... is out! I like literary awards  for loads of reasons, one of which is that they raise similar questions to AI and automation: Can you ...

So, if you're a member of the BSFA, you have one day left to nominate the best SF of 2017 for the BSFA Awards . If you're not a me...

Some ideas for Best Related Work: ERIN HORÁKOVÁ, Boucher, Backbone and Blake: The Legacy of Blakes 7 (Strange Horizons) JONATHAN MCCALMO...

This week we announced the two finalists of the Sputnik Awards 2015/2016 . Here's a guest editorial I wrote about the prize for Interzon...

I guess maybe the Puppies are to blame for the Sputnik Awards. Or at least: for the Sputnik spark. The Hugo Awards, arguably the most pres...

A little listicle I made one day featuring, I think, no more than Star Trek, Scrooge McDuck, Tim Maughan, David Graeber, grew and grew till ...

Books & Pieces on speculative fiction awards: Elsewhere: BooktubeSFF Awards.

A few links: (1) I went to a really lovely one-day conference at Cardiff yesterday, Fantasies of Contemporary Culture . I've just...

Btw: I've received some really touching enthusiasm, warmth and wise counsels and offers of support, as well as a pretty significant amou...

It's really exciting to see the votes rolling in! This year is kind of a trial run, and if it works, we'll make it a recurring thi...

Voting is open for the inaugural Sputnik Award! Jim Butcher, The Cinder Spires  Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet   B...

Note: This was the system I proposed, tongue-in-cheek (I missed), last year for the Hugos (for the noms process, not the actual vote). It...

As is now customary, at around this time of year I produce my Hugo nominations recommendations slate, Strange Puppies. Go forth and nominate...

I half-noticed recently that this year's Sad Puppies' slate (perhaps not the right word) contains a sprinkling of SJW pixie-dust. My...

The British Science Fiction Association Awards shortlist has just been announced. Best Novel  Dave Hutchinson: Europe at Midnight , Sol...

It's awksward season. Here's your relevant meta. How can SFF de-expensify itself? Why was everyone so cross at Neil Gaiman? Why d...

1. Science fiction and fantasy is incredibly expensive! Okay, the books and magazines are expensive. But at least there are libraries. A...

I haven't read that much short fiction on the BSFA longlist yet, but here are a few of my possibles: Tim Maughan, " Special Econ...

Just real quick: haven't fully checked out eligibility etc. but will probably nominate Sandra Newman, Country of Ice Cream Star , Adam R...

In 2015 I authored the following Hugo-eligible listicles, playlists and thought lists: Top Ten Meta-Meta Listicle Entries of 2015 Top Ten...