Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 15:25:48 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] 2002 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

This just in . . . .

                                    Philip K. Dick Awards
                                    c/o 153 Deerfield Lane
                                    Pleasantville, NY 10570
                                    (914) 769-5545
                                    http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/
                                    exper/kcramer/PKDA.html
                                    January 6, 2003

For Immediate Release

    2002 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

The judges of the 2002 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF =
Society
are pleased to announce seven nominated works that comprise the final =
ballot
for the award:

     THE MOUNT by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press)
     REPORT TO THE MEN'S CLUB by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press)
     MAXIMUM ICE by Kay Kenyon (Bantam Spectra)
     WARCHILD by Karin Lowachee (Warner Aspect)
     THE SCAR by China Mieville (Del Rey)
     LEVIATHAN THREE edited by Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre (Ministry =
of
Whimsy)
     EMPIRE OF BONES by Liz Williams (Bantam Spectra)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April =
18,
2003 at Norwescon 26 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac,
Washington.

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science =

fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.  The =
award
is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award
ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society.  Last =
yearG=C7=D6s
winner was SHIP OF FOOLS by Richard Paul Russo (Ace Books) with a =
special
citation to DIVINE INTERVENTION by Ken Wharton (Ace Books).  The 2002 =
judges
were Michael Blumlein, Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Nalo Hopkinson =
(chair),
Donna McMahon, and Lois Tilton.

For more information, contact the award administration:
                        David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545.
                        Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society,
http://www.psfs.org/:
                        Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 563-2511

For more information about Norwescon:  http://www.norwescon.org/:
                        Contact NorthWest SF Society: (206) 270-7850