The 2017 Philip K. Dick Award nominations have been announced, and I'm delighted to find two Aqueduct Press titles among them. Congratulations to all of the nominated authors, which include Eleanor Arnason and Susan diRende!
Here's the text from the press release:
The judges of the 2017 Philip K. Dick
Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the
Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six
nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the
award:
CONSIDER by Kristy Acevedo (Jolly Fish Press)
HWARHATH STORIES: TRANSGRESSIVE TALES BY ALIENS by
Eleanor Arnason (Aqueduct Press)
THE MERCY JOURNALS by Claudia Casper (Arsenal Pulp
Press)
GRAFT by Matt Hill (Angry Robot)
UNPRONOUNCEABLE by Susan diRende (Aqueduct Press)
SUPER EXTRA GRANDE by Yoss, translated by David Frye
(Restless Books)
First prize and any special citations will be
announced on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Norwescon 40 at
the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, SeaTac,
Washington.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with
the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for
distinguished science fiction published in paperback
original form in the United States during the previous
calendar year. The award is sponsored by the
Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K.
Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the
Northwest Science Fiction Society. Last year’s winner
was APEX by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) with a special
citation to ARCHANGEL by Marguerite Reed (Arche
Press). The 2016 judges are Michael Armstrong (chair),
Brenda Clough, Meg Elison, Lee Konstantinou, and Ben
Winters.
For more information, contact the award
administration:
Pat Lo Brutto (301) 460-3164
John Silbersack (212) 333-1513
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
For more information about the Philadelphia Science
Fiction Society: http://www.psfs.org/ :
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752
For more information about Norwescon:
http://www.norwescon.org/ : info@norwescon.org.
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