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2014 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:25:15 +0000

It was announced on Friday, April 18, at Norwescon 37, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2013 in the U.S.A. is:

Ben H. Winters, author of Countdown City, winner of the 2014 P.K. Dick Award

COUNTDOWN CITY by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

Special citation was given to:

SELF-REFERENCE ENGINE by Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru)

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 Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. The 2013 award was given to LOST EVERYTHING by Brian Francis Slattery (Tor Books) with a special citation given to LOVESTAR by Andri Snær Magnason (Seven Stories Press). The judges for the 2014 Award were Elizabeth Bear (chair), Siobhan Carroll, Michael Kandel, Jamil Nasir, and Tim Sullivan.

Toh EnJoe, author of Self-Reference Engine, winner of the 2014 P.K. Dick Special Citation Award

This year’s judges are Jon Armstrong, Ritch Calvin, Ellen Klages, Laura J. Mixon, and Michaela Roessner,

For more information, contact the award administration:

Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack (212) 333-1513
Pat Lo Brutto (301) 460-3164

For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: http://www.philipkdick.com

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752

For more information about Norwescon: https://www.norwescon.org/
Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737

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Norwescon Supports Northwest Harvest

Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:00:18 +0000

Norwescon is once again supporting the efforts of Northwest Harvest, Washington State’s largest resource for hunger relief efforts. We will have a donation bin in the lobby for shelf-stable food donations. We will also have items to bid on in Sunday’s auction. All funds raised on these items will go to NW Harvest, so please come check out our donations — you could get a great deal and help this wonderful organization at the same time! Finally, our charity liaison, Phillip Buff, and the lovely Willow Clark will be accepting cash donations ($2.00 minimum). While supplies last, con-goers can get our special ribbon by finding Phillip or Willow and donating to Northwest Harvest.

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2014 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:55:27 +0000

The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2014 award year are:

Jon Armstrong
1876 Willoughby Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385-1153

Ritch Calvin
Department of Cultural Analysis and Theory
2119 Humanities
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5355

Ellen Klages
232 Winfield Street
San Francisco, CA 94110-5145

Laura J. Mixon
1625 Cornell Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106-3305

Michaela Roessner
Box 1911, #150
Tehachapi, CA 93581

Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2014 are encouraged to provide copies to each of the judges as the books are published during the year. (All works of science fiction published originally in the United States as paperbacks during the year 2014 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2015.

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. The 2012 award was given to LOST EVERYTHING by Brian Francis Slattery (Tor Books) with a special citation to LOVESTAR by Andri Snær Magnason (Seven Stories Press). The 2013 awards will be announced at Norwescon 37 on April 18, 2014.

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 Philip K. Dick Trust: http://www.philipkdick.com

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752

For more information about Norwescon: https://www.norwescon.org/:
Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737

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2013 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:58:31 +0000

The judges of the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:

A CALCULATED LIFE by Anne Charnock (47North)
THE MAD SCIENTIST’S DAUGHTER by Cassandra Rose Clarke (Angry Robot)
SELF-REFERENCE ENGINE by Toh EnJoe, trans. Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru)
ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
LIFE ON THE PRESERVATION by Jack Skillingstead (Solaris)
SOLARIS RISING 2: THE NEW SOLARIS BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION edited by
Ian Whates (Solaris)
COUNTDOWN CITY by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 18, 2014 at Norwescon 37 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. 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 LOST EVERYTHING by Brian Francis Slattery (Tor Books) with a special citation to THE LOVESTAR by Andri Snær Magnason (Seven Stories Press). The 2013 judges are Elizabeth Bear (chair), Siobhan Carroll, Michael Kandel, Jamil Nasir, and Timothy Sullivan.

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 the Philip K. Dick Trust: www.philipkdick.com

For more information about Norwescon: https://www.norwescon.org/

Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737

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Outreach News

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:00:35 +0000

Norwescon is proud to be in partnership with the EMP Museum, and we would like to announce some of their upcoming events.

First, we would like to let you know about EMP’s fourth annual Write Out of This World: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Story Contest. This writing contest is open to students in the 3rd to 12th grade. For more information please visit EMP’s Write Out of This World webpage.

Next is an event that Norwescon is sponsoring and directly participating in: the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival. This festival features science fiction and fantasy shorts from around the world. It will be held January 11, 2014, at the Cinerama, 2100-4th Avenue, Seattle, WA. For more information please see the SFFSFF webpage.

If you would like to check out all of our community outreach programs please see our Outreach page.

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Norwescon and Northwest Harvest

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:26:49 +0000

Hello from Norwescon Charities!

Once again, we have chosen Northwest Harvest as one of the charities we are supporting at NWC 37. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the important work that they do.

The mission of Northwest Harvest is “to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger. Our vision is ample nutritious food is available to everyone in Washington State.”

Northwest Harvest provides food to over 350 food banks, community feeding programs, and at-risk schools via four distribution centers, located in eastern, central, coastal, and western Washington, reaching communities both rural and urban. Last year they donated over 26 million pounds of food; more than 70% of it was nutritious fruits and vegetables. Their administration costs are low — over 92% of their budget goes to distributing food to those in need.

