2025 Pulp Factory Awards open for nominations!

On behalf of the Pulp Factory Awards committee, we're pleased to announce that it's time to submit your nominations for this year's awards, recognizing the best in new pulp writing and art. Full details posted below:

Every year, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near Yorktown Mall in metro Chicago to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. As part of those celebrations, nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards are open. The 2026 awards will cover works published during the calendar year 2025.

The nomination process will be as follows:

• Members of the Pulp Factory Facebook group have through Monday, February 2, to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any work published in print in 2025 can be considered for nomination. (Digital-only books are excluded.) Reprints are not eligible for individual awards such as Best Short Story but may be included in collections if those collections feature stories published for the first time in 2025.
  
  
• Nominations (by members of the Pulp Factory only) should be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com, with choices in any or all of the following categories. (You may nominate as many works in each category as you wish.)
  
  
• BEST PULP NOVEL
  
  
• Any novel published in 2025 in print format
  
  
• BEST PULP COVER
  
  
• Best cover produced for a pulp novel or anthology. Any final artistic product produced by AI app/server/machine will not qualify for any PF awards.
  
  
• BEST PULP SHORT STORY
  
  
• Best short story published in 2025 in print format
  
  
• BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
  
  
• Best interior illustrations for a novel or anthology, produced by a single artist for the book. Single illustrations or books with illustrations by multiple artists are not eligible for the awards. Any final artistic product produced by AI app/server/machine will not qualify for any PF awards.
  
  
• BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
  
  
• Any anthology or collection featuring multiple stories by a single author (a collection) or stories by a variety of authors (a normal anthology). The book must have been printed in 2025 and must have contained at least one new story. In the case of a new story plus reprints, the book is eligible for Best Pulp Anthology but only the new story is eligible for the Best Pulp Short Story category.
  
  
• Members are encouraged to discuss their choices on the Pulp Factory Facebook group but note that your nominations must be emailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com to be included.
  
  
• After February 2, the committee will tally and craft a final ballot for voting (deadline to be scheduled), and that ballot will be submitted for fans to vote electronically for the awards. Awards will be handed out to winners during the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention on Friday, March 27, 2026.

Questions and nominations should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will ensure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

Thank you for your interest, and we're looking forward to your nominations!

Nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards are now open! Please read the below for categories and instructions on how to nominate!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NOMINATIONS FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN UNTIL 2/9

Lombard, Illinois – January 4, 2025

Every year, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near Yorktown Mall in metro Chicago to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. As part of those celebrations, nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards are open. The 2025 awards will cover works published during the calendar year 2024.

The nomination process will be as follows:

● Members of the Pulp Factory Facebook group have through Sunday, February 9 to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any work published in print in 2024 can be considered for nomination. (Digital-only books are excluded.) Reprints are not eligible for individual awards such as Best Short Story but may be included in collections if those collections feature stories published for the first time in 2024.

● Nominations (by members of the Pulp Factory only) should be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com, with choices in any or all of the following categories. (You may nominate as many works in each category as you wish.)

o BEST PULP NOVEL

▪ Any novel published in 2024 in print format

o BEST PULP COVER

▪ Best cover produced for a pulp novel or anthology. Any final artistic product produced by AI app/server/machine will not qualify for any PF awards.

o BEST PULP SHORT STORY

▪ Best short story published in 2024 in print format

o BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

▪ Best interior illustrations for a novel or anthology, produced by a single artist for the book. Single illustrations or books with illustrations by multiple artists are not eligible for the awards. Any final artistic product produced by AI app/server/machine will not qualify for any PF awards.

o BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

▪ Any anthology or collection featuring multiple stories by a single author (a collection) or stories by a variety of authors (a normal anthology). The book must have been printed in 2024 and must have contained at least one new story. In the case of a new story plus reprints, the book is eligible for Best Pulp Anthology but only the new story is eligible for the Best Pulp Short Story category.

● Members are encouraged to discuss their choices on the Pulp Factory Facebook group but note that your nominations must be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com to be included.

● After February 9, the committee will tally and craft a final ballot for voting (deadline to be scheduled), and that ballot will be submitted for fans to vote electronically for the awards. Awards will be handed out to winners during the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention on Friday, April 4, 2025.

Questions and nominations should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will ensure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

Thank you for your interest, and looking forward to your nominations!

Submissions now open for 9th Annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics

Deadline is May 25th, 2024 for comics published during the 2023 calendar year.

by Beat Staff

The 9th Annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics is now officially accepting submissions. As in previous years, the event will name one winner from five honored finalists, whose work resembles a commitment to excellence and inclusion on and off the page, much like the late Mr. McDuffie’s own efforts to produce entertainment that was representative of and created by a wide scope of human experience.

Read the official PR below for details:

The 9th annual “Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics” is now accepting submissions at dwaynemcduffie.com. The deadline is May 25th, 2024 for comics published during the 2023 calendar year.

With a selection committee of notable comic book professionals led by industry legend Marv Wolfman, this prestigious prize has grown exponentially in esteem since it was established in 2014 in honor of Dwayne McDuffie (1962-2011), the legendary African-American comic book writer/editor and writer/producer of the animated Static Shock, Justice League, and Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien, who famously co-founded Milestone Media, the most successful minority-owned comic book company in the history of the industry.

Dwayne McDuffie: In His Own Words

https://www.gofundme.com/f/uc5ed-the-dwayne-mcduffie-fund

The slogan for the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics is Mr. McDuffie’s own profound saying:

“From invisible to inevitable.”

Fan-favorite actor, Phil LaMarr, who worked extensively with Mr. McDuffie both in the title role of the animated Static Shock as well as the voice of John Stewart/Green Lantern on the animated Justice League, had this to say about his perennial involvement with the DMADs:

“I am part of the DMADs because of gratitude. I am thankful that Dwayne McDuffie’s amazing skills made me enjoy being a comic book nerd and also gave me the opportunity to be a comic book hero! But even more importantly, Dwayne showed us that diversity is about equity and also about excellence. When you widen the available perspectives of characters, stories and creators in an industry, you make it better! That is why we are committed to honoring this genius and keeping his legacy going.”

