The 50th Annual Nebula Awards Winners Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners of this year’s Nebula Awards, along with the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation. The 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend were held at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois, June 4 through 7, 2015 and hosted by Nick Offerman.

Best Novel
''Annihilation', Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)

Best Novella
'Yesterday’s Kin', Nancy Kress (Tachyon)

Best Novelette
'A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i', Alaya Dawn Johnson (F&SF 7-8/14)

Best Short Story
'Jackalope Wives', Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
'Guardians of the Galaxy',
Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
'Love Is the Drug', Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)

The 41st Annual Saturn Awards Nominations Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the nominations for the 41st Annual Saturn Awards.

'The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment, and this year, they've introduced two new categories, Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series and Best Local Live Stage Production award.

The winners will be announced on June 25.

Check out the full list of nominations below.

The 50th Annual Nebula Awards Finalists Announced

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the finalists for this year’s Nebula Awards, along with contenders for the Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton Awards.

Each year, the organization’s members vote on which stories they consider to be the best novel, novella, novelette, short story and Young Adult story in the genre, as well as the best outstanding dramatic presentation. The 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend will be held at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois, June 4 through 7, 2015. Active members of the SFWA have between March 1st – 30th to vote.

Best Novel
'The Goblin Emperor', Katherine Addison (Tor)
'Trial by Fire', Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
'Ancillary Sword', Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
'The Three-Body Problem', Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (Tor)
'Coming Home', Jack McDevitt (Ace)
'Annihilation', Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)

Best Novella
'We Are All Completely Fine', Daryl Gregory (Tachyon)
'Yesterday’s Kin', Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
'The Regular', Ken Liu (Upgraded)
'The Mothers of Voorhisville', Mary Rickert (Tor.com 4/30/14)
'Calendrical Regression', Lawrence Schoen (NobleFusion)
'Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer ’14)

Best Novelette
'Sleep Walking Now and Then', Richard Bowes (Tor.com 7/9/14)
'The Magician and Laplace’s Demon', Tom Crosshill (Clarkesworld 12/14)
'A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i', Alaya Dawn Johnson (F&SF 7-8/14)
'The Husband Stitch', Carmen Maria Machado (Granta #129)
'We Are the Cloud', Sam J. Miller (Lightspeed 9/14)
'The Devil in America', Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com 4/2/14)

Best Short Story
'The Breath of War', Aliette de Bodard (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/6/14)
'When It Ends, He Catches Her', Eugie Foster (Daily Science Fiction9/26/14)
'The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye', Matthew Kressel (Clarkesworld 5/14)
'The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family', Usman T. Malik (Qualia Nous)
'A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide', Sarah Pinsker (F&SF 3-4/14)
'Jackalope Wives', Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14)
'The Fisher Queen', Alyssa Wong (F&SF 5/14)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
'Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)',
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
'Captain America: The Winter Soldier',
Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
'Edge of Tomorrow',
Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Warner Bros. Pictures)
'Guardians of the Galaxy',
Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
'Interstellar',
Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan (Paramount Pictures)
'The Lego Movie', Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
'Unmade', Sarah Rees Brennan (Random House)
'Salvage', Alexandra Duncan (Greenwillow)
'Love Is the Drug', Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
'Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future', A.S. King (Little, Brown)
'Dirty Wings', Sarah McCarry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
'Greenglass House', Kate Milford (Clarion)
'The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender', Leslye Walton (Candlewick)

Geeky Nerfherder 3rd Anniversary & My 2014 Favourites

I can't believe it's been three years since I started this blog! The first post was on this day in 2011. As always, huge thanks to everyone that drops by the blog and that you enjoy my posts of pop culture geekery.

I'm also on almost all the major social media sites too, although mostly Twitter, Instagram and now Tumblr. So if you’re not already following me, but want to keep up with blog posts and other ramblings, here are the links to my profiles on each of these sites:

on Twitter (@GeekyNerfherder)
on Instagram (@thegeekynerfherder)

on Tumblr (GeekyNerfherder)
on Pinterest
on Flickr (GeekyNerfherder)
on Red Bubble (GeekyNerfherder)
on Society6 (GeekyNerfherder)
on Google Plus

on Ello (@geekynerfherder)
on FaceBook

And so, once again, it's that time of year, where everybody lists all their favourites of the past year. I have a big love of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, so I'm always going to be biased towards those genres. I've enjoyed quite a lot of the movies I've seen at the cinema this year, enjoyed the books and comics I've read, and also been in awe of a lot of awesome art this year.

Here is a list of some of my favourite things from 2014.

