Från Locus (www.locusmag.com):
The inaugural Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction will be given this year to
“promote science fiction and related genres of writing in Pakistan.” The award
is named after the Pakistani scientist, Dr. Abdus Salam. Entrants must be
residents of Pakistan or of Pakistani descent, and entries must be submitted in
English. The winning story will receive a prize of 50,000 rupees (~$745), and
will be critiqued by a literary agent and professional editor. Submissions are
due July 31, 2017.
"Winners for the 2016 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards
(Cybils) were announced on February 14, 2017. Books of genre interest are
listed below:
Audiobooks
•The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog,
Adam Gidwitz (Listening Library)
Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels
•Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, Cathy Camper & Raul the Third
(Chronicle)
mentary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
•Shadow Magic, Joshua Khan (Disney-Hyperion)
Young Adult Speculative Fiction
•Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Knopf)
Robert J. Sawyer is the winner of the 2017 Robert A. Heinlein Award, given for
“outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that
inspire the human exploration of space,” recognizing his body of work,
including 23 novels.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced Toni
Weisskopf as a recipient of the 2017 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award.
“Noor” by Taimur Ahmad is the winner of the 2017 Dell Magazines Award for
Undergraduate Excellence in Science fiction and Fantasy Writing. The award is
given to “the best unpublished and unsold science fiction or fantasy short
story submitted by a full-time undergraduate college student,” and is
accompanied by a $500 cash prize, publication in Asimov’s, and an invitation to
ICFA, held March 22-26, 2017 at the Orlando Airport Marriott Lakeside in
Orlando FL.
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