AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: March 12, 2023

(1) AMAZON BAILS. Amazon notified subscribers they are leaving the digital and print magazine subscriptions business, apparently. Several Filers sent me a copy of their notice regarding digital subscriptions, and I received one myself for a print magazine. Here is … Continue reading →

Craig Miller shows that when there’s work to be done the whole household pitches in. Slinky is helping us go through a closet. Clearly an exhausting process. What Slinky is snoozing on is a Mr. Incredible costume from the animated … Continue reading →

(1) EKPEKI WILL TACKLE NEW VISA. A GoFundMe aims to raise $17,000 for “Oghenechovwe Ekpeki visa processing & legal fees”. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki recently experienced visa complications that left him unable to attend the NAACP Image award ceremony, where he … Continue reading →

Baen Books, in partnership with the National Space Society, has announced the 2023 finalists for the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award. First launched in 2007, for the past 16 years the Jim Baen Memorial Award has been awarded to … Continue reading →

The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild has released the 2022 shortlists for the Aurealis Awards. The judges considered more than 800 entries received across the categories. Short story panelists considered nearly 150 individual works, and several long form categories saw over … Continue reading →

CWA DIAMOND DAGGER Walter Mosley is the 2023 winner of The Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger Award. The Diamond Dagger recognizes authors whose crime writing careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and who have made a significant contribution to the … Continue reading →

(1) NEBULA FINALIST UPDATE. Rebecca Gomez Farrell, SFWA Communications Director, today distributed a corrected Nebula Finalist press release. SFWA makes every effort to include all appropriate contributors to Nebula Award finalist works before our initial announcement. However, due to the short … Continue reading →

To help propel you into your awards season reading, here are links to excerpts or complete works from the 2022 Nebula Award finalists announced on March 7, 2023. Where the complete story is available online the listing is preceded by an … Continue reading →

If the world were 100 people by Jackie McCann and Aaron Cushley is the winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2022, which was announced in an online award ceremony on March 7. Young judges from 500 UK … Continue reading →