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Gargoyle and Little Brother Victorious at Sunburst Awards by Chadwick Ginther - Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 1:24pm

Congratulations to Winnipeg's Andrew Davidson, whose debut novel The Gargoyle has won the 2009 Sunburst Award in the adult category. The Sunburst has also recently begun to honour books for young adults. This year the award went to Cory Doctorow's Little Brother.

The Sunburst Award is named after a novel by Phyllis Gotlieb. Gotlieb, who passed away earlier this year, was among the first Canadian authors to publish in the speculative fiction field.

Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy, Winnipeg, Literature

2009 World Fantasy Award Shortlist Announced by Chadwick Ginther - Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009 at 2:48pm

The nominees for the 2009 World Fantasy Awards have been released.

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Sunburst Award Nominees by Chadwick Ginther - Sunday, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:39am

Congratulations to Winnipegger Andrew Davidson, whose debut novel The Gargoyle has been shortlisted for the 2009 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. The Sunburst is a juried prize with both an adult and young adult category.

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2009 Locus Award Winners by Chadwick Ginther - Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:34am

Locus Magazine, which has covered the Science Fiction and Fantasy fields since 1968, has released the winners of the annual Locus Awards. Two Hugo Award contenders are honoured here, Neal Stephenson's Anathem for Best Science Fiction Novel and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book in the Young Adult Category. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin won for Best Fantasy Novel while Paul Melko took home the prize for Best First Novel with Singularity's Ring.

A complete list of winners may be found here.

Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy

John W. Campbell and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards Announced by Chadwick Ginther - Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:39am

Canadian Cory Doctorow's young adult novel Little Brother and Ian R. Macleod's Song of Time tied for the Campbell Award for Best Novel. This is the third time the Campbell Award has resulted in a draw. Another Canadian, James Alan Gardner received the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for short fiction for The Ray-Gun: A Love Story. Gardner's story will be reprinted in Distant Early Warnings: Canada's Best Science Fiction to be published by the Robert J. Sawyer Books imprint of Red Deer Press.

Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy

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