2014 HCG Artist Awards

It's been a great year for pop culture inspired art. And that's been seen nowhere better than at Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles, where they have exhibited art show after art show, showcasing the very best pop culture art works from some of the best artists, throughout the year!

And to honour and celebrate the awesome artists they work with, many of which I feature quite regularly on this blog, HCG have launched their inaugural Artist Awards. Rather than single out any one particular artist, they decided to to praise a few artists who went above and beyond. The criteria in determining these awards included:

• Excellence in Art
• A Passion to Create
• Unique Artist POV
• Continued Personal Growth
• Strength of Character
• Loyalty to HCG & Consistent Exhibition with HCG
• Support of Fellow Artists & the Art Community at Large

And so, onto the inaugural HCG Artist Awards.

HCG Distinguished Artists of 2014:

• Adam Rabalais
• Casey Callender
• Craig Drake
• James Rheem Davis
• Patrick Connan

HCG Top New Exhibiting Artists of 2014:

• AJ Frena
• Chris Skinner
• Kevin M Wilson (Ape Meets Girl)
• Nathan Chesshir
• Van Orton Design

The 3rd Annual British Comic Awards Nominees

The British Comic Awards is an annual celebration of the very best comics made in Britain over the past twelve months. The Awards aim to recognise and promote to a wider audience the finest examples of storytelling in this most underrated of mediums. 

The nominated titles will be judged by this year's BCA Judging Panel who will decide the winner for each category except the Young People’s Comic Award which is chosen by reading groups of young people from schools and libraries around the UK.

The 3rd Annual British Comic Awards Ceremony will take place at 6pm on Saturday 15th November in the Royal Armouries Bury Theatre in Leeds as part of the Thought Bubble Festival, the biggest and best celebration of sequential art in the UK.

This year's nominees are:

Best Comic
• Dangeritis: A Fistful of Danger – Robert M Ball and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell (Great Beast)
• In The Frame – Tom Humberstone (New Statesman)
• Raygun Roads – Owen Michael Johnson, Indio!, Mike Stock and Andy Bloor (self-published)
• Tall Tales & Outrageous Adventures #1: The Snow Queen & Other Stories – Isabel Greenberg (Great Beast)
• The Wicked + The Divine #1 – Kieron Gillen, Jaime McKelvie, Matt Wilson and Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)

Best Book
• The Absence – Martin Stiff (Titan Books)
• Celeste – I.N.J. Culbard (Self Made Hero)
• The Encyclopedia of Early Earth – Isabel Greenberg (Jonathan Cape)
• Lighter Than My Shadow – Katie Green (Jonathan Cape)
• Sally Heathcote: Suffragette – Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)

Young People’s Comic Award
• Bad Machinery Vol. 2: The Case of The Good Boy – John Allison (Oni Press)
• BOO! – Paul Harrison-Davies, Andrew Waugh; Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Jonathan Edwards, James Howard, Gary Northfield and Jamie Smart (Self published)
• Corpse Talk: Season 1 – Adam Murphy (David Fickling Books)
• Hilda and the Black Hound – Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books)
• The Beginner’s Guide to Being Outside – Gill Hatcher (Avery Hill Publishing)

Emerging Talent
• Alison Sampson (Genesis, Shadows (In The Dark) – artist)
• Briony May Smith (Tam Lin, The Courting of Fair Spring and Red-Nosed Frost, The Mermaid)
• Rachael Smith (House Party, One Good Thing, Flimsy, Vicky Park (Leicester Mercury), The Amazing Seymore(Moose Kid Comics))
• Becca Tobin (Eye Contact, Peppermint Butler’s Peppermint Bark (Adventure Time #30), numerous short comics)
• Corban Wilkin (Dreams of a Low Carbon Future – artist, Breaker’s End, If Not Now Then When (Offlife #6))

And the third entrant to the Hall of Fame will be Posy Simmonds.

2014 Harvey Awards Winners

Presented in a ceremony at Baltimore Comic Con, the Harvey Awards are named in honour of the late Harvey Kurtzman, the cartoonist and founding editor of MAD magazine, and selected entirely by creators.

