AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: February 5, 2023

Just ten days before the January 31 deadline for people to join and be eligible to nominate for the 2023 Hugo Awards, the Chengdu Worldcon announced it finally had the capability to take credit card payments for memberships. Now that … Continue reading →

(1) SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS LIBRARY EVENT. A Contemporary Conversations program with Sheree Renée Thomas will be held on Thursday, February 23 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Rockville (MD) Memorial Library. The in-person event will also be offered via … Continue reading →

100 Year Starship presented the 2023 Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing in seven categories on February 2 during the 100YSS Nexus 2023 held in Nairobi, Kenya. The Canopus Award recognizes the finest fiction and non-fiction works that engage … Continue reading →

By Fran Skene (CUFF 2019 Delegate to CanCon in Ottawa): Nominations are now open for the 2023 CUFF delegate. We are looking for a fan from anywhere in Canada to travel to and attend Pemmi-Con, the 15th North American Science … Continue reading →

Peter Dennis Pautz of the World Fantasy Awards Administration announced today that Kelly Robson has been added to the panel for this year’s awards. (The full slate of judges is listed in File 770’s updated post here.) Kelly Robson, 315 … Continue reading →

(1) SPACE UNICORNS SOUND OFF. You have until February 21 to make your voice heard: “Uncanny Celebrates Reader Favorites of 2022!”. …While we have our personal favorites, we’d like to know which stories YOU loved from Uncanny in 2022. We’ve set up a poll for Uncanny readers … Continue reading →

The 2023 Tähtivaeltaja (“Star Rover”) Award finalists have been posted. The award, sponsored by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society, goes to the best science fiction book published in Finland in the previous year. • N. K. Jemisin: Kivinen taivas (The Stone Sky, Translated into Finnish … Continue reading →

The 2023 Prix Bob Morane shortlist was announced on January 23. The Prix Bob Morane is a French literary prize named for a fictional adventurer created by Belgian writer Henri Vernes in the 1950s.  ROMANS FRANCOPHONES / FRENCH NOVELS ROMANS ÉTRANGERS / FOREIGN NOVELS NOUVELLES … Continue reading →

(1) WRITER PROMOTIONAL TOOLS MAY BE INTERRUPTED. K. Tempest Bradford draws attention to this news: (2) HERE’S YOUR CHANCE. Publishers Weekly has put out a “Call for Info: SF, Fantasy & Horror (Adult) “ seeking pitches on sffh themes. Deadline: … Continue reading →