Norwescon will have donation bins for nonperishable food in the lobby during the convention, and we will also be taking monetary donations. You can choose to make a donation when you register, and there will be people available at the convention to collect your donations as well (ribbon hounds take note: this is how last year’s “Yes, actually, I AM a superhero” ribbons were earned!). You can watch our progress during the convention: as the donations come in, our giving wall will be decorated with cans, representing the amount of donations raised. It is my hope that NW Harvest will beat last year’s donations!

Should you have any questions about this group or our work with them, please do not hesitate to email me: charities@norwescon.org.

Thanks for taking a moment to read about this great group.

Phillip Buff

Norwescon Charities

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Announcing the Norwescon 37 Executive Team

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:38:45 +0000

As Vice Chair and Chair, William and I have the honor of picking the Norwescon 37 Executive Team. We are pleased to announce after many interviews, the team has been picked.

Secretary- Kat Marier
Business- Eric Weber
Treasurer- Kathy Bond
Member Services- Jeanine Swanson
Publications- Pearl Young
Conventions Services- Josh Keegan
Personnel- Shawna Batty
Special Events- Rob Stewart
Programming- Loree Parker

Please welcome the new team and give them your support. You can reach any of them at their executive alias from our contact page in about a week. They would be more than happy to talk to you about any positions they have available.

I would like to thank all those that interviewed for an executive position. We had some tough decisions to make and much talent to pick from. I think we picked a great team to work with this year and I look forward to starting the march toward Norwescon 37.

Peggy Stewart
Norwescon 37 Chairman

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Thank you all for a wonderful Norwescon 36!

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:00:24 +0000

Norwescon 36 is over, and we hope you all enjoyed this year’s convention as much as we did! We are always open to your feedback on what went well or what could be improved for next year’s convention. You can send feedback to us in a number of ways:

Leave a comment on this post,
leave a comment on our Facebook page,
send comments via Twitter by including the #nwconion (for improvements) or #nwcrose (for kudos) hashtags,
use the “Feedback” link that we just added to our Guidebook app with the latest update,
or email us directly at info@norwescon.org.

We’re on the lookout for your blog posts and write-ups about your experiences at con. We’ll be posting a selection of links in a week or so, and while we’ll do our best to find as many as we can, please feel free to get in touch with us through any of the above mentioned methods with any links you might find.

We’re also looking forward to seeing this year’s convention through your eyes! Upload your photos to Flickr and add them to this year’s Norwescon 36 photo group! Our official photographs will start to appear on our Flickr and Facebook accounts in the next few weeks, after our photography crew has had time to sort through the thousands of photos they took over the course of the weekend (not to mention catch up on sleep)!

Thanks from all of us on the Norwescon 36 ConCom to all of you who attended, our volunteers, the pros and panelists, dealers and artists, the hotel, and of course, our wonderful Guests of Honor. We’ll see you again next year for Norwescon 37!

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2013 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:00:30 +0000

It was announced on Friday, March 29, at Norwescon 36, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2012 in the U.S.A. is:

LOST EVERYTHING by Brian Francis Slattery (Tor Books)

Special citation was given to:

LOVESTAR by Andri Snær Magnason (Seven Stories Press)

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 Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. The 2012 judges were Bruce Bethke, Sydney Duncan, Daryl Gregory, Bridget McKenna, and Paul Witcover (chair).

This year’s judges are Elizabeth Bear (chair), Siobhan Carroll, Michael Kandel, Jamil Nasir, and Tim Sullivan.

For more information, contact the award administration:

Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack (212) 333-1513
Pat Lo Brutto (845) 516-4412

For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: http://www.philipkdick.com
For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society: Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752
For more information about Norwescon: Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737

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2013 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:03:47 +0000

The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2013 award year are:

Elizabeth Bear
10 COMMON ST
BROOKFIELD MA 01506-1618

Siobhan Carroll
116 CONGRESSIONAL DR APT B
WILMINGTON DE 19807-2760

Michael Kandel
240 NORWOOD AVE
PORT JEFFERSON STATION NY 11776-2561

Jamil Nasir
9956 LAKE LANDING RD
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE MD 20886-0604

Tim Sullivan
7720 SW 62ND AVE
SOUTH MIAMI FL 33143-4909

Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2013 are encouraged to provide copies to each of the judges as the books are published during the year. (All works of science fiction published originally in the United States as paperbacks during the year 2013 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2014.

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. The 2011 award was given to THE SAMUIL PETROVICH TRILOGY by Simon Morden (Orbit) with a special citation to THE COMPANY MAN by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit). The 2012 awards will be announced at Norwescon 36 on March 29, 2013.

For more information, contact the award administration:

Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack (212) 333-1513
Pat Lo Brutto (845) 516-4412

For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: http://www.philipkdick.com

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/: Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752

For more information about Norwescon: https://www.norwescon.org/: Contact NorthWest SF Society: (425) 686-9737

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