Continuing as Director of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics is Will J. Watkins, who emphasized the importance of the DMADs to emerging talent:

“In a time of such cultural division, political extremism and unapologetic intolerance, I’m elated that comic book creators can once again submit to this award that represents what Dwayne stood for: inclusion, compassion, and the highest quality of storytelling.”

Mr. McDuffie’s widow, Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie, reminded us of the significance of representation in all its forms, embodied by this award:

“The DMADs shine a spotlight on creators who represent diversity on the page and/or behind the scenes, who might not otherwise garner industry attention. As Dwayne stated often, diversity means ‘all kinds of people’—men, women, non-binary, big, Little, disabled, every different race and creed, and any combinations of the above, plus more! If you’re a human being, you are eligible and welcome to submit your inclusive work.

We look forward to seeing it all!”

PAST WINNERS

2022 – Ripple Effects
Written by Jordan Hart
Illustrated by Bruno Chiroleu

2021 – Adora and the Distance
Written by Marc Bernadin
Illustrated by Ariela Kristantina

2020 – They Called Us Enemy
Written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott
Illustrated by Harmony Becker

2019 – Archival Quality
Written by Ivy Noelle Weir
Illustrated by Christina Stewart

2018 – Leon: Protector of the Playground
Written & Illustrated by Jamal Nicholas

2017 – Upgrade Soul
Written & Illustrated by Ezra Clayton Daniels

2016 – Ms. Marvel
By G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona

2015 – M.F.K.
By Nilah Magruder

2024 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Colleen Doran is a cartoonist, writer/artist whose works include the multi-award winning adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples, as well as Gaiman’s Chivalry, Norse Mythology, and American Gods, and art for The Sandman, The Vampire Diaries, multiple Wonder Woman titles, and hundreds of other comics. She also illustrated Stan Lee’s New York Times best-selling autobiography autobiography Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible Stan Lee. She writes and draws the space opera series A Distant Soil. Among her numerous awards and nominations are Eisner awards, the Harvey Award, The International Horror Guild Award, the Ringo and the Bram Stoker Award.

Heidi MacDonald is the editor-in-chief of Comicsbeat.com and has edited comics for Disney, DC Comics, Vertigo, HarperCollins and Z2. She can be heard on Publishers Weekly’s weekly podcast More To Come and found regularly on the Beat’s YouTube channel.

Jamal Igle is the writer/artist/creator of Molly Danger for Action Lab Entertainment, the co-creator/artist of The Wrong Earth for Ahoy Comics, co-creator of Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine for Comixology, and the penciller of the critically acclaimed series, BLACK from Black Mask Studios, as well as many titles for DC, Marvel and Dark Horse. He’s been a storyboard artist for Sony Animation and is also a popular guest lecturer on the subjects of comics and animation.

Kevin Rubio is a writer/producer who has contributed to Justice League Action, Avengers Assemble, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Green Lantern: The Animated Series and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. He is also the creator and writer of the Star Wars graphic novel, Tag & Bink Were Here, and Red 5 Publication’s Abyss Vol. I & II. He is an inaugural recipient of the George Lucas Film Award for his Star Wars short film, TROOPS, is a Promax Award winner, and is an Emmy nominee.

Geoffrey Thorne is the writer/creator of Mosaic for Marvel Comics and the writer behind the transformation of DC Comics’ John Stewart from Green Lantern to the Emerald Knight. He was also the head writer and showrunner of Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest as well as a writer, producer and co-executive producer on such hit series as Leverage, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Power: Book II: Ghost. He is the executive producer of the hit sci-fi/fantasy audio drama series Dreamnasium and of Redjack: the Animated Shorts on YouTube.

Eric Wallace is a Saturn Award-winning writer/producer/director responsible for projects in almost every media imaginable, including the animated series Ben 10: Omniverse and Duel Masters; helping to revive the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows on audiobooks with the original cast; contributing to the Scribblenauts videogame franchise; and writing for DC Comics on multiple titles, including the award-winning Mr. Terrific. His live-action credits include the Syfy Channel’s Eureka, followed by Z Nation, Teen Wolf—which featured his directorial debut—and most recently as Showrunner and EP of CW’s The Flash.

Matt Wayne has written for many highly-regarded animation projects, including Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, Cannon Busters, Niko and the Sword of Light, the Emmy-nominated Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms, Hello Kitty: Supercute Adventures and most recently, Iyanu: Child of Wonder.  His comics work includes Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Static/Black Lightning, and writing and editing for the original Milestone Media comics line.

Will J. Watkins (Director of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics) is a freelance TV, film and animation writer who is also comic book story/world-building consultant on The Protectors graphic novel published by Athlita Comics. He had a stint as an assistant editor at DC Comics and, before moving to LA, he co-owned Chicago’s first African-American-owned comic book shop. He was a writer on Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem and most recently worked on a TV show adapted from a BOOM! Studios comic book.

Marv Wolfman is the multi-award-winning writer who created Blade for Marvel Comics, The New Teen Titans for DC Comics, and legions of other iconic characters and stories. In addition to comic books, he’s written for animation, videogames, novels and more. It’s been said that he’s created more characters who’ve made the jump to movies, TV shows, toys, games and animation than any other writer save Stan Lee.

See original post: https://www.comicsbeat.com/submissions-now-open-for-9th-annual-dwayne-mcduffie-award-for-diversity-in-comics/

The Pulp Factory Awards 2022

Voting is now open for this year’s Pulp Factory Awards and is open to the public, so get on over there and vote for your favorites. Categories include Best Pulp Novel, Best Pulp Short Story, Best Anthology/Collection, Best Pulp Cover, and Best Pulp Interior illustrations. Voting closes March 28, 2022 so get your votes in soon. Winners will be announced at this year’s Windy City Pulp & Paper Con in Chicago in May. 

