It
seems that most of my heavy work is out of the way, at least for now. So it’s
time to catch up on some of the fun things, starting with the shortlists of a
few awards I am quite fond of.
2014 Shirley Jackson Awards (the winners will be announced during Readercon 26,
taking place at Burlington Marriott, Burlington, Massachusetts, between 9th
and 12th of July):
NOVEL
“Annihilation” by Jeff
VanderMeer (FSG Originals)
“Bird Box” by Josh
Malerman (Ecco)
“Broken Monsters” by Lauren
Beukes (Mulholland)
“Confessions” by Kanae
Minato (Mulholland)
“The Lesser Dead” by
Christopher Buehlman (Berkley)
“The Unquiet House” by Alison
Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
NOVELLA
“The Beauty” by Aliya
Whiteley (Unsung Stories)
“Ceremony of Flies” by Kate
Jonez (DarkFuse)
“The Good Shabti” by Robert
Sharp (Jurassic London)
“The Mothers of Voorhisville” by Mary
Rickert (Tor.com, April 2014)
“We Are All Completely Fine” by Daryl
Gregory (Tachyon)
NOVELETTE
“The Devil in America” by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com, April 2014)
“The End of the End of Everything” by Dale Bailey (Tor.com, April 2014)
“The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado (Granta)
“Newspaper Heart” by Stephen Volk (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, Spectral Press)
“Office at Night” by Kate Bernheimer and Laird Hunt (Walker
Art Center/ Coffee House Press)
“The Quiet Room” by V H
Leslie (Shadows & Tall Trees 2014,
Undertow Publications/ChiZine Publications)
SHORT
FICTION
“Candy Girl” by Chikodili Emelumadu (Apex Magazine, November 2014)
“The Dogs Home” by Alison Littlewood (The Spectral Book of Horror Stories,
Spectral Press)
“The Fisher Queen” by Alyssa Wong (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2014)
“Shay Corsham Worsted” by Garth Nix (Fearful Symmetries, ChiZine Publications)
“Wendigo Nights” by Siobhan
Carroll (Fearful Symmetries,
ChiZine Publications)
SINGLE-AUTHOR
COLLECTION
“After the People Lights Have
Gone Off” by Stephen Graham Jones (Dark House)
“Burnt Black Suns: A
Collection of Weird Tales” by Simon Strantzas (Hippocampus)
“Gifts for the One Who Comes
After” by Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications)
“They Do The Same Things
Different There” by Robert Shearman (ChiZine Publications)
“Unseaming”
by Mike Allen (Antimatter
Press)
EDITED
ANTHOLOGY
“Letters to Lovecraft” edited
by Jesse Bullington (Stone Skin Press)
“Fearful Symmetries” edited
by Ellen Datlow (ChiZine Publications)
“The Spectral Book of Horror
Stories”
edited by Mark Morris (Spectral Press)
“Shadows & Tall Trees 2014” edited
by Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications/ChiZine Publications)
“The
Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron” edited by Ross E. Lockhart
and Justin Steele (Word Horde)
2015 Premio Ignotus (The annual Spanish award recognizing the works of speculative
fiction. The winners will be announced during HispaCon, taking place this year
in Granada, most probably during the month of November):
NOVEL
“A
vuestras mentes dispersas” (To Your Scattered Minds) by Joan Antoni Fernández (Ed.
Juan José Aroz)
“El libro de Ivo” (The Book of Ivo) by
Juan Cuadra Pérez (Ed. Fantascy)
“El mapa del caos” (The Map of Chaos)
by Félix J. Palma (Ed. Plaza&Janés)
“La inconquistable” (The Unconquerable)
by José Antonio Bonilla (Ed. Autores Premiados)
“La piedad del Primero” (The Piety of
the First) by Pablo Bueno (Ed. Sportula)
“Las tierras en juego” (The Lands At
Stake) by Arkaitz León Muela (Ed. Círculo Rojo)
“Un minuto antes de la oscuridad”(One
Minute Before the Darkness) by Ismael Martínez Biurrun (Ed. Fantascy)
NOVELLA
“Adepta”
(Adept) by Felicidad Martínez (Ed.
Sportula)
“El rey lansquenete” (The Landsknecht
King) by Santiago García Albás (Ed. Sportula)
“La epopeya de los amantes” (The Lover’s
Epic) by Miguel Santander (Terra
Nova 3, Ed. Fantascy)
“Los centinelas del tiempo” (The Sentires
of Time) by Javier Negrete (Mañana
todavía, Ed. Fantascy)
“Pasteles de barro” (Mud
Pastries) by Carlos Martí Mezquita (Ed. Autores Premiados)
SHORT
STORY
“Antonio Benjumea” (Antonio
Benjunea) by Cristina Jurado (Crónicas
de tinieblas, Ed. Sportula)
“Casas rojas” (Red Houses) by Nieves Delgado (Alucinadas, Ed.