Best Writer
Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA, Image Comics

Best Artist
Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

Best Cartoonist
Paul Pope, BATTLING BOY, First Second

Best Letterer
Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING, Abstract Studio

Best Inker
Wade Von Grawbadger, ALL NEW X-MEN, Marvel Comics

Best Colourist
Dave Stewart, HELLBOY: THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS, Dark Horse Comics

Best Cover Artist
Fiona Staples, SAGA, Image Comics

Most Promising New Talent
Chip Zdarsky, SEX CRIMINALS, Image Comics

Best New Series
SEX CRIMINALS, Image Comics

Best Continuing or Limited Series
SAGA, Image Comics

Best Syndicated Strip or Panel
DICK TRACY, Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, Tribune Media Services

Best Anthology
DARK HORSE PRESENTS, Dark Horse Comics

Best Graphic Album – Original
THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY, Dark Horse Comics

Best Graphic Album – Previously Published
MOUSE GUARD VOL. 3: THE BLACK AXE, BOOM! Studios/Archaia

Best Single Issue or Story
Pizza is My Business, HAWKEYE #11, Marvel Comics

Best Domestic Reprint Project
BEST OF COMIX BOOK: WHEN MARVEL COMICS WENT UNDERGROUND, Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse

Best American Edition of Foreign Material
ATTACK ON TITAN, Kodansha

Best Online Comics Work
BATTLEPUG, Mike Norton, battlepug.com

Special Award for Humor in Comics
Ryan North, ADVENTURE TIME, KaBOOM!

Special Award for Excellence in Presentation
BEST OF COMIX BOOK: WHEN MARVEL COMICS WENT UNDERGROUND, John Lind, Kitchen Sink Books/Dark Horse Comics

Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation
THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker, Dark Horse

Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers
ADVENTURE TIME, KaBOOM! Studios

Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award
Charles M Schultz

Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award
Stan Golberg

Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award
Herb Trimpe

2014 British Fantasy Award Winners

The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2014, were announced on Sunday, 7 September 2014, at the awards banquet at FantasyCon 2014 in York

Best fantasy novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): 

A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)

Best horror novel (the August Derleth Award): 

The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)

Best novella: 

Beauty, Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)

Best short story: 

Signs of the Times, Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33)

Best anthology: 

End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris)

Best collection: 

Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar Press)

Best small press: 

The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)

Best comic/graphic novel: 

Demeter, Becky Cloonan

Best artist: 

Joey Hi-Fi

Best non-fiction: 

Speculative Fiction 2012, Justin Landon and Jared Shurin (eds) (Jurassic London)

Best magazine/periodical: 

Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker (ed.) (Wyrm Publishing)

Best film/television episode: 

Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)

Best newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award): 

Ann Leckie, for Ancillary Justice (Orbit)

The British Fantasy Society Special Award (The Karl Edward Wagner Award): 

Farah Mendlesohn

2014 Chesley Award Winners Announced

The Chesley Awards were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize individual artistic works and achievements in the field of science fiction and fantasy.

The 2014 Chesley Award winners were announced at Loncon 3, during The 72nd World Science Fiction Con, over the weekend at the ExCeL Arena in London.

Check out the list of winners and art below.

Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book

Todd Lockwood - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan; Tor, Feb. 2013

2014 Hugo Award & 1939 Retro Hugo Award Winners Announced

2014 Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, and the winners for the 2014 Hugo Awards and the 1939 Retro Hugo Awards (in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the very first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 - more information here) were announced during Loncon 3 in London over the weekend.

This year's trophy was designed by Joy Alyssa Day.

2014 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)

Best Novella
“Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)

Best Novelette
“The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)

Best Short Story
“The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)

Best Related Work
“We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)

Best Graphic Story
“Time”, Randall Munroe (XKCD)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Gravity, written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”, written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)

Best Editor, Short Form
Ellen Datlow

Best Editor, Long Form
Ginjer Buchanan

Best Professional Artist
Julie Dillon

Best SemiprozineLightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki

Best Fanzine
A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher

Best Fancast
SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester

Best Fan Writer
Kameron Hurley

Best Fan Artist
Sarah Webb

The John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)
Sofia Samatar

1939 Retro Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel
The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (Collins)

Best Novella
“Who Goes There?” by Don A Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938)

Best Novellette
“Rule 18” by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)

Best Short Story
“How We Went to Mars” by Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Written by Howard Koch & Anne Froelick, directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)

Best Editor (Short Form)
John W Campbell

Best Professional Artist
Virgil Finlay

Best Fanzine
Imagination! edited by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke

Best Fan Writer
Ray Bradbury

2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Winners

The winners of the 2014 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, were presented last night during Comic-Con International weekend.