BEST PULP NOVEL

• Captain Hawklin and the Invisible Enemy - Charles F. Millhouse - Stormgate
• Fangs of the Sea - Fred Adams Jr. - Airship 27
• The Great Chicago Fire Conspiracy - George Tackes - Airship 27

BEST PULP SHORT STORY

• Saturn’s Child – Mark Allen Vann – Saturn’s Child And Other Tales – Xepico Press
• Snow Shorts: Snow Ambition - Brian K. Morris - BEN Books
• Strigoi - Jonathan W. Sweet - Ghosts of the Jackal - Brick Pickle Pulp

BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY

• Blood on the Blade - Flinch Books
• Mystery Men (& Women) Vol. 7 - Airship 27
• Occupied Pulp - Flinch Books
• Pulp Reality #2 - Stormgate Press
• Pulp Reality #3 - Stormgate Press

BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

• Chris Nye - RUNEMASTER – Shield Maiden’s Blade – Airship 27
• Ed Catto - THE MUSKETEERS – New Adventures – Airship 27
• Gary Kato - PULP MYTHOLOGY Vol 2 – Airship 27
• Guy Davis - THE SILVER PENTACLE – Airship 27
• Rob Davis - C.O.JONES – Hometown U.S.A. – Airship 27
• Stephen Burks - PULP REALITY #3 - Stormgate Press

BEST PULP COVER (larger images below)

• Clayton Murwin - PULP REALITY # 2 – Stormgate Press
• Adam Shaw - FANGS OF THE SEA – Airship 27
• Adam Shaw - JEZEBEL JOHNSTON 7 – Mastiff - Airship 27
• Douglas Klauba - SATURN’S CHILD And Other Tales – Xepico Press
• Rob Davis - JEZEBEL JOHNSTON Vol 8 REVELATION – Airship 27

Vote here.

NOMINATIONS FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN UNTIL 3/7;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lombard, Illinois – February 7, 2021

Every year, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near

Yorktown Mall in metro Chicago to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. Although the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention has been rescheduled for September, we are opening the Pulp Factory Award Nomination process for delivery in April 2021.   The 2021 PFAs will cover works published during the calendar year 2020. 

The nomination process will be as follows:

    • Members of the Pulp Factory Facebook group have through Sunday, March 7th  to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any work published in print in 2020 can be considered for nomination. (Digital-only books are excluded.) Reprints are not eligible for individual awards such as Best Short Story but may be included in collections if those collections feature stories published for the first time in 2020.

    • Nominations (by members of the Pulp Factory only) should be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com, with choices in any or all of the following categories. (You may nominate as many works in each category as you wish.)

        ◦ BEST PULP NOVEL

        ◦ BEST PULP COVER

        ◦ BEST PULP SHORT STORY

        ◦ BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

        ◦ BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY

    • The Best Pulp Anthology category covers any anthology or collection featuring multiple stories by a single author (a collection) or stories by a variety of authors (a normal anthology). The book must have been printed in 2020 and must have contained at least one new story. In the case of a new story plus reprints, the book is eligible for Best Pulp Anthology but only the new story is eligible for the Best Pulp Short Story category.

    • Members are encouraged to discuss their choices on the Pulp Factory FB group but note that your nominations must be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com to be included.

    • After March 8th, the committee will tally and craft a final ballot for voting (deadline to be scheduled), and that ballot will be submitted for fans to vote electronically for the awards. Awards will be shipped to winners in the month of April 2021. 

Questions and nominations should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will ensure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

Thank you for your interest, and looking forward to your nominations!

2018 Ringo Awards Final Ballot Nominees Announced

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - June 25, 2018 - The 2018 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot. The awards are to be presented at the Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony in conjunction with the 2018 Baltimore Comic-Con on the evening of Saturday, September 29, 2018.

Voting on the 2018 Ringo Awards Final Ballot is now open, and is restricted to the comic book industry creative community -- anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Thank you to all pros who have already participated in our nomination process. Final ballots can be submitted directly or via our website, and voting will close on August 31, 2018. We now present the inaugural Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Final Ballot.

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)

• Guy Delisle
• Emil Ferris
• Monica Gallagher
• Joelle Jones
• Quimchee
• Jillian Tamaki

Best Writer

• Jason Aaron
• Neil Gaiman
• Matt Kindt
• Tom King
• Jeff Lemire
• Aline Brosh McKenna
• David Pepose

Best Artist or Penciller

• Gary Frank
• Mitch Gerards
• Chris Samnee
• Stjepan Sejic
• Lee Weeks

Best Inker

• Jonathan Glapion
• Mark McKenna
• Danny Miki
• Mark Morales
• Scott Williams

Best Letterer

• Colin Bell
• Justin Birch
• Todd Klein
• David Rubin
• John Workman

Best Colorist

• Dijjo Lima
• Laura Martin
• Dave McCaig
• Jasen Smith
• Dave Stewart

Best Cover Artist

• Michael Cho
• Fay Dalton
• Simon Fraser
• Joelle Jones
• David Mack
• Jorge Santiago Jr.

Best Series

• Batman, DC Comics
• Lady Killer, Dark Horse Comics
• Mister Miracle, DC Comics
• Spencer & Locke, Action Lab Entertainment
• Sunstone, Image Comics

Best Single Issue or Story

• Batman Annual #2, DC Comics
• Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics
• Doomsday Clock #1, DC Comics
• I Am Groot, Marvel Comics
• Mister Miracle #5, DC Comics

Best Original Graphic Novel

1. The Aggregate, Split Decision Comics
2. The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts
3. Hostage, Drawn & Quarterly
4. My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics
5. Spinning, First Second

Best Anthology

• Magic Bullet, D.C. Conspiracy
• Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood, ComicMix
• Mirror, Mirror II, 2dcloud
• Overwatch: Anthology Volume 1, Dark Horse Comics
• SpongeBob Comics: Treasure Chest, Harry N. Abrams

Best Humor Comic

• Baking with Kafka, Drawn & Quarterly
• Batman/Elmer Fudd Special, DC Comics
• Boyfriend of the Dead, Line Webtoons
• Giant Days, BOOM! Studios
• My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Line Webtoons
• Sh*t My President Says, Top Shelf Productions

