Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (Giramondo) is the winner of the AUD$50,000 2024 Stella Prize. Named for Stella Maria Sarah “Miles” Franklin, the prize celebrates literature by Australian women and non-binary writers. For more information, including the complete shortlist and longlist, see the official Stella Prize site. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); While you are here, please take a moment to support Locus with a one-time or recurring donation. We rely ...Read More ..read more

“Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma” by R.S.A. Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/21) won the 2023 Media Award, presented by The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics (MIFRE). The Award seeks to “identify and illuminate fictional creations that demonstrate societies where humans and conscious machines live, cooperate and thrive together.” Works in any medium from any time are eligible. For more information, visit the MIFRE website. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); While ...Read More ..read more

Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) and  Same Bed, Different Dreams by Ed Park (Random House) were finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in the Fiction category. The award is given for “distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life.” For more, see the Pulitzer website. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); While you are here, please take a ...Read More ..read more

Norwescon 46 was held March 28-31, 2024 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport in SeaTac WA; the theme was ‘‘Into the Wylde.’’ Guests of honor were Jim Butcher (writer), Charles Vess (artist), Dr. Raychelle Burks (science), and Kate Alice Marshall (spe­cial guest of honor). Clarkesworld was the spotlight publisher, represented by Neil Clarke. The weekend included hundreds of hours of programming with dozens of panels and readings, plus ...Read More ..read more

Analog 1-2/24 The January/February issue of Ana­log kicks off with “Kagari” by Ron Collins, which follows the young heir to a kingdom of birdlike beings. He is in love with a commoner, and not overly enamored of the strict rules governing his society, but he is given a human named Kagari as a pet who helps him see he might work within the system to effect change. “ ...Read More ..read more

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2024 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all of the finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 22, 2024, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile Hall at Preservation Park in ...Read More ..read more

Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 978-0-37410-928-8, $28.00, 336pp, hc) January 2024. Cover by Abby Kagan. Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is one of the most unique novels I’ve read in a while. A wonderful mix of science fiction and literary fiction, this story is full of humor but also packs a treasure trove of witty observations about the human condition and a sharp dissection of life in small-town America through ...Read More ..read more

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced that writer Sarah Gailey will be toastmaster at the 59th Annual Nebula Awards, to be presented June 8, 2024 in Pasadena CA. SFWA President Jeffe Kennedy said, “I’m delighted that Sarah will be our Toastmaster this year. With their wit and deep ties to the genre community, Sarah will bring grace and resonance to the ceremony.” Sarah Gailey is a ...Read More ..read more

A Magical Girl Retires, Park Seolyeon (HarperVia 978-0-06337-326-6, $21.99, 176pp, hc) April 2024. Cover art by Kim Sanho. A Magical Girl Retires is award-winning Korean writer Park Seolyeon’s first novel to be translated into English. It’s a weird, delightful little book, simultaneously grim and breezy, and the trans­lation (by Anton Hur) communicates a fluid, straightforward and self-deprecatingly humorous first-person narration. This breezy grit is further illuminated by Kim Sanho’s ...Read More ..read more

The Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced a date change for the third annual Sturgeon Symposium, now to be held October 24-25, 2024 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS. (The previously announced dates were October 17-18.) The theme of this year’s symposium is “Stars in Our Pockets: Celebrating Samuel R. Delany.” The Symposium will feature Noël Sturgeon’s presentation of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award ...Read More ..read more