Palabaristas)
“El pastor de naves” (The Pastor of Ships) by Felicidad Martínez (Empaquetados, Ed. Sportula)
“Prolang” (Prolang) by Ricardo Montesinos (Terra
Nova 3, Ed. Fantascy)
“WeKids” (WeKids) by Laura Gallego (Mañana
todavía, Ed. Fantascy)
ANTHOLOGY
“Alucinadas”
(Hallucinated) edited
by Cristina Jurado and Leticia Lara (Ed. Palabaristas)
“Cuentos para Algernon Año II” (Stories
for Algernon, Second Year) edited by Marcheto (Ed. blog Cuentos para Algernon)
“El ciclo de Xuya” (The Xuya Cycle) by
Aliette de Bodard (Ed. Fata Libelli)
“Mañana todavía” (Still Tomorrow)
edited by Ricard Ruiz Garzón (Ed. Fantascy)
“Terra Nova 3” (Terra Nova 3) edited by
Mariano Villarreal (Ed. Fantascy)
NON-FICTION
The category is cancelled
this year due to the lack of minimal number of applications required by the 26th
Article of the Regulation.
ARTICLE
“20 autores de relatos de
ciencia ficción que deberías estar leyendo” (20 Sci-Fi Short Fiction Authors You
Must Read) by Elías F. Combarro (Sense
of Wonder, http://sentidodelamaravilla.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/20-autores-de-relatos-de-ciencia.html)
“El futuro bajo sospecha” (The Future Under Suspicion) by Ismael Martínez
Biurrun (C, http://www.ccyberdark.net/1747/el-futuro-bajo-sospecha)
“Fachas del espacio” (Figures of Space) by Félix García (El fantascopio, http://elfantascopio.com/?p=250)
“Introducción” (Introduction) by Fernando Ángel Moreno and Julián Díez (Historia y antología de la ciencia
ficción española, Ed. Cátedra)
“Premios Ignotus para Dummies” (Premio Ignotus For Dummies) by Juanma Santiago (Los premios Ignotus 1991-2000, Ed.
Sportula)
“Yo sobreviví a las guerras del fándom (incluso las provoqué)” (I Survived the
Wars of the Fandom (I Even Provoked Them)) by Juanma Santiago (Pornografía emocional, http://juanmasantiagoblog.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/yo-sobrevivi-las-guerras-del-fandom.html)
ILLUSTRATION
Koldo Campo’s cover for “A vuestras mentes dispersas” (To Your
Scattered Minds) (Ed. Juan José Aroz)
Koldo Campo’s cover for “Antes
del primer día” (Before the First Day) (Ed. Juan José Aroz)
Juan Miguel Aguilera’s cover for “Crónicas
de tinieblas” (Chronicles of Tenebrous) (Ed. Sportula)
Román García Mora’s cover for “La
inconquistable” (The Unconquerable) (Ed. Autores Premiados)
Olga Esther’s cover for “La piedad del
Primero” (The Piety of the First) (Ed. Sportula)
María Paz Muela’s cover for “Las
tierras en juego” (The Lands At Stake) (Ed. Círculo Rojo)
Alejandro Colucci’s cover for “Retrofuturismos”
(Retrofutures) (Ed. Nevsky)
AUDIO-VISUAL
PRODUCTION
YouTube
Channel of Sense of Wonder by
Elías F. Combarro (Vídeo, https://www.youtube.com/user/Sentidodelamaravilla)
La cueva (The Cave) directed by
Alfredo Montero (Motion Picture, Filmax International y Morena Films)
“La órbita de Endor” (The Endor’s
Orbit) by various authors (Podcast, http://laorbitadeendor.blogspot.com.es)
“Los Verdhugos” (The Verdhugos) by
various authors (Podcast, http://verdhugos.blogspot.com.es)
“Luces en el horizonte” (Lights of the
Horizon) by Luis Martínez Vallés (Radio and Podcast, https://lucesenelhorizonte.wordpress.com)
“The Spoiler Club” (The Spoiler Club”
by various authors (Videocast, http://thespoilerclub.tumblr.com)
COMIC
BOOK
The category is cancelled
this year due to the lack of minimal number of applications required by the 26th
Article of the Regulation.
POEM
The category is cancelled
this year due to the lack of minimal number of applications required by the 26th
Article of the Regulation.
MAGAZINE
Alfa
Eridiani (Ed. Asociación Alfa
Eridiani)
Barsoom (Ed. La hermandad
del enmascarado)
Delirio (Ed. La biblioteca
del laberinto)
miNatura (Ed. Ricardo
Acevedo y Carmen Rosa Signes Urrea)
Planetas Prohibidos (Ed.
Grupo Planetas Prohibidos)
Presencia Humana (Ed.