The winners on the night were:

Best Short Story
“Untitled,” by Gilbert Hernandez, in Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Hawkeye #11: “Pizza Is My Business,” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series
The Wake, by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)

Best New Series
Sex Criminals, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8-12)
The Adventures of Superhero Girl, by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)
Battling Boy, by Paul Pope (First Second)

Best Humour Publication
Vader’s Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle)

Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)

Best Digital/Webcomic
The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman, theoatmeal.com

Best Reality-Based Work
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (M Press/Dark Horse)

Best Graphic Album: New
The Property, by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground, by Donald Westlake, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

Best Graphic Album: Reprint
RASL, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)

Best Archival Collection / Project: Strips
Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, vol. 1, edited by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

Best Archival Collection / Project: Comic Books
Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Best US Edition of International Material
Goddam This War! by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney (Fantagraphics)

Best US Edition of International Material: Asia
The Mysterious Underground Men, by Osamu Tezuka (PictureBox)

Best Writer
Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)

Best Writer / Artist
Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories #6 (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller / Inker or Penciler/Inker Team
Sean Murphy, The Wake (DC/Vertigo)

Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Fiona Staples, Saga (Image)

Best Cover Artist
David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)

Best Coloring
Jordie Bellaire, The Manhattan Projects, Nowhere Men, Pretty Deadly, Zero (Image); The Massive (Dark Horse); Tom Strong (DC); X-Files Season 10 (IDW); Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery (Marvel); Numbercruncher (Titan); Quantum and Woody (Valiant)

Best Lettering
Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism
Comic Book Resources, produced by Jonah Weiland, www.comicbookresources.com

Best Comics-Related Book
Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell (LOAC/IDW)

Best Scholarly / Academic Work
Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design
Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (LOAC/IDW)

2014 Chesley Award Nominations

The Chesley Awards were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize individual artistic works and achievements in the field of science fiction and fantasy.

The 2014 Chesley Awards will be presented at Loncon 3, during The 72nd World Science Fiction Con, Thursday August 14 to Monday August 18 at the ExCeL Arena in London.

Check out the list of nominees below.

Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book - Click for Gallery
Jason Chan - Lost Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell; Pyr, Dec. 2013
Kekai Kotaki - Quintessence by David Walton; Tor, March 2013
Maurizio Manzieri - Book of Iron by Elizabeth Bear; Subterranean Press, Sept. 2013
Todd Lockwood - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan; Tor, Feb. 2013
Michael Whelan - A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson; Tor, Jan. 2013
Allen Williams - Light Reading, Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling; Tor, March 2013

Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book - Click for Gallery
Kerem Beyit - The Scroll of Years by Chris Willrich; Pyr, Sept. 2013
Jason Chan - Harbinger by Phillippa Ballantine; Ace, July 2013
Julie Dillon - Ancient Discovery; Crossed Genres Magazine 2.0 Book One; Crossed Genres Publications, April 2013
Justin Gerard - Power Under Pressure (The Society of Steam) by Andrew P. Mayer; Pyr, Jan. 2013
Dehong He - Shield of Sea and Space by Erin Hoffman; Pyr, May 2013

Best Cover Illustration: Magazine - Click for Gallery
Julie Dillon - Elliptic, Clarkesworld, December 2013
Dan Dos Santos - Fables #136 Vertigo, Dec. 2013
Maurizio Manzieri - The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2013
Cynthia Sheppard - Bull Spec, Spring 2013

Best Interior Illustration - Click for Gallery
Robert Hunt - “Fire Above, Fire Below” by Garth Nix; Tor.com, May 2013
Brian Kesinger - Walking Your Octopus, July 2013; Baby Tattoo Books
John Jude Palencar - “A Terror” by Jeffrey Ford; Tor.com, July 2013
John Picacio - “The Button Man and the Murder Tree” by Cherie Priest; Tor.com, May 2013)
John Picacio - The Good Life; Popular Science Magazine, June 2013
Greg Ruth - “Dragonkin” by Lavie Tidhar; Tor.com, July 2013
Greg Ruth - The Running of the Bulls, The Running of the Bulls by Harry Turtledove; Tor.com, March 2013

Best Three-Dimensional Art - Click for Gallery
Devon Dorrity - Cecaelia, Queen of the Ocean, clay
Thomas Kuebler - Krampus the Yule Lord, mixed
David Meng - Leatherback, resin
Michael Parkes - Goddess of the Hunt, 1/2 life-size bronze
Forest Rogers - Goblin Spider, Kato polyclay
Vincent Villafranca - Star Smith, bronze

Best Unpublished: Colour Work - Click for Gallery
Rhea Ewing - Ancestor Series - Neanderthal
Donato Giancola - Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin, oil on linen
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law - Ships Passing in the Night, watercolor
Dave Leri - Death Squealer, oil on masonite
Annie Stegg - Lilaia the Naiad, oil on paper

