Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:49:20 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>,<wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Speaking of awards
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Philip K. Dick Awards
c/o 153 Deerfield Lane
Pleasantville, NY 10570
(914) 769-5545
http://www.philipkdickaward.org
January 6, 2007
For Immediate  Release
2006 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees  Announced
The judges of the 2006  Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF
Society
are pleased to announce  seven nominated works that comprise the final
ballot
for the  award:
MINDSCAPE by Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct Press)
CARNIVAL  by Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra)
SPIN CONTROL by Chris Moriarty (Bantam  Spectra)
CATALYST by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Tachyon Publications)
RECURSION  by Tony Ballantyne (Bantam Spectra)
IDOLON by Mark Budz (Bantam  Spectra)
LIVING NEXT DOOR TO  THE GOD OF LOVE by Justina Robson (Bantam Spectra)

First prize and any special  citations will be announced on Friday,
April 6,
2007 at Norwescon 30 at the  Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, 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.  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 WAR SURF by M. M.
Buckner
(Ace Books) with a special citation to NATURAL HISTORY by Justina
Robson (Bantam
 Spectra).  The 2006 judges  are Geary Gravel, Anne Harris, Christine
Mains
(chair), Kristine Smith, Mark  Tiedemann.
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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