Capclave

Congratulations to Capclave 2010 Guest of Honor Connie Willis on Blackout/All Clear being named a finalist for the best novel Nebula Award.

http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/

Capclave will have a fan table at Boskone this weekend. so if you have not yet bought your membership, stop by our fan table, pet a dodo and buy your Capclave membership before the rates go up.

Capclave congratulates Guest of Honor Catherynne Valente on her novel, Habitation of the Blessed, and her short stories, How to Become a Mars Overlord and Thirteen Ways of Looking at Spacetime, being listed on the Locus Magazine 2010 Recommended Reading List.

http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2011/Issue02_RecommendedReading.html

Capclave congratulates Guest of Honor Carrie Vaughn on her short story Amarylis being listed on the Locus Magazine 2010 Recommended Reading List.

http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2011/Issue02_RecommendedReading.html

Mythpunk: An Interview with Catherynne M. Valente By JoSelle Vanderhooft

Since its coining in 2006 by author Catherynne M. Valente, the term “mythpunk” has been used among an ever-growing number of fantasy readers to describe speculative fiction and poetry that melds elements of myths, folk tales, and fairy tales with postmodern literary techniques and, quite often, feminist and multicultural perspectives. In this first of our four part series about mythpunk literature’s history and future, Strange Horizons sat down with Valente to discuss what inspired her to call this movement mythpunk, her favorite mythpunk authors, and mythpunk’s relationship to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Read the full interview on Strange Horizon’s website.

We will be at Philcon this weekend (Nov. 19-21), so stop by the Capclave fan table and buy a 2011 membership if you have not already done so. Guests of Honor for 2011 are Catherynne Valente and Carrie Vaughn. Memberships currently are only $40.

We will also be selling copies of the Jeff Vandermeer and Connie Willis books that debuted at Capclave in October, as well as copies of the turtledove book from 2009 and Future Washington.

Catherynne Valente does a reading on Wold Newton Reading Extravaganza from her newest book on November 21st 2010 at 6:30pm!

The Habitation of the Blessed Launch Party with Catherynne Valente and featuring medieval multimedia, burlesque belly-dancing, and musical madness! Catherynne M. Valente will read from her newest novel, a journey into the medieval myth of Prester John. Brian Francis Slattery and the West Constantinople Squeezebox All-Stars return to the Wold to provide the soundtrack while Jezebel Wood, Mary Cyn, and Katie Lennon will perform belly dancing and burlesque.

Last night at Capclave’s Award Ceremony, the winner of the WSFA Small Press Award for 2010 (for works published in 2009) was announced.

And the winner is:
“Siren Beat” by Tansy Rayner Roberts, published in Twelfth Planet, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (October 2009)

Alisa Krasnostein accepted the award for Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Also present at the ceremony were:
Kevin Lauderdale, author of “James and the Dark Grimoire” published in Cthulhu Unbound, and Scott H. Andrews, editor of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, which published “The Pirate Captain’s Daughter” by Yoon Ha Lee.

All of the stories were excellent works. Congratulations to Tansy Rayner Roberts for her story and to Alisa Krasnostein for publishing it.

Capclave starts on Friday, October 22nd. If you’ve been thinking of joining us, it is not too late. You can purchase memberships at the door for either a day or for the entire weekend.

At Door Pricing
$60: All Weekend
$25: Friday
$35: Saturday
$10: Sunday

There’s also special rates for active military and students who show IDs at time of registration.

Capclave is a small relaxed literary convention with a program that usually focuses on the short fiction form. Our Guests of Honor and other notable authors, editors, artists, and fans of the short fiction form will explore the creation and enjoyment of short fantasy and science fiction genre stories.

On his blog Jeff VanderMeer announced the finalists for the Last Drink Bird Head Awards — you can learn all about the award there. This year the awards will be given out at Capclave during the Saturday (October 23th, 2010) evening awards ceremony.

THE FINALISTS

Gentle Advocacy— In recognition of individuals willing to enter into blunt discourse about controversial issues…

– Ay-leen the Peacemaker (for Beyond Victoriana)
– Hal Duncan (for blogging and Notes from New Sodom)
– N.K. Jemisin (for blogging and commentary)
– Jason Sanford (for blogging)

Tireless Energy — In recognition of individuals who selflessly give of themselves for worthy causes, websites, or organizations…

– Rick Kleffel (for The Agony Column)
– Leslie Howle (for Clarion West and Hugo House activities)
– Debbie Notkin (for Tiptree Awards work, Wiscon work, and other activities)
– Victor Raymond (for past Carl Brandon Society and Interstitial Arts Foundation work, as well as other behind-the-scenes activities)

Promotion of Reading — In recognition of individuals whose efforts contribute to the promotion of reading or an increase in reading proficiency…

– Colleen Cahill (for Library of Congress work as a genre fiction advocate and as the library’s representative to the ALA)
– James Gunn (for his work with AboutSF)
– Julia Starkey (for building the Harvard Library’s SF/F section)
– Lynne Marie Thomas (for archiving the works and papers of SF/F authors)

Expanding Our Vocabulary — In recognition of writers whose nonfiction, through reviews, blogging, and/or essays, exposes readers to new words and, often, new ideas…

– Matthew Cheney
– Anil Menon
– Abigail Nussbaum
– Adam Roberts

International Activism — In recognition of those who work to bring writers from other literary traditions and countries to the attention of readers in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia…

– Larry Nolen (for coverage of international fiction, primarily on The Of Blog)
– Charles Tan (for Bibliophile Stalker and The World SF Blog)
– Lavie Tidhar (for The World SF Blog)
– Yan Wu, Guangyi Li, and Nathaniel Isaacson (for Chinese Sci Fi )

The Neil Clarke Special Achievement Award:

Winner: L. Timmel Duchamp

The Special Achievement Award is geared toward recognizing individuals who are proactive behind the scenes but whose efforts often don’t receive the measure of public recognition they deserve. The winner will receive an elegant Hieronymous Bosch bird-with-letter figurine, a certificate, and chocolate. The award is named after the first year’s winner, publisher and editor Neil Clarke.