Aristas Martínez)
Scifiworld (Ed.
http://www.scifiworld.es)
FOREIGN
NOVEL
“Aniquilación”
(Annihilation) by
Jeff Vandermeer (Ed. Destino)
“El Marciano” (The Martian) by Andy
Weir (Ed. Ediciones B)
“El rito” (The Croning) by Laird
Barron (Ed. Valdemar)
“La música del silencio” (The Slow
Regard of Silent Things) by Patrick Rothfuss (Ed. Plaza&Janés)
“Perillán” (Dodger) by Terry
Pratchet (Ed. Fantascy)
FOREGIN
SHORT STORY
“¿Quién cuidará de los
dioses?” (Taking Care of Gods) by Liu Cixin (Terra
Nova 3, Ed. Fantascy)
“El jugador” (The Gambler) by Paolo Bacigalupi (Terra
Nova 3, Ed. Fantascy)
“En una estación roja, a la deriva” (On a Red Station, Drifting) by Aliette de
Bodard (Ed. Fata Libelli)
“Legión” (Legion) by Brandon Sanderson (Legión
y El alma del emperador, Ed. Fantascy)
“Mono no aware” (Mono no aware) by Ken Liu (Terra
Nova 3, Ed. Fantascy)
WEB
SITE
“Cuentos
para Algernon” (Stories for Algernon) by Marcheto
(https://cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com)
“Donde acaba el infinito” (Where the
Infinite Ends) by Alexander Páez
(http://dondeterminaelinfinito.blogspot.com.es)
“Fantífica” (Fantifica) by Random
House Mondadori (http://www.fantifica.com)
“La tercera fundación” (The Third
Foundation) by The Cultural Asscoiation Los Conseguidores
(http://www.tercerafundacion.net)
“Literatura fantástica” (Fantastic
Literature) by Mariano Villarreal (http://literfan.cyberdark.net)
“Sense of Wonder” by Elías F. Combarro
(http://sentidodelamaravilla.blogspot.com.es)
Last,
but not least, the winners of the Spectrum 22 Awards have been announced on May 23rd
at the Folly Theater in Kansas City.
ADVERTISING
GOLD: Taylor Wessling – “Barbarians:
Faust”
SILVER:
Yuko Shimizu – “Tokyo Night Show”
Runners-up:
Johnny Dombrowski — “Murder on the Orient Express”
Edward Kinsella III — “Vernacchio”
Victo
Ngai — “The Cloisters”
BOOK
GOLD: Dan dos Santos —
“Taking Flight”
SILVER:
Scott Gustafson — “Jack and the Sleeping Giant”
Runners-up:
Jeffrey Alan Love — “Radiant State”
Petar Meseldžija — “The Giants are Coming”
Sam
Weber — cover for “Dune” by Frank Herbert
COMICS
GOLD: Audrey Benjaminsen
—
“Bernadette”, page 1
SILVER:
Alex Alice — “Castle in the Stars”
Runners-up:
David Palumbo — “The Beast”
James Turner — “Rebel Angels”
Tula
Lotay — “Rebels”
CONCEPT
ART
GOLD: Sung Choi —
“The Parade”
SILVER:
Audrey Benjaminsen — “Fairy 3”
Runners-up:
Te Hu — “Wonders: Gate of Luxor”
Kellan Jett — “Meeting”
Allen
Williams — “The Good Dog”
DIMENSIONAL
GOLD: Forest Rogers —
“Venetian Harpy”
SILVER:
David Silva — “Dragon vs. Raptors”
Runners-up:
Dan Chudzinski — “The Mudpuppy”
Mark Newman — “Gallevarbe: Death’s Siren”
Dug
Stanat — “A Bird From His Brim Will Guide Your Last Breath”
EDITORIAL
GOLD: Tran Nguyen —
“A Distressed Damsel”
SILVER: Sam
Bosma — “Critical Education”
Runners-up:
Jensine Eckwall — “This Circle: Walking Into The Wind”
Edward Kinsella III — “Gland Monster”
Victo
Ngai — “Cocoon”
INSTITUTIONAL
GOLD: Rovina Cai —
“Fake It”
SILVER:
Laurie Lee Brom — “Bad Seed”
Runners-up:
Ed Binkley — “Rikshaw Pass”
Jeffrey Alan Love — “Skyrim”
Jessica
Shirley — “The Child Sleeps”
UNPUBLISHED
GOLD: Cynthia Sheppard —
“Momentum”
SILVER:
Paul Bonner — “Beowulf: Mother”
Runners-up:
Donato Giancola — “Descent from Caradhras”
Rebecca Léveillé Guay — “Time and Chance”
Omar
Rayyan — “A Night at the Races”
GRAND
MASTER AWARD – Scott Gustafson
Congratulations to all!