Best Comic Strip or Panel

• Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, King Features Syndicate
• Peanizles, http://www.peanizles.com/
• Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Andrews McMeel Universal
• Sarah's Scribbles, Andrews McMeel Universal

Best Webcomic

• 1000, Sanford Green
• I Love Yoo, Quimche
• The Middle Age, Steve Conley
• Siren's Lament, instantmiso
• War Cry, Dean Haspiel

Best Non-fiction Comic Work

• The Best We Could Do, Abrams ComicArts
• Everything is Flammable, Uncivilized Books
• Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York, Bloomsbury Publishing
• My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics
• Poppies of Iraq, Drawn & Quarterly
• ReDistricted, redistrictedcomics.com
• Spinning, First Second

Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel

• Bolivar, Archaia/BOOM! Studios
• Cyko KO: A Comic Book Adventure You Can Color, Alterna Comics
• DC SuperHero Girls, DC Comics
• Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, Graphix
• Home Time (Book One), Top Shelf Productions
• If Found...Please Return To Elise Gravel, Drawn & Quarterly
• Jem and the Holograms, IDW Publishing
• Pizza Tree, Arcana Comics
• Red's Planet: Friends and Foes, Harry N. Abrams

Best Presentation in Design

• Jane, BOOM! Studios
• Monograph by Chris Ware, Rizzoli
• Monsters Vol. 1: The Marvel Monsterbus, Valiant Entertainment
• My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Fantagraphics
• Saga, Image Comics
• Skybourne, BOOM! Studios
• X-Men: Grand Design Marvel Comics

The final ballot represents an aggregate of jury and fan top nominations. Congratulations to all of the nominees. Comic pros can click the button below to submit their votes.

MEL ODOM WINS TWO WESTERN AWARDS!

 

Oklahoma based New Pulp writer Mel Odom recently won two Western Fictioneers award. The first was for Best Western Novel, “Pecos Undertaker” under his penname Colby Jackson and the second for Best Western Short Story, “The Train Robbery,” from “Bass Reeves – Frontier Lawman Vol II” from Airship 27 Productions. 

Details can be found here. https://westernfictioneers.blogspot.com/2018/06/western-fictioneers-announces-8th.html 

All of us at Airship 27 Productions congratulate Mel on these well deserved awards.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

NOMINEES FOR THE 2018 MANLY WADE WELLMAN AWARD ANNOUNCED!

ANNOUNCING THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2018 MANLY WADE WELLMAN AWARD

(Durham, NC) The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the nominees for the 2018 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. These nominees are the result of voter selection from the final eligibility list through the nominations process, presented in alphabetical order by author last name:

• Frost & Filigree by Natania Barron (Falstaff Books)
• Amazing Grace by John G. Hartness (Falstaff Books)
• The Stravinsky Intrigue by Darin Kennedy (Curiosity Quills Press)
• Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
• Scourge by Gail Z. Martin (Solaris)

The Manly Wade Wellman Award was founded in 2013 to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors. The 2018 award, voted on by the combined membership of North Carolina science fiction and fantasy conventions (illogiCon, ConCarolinas, and ConGregate), covers novels published in 2017. Nominations open at illogiCon in January and the nominees are announced at ConCarolinas in June ahead of the final voting round, with the award being presented at ConGregate in July.

The award is named for long-time North Carolina author Manly Wade Wellman with the permission of his estate.

Learn more at http://ncsff.org.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest

Editor's Note: There's still a little bit of time to enter.

Welcome to the 26th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. Submit published or unpublished work. $5,000 in prizes.

Judges

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
Dennis Norris II

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
Lauren Singer Ledoux

Recent Winners

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
Joan Corwin
Length of Days

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
Debbie Weingarten
The Mule Deer

Please submit between October 15, 2017 and April 30, 2018.

Prizes:

STORY: First Prize, $2,000
ESSAY: First Prize, $2,000
10 Honorable Mentions will receive $100 each (any category)
Top 12 entries published online

For this contest, a story is any short work of fiction, and an essay is any short work of nonfiction. Judge: Dennis Norris II, assisted by Lauren Singer. Please submit as many entries as you like. All themes accepted. Entries may be published or unpublished. Length limit: 6,000 words. No restrictions on age or country. Please click the Submittable button below for full details. Fee: $20 per entry. The results of our 26th annual contest will be announced on October 15, 2018.

For more information or to submit, click here.

Ringo Awards 2018 Nominations Now Open

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - March 15, 2018 - The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill, and fun of comics. The awards return for their second year on Saturday, September 29, 2018 as part of the fan- and pro-favorite convention, The Baltimore Comic-Con.

Unlike other professional industry awards, the Ringo Awards include fan participation in the nomination process along with an esteemed jury of comics professionals.

More than 20 categories will be celebrated with top honors being given at an awards ceremony.

Fan and Pro Nominations

Fan (including non-jury comic industry professionals) and pro-jury voting are tallied independently, and the combined nomination ballot is compiled by the Ringo Awards Committee. The top two fan choices become nominees, and the jury's selections fill the remaining three slots for five total nominees per category. Ties may result in more than five nominees in a single category. Nominees will be listed on the ballot alphabetically. Nomination ballot voting will be open to the public (fans and pros) between March 15, 2018 and May 30, 2018.

Publisher Submissions

New to the Ringo Awards nomination process in 2018, we are enabling publishers to submit works for consideration to the Ringo Jurors. Publishers can submit up to five submissions per "Fan and Pro Nomination" and "Jury-Only Nomination" category that they feel are worthy of consideration. To participate in this process, publishers are asked to have a single representative send an email to contact@ringoawards.com for further information.

Final Ballot Voting

After processing by the Ringo Awards Committee and Jury, the Final Ballot is targeted to be available to comic creative professionals for voting on June 25, 2018 and will be due by August 31, 2018 for final tallying. Presentation of the winners will occur at the Baltimore Comic-Con on the evening of Saturday, September 29, 2018.