Best Unpublished: Monochrome Work - Click for Gallery
Justin Gerard - The Fox Princess, pencil
Rebecca Guay - Tender Morsels, graphite
John Picacio - La Luna
Travis Lewis - Bone Collector, graphite
Ruth Sanderson - The Descent or Persephone, scratchboard

Best Product Illustration - Click for Gallery
Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo - Jeannie's Kitten, IlluXCon 6 promotional art
Mitchell Bentley - 2014 Space Art Calendar; Atomic Fly Studios and Alban Lake Publishing, December 2013
Julie Dillon - 2014 Llewellyn's Astrology Calendar June 2013
Justin Gerrard - “Morzag! Lord of Destruction” poster
Iain McCaig - Call of the Muse, Spectrum 20 Call for Entries poster
John Picacio - El Arpa (Loteria Card Illustration from Lone Boy)

Best Gaming-Related Illustration - Click for Gallery
Lucas Graciano - The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield for The Battle of Five Armies Board Game Ares Games
Tyler Jacobson - Ruric: Thar the Unbowed (2014 Core Set Magic card) WotC, July 2013
Todd Lockwood - Observant Alseid (“Theros” Magic card) WotC, Sept. 2013
David Palumbo - Serene Rememberance (“Gatecrash” Magic card) WotC, Feb. 2013
Steve Prescott - Prognostic Sphinx (“Theros” Magic card) WotC, Sept. 2013
Chris Rahn - Ashen Rider (“Theros” Magic card) WotC, Sept. 2013

Best Art Director
Lou Anders - Pyr
Irene Gallo - Tor & Tor.com
Lauren Panepinto - Orbit Books
William Schafer - Subterranean Press
Jon Schindehette - Wizards of the Coast

Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award
Jim Burns
Kinukyo Craft
Diane Dillon
Drew Struzan

The 2014 Locus Awards Winners

The winners of the 2014 Locus Awards have been announced.

The science fiction and fantasy based Locus Awards are presented to winners of the Locus Magazine's annual readers' poll, which was established in the early 1970s specifically to provide recommendations and suggestions to Hugo Awards voters. In recent years the Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet, and unlike any other award, explicitly honour publishers of winning works with certificates.

The 2014 Locus Awards were held at the Best Western Executive Inn in Seattle.
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SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
'Abaddon’s Gate', James SA Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

FANTASY NOVEL
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane', Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)

YOUNG ADULT BOOK
'The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two', Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)

FIRST NOVEL
'Ancillary Justice', Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

NOVELLA
'Six-Gun Snow White', Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)

NOVELETTE
'The Sleeper and the Spindle', Neil Gaiman (Rags and Bones)

SHORT STORY
'The Road of Needles', Caitlín R. Kiernan (Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales)

ANTHOLOGY
'Old Mars', George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)

COLLECTION
'The Best of Connie Willis', Connie Willis (Del Rey)

MAGAZINE
Asimov’s

PUBLISHER
Tor

EDITOR
Ellen Datlow

ARTIST
Michael Whelan

NON-FICTION
'Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction', Jeff VanderMeer (Abrams Image)

ART BOOK
'Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art', Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)

The 40th Annual Saturn Award Winners

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have revealed the winners the 40th Annual Saturn Awards.

The Saturn Awards are dedicated to honouring the finest in genre entertainment in film, television and home entertainment.

The list of winners:

FILM AWARDS

BEST COMIC-TO-FILM MOTION PICTURE
IRON MAN 3 - Marvel / Walt Disney

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
GRAVITY - Warner Bros.

BEST FANTASY FILM
HER - Warner Bros.

BEST HORROR FILM
THE CONJURING - Warner Bros.

BEST THRILLER FILM
WORLD WAR Z - Paramount Pictures

BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE FILM
FAST & FURIOUS 6 - Universal Pictures

BEST ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. - Iron Man 3, Marvel / Walt Disney

BEST ACTRESS
SANDRA BULLOCK - Gravity, Warner Bros.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEN KINGSLEY - Iron Man 3, Marvel / Walt Disney

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Her, Warner Bros.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
CHLOE GRACE MORETZ - Carrie, Screen Gems / Sony

BEST DIRECTOR
SPIKE JONZE
Her, Warner Bros.

BEST EDITING
ALFONSO CUARON, MARK SANGER
Gravity, Warner Bros.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
DAN HENNAH
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, New Line / MGM / Warner Bros.

BEST MUSIC
FRANK ILFMAN - Big Bad Wolves, Magnolia Pictures

BEST COSTUME
TRISH SUMMERVILLE - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate

BEST MAKE-UP
DONALD MOWAT
Prisoners, Warner Bros.

