The 2017 World Fantasy Convention ended a week ago as I write this. It was in San Antonio, which is a 6 hour drive from where I live. I got back Sunday night and returned to San Antonio Tuesday morning for another event, which is why I’m a little late in writing this report. WFC started on Thursday and ran through Sunday, making it an excellent weekend.
I’ll give a brief overview of some of the panels I attended, then make some general statements. Continue reading
Two practitioners of the fantastic were born this day. You might say they were Legends. *ducks and runs* Continue reading
The nominees for the 2014 World Fantasy Award were announced yesterday. The complete list of the nominees is below. Other than the Life Achievement Winners, who are announced in advance (probably to make sure they show up in case they weren’t planning on being there,) all other winners will be announced at the convention. This year’s World Fantasy Convention will be held Nov. 6-9 in Washington, D. C..
Members of the current year’s convention plus the two previous conventions may submit two nominations in each category. Winners are determined by a panel of judges. This year’s judges are Andy Duncan, Kij Johnson, Oliver Johnson, John Klima, and Liz Williams. In essence, the WFC Awards are a combination of popular and juried award.
Congratulations to all the nominees. The nominees for 2014 are: Continue reading
The winners of the 2013 David Gemmell Awards have been announced at a ceremony at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England. They are
2013 RAVENHEART AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY COVER ART
Didier Graffet and Dave Senior for the cover of Red Country by Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
2013 MORNINGSTAR AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY DEBUT
John Gwynne for Malice (Pan MacMillan)
2013 LEGEND AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL
Brent Weeks for The Blinding Knife (Orbit)
Adventures Fantastic would like to congratulate all the nominees and especially the winners. A complete list of the nominees can be found at the David Gemmell Awards site. There’s a separate menu for each award.
I decided not to include this announcement in the previous post, since the British Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards are more general genre awards, while the Gemmell Awards are focused on heroic fantasy. I certainly cover other types of fantasy here, but heroic fantasy and sword and sorcery are the main focus of this site.
I think the Gemmell Awards are an important award, and one that is necessary to the field. I’m more interested in the winners of this award than I am of any other award with the possible exception of the Shamus Awards, which I look at on my detective and noir blog, Gumshoes, Gats, and Gams. I’ve seen some snide comments about the Gemmell Awards online from some of the more literary minded members of the field. I’ll have more to say about awards in general in another post, including that attitude. After I’ve finished sharpening my knives.
For now, let me again offer my congratulations to the winners and nominees and say Thank You to the DGLA Steering Group for making these awards possible.