Nomination Eligibility

Eligibility for creators and creative works is determined by publication in the preceding calendar year - print publication date takes precedence over electronic publication date. For electronic works, the date of publication is time-stamped with most publications and at least 3 episodes/installments of continuing works must have appeared during the eligibility period.

New Categories

New in 2018, we have added two categories based on juror feedback from our inaugural year:

Open to Fans and Pros, we are now including "Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel". This category recognizes publications that are tailored to the evolving generation of comic readers, and one that Mike Wieringo would have been behind 100%.

In Fan-Only Favorites, we have added "Favorite Publisher" to the list, allowing readers to nominate the publisher they thought created the best works in the previous year. Will it be one of the big comics houses? An online company? Perhaps a book publisher? Did an indie publisher knock it out of the park? Your vote counts!

Fan and Pro Nomination Categories

* Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
* Best Writer
* Best Artist or Penciller
* Best Inker
* Best Letterer
* Best Colorist
* Best Cover Artist
* Best Series
* Best Single Issue or Story
* Best Original Graphic Novel
* Best Anthology
* Best Humor Comic
* Best Comic Strip or Panel
* Best Webcomic
* Best Non-fiction Comic Work
* Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel
* Best Presentation in Design

Jury-Only Nomination (with three bonus jurors)

* The Mike Wieringo Spirit Award

Fan-Only Favorite Categories

* Favorite Hero
* Favorite Villain
* Favorite New Series
* Favorite New Talent
* Favorite Publisher

Hero Initiative Award (selected by the Hero Initiative)

* The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award
* The Dick Giordano Humanitarian Award

Thank you so much!

A big thank you to everyone who took time to vote in the Pulp Factory Awards. And especially to those who voted for me or The Ruby Files. Very appreciated. As soon as I find out the winners, win or lose, I'll post them here to congratulate the winners and nominees because there are no losers on that ballot.

Darrell Award Winner -- Best Short Story!

https://darrellawards.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/2018-darrell-awards-winners/

Best Midsouth Short Story
Winner - From Hair to Eternity by Phyllis Appleby

The amazing storytellers of Malice in Memphis specialize in taking historical locations and fictionally embellishing them with new characters, mysteries, and murder. They have now taken on Memphis' finest and oldest active burial ground, the famous Elmwood Cemetery.

Founded in 1852, it is the final resting place of over 75,000 residents. From the common to the infamous, from the powerful to the famous, they are all here. The tapestry of life and death in the Mid-South is laid out in a beautiful garden cemetery with sweeping vistas, massive ancient trees, and spectacular monuments from the Victorian age to modern sculptures.

Malice in Memphis is now adding their special touch to the myriad of stories drifting among the mausoleums.

http://www.darkoakpress.com/elmwood.html

The Tales:
A Love Story by Mary Balsamo
An Elmwood Misadventure by Juanita D. Houston
A Part to Die For by Richard Powell
Bloodline, by Angelyn Sherrod
Date Night by Larry Hoy
Forget Me Nots by Elaine Meece
From Hair to Eternity by Phyllis Appleby
Grave Robbers by Kristi Bradley
Graveyard Grace by Barbara Christopher
Headshrinker by Susan Wooten
Hold Please by Lynn Maples
One Dare Too Many by Annette Miller
Public Death Private Murder by Carolyn McSparren
The 21st Battalion Will March at Dawn by Dutch Warren
The Furnace Room by James C. Paavola
The Yellow Fever Revenge by Jackie Ross Flaum
Unsolved Forever by Thomas Kienzle
A Very Worthy Human Being by Richard Powell
Returning to Russwood Park by Barbara Christopher
One Big Foot in the Grave by Phyllis Appleby
Rainbow Lake by Kristi Bradley
Fort Pillow Escape by Juanita D. Houston
Holding On To You by Angelyn Sherrod

NOMINATIONS FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN UNTIL 2/28; AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OUT AT WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CON ON APRIL 6

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Lombard, Illinois – February 5, 2018

Every year in April, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near Yorktown Mall in metro Chicago to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. As part of those celebrations, nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards are open.

The nomination process will be as follows:

Members of the Pulp Factory E-mail list have through Wednesday, February 28 to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any book published in print in 2017 can be considered for nomination. (Digital-only books are excluded.) Reprints are not eligible for individual awards such as Best Short Story, but may be included in collections if those collections feature new stories published in 2017.

Nominations (by members of the Pulp Factory only) should be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com, with choices in the following categories:

BEST PULP NOVEL
BEST PULP COVER
BEST PULP SHORT STORY
BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY

A special award will be given out by the Awards Committee in 2018 (details to follow)
The Best Pulp Anthology category covers any anthology or collection featuring multiple stories by a single author (a collection) or stories by a variety of authors (a normal anthology). The book must have been printed in 2017 and must have contained at least one new story. In the case of a new story plus reprints, the book is eligible for Best Pulp Anthology but only the new story is eligible for the Best Pulp Short Story category.

Fans are encouraged to submit multiple entries for each category by February 28– although members are encouraged to discuss their choices on the Pulp Factory list, only those e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com will be considered for awards.

After February 28, the committee will tally and craft a final ballot for voting (deadline to be scheduled), and that ballot will be submitted for fans to vote electronically for the awards. Awards will be handed out to winners during the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention on Friday, April 6, 2018.

Questions and nominations should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will ensure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

Thank you for your interest, and looking forward to your nominations!

Nebula Award Winners Announced!

The annual Nebula Awards awards were presented at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s 51st Annual Nebula Conference at the Pittsburgh Marriott Center, on May 20, 2017.

The Nebula Awards are given every year by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Along with the Hugo Awards, they are the most prestigious prizes recognizing excellence in science fiction and fantasy. The Nebula Awards for 2016 were announced last night at the 51st Annual Nebula Conference in Pittsburgh.

Here are the 2016 Nebula winners and nominees. The winners are in bold text.

Best Novel

All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)

Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)

The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

Everfair, Nisi Shawl (Tor)

All the Birds in the Sky is also nominated for a Hugo Award.