BEST SPECIAL / VISUAL EFFECTS
TIM WEBBER, CHRIS LAWRENCE, DAVID SHIRK, NEIL CORBOULD
Gravity, Warner Bros.

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE - Fox Searchlight

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BIG BAD WOLVES - Magnolia Pictures / Magnet

BEST ANIMATED FILM
FROZEN - Walt Disney Studios

TELEVISION AWARDS

BEST NETWORK TELEVISION SERIES RELEASE (Tie)
HANNIBAL - NBC
REVOLUTION - NBC

BEST SYNDICATED / CABLE TELEVISION SERIES
THE WALKING DEAD - AMC

BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION OF A LIMITED RUN SERIES
BREAKING BAD - AMC

BEST YOUTH-ORIENTED TELEVISION SERIES
TEEN WOLF - MTV

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
MADS MIKKELSEN - Hannibal, NBC

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES
VERA FARMIGA - Bates Motel, A&E

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
AARON PAUL - Breaking Bad, AMC

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES
MELISSA MCBRIDE - The Walking Dead, AMC

BEST GUEST STAR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
ROBERT FORSTER - Breaking Bad, AMC

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES
CHANDLER RIGGS - The Walking Dead, AMC

HOME ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

BEST DVD RELEASE
BAD ASS SPIDER - Epic Pictures

BEST DVD COLLECTION
CHUCKY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION - Universal

BEST CLASSIC FILM RELEASE
HALLOWEEN 35th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - Anchor Bay

BEST TELEVISION RELEASE
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: SEASON 3, 4, 5 - CBS Paramount

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE DAN CURTIS LEGACY AWARD

BRYAN FULLER

THE GEORGE PAL MEMORIAL AWARD

GREG NICOTERO

THE LIFE CAREER AWARD

MALCOLM MCDOWELL

THE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

MARC CUSHMAN

2014 British Fantasy Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2014 British Fantasy Awards were announced at an Open Night last night by the British Fantasy Society. The winners will be revealed at Fantasy Con 2014 in York in September.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)

• 'Between Two Thorns', Emma Newman (Angry Robot)
• 'Blood and Feathers: Rebellion', Lou Morgan (Solaris)
• 'The Glass Republic', Tom Pollock (Jo Fletcher Books)
• 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane', Neil Gaiman (Headline)
• 'A Stranger in Olondria', Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)

• 'House of Small Shadows', Adam Nevill (Pan)
• 'Mayhem', Sarah Pinborough (Jo Fletcher Books)
• 'NOS4R2', Joe Hill (Gollancz)
• 'Path of Needles', Alison Littlewood (Jo Fletcher Books)
• 'The Shining Girls', Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)
• 'The Year of the Ladybird', Graham Joyce (Gollancz)

Best Novella

• 'Beauty', Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz)
• 'Dogs With Their Eyes Shut', Paul Meloy (PS Publishing)
• 'Spin', Nina Allan (TTA Press)
• 'Vivian Guppy and the Brighton Belle', Nina Allan (Rustblind and Silverbright)
• 'Whitstable', Stephen Volk (Spectral Press)

Best Short Story

• 'Chalk', Pat Cadigan (This Is Horror)
• 'Death Walks En Pointe', Thana Niveau (The Burning Circus)
• 'Family Business', Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic)
• 'The Fox', Conrad Williams (This Is Horror)
• 'Golden Apple', Sophia McDougall (The Lowest Heaven)
• 'Moonstruck', Karin Tidbeck (Shadows & Tall Trees #5)
• 'Signs of the Times', Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33)

Best Collection

• 'For Those Who Dream Monsters', Anna Taborska (Mortbury Press)
• 'Holes for Faces', Ramsey Campbell (Dark Regions Press)
• 'Monsters in the Heart', Stephen Volk (Gray Friar Press)
• 'North American Lake Monsters', Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press)

Best Anthology

• 'End of the Road', Jonathan Oliver (ed.) (Solaris)
• 'Fearie Tales', Stephen Jones (ed.) (Jo Fletcher Books)
• 'Rustblind and Silverbright', David Rix (ed.) (Eibonvale Press)
• 'Tales of Eve', Mhairi Simpson (ed.) (Fox Spirit Books)
• 'The Tenth Black Book of Horror', Charles Black (ed.) (Mortbury Press)

Best Small Press

• The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn)
• Fox Spirit Books (Adele Wearing)
• NewCon Press (Ian Whates)
• Spectral Press (Simon Marshall-Jones)

