Since GenCon 2019 is just around the bend, so to speak, the ENnie Awards have announced the nominees for this year.

ENnie Award Nominees for 2019

I was very pleased to see that both Tales From the Loop and Forbidden Lands, both from Fria Ligan, are up as nominees in several categories. They're up against some tough opposition to be sure, but I ( Read more... )

Since GenCon 2018 is just around the bend, so to speak, the ENnie Awards have announced the nominees for this year.

ENnie Award Nominees for 2018

I was very pleased to see that Torg Eternity is up as a nominee in the Best Rules category. It's up against some tough opposition to be sure, but I really hope that it will win the award. I was sad to ( Read more... )

The ENnie Awards were handed out last night at GenCon 2016 and let's just say that I was rather pleased to hear that Pelgrane Press won ten (10 !!) awards last night, with five going to products from the Dracula Dossier Kickstarter. While one typically expects to see Wizards of the Coast and Paizo dominate the categories they're in (and they did ( Read more... )

In sf and fantasy literary news, the 2015 Locus magazine Awards Winners have been announced.

The 2015 Locus Awards Winners

Not a lot of surprises here, I don't think, though I was disappointed that a couple of my favourite books of the past year didn't win the awards. Oh, well... gives me some new books to go searching for, right?

For those who are avid readers of science fiction, fantasy, and other related genres, the 2014 Nebula Awards were presented June 4th, 2015 in a ceremony at SFWA’s 50th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Chicago, IL. Larry Niven was honoured with the 2014 Damon Knight Grand Master Award for his lifetime contributions and achievements in the ( Read more... )

The winners of the British Fantasy Awards (through the British Fantasy Society) were announced last night.

Here's the list of winners.

Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award): A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press)

Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award): The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)

Best ( Read more... )

In science fiction & fantasy news, the 2014 Hugo Awards winners have been announced for this year at Loncon 3.

And here they are:

2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners

However, for those who don't want to follow the link, here are just the winners:

Best Novel: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK ( Read more... )

For those into such things, the GenCon 2014 EN World RPG Awards Nominees have been announced.

ENnie Nominations List

While I'm not surprised to see 13th Age and Numenera in there, there are some interesting ones as well. Notably Tremulus and a couple of others.

In science fiction literature and media news today, the 2013 Hugo Awards have been awarded this past weekend.

Here's the list of the winners, with the nominees as well.

2013 Hugo Award Winners

Just came in from running today's Hollow Earth Expedition demo game at the Comic Book Shoppe, and will post more on that later.

I did learn that the various roleplaying game awards have been announced, so without further ado, I give you:

The ENnie Award Winners

The Indie RPG Award Winners

The Ogre's Choice Award WinnersI was somewhat ( Read more... )