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Horror Writers Association a publicat lista castigatorilor din 2010 a Bram Stoker Awards:

• Superior Achievement in a NOVEL: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (Doubleday/Orion)
• Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL (Tie):
  • Black and Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
  • The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
• Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION: Invisible Fences by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)
• Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION : The Folding Man by Joe R. Lansdale (from Haunted Legends)
• Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY: Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
• Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)
• Superior Achievement in NON-FICTION: To Each Their Darkness by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)
• Superior Achievement in a POETRY COLLECTION: Dark Matters by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)
• Lifetime Achievement Awards & Specialty Press Award. Ellen Datlow, Al Feldstein.

Yuhuuu! Horns am citit si eu. Dar iata si lista nominalizatilor:

*SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL*

• Horns by Joe Hill
• Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• Dead Love by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
• Apocalypse of the Dead by Joe McKinney
• Dweller by Jeff Strand
• A Dark Matter by Peter Straub

*SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL*

• Black and Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
• A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files
• Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton
• Spellbent by Lucy Snyder Read more…

Au fost anuntate nominalizarile la Bram Stoker Award 2009 (lista completa o gasiti la ei pe site)  :

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL

• Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)
• Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Quarantined by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)
• Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL

• Breathers by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)
• Solomon’s Grave by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)
• Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
• The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION

• Dreaming Robot Monster by Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)
• The Hunger of Empty Vessels by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)
• The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
• Doc Good’s Traveling Show by Gene O’Neill (Bad Moon Books) Read more…

Ieri la Seattle s-au decernat premiile Locus. Iata si lista castigatorilor :

• Roman Science Fiction: Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow)

• Roman Fantasy : Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt) Read more…

De la Gavin J. Grant avem parte de vesti triste. Se pare ca anul acesta nu va mai vedea lumina tiparului volumul anual din antologia The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Nu se precizeaza motivele si nici daca la anul va mai fi un altul. Antologia aparea pe piata de 21 de ani, Gavin J. Grant fiind antologatorul seriei  in ultimii sase ani, editant cinci numere, alaturi de mai celebrele Ellen Datlow si Kelly Link. Se pare ca lucrau la strangerea materialelor cind au primit vestea din partea editurii, Gavin J. Grant promitand ca va publica in cursul anului lucrarile  care i-au atras atentia si ce materiale considera el ca ar trebui recomandate.  Tot el a mai afirmat ca ar mai fi posibil ca antologia sa apara si la o alta editura insa nu este nimic sigur.

Second late update : In urma articolului de ieri Ellen Datlow a publicat un raspuns pe blogul dumneai afirmand ca publisher-ul Night Shade i-a oferit un contract pentru doua antologii Horror Best of the Year…una pentru anul in curs si anul care va veni…

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S-au anuntat si nominalizatii la premiul  Philip K. Dick  pentru 2009. Acestia sunt:

Emissaries from the Dead, Adam-Troy Castro (Eos Books)
Endgame, Kristine Smith (Eos Books) late update : se pare ca romanul a fost inlocuit de Plague War, Jeff Carlson ( Ace)
Fast Forward 2, Lou Anders (ed.) (Pyr)
Judge, Karen Traviss (Eos Books)
Terminal Mind, David Walton (Meadowhawk Press)
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait, K. A. Bedford (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)

Castigatorul va fi anuntat vineri, 10 aprilie 2009 la  Norwescon, Washington. Membrii juriului anul acesta sunt Tobias Buckell,  M. M. Buckner, Walter Hunt, Rosemary Kirstein, si William Senior.

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A fost desemnat si castigatorul premiului Crawford in 2009, acordat pentru cea mai buna carte fantasy apartinand unui scriitor tanar, fiind vorba de Daryl Gregory, si a sa Pandemonium (Del Rey). Ceilalti nominalizati au fost :
Doug Dorst, Alive in Necropolis (Riverhead);
David Schwartz, Superpowers (Three Rivers);
Felix Gilman, Thunderer (Bantam Spectra); and
J.M. McDermott, Last Dragon (Wizards of the Coast)

Premiul este sponsorizat de Asociatia Internationala pentru Fantastic in Arta aflandu-se la cea 25-a editie. Din jurul au facut parte:  Graham Sleight, Paul Witcover, Farah Mendlesohn, Niall Harrison, Cheryl Morgan, si Kelly Link. Acesta va fi oferit la Conferinta Internationala a asociatiei ce va avea loc intre 18 -22 martie in  Orlando, Florida.