Mars-numret av Dave Langfords berömda sf-nyhetsblad Ansible är ute, och jag saxar några nyheter (det mesta av intresse har tidigare nämnts på SKRIVA): http://news.ansible.co.uk/a320.html * Ansible rapporterar om bråk i författarorganisationen SFWA, pga protester mot ett nytt direktiv att redaktören för SFWA Bulletin skall innehållsmässigt övervakas - en sorts censur. Se news.ansible.co.uk/misc/oldlink14.html&sfwa1 * On 1 March, Loncon 3 announced Jonathan Ross as their Hugo Awards MC; Farah Mendlesohn left the Loncon committee in protest; much online sound and fury ensued; Ross, who'd been persuaded by Neil Gaiman to appear free of charge, withdrew some hours later. * Priser: Horror Writers Association Life Achievement: Stephen Jones, R.L. Stine. Kitschies: NOVEL Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being. DEBUT Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice. COVER ART Will Staehle for The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher Red House Children's Book Awards (voted by children): overall winner Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave. BAFTAs: the director (Alfonso Cuaron), UK film, cinematography, sound, music and visual effects categories all went to Gravity; Frozen won as animated film. London Critics' Circle: Gravity won for director and technical achievement/effects. Annies (animation): Frozen took best feature film, music, production design, direction and voice acting * Martin Greenberg(1918-2013), co-founder with David Kyle of Gnome Press in 1948 and editor of several sf anthologies, died on 20 October 2013; he was 95. Bhob Stewart (1937-2014), US artist, writer, editor and fan influential in early comics fanzines and acting as 1960-1963 art director for the Hugo-winning Xero, died on 24 February aged 76. * That set of US stamps depicting Asimov and other sf authors thought to have been postponed indefinitely if not cancelled may appear after all in 2015. --Ahrvid -- ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx / Follow @SFJournalen on Twitter for the latest news in short form! / Gå med i SKRIVA - för författande, sf, fantasy, kultur (skriva-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, subj: subscribe) info www.skriva.bravewriting.com / Om Ahrvids novellsamling Mord på månen: http://zenzat.wordpress.com/bocker C Fuglesang: "stor förnöjelse...jättebra historier i mycket sannolik framtidsmiljö"! /Nu som ljudbok: http://elib.se/ebook_detail.asp?id_type=ISBN&id86081462 / Läs även AE i nya E-antologin Sista resan http://www.welaforlag.se/ebok.htm&sistaresan / YXSKAFTBUD, GE VÅR WCZONMÖ IQ-HJÄLP! (DN NoN 00.02.07) ----- SKRIVA - sf, fantasy och skräck * Äldsta svenska skrivarlistan grundad 1997 * Info http://www.skriva.bravewriting.com eller skriva- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx för listkommandon (ex subject: subscribe).