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Azalea: a science-fiction story

The Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction:

“Ashes of a Cinnamon Fire” by R. Z. Held, Shattering The Glass Slipper, ed. by Crystal Sarakas and Rhondi Salsitz, Zombies Need Brains, LLC (June 2022); and

“At the Lighthouse, Out by the Othersea” by Juliet Kemp, Uncanny Magazine, Issue 47 (July/August 2022) ed. by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; and

“The Dragon Project” by Naomi Kritzer, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 186 (March 2022) ed. by Neil Clarke; and

“Not the Youngest, Nor the Prettiest, But Someone Else” by Alyse Winters, Shattering The Glass Slipper, ed. by Crystal Sarakas and Rhondi Salsitz, Zombies Need Brains, LLC (June 2022); and

“Possession” by Taylor Jones, Reckoning, #6 (September 25, 2022), ed. by Aicha Martine Thiam and Gabriela Santiago; and

“Simons, Far and Near” by Ana Gardner, Cast of Wonders, episode 485 (February 6, 2022) ed. by Katherine Inskip; and

“This Living Hand” by Marie Brennan, Sunday Morning Transport, (February 13, 2022) ed. by Julian Yap and Fran Wilde; and

“In the Belly of the Whale” by Angus McIntyre, Trenchcoats, Towers, and Trolls: Cyberpunk Fairy Tales, ed. by Rhonda Parrish, World Weaver Press (January 2022).

The award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. It showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2022). An unusual feature of the selection process is that the voting is done with the identity of the author and publisher hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

The winner is chosen by members of the Washington Science Fiction Association (www.wsfa.org), and the award will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave (www.capclave.org), held this year on September 29 – October 1, 2023 at the Rockville Hilton & Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.

Congratulations to 2011 GOH Catherynne M. Valente on “The Difference Between Love and Time” being a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award.

Congratulations to frequent Capclave program participant Scott H. Andrews on being a finalist for the Best Editor, Short Form Hugo Award.

Congratulations to 2024 GOH Sheree Renée Thomas on being a finalist for the Best Editor, Short Form Hugo Award.

Congratulations to 2011 GOH Catherynne M. Valente on Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods being a finalist for the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.

Congratulations to 2023 GOH Charlie Jane Anders on Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak being a finalist for the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book.

Congratulations to frequent Capclave program participant Lawrence M. Schoen on Buffalito World Outreach Project being a finalist for the Best Related Work Hugo Award.

Congratulations to 2017 GOH Neil Clarke on being a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.

Congratulations to 2012 GoH John Scalzi on The Kaiju Preservation Society being a finalist for the Best Novel Hugo Award.

Congratulations to 2022 GOH Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher on Nettle & Bone being a finalist for the Best Novel Hugo Award and What Moves the Dead being a finalist for the Best Novella Hugo Award.

Congratulations to 2024 GOH Sheree Renée Thomas on Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction being a finalist for the British Fantasy Award in the Best Anthology category.

Congratulations to 2007 GOH Ellen Datlow on Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous being a World Fantasy Award Best Anthology finalist.

Congratulations to 2024 GOH Sheree Renée Thomas on Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction AND Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue being World Fantasy Award Best Anthology finalists!

Congratulations to 2022 GOH Irene Gallo on being a finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Special Award – Professional for her work at Tor.com.

Congratulations to 2022 GOH T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon on winning the Manley Wade Wellman Award.

The WSFA Small Press Award Committee Announces Finalists for the 2022 Award for stories published in 2021

The Washington (DC)  Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction:

“The Birdsong Fossil” by DK Mok, Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, (April 2021) World Weaver Press ed. by Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri, and Sarena Ulibarri;

“Dress of Ash” by Y. M. Pang, Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories, ed. by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media Groups Inc. (2021);

“Eight Mile and the City” by Steven Harper, When Worlds Collide, ed. by  S. C. Butler & Joshua Palmatier,  Zombies Need Brains, LLC (July 2021);

“Fisherman’s Soup” by Kristina Ten, Mermaids Monthly, (May 26, 2022) ed. by Julia Rios, Meg Frank, and Ashley Deng;

“From the Ashes Flew the Ladybug” by Alexandra Seidel, The Deadlands, Issue 7 (November 2021) ed. by E. Catherine Tobler;

“Laughter Among the Trees” by Suzan Palumbo, The Dark Magazine, Issue 69 (February 2021) ed by Sean Wallace;

“Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias” by Elly Bangs, Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 138 (November 2021) ed. by John Joseph Adams;

“Standing Orders” by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Derelicts, ed. by David B. Coe and Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains, LLC (July 2021); 

“A Stranger Goes Ashore” by Adam R. Shannon, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 328 (April 22, 2021) ed. by Scott H. Andrews; and

“A Universe All to Himself” by Ryan Priest, Metaphorosis, (April 2021) ed. by B. Morris Allen;

The award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. It showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2021). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science Fiction

Association (www.wsfa.org) and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave (www.capclave.org), held this year on September 30 – October 2, 2022, at the Rockville Hilton & Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852

The WSFA Small Press Award Committee Announces Finalists for 2021 Award for stories published in 2020.

The Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association (WSFA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2021 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction:

“Foster-Child of Silence and Slow Time” by Brian Hugenbruch, My Battery Is Low And It Is Getting Dark, ed. by Crystal Sarakas and Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains LLC (July 2020);

“Guest Athletes” by Jennifer R. Povey, The Phantom Games: Dimensions Unknown Vol. III ed. by John Paul Catton, Excalibur Books (October 10, 2020);

“Heritage Hill” by Matthew R. Davis, Outback Horrors Down Under: An Anthology of Antipodean Terrors, ed. By Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, (October 2020);

“The Longest Season in the Garden of the Tea Fish” by Jo Miles, Strange Horizons (April 2020) ed. by Gautam Bhatia, Rasha Abdulhadi, et al.;

“Memories Taste Best When Marinated With Sadness” by Feng Gooi, Hexagon Magazine, Issue 2 (Fall 2020) ed. by J.W. Stebner;

“Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, Uncanny Magazine, (September/October 2020) ed. by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas;

“Myself” by Rebecca Enzor, DreamForge, Issue 7 (December 2020) ed. by Scot Noel;

“Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell, Diabolical Plots (June 15, 2020) ed. by David Steffen;

“Reformed” by Caias Ward, Mysterion, (March 23, 2020), ed. by Donald S. Crankshaw and Kristin Janz;

The award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2020). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science Fiction

Association (www.wsfa.org) and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave (www.capclave.org), held on October 1-3, 2021 at the Rockville Hilton, Rockville, MD.

There will be:

• 60+ Program Sessions
• 20+ Author Readings
• 2 Special Presentations
• Ring of Fire Con
• And a mass signing with all the authors present

Location:
Hilton Washington DC/Rockville
Executive Meeting Center
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-1699

The hotel is just steps from the Twinbrook Metro, ample parking is available.

To register visit https://www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave21/

Questions? Email capclave@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you this year.
Regards,

George Shaner
Capclave Chair