Best Non-Fiction

• Gestalt Real-Time Reviews, D.F. Lewis
• Doors to Elsewhere, Mike Barrett (The Alchemy Press)
• Fantasy Faction, Marc Aplin (ed.)
• Speculative Fiction 2012, Justin Landon and Jared Shurin (eds) (Jurassic London)
• “We Have Always Fought”: Challenging the “Women, Cattle and Slaves” Narrative,Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)

Best Magazine/Periodical

• Black Static, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)
• Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace (ed.) (Wyrm Publishing)
• Interzone, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)
• Shadows & Tall Trees, Michael Kelly (ed.) (Undertow Books)

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

• 'Demeter', Becky Cloonan (Becky Cloonan)
• 'Jennifer Wilde', Maura McHugh, Karen Mahoney and Stephen Downey (Atomic Diner Comics)
• 'Porcelain', Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose (Improper Books)
• 'Rachel Rising', Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
• 'Saga', Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• 'The Unwritten', Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Artist

• Adam Oehlers
• Ben Baldwin
• Daniele Serra
• Joey Hi-Fi
• Tula Lotay
• Vincent Chong

Best Film/Television Episode

• 'Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor', Steven Moffat (BBC)
• 'Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere', David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)
• 'Gravity', Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón (Warner Bros)
• 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug', Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro (Warner Bros)
• 'Iron Man 3', Drew Pearce and Shane Black (Marvel Studios)

Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award)

• Ann Leckie, for 'Ancillary Justice' (Orbit)
• Emma Newman, for 'Between Two Thorns' (Angry Robot)
• Francis Knight, for 'Fade to Black' (Orbit)
• Laura Lam, for 'Pantomime' (Strange Chemistry)
• Libby McGugan, for 'The Eidolon' (Solaris)
• Samantha Shannon, for 'The Bone Season' (Bloomsbury)

Cool Art: 2014 'Into The Pixel' Collection Revealed

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced the 16 winning pieces of the world-renowned 2014 Into the Pixel (ITP) collection.

Created in 2004, the annual ITP art exhibit honours video game artists who continue to push the interactive entertainment art form forward. Co-produced by the ESA and AIAS, the 2014 ITP collection will be shown for the first time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products, from June 10-12, 2014, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

“Into the Pixel celebrates some of the most important contributors to our industry – the brilliant artists and their endlessly imaginative work,” said Martin Rae, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “These visual storytellers help breathe life into wide-ranging ideas with a wealth of style and creativity. As these images demonstrate, the line between fine art and the artwork of interactive entertainment continues to evaporate. It is always a great pleasure to unveil the new collection in the Into the Pixel Gallery at E3.”

Check out the 16 winning pieces below, and click to embiggen for a hi-res close up look in all their glory!

Hop over to the Into The Pixel website for a look at the previous winners since 2004 too.

'The Banner Saga' - Banner Poster by Arnie Jorgensen

2014 Hugo Award & 1939 Retro Hugo Award Nominations Announced

The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955 by the World Science Fiction Society, recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy, and the nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards and the 1939 Retro Hugo Awards (in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the very first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 - more information here) were announced on Saturday 19 April at Satellite 4, the 65th British National Science Fiction Convention, in Glasgow. The winners will be announced at Loncon 3 in London in August.

2014 Hugo Award Nominations

Best Novel
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles, Larry Correia (Baen Books)
The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)

Best Novella
The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
“The Chaplain’s Legacy”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)
“Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)
“Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)

Best Novelette
“Opera Vita Aeterna”, Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
“The Exchange Officers”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)
“The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)
“The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)

Best Short Story
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)
“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)
“Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)
“The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)

Best Related Work
Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)
Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
“We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)
Writing Excuses Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story
Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
“The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who”, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)
The Meathouse Man, adapted from the story by George R.R. Martin and illustrated by Raya Golden (Jet City Comics)
Saga, Volume 2, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics )
“Time”, Randall Munroe (XKCD)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Frozen,screenplay by Jennifer Lee, directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Walt Disney Studios)
Gravity, written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence (Color Force; Lionsgate)
Iron Man 3, screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, directed by Shane Black (Marvel Studios; DMG Entertainment; Paramount Pictures)
Pacific Rim, screenplay by Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney Double Dare You)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)
Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)
Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)
Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”, written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)
Orphan Black: “Variations under Domestication”, written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space/BBC America)

Best Editor, Short Form
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
Jonathan Strahan
Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form
Ginjer Buchanan
Sheila Gilbert
Liz Gorinsky
Lee Harris
Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Artist
Galen Dara
Julie Dillon
Daniel Dos Santos
John Harris
John Picacio
Fiona Staples

