD NOMS Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production and Design, Cos- The shortlist for the 2017 Brave New Words Award has been tume Design, Sound, and Special Visual Effects. announced by sponsor Starburst Magazine . The award is styled as being for a person rather than Blade Runner 2049 which was recognized in the Director, Origi- a work, however a specific work is mentioned for each author nal Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production and Design, or editor in the shortlist: Make-Up and Hair, Sound, and Special Visual Effects categories. Margrét Helgadóttir for her work as editor of Pacific Mon- Paddington 2 got three nominations—for Outstanding British sters ( Fox Spirit Books) . Film, Supporting Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. Three genre Katie Khan for her novel Hold Back the Stars (Penguin Ran- films got two nods each—Get Out (Leading Actor and Original dom House) Screenplay), Beauty and the Beast (Production and Design and Cassandra Khaw for the short story “Degrees of Ellision” Costume Design), and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Sound and from the anthology 2084 (Unsung Publishing) Special Visual Effects). Jeannette Ng for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot Books) A number of other genre (and genre-adjacent) films re- Claire North for her novel The Sudden Appearance of Hope ceived a single recognition. The Animated Film category (Little Brown) features Coco, Loving Vincent, and My Life as a Zucchini. Adrian Tchaikovsky for his book Dogs of War (Head of Zeus) The British Short Animation category has Have Heart, BOASE AWARD LONGLIST Mamoon, and Poles Apart. The Outstanding Debut by a The long list for the 2018 Branford Boase Award (for a first British Writer, Director or Producer category includes two novel for age 7 and up) has been announced. The full list films that are loosely genre-adjacent: The Ghoul and I am is said to include several genre books. The short list will be a Special Visual Effects nom. published 2 May 2018; the winner announced in July 2018. 11 P. O. Box 4857 Huntsville AL 35815-4857

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