Best Novella

Runtime, S.B. Divya (Tor.com Publishing)

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)

The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)

Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)

“The Liar”, John P. Murphy (F&SF 3-4/16)

A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)

Every Heart a Doorway is also nominated for a Hugo Award.

Best Novelette

‘‘The Long Fall Up’’, William Ledbetter (F&SF 5-6/16)

‘‘Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea’’, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 2/16)

“The Orangery”, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

‘‘Blood Grains Speak Through Memories’’, Jason Sanford (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/17/16)

“The Jewel and Her Lapidary“, Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing)

‘‘You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay’’, Alyssa Wong (Uncanny 5-6/16)

Best Short Story

‘‘Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies’’, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny 11-12/16)

‘‘Seasons of Glass and Iron’’, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)

‘‘Sabbath Wine’’, Barbara Krasnoff (Clockwork Phoenix 5)

‘‘Things With Beards’’, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 6/16)

‘‘This Is Not a Wardrobe Door’’, A. Merc Rustad (Fireside Magazine 1/16)

‘‘A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers’’, Alyssa Wong (Tor.com 3/2/16)

‘‘Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station│Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0’’, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed 3/16)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Arrival, Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Screenplay by Eric Heisserer, 21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films/Xenolinguistics

Doctor Strange, Directed by Scott Derrickson, Screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures

Kubo and the Two Strings, Directed by Travis Knight, Screenplay by Mark Haimes & Chris Butler; Laika Entertainment

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Directed by Gareth Edwards, Written by Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy; Lucusfilm/ Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures

Westworld: ‘‘The Bicameral Mind’’, Directed by Jonathan Nolan, Written by Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan; HBO

Zootopia, Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, & Jared Bush, Screenplay by Jared Bush & Phil Johnston; Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios

Arrival is also nominated for a Hugo Award.

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers)

The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin’s)

The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK; Abrams)

Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor)

Railhead, Philip Reeve (Oxford University Press; Switch)

Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Lindsay Ribar (Kathy Dawson Books)

The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Candlewick)

Additional awards presented:

2017 DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD: Jane Yolen

SOLSTICE AWARD: Peggy Rae Sapienza (Posthumous), Toni Weisskopf

KEVIN O’DONNELL JR. SERVICE TO SFWA AWARD: Jim Fiscus

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,500 members, among them many of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.

Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story eligible for that year’s award. The Award for Best Script was added in 2000.

An anthology including the winning pieces of short fiction and several runners-up is also published every year.

http://ragemachinebooks.gwthomas.org/nebula-awards-2017/

The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is an annual award for adventure writing.

This award is split into two separate categories – a prize for the best published adventure novel of the previous calendar year and a prize for the best unpublished adventure manuscript submitted for consideration.

The winner of the prize for a published novel will receive £10,000. The winner of the prize for an unpublished manuscript will be offered the Writer’s Adventure Research Award. The award is an exceptional opportunity in the form of a £5,000 grant, enabling the winner to travel to undertake invaluable research for their next story. They will also be offered guidance from Wilbur’s literary agents at Tibor Jones & Associates.

Criteria

Entries for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize must meet the following criteria:

Published Work

1. Entries can be submitted from the 31st of October 2016 until the 23rd of January 2017. Any novel submitted after the deadline will not be eligible for entry.
2. The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
3. Entrants may submit multiple works as long as they were all published between the 1st of January 2016 and the 1st of January 2017.
4. The work in question must have been published by a recognised trade publisher.
5. Entrants must submit two copies of the completed novel, as well as a covering letter explaining why the work qualifies as adventure writing (using the definition provided here), to the following address: The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation, 2-6 Atlantic Road, 2nd Floor, London, SW9 8HY.
6. We reserve the right to disqualify any entry if we have reasonable grounds to believe that the entrant has breached any of these rules.
7. We cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the competition.
8. We will act in accordance with current UK data protection legislation in relation to your personal data. All personal data entered is secure.
9. We reserve the right to amend these rules where it is deemed necessary to do so or where circumstances are beyond our control. We reserve the right to not award the first prize, where circumstances are beyond our control, or if the judges’ overall verdict is that the level of entries is not up to the required standard.
10. Submission of entry is taken to be an unqualified acceptance of these rules.
11. The shortlist will be announced in April 2017.

Unpublished Work

• Entries can be submitted from the 31st of October 2016 until the 23rd of January 2017. Any manuscript submitted after the deadline will not be eligible for entry.
• The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
• You may enter multiple works but novels will be considered as separate entries, so each completed manuscript must be accompanied by its own covering letter, explaining why the work qualifies as adventure writing (using the definition provided here), a synopsis and a copy of your CV.
• All submissions must be made via email (submissions@wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org).
• Submissions must exceed 50,000 words in length.
• Self-published e-books are eligible, but manuscripts that have been published in any other format are not.
• If you enter your novel in other competitions and you win, please notify us and withdraw your submission.
• Entrants must not be represented by a literary agent.
• We reserve the right to disqualify any entry if we have reasonable grounds to believe that the entrant has breached any of these rules.
• We cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the competition.
• We will act in accordance with current UK data protection legislation in relation to your personal data. All personal data entered is secure.
• We reserve the right to amend these rules where it is deemed necessary to do so or where circumstances are beyond our control. We reserve the right to not award the first prize, where circumstances are beyond our control, or if the judges’ overall verdict is that the level of entries is not up to the required standard for publication.
• Submission of entry is taken to be an unqualified acceptance of these rules.
• The shortlist will be announced in April 2017.

For more information: http://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php?p=awards/adventure-writing-prize

BALLOT FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS OFFICIALLY RELEASED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BALLOT FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS OFFICIALLY RELEASED; VOTING NOW OPEN UNTIL 3/15 AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OUT AT WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER
 
Lombard, Illinois – February 21, 2016

With April’s Windy City Pulp and Paper approaching fast, the ballot for the 2016 Pulp Factory Awards – to be handed out at the conference – has just opened up for voting by the reading public.

