The Milford committee would love to have your support for ECLECTIC DREAMS in the Best Collection Category. Though it doesn’t say on the listing, it’s edited by J W Anderson, Liz Williams and Pete W Sutton . This is the Milford Anthology raising funds for the Milford Writers of Colour Bursary. It features a previously unpublished story by Neil Gaiman and lots of other excellent stories that have been through the Milford Mill, and are reprinted here.
BSFA members and Eastercon 2024 attendees, if you don’t know where to cast your vote this year, you might consider the following. You can vote for up to 4 items in each category.
Here are the Milford alumni on this year’s long-list for the BSFA awards. If you go to this page you can find the relevant links for more details: https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the members of the year’s Eastercon, the national science fiction convention, held since 1955. This year’s Eastercon, Levitation, will be at the Telford International Centre, 29th March to 1st April 2024, where the winners will be announced.
Nominations for the longlist close on 23:59 on 20 of February 2024. This vote will form the BFSA short list, for the BFSA Awards. Members will be able to vote for for the the BFSA Awards when the shortlist is announced. For further information, you can visit the BFSA website.
BEST COLLECTION
- Eclectic Dreams
- New Suns 2 – ed Nisi Shawl
- Strange Attractions – Jaine Fenn
BEST NON-FICTION (LONG)
- Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror – Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan
BEST NOVEL
- A Market of Dreams and Destiny – Trip Gailey
- Airside – Christopher Priest
- Season of Skulls – Chrles Stross
- The Green Man’s Quarry – Juliet McKenna
- Warrior of the Wind – Suyi Davies Okungbowa
BEST SHORT FICTION
- A Little Seasoning – Neil Williamson
- Lady Koi Koi :A Book Report – Suyi Davies Okungbowa
- Morag’s Boy – Fiona Moore
- The Naismith and the Wild Boy – David Gullen
- The Spoil Heap – Fiona Moore
BEST SHORT NON-FICTION
- Exposition Tax: The hidden burden of writing from the margins – Suyi Davies Okungbowa
- Project Management Lessons from Rogue One – Fiona Moore
- Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real Scientific American – Charles Stross
BEST SHORTER FICTION
- The Book of Gaheris – Kari Sperring
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