Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:18:41 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] 2005 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://www.philipkdickaward.org
January 9, 2006

For Immediate  Release

2005 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees  Announced

The judges of the 2005  Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF
Society
are pleased to announce six  nominated works that comprise the final
ballot
for the  award:

COWL by Neal Asher (Tor  Books)
WAR SURF by M. M. Buckner (Ace  Books)
CAGEBIRD by Karin Lowachee (Warner  Aspect)
NATURAL HISTORY by Justina Robson (Bantam  Spectra)
SILVER SCREEN by Justina Robson (Pyr  Books)
TO CRUSH THE MOON by Wil McCarthy (Bantam  Spectra)

First prize and any special  citations will be announced on Friday,
April 14,
2006 at Norwescon 29 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 year's
winner
was LIFE by Gwyneth Jones (Aqueduct Press) with a  special citation to

APOCALYPSE ARRAY by Lyda  Morehouse (Roc).  The 2005  judges are
Charles Coleman
Finlay, Kay Kenyon, Robert Metzger, Lyda Morehouse,  and Graham Murphy
(chair).

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: (360) 438-0871
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