Best Semiprozine
Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin

Best Fanzine
The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher
Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Lynda E. Rucker, Pete Young, Colin Harris, and Helen J.Montgomery
Pornokitsch, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin

Best Fancast
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch
(Producer)
SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester
The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht
Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman
Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best Fan Writer
Liz Bourke
Kameron Hurley
Foz Meadows
Abigail Nussbaum
Mark Oshiro

Best Fan Artist
Brad W. Foster
Mandie Manzano
Spring Schoenhuth
Steve Stiles
Sarah Webb

The John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)
Wesley Chu
Max Gladstone
Ramez Naam
Sofia Samatar
Benjanun Sriduangkaew

1939 Retro Hugo Award Nominations

Best Novel
Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Argosy, February 1938)
Galactic Patrol by E. E. Smith (Astounding Stories, February 1938)
The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (Collins)

Best Novella
Anthem by Ayn Rand (Cassell)
“A Matter of Form” by H. L. Gold (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
“Sleepers of Mars” by John Beynon [John Wyndham] (Tales of Wonder, March 1938)
“The Time Trap” by Henry Kuttner (Marvel Science Stories, November 1938)
“Who Goes There?” by Don A Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938)

Best Novellette
“Dead Knowledge” by Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Stories, January 1938)
“Hollywood on the Moon” by Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1938)
“Pigeons From Hell” by Robert E. Howard (Weird Tales, May 1938)
“Rule 18” by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
“Werewoman” by C. L. Moore (Leaves #2, Winter 1938)

Best Short Story
“The Faithful” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
“Helen O’Loy” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
“Hollerbochen’s Dilemma” by Ray Bradbury (Imagination!, January 1938)
“How We Went to Mars” by Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)
“Hyperpilosity” by L. Sprague de Camp (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. Written & directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Written & directed by Orson Welles (The Campbell Playhouse, CBS)
Dracula by Bram Stoker. Written by Orson Welles and John Houseman, directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)
R. U. R. by Karel Čapek. Produced by Jan Bussell (BBC)
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Written by Howard Koch & Anne Froelick, directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater on the Air, CBS)

Best Editor (Short Form)
John W. Campbell
Walter H. Gillings
Raymond A. Palmer
Mort Weisinger
Farnsworth Wright

Best Professional Artist
Margaret Brundage
Virgil Finlay
Frank R. Paul
Alex Schomburg
H. W. Wesso

Best Fanzine
Fantascience Digest edited by Robert A. Madle
Fantasy News edited by James V. Taurasi
Imagination! edited by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke
Novae Terrae edited by Maurice K. Hanson
Tomorrow edited by Douglas W. F. Mayer

Best Fan Writer
Forrest J Ackerman
Ray Bradbury
Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker
Harry Warner, Jr.
Donald A. Wollheim

Cool Art: Hero Complex Gallery at WonderCon 2014

Hero Gallery Complex will be in Booth #101 at Wondercon in Anaheim all weekend, and they have some awesome prints available at their booth. They are now available to buy for those of us that can't make it to Anaheim.

Check out the prints below and go here to buy.

by Dan Mumford

2014 BAFTA Games Awards Winners Announced

Naughty Dog's 'The Last Of Us', Rockstar's 'Grand Theft Auto V' and Sony's 'Tearaway' were the big winners at this year's BAFTA Games awards, with 'The Last Of Us' scooping the prestigious 'Best Game' category.

The full list of winners are:

ACTION AND ADVENTURE
The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment 

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

BEST GAME
The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

BRITISH GAME
Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

DEBUT GAME
Gone Home
Development Team
The Fullbright Company/The Fullbright Company

FAMILY
Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

GAME DESIGN
Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

GAME INNOVATION
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Development Team
Starbreeze Studios/505 Games

MOBILE AND HANDHELD
Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

MULTIPLAYER
Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

MUSIC
BioShock Infinite
James Bonney, Garry Schyman
Irrational Games/2K Games

PERFORMER
Ashley Johnson (Ellie) - The Last of Us

SPORT
FIFA 14
EA Canada/Electronic Arts

STORY
The Last of Us
Bruce Straley, Neil Druckmann
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

STRATEGY AND SIMULATION
Papers, Please
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope/3909 LLC

BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH DARE TO BE DIGITAL
Size DOES Matter
Mattis Delerud, Silje Dahl, Lars Andersen, Trond Fasteraune, Nick La Rooy
(Team DOS)

BAFTA FELLOWSHIP
Rockstar

Another New Poster For 'Godzilla'

The new 'Godzilla' poster reveals him in all his glory!

'Godzilla' is out in cinemas May 16.