(The ballot can be found online at http://bit.ly/2016PFAwardBallot)

Voters have until Tuesday, March 15th to select one nominee in several categories. (We are limiting voting to the electronic ballot via Google forms to simplify the process). Nominees in each category are as follows:

BEST PULP NOVEL
LIE CATCHERS (Paul Bishop; Pro Se Productions)
THE CAGLIOSTRO CHRONICLES III: INTO THE HEART OF EVIL (Ralph Angelo, Jr; Cosmic Comet)
JEZEBEL JOHNSON: DEVIL'S HANDMAIDEN (Nancy Hansen; Pro Se Productions)
VINNIE DE SOTH, JOBBING OCCULTIST (I.A. Watson; Chillwater Press)
LADY ACTION: THE SANDS OF FOREVER (Ron Fortier; Airship 27)
THE GRIM SPECTRE (Ralph Angelo, Jr; Cosmic Comet)
BAD TIMES FOUR: HELLDORADO (Chuck Dixon; Bruno Books)
MANHATTAN CONFIDENTIAL: MALLOY AND RUSSELL, BOOK 2 (Elizabeth K Wadsworth; Elizabeth K Wadsworth)

BEST PULP COVER
LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION (Douglas Klauba; Airship 27)
BASS REEVES, FRONTIER MARSHAL, VOL 1 (Marco Turini; Airship 27)
BARANAK: STORMING THE GATES (Mark Williams; White Rocket Books)
DOMINO LADY: VOL 1 (Ted Hammond; Airship 27)
THE LEMON HERBERTS (Michael Hegedus; Pro Se Productions)
NIGHT HAWK: BURNING SKIES (Douglas Klauba; Airship 27)
SHERLOCK HOLMES: CONSULTING DETECTIVE VOL 7 (Michael Youngblood; Airship 27)

BEST PULP SHORT STORY
A Different Kind of People (Chuck Miller; LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION; Airship 27)
Nature of the Beast (BC Bell; LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION; Airship 27)
Spring-Heeled Jack (I.A. Watson; SHERLOCK HOLMES: CONSULTING DETECTIVE, VOL 7; Airship 27)
Voodah of the Mountain (Derrick Ferguson; LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION; Airship 27)
When Angels Fall (Gordon Dymowski; DREAMERS SYNDROME: NEW WORLD NAVIGATION; Space Buggy Press)

BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
BASS REEVES, FRONTIER MARSHAL, VOL 1 (Rob Davis; Airship 27)
SHERLOCK HOLMES, CONSULTING DETECTIVE, VOL 7 (Rob Davis; Airship 27)
SIX GUN TERRORS, VOL 2 (Zachary Brunner; Airship 27)

BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY
LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION (Airship 27)
BASS REEVES, FRONTIER MARSHAL, VOL 1 (Airship 27)
SHERLOCK HOLMES, CONSULTING DETECTIVE, VOL 7 (Airship 27)
THE LEMON HERBERTS (Pro Se Productions)

After March 15th, the committee will tally all of the electronic votes via http://bit.ly/2016PFAwardBallot, and the winners will be announced at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention from April 22 – April 24th, 2016.

Questions and concerns should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will insure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

Thank you for your interest, and looking forward to your votes!

A downloadable version of this release can be found via http://bit.ly/PFARel

NOMINATIONS FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN

 

NOMINATIONS FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN UNTIL 2/15; AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OUT AT WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER

Lombard, Illinois – January 25, 2016

Every year in April, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near Yorktown Mall to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. As part of those celebrations, nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards are open.  

As new leadership drives the Pulp Factory Awards forward, the nomination process will be as follows:

1. Members of the Pulp Factory E-mail list have until Monday, February 15th to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any book published in print in 2015 can be considered for nomination (Digital-only books are excluded) Reprints are not eligible for individual awards such as Best Short Story, but may be included in collections if those collections feature new stories published in 2015.

2. Nominations should be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com, with choices in the following categories:

• BEST PULP NOVEL
• BEST PULP COVER
• BEST PULP SHORT STORY
• BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
• BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY.

3. The Best Pulp Anthology category covers any anthology or collection featuring a multiple stories by a single author (a collection) or stories by a variety of authors (a normal anthology). The book must have been printed in 2015 and must have contained at least one new story. In the case of a new story plus reprints, the book is eligible for Best Pulp Anthology but only the new story is eligible for the Best Pulp Short Story category

4. Fans are encouraged to submit multiple entries for each category by February 15th – although members are encouraged to discuss their choices on the Pulp Factory list, only those e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com will be considered for the Award.

5. After February 15th, the committee will tally and craft a final ballot for voting (deadline to be schedule), and that ballot will be submitted for fans to vote electronically for the awards. Awards will be distributed during the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention from April 22 – April 24th, 2016.

Questions and nominations should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will insure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2016 PULP ARK NEW PULP AWARDS!

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Pulp Ark, a convention focusing on New Pulp Fiction and Culture, was held from 2011 to 2013. In 2015, Pulp Ark returned as a major component of the River City Comic Expo in Little Rock, AR. A primary part of Pulp Ark for its first three years were The Pulp Ark Awards, fan voted awards for Genre Fiction defined as New Pulp.
According to Tommy Hancock, founder and coordinator of Pulp Ark and the Awards, The Pulp Ark New Pulp Awards are continuing in 2016 and will be awarded at the River City Comic Expo June 11-12, 2016 in Little Rock, AR.

“It feels right,” says Hancock, “to return the Awards to their association with Pulp Ark, especially with the successful return of the convention in a slightly new form in 2015. We’ve reviewed the slate of awards given in the past and have reduced the number for a variety of reasons, and although we may add removed awards back or even new categories at a later date, we feel like the awards offered are comprehensive for the state of New Pulp today. Pulp Ark was conceived to bring the best and brightest creators to the public’s attention and the Awards proved then and will again prove to be one of the best possible ways to do just that.”

Nominations for the 2016 Pulp Ark New Pulp Awards are now open and will close at 5 PM CST on February 1, 2016. Anyone can nominate in any of the available categories for work that was published in 2015, either in print, ebook form, or in an established internet venue, such as an e-magazine. Postings on personal blogs do not qualify.

