2026 Derringer Awards The Short Mystery Fiction Society revealed the 2026 Derringer Award winners on May 1.   BEST FLASH STORY (Up to 1,000 words) BEST SHORT STORY (1,001 to 4,000 words) BEST LONG STORY (4,001 to 8,000 […]

Cats Sleep on SFF: Shroud Kate Towner introduces us to a well-informed voter: Here is Zephyr sleeping on Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky. He’s reading up for the Hugos. Photos of your felines (or whatever you’ve […]

Tomorrow Prize and Green Feather Award Ceremony on May 16 The Omega Sci-Fi Project will announce the winners of The Tomorrow Prize and The Green Feather Award for high school students during a ceremony at […]

Prix Imaginales for Young Adult Fiction 2026 Finalists The 2026 Prix Imaginales finalists were announced on April 15.   The Prix Imaginales recognize the best works of fantasy of the year published in France. The winners will […]

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Winners The BAFTA Games Awards 2026 were presented in a ceremony on April 17. Sandfall and Kepler Interactive’s French action adventure game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won the Best Game prize, as well […]

Spotlighted Cover Art From Marvel Dimensions Graphic Novel By Alex Ross This September, Alex Ross reimagines the Marvel Universe in Marvel Dimensions, an all-new graphic novel from Marvel and Abrams ComicArts as part of their Marvel Arts […]

2025 Ursa Major Awards The 2025 Ursa Major Awards were presented April 3 at Las Vegas Fur Con. The awards are given annually for “excellence in the furry arts.” The winners are chosen by popular […]

Pixel Scroll 3/28/26 In The Well Of Scrolls, Everyone Is A Pixel (1) ASTERISK NEWS. SFWA’s March 27 press release “More on the Nebulas: Past, Present, and Future Conversations” included this note — We are […]

Christopher Caldwell Wins 2025 IAFA Crawford Award International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) has announced this year’s winner of the IAFA Crawford Award: The IAFA Crawford Award) recognizes an outstanding writer whose first fantasy book was […]

The Theory of Related-ivity: Segment III The Theory of Related-ivity: A History and Analysis of the Best Related Work Hugo Category By Heather Rose Jones (This is a serialized article exploring the history of the […]

Top 10 Stories for February 2026 The Rwanda Worldcon bid for 2028 (ConKigali) dropped out, while the Nuremberg ramped up publicity for its 2028 sprint bid – yielding two of File 770’s most-read news items […]

Sandy Cohen (1948-2026) By John Hertz: Sandy achieved a triple play. He left for After-Fandom just short of making it four. His club and mine, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (“LASFS” for short, pronounced […]

Marvel’s Comics Giveaway Day Is May 2 Marvel has revealed the four titles fans can pick up at participating comic book shops at Comics Giveaway Day on May 2. Here’s a sneak peek at artwork […]

Steve Vertlieb: Celebrating Our Beloved John Williams (Born February 8, 1932) By Steve Vertlieb: After I nearly died a little more than a decade ago during and just after major open-heart surgery, I fulfilled one […]

Never Mind the News – File 770’s Best Feature Articles of 2025 Was the year too heavy, deep, and real? Yes, but it was also rich in creativity, humor, and shared adventures. It’s a gift […]

2026 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for the best books published in 2025, as well as the finalists for the John Leonard Prize for Best […]

Cora Buhlert Toy Review: Mythic Legions: War of the Aetherblade Attila Leossyr II and Gorgo Aetherblade II Two-Pack Mythic Legions: War of the Aetherblade Attila Leossyr II and Gorgo Aetherblade II Two-Pack from Four Horsemen […]

Cora Buhlert Toy Review: Mythic Legions: War of the Aetherblade Attila Leossyr II and Gorgo Aetherblade II Two-Pack Mythic Legions: War of the Aetherblade Attila Leossyr II and Gorgo Aetherblade II Two-Pack from Four Horsemen […]

Jonathan Cowie Review: Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds Halcyon Years (2025) Alastair Reynolds, Gollancz, £25 / US$38, hrdbk, 326pp, ISBN 978-1-399-61176-3 By Jonathan Cowie: To cut to the chase for Reynolds’ fans, the man is […]

DCFCW Reports Status of Other 2023 Hugo Trophies Colette H. Fozard, President of the Development Center for Chengdu Worldcon, Inc. (DCFCW), the U.S. nonprofit corporation created to handle the Chengdu Worldcon’s western financial affairs, has […]

Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community Hi Friends, After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File […]

Pixel Scroll 12/20/25 Scrollhide! (1) IT’S ABOUT TIME. Big Finish is bringing back Time Tunnel as an audio drama: “Beloved ’60s sci-fi returning with new adventures as iconic actress cast” reports Radio Times. The Time […]

Pixel Scroll 12/20/25 Scrollhide! (1) IT’S ABOUT TIME. Big Finish is bringing back Time Tunnel as an audio drama: “Beloved ’60s sci-fi returning with new adventures as iconic actress cast” reports Radio Times. The Time […]

Pixel Scroll 12/13/25 And Dr Strange At Ectoplasm The Trees (1) ARTIST’S AFROFUTURISM EXHIBIT BECOMES FLASHPOINT OVER AI. A YouTuber challenged the “Women of Afrofuturism” exhibition at the San Franciso airport as “not using real […]

Bidders for Future Worldcons and Smofcons Heard from in Smofcon 42 Q&A Session By Vincent Docherty:  Summary:  In more detail: The traditional Q&A was held at SMOFcon 42 on Saturday 6th December 2025 in the Dieselverkstaden Culture House in Stockholm, Sweden.  […]

A File 770 Special Convention Report: Starbase Indy 2025, Part One By Chris M. Barkley: For the most part, many sff fans spend their Thanksgiving weekend with their families. There are others who may spend the […]

British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958-1965 Is New TAFF Release. In Rob Hansen’s British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958-1965, the latest addition to TAFF’s library of free downloads, he promises — Among the burning questions of the […]

Pixel Scroll 11/15/25 No, I Am Your Pixel (1) BOOKSELLER’S ARTICLE ABOUT TOP 50 SFF BOOKS IN UK SO FAR IN 2025. [Item by Ersatz Culture.] Although The Bookseller’s article “Bestsellers – Romantastic: Romantic Fantasy […]

Pixel Scroll 11/8/25 Nothing That Needs A Monkey Wrench Done To It (1) HELP DECIDE THE DIAGRAM PRIZE. The shortlist for The Bookseller Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year 2025 was released October 24, and […]

Ansible Cafe In Chengdu By Ersatz Culture: Back in June, File 770 reported on 2023 Hugo winner RiverFlow handing over his Hugo trophy for display in an SF-themed coffee shop in Chengdu.  Until now, I failed to […]