All nominations that are made that fit the qualifications of New Pulp will be placed on the final ballot, regardless of the number of nominations any one work or individual receives. NO CREATOR MAY NOMINATE HIM/HERSELF OR HIS/HER WORK FOR A PULP ARK NEW PULP AWARD. Publishers may, however, nominate works from their own publishing houses as long as the Publisher is not a writer or artist involved in the nominated work. This is also a change from previous years.

To determine if a work or creator qualifies for these awards the definition for works that qualify is as follows-New Pulp is fast-paced, plot-oriented storytelling of a linear nature with clearly defined, larger than life protagonists and antagonists, creative descriptions, clever use of turns of phrase and other aspects of writing that add to the intensity and pacing of the story.

Hancock also states, “Every year we held the awards, we received nominations that, due to the subjective way that New Pulp is defined, might be questionable in terms of qualifying as New Pulp. As we have done in the past with the Awards, there will be a selected committee of 4-5 New Pulp creators who will, when such questions arise, be consulted to determine inclusion of said work as a nomination.”

The only works eligible for the 2016 New Pulp Awards are those produced between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. Anyone can make a nomination and anyone that makes a nomination will receive a ballot on February 2nd and voting will be open until 5 PM CST on February 17, 2016. Also, ballots will be posted on the Pulp Ark New Pulp Awards 2016 Facebook page and available for anyone who wishes to cut and paste and email the ballot to PulpArkNewPulpAwards2016@yahoo.com. Each ballot must contain a link to a Facebook page, a Twitter account, an email profile, or some other verifiable source by which the identity of the voter can be affirmed.

In the past, the Pulp Ark Awards were physical plaques presented to each winner. The final form of the 2016 Awards has not be determined at this point, but a physical award of some sort will be given to each winner.

The Categories open for Nomination until 5 PM CST February 1, 2016, are as follows.

Only One Nomination allowed per person per category in:

1. Best Novel (This includes E-books as well as print books and length must be 40,000 + words)

2. Best Collection/Anthology (This includes single author story collections and multi- author anthologies. This includes E-publications as well as print books)

3. Best short story (this includes stories that appear in short story collections, anthologies, magazines, and e magazines. If from an e-mag, the story must appear on a site identified as an e-magazine, not simply be posted on a site or blog. It includes e-publications as well as traditionally printed works. Length must be 17,500 words or less.)

4. Best Novella (this includes stories that appear in short story collections, anthologies, magazines, and e magazines. If from an e-mag, the story must appear on a site identified as an e-magazine, not simply be posted on a site or blog. It includes e-publications as well as traditionally printed works. Length must be 17,500- 40,000 words)

5. Best Cover-(This is restricted to prose book publications, including e-books)

6. Best Artist (This reward refers to the artist only and any artist with work published in New Pulp works, including novels, short stories, magazines, e-publications, and covers or interiors as well, in 2015 is eligible).

7. Best Author (This reward refers to the author and any author with work published in 2015 is eligible, including novels, short stories, etc. This includes e-publications as well).

8. Best New Writer (To be nominated, a writer must have been published for the first time in the pulp field in the calendar year of 2015. This includes e-publications as well).

Send all nominations or any questions to pulparknewpulpawards2016@yahoo.com.

The Hugo Awards Go Retro to 1939

In a move that could be something from an old sci-fi pulp, the Hugo Awards announced the finalists for a great blast from the past year -- 1939!

Best Novel (208 nominating ballots)

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

Best Novella (125 nominating ballots)

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

Best Novelette (80 nominating ballots)

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

Best Short Story (108 nominating ballots)

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

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (137 nominating ballots)

• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. Written & Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of 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 of 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 of the Air, CBS)

Best Editor, Short Form (99 nominating ballots)

• John W. Campbell
• Walter H. Gillings
• Raymond A. Palmer
• Mort Weisinger
• Farnsworth Wright

Best Professional Artist (86 nominating ballots)

• Margaret Brundage
• Virgil Finlay
• Frank R. Paul
• Alex Schomburg
• H. W. Wesso

Best Fanzine (42 nominating ballots)

• 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 (50 nominating ballots)

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

See the original link: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1939-retro-hugo-awards/

New Pulp Awards winners announced! Congrats to all the winners!

The 2014 New Pulp Awards, formerly the Pulp Ark Awards, have announced the winners of its 12 Awards for this year.  Nominations were open to the public followed by a period of voting open to any and all voters as well.  The Awards will be presented to winners present at the Memphis Hilton during MidSouth Con in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, March 23rd.

The Winners of the 2014 New Pulp Awards are:

2014 New Pulp Best Novel- Slow Burn by Terrence McCauley (Noir Nation Books)

2014 New Pulp Best Collection/Anthology Award - Bumping Noses and Cherry Pie by Charie D. La Marr (Chupa Cabra House)

2014 New Pulp Best Short Story Award - A Bullet’s All It Takes by Terrence McCauley, The Kennedy Curse (Exeter Press)

2014 New Pulp Best Novella Award - The Scarlet Jaguar by Win Scott Eckert (Meteor House)

2014 New Pulp Best Cover Art Award - The Scarlet Jaguar by Mark Sparacio (Meteor House)

2014 New Pulp Best Interior Art Award - The Adventures of Gravedigger Volume One by Will Meugniot (Pro Se Productions)

2014 New Pulp Best Pulp Related Comic - Doc Savage (Dynamite Entertainment)

2014 New Pulp Best Pulp Magazine - Pro Se Presents (Pro Se Productions)

2014 New Pulp Best Pulp Revival - The Avenger (Moonstone Books)

2014 New Pulp Best New Character Award - Gravedigger from the Adventures of Gravedigger Volume One by Barry Reese.

2014 New Pulp Best Author Award - Terrence McCauley.

2014 New Pulp Best New Author Award - Ralph Angelo, Jr.

Follow www.newpulpawards2014.blogspot.com for updates in the coming months concerning the 2015 New Pulp Awards.