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Jurors for the 2010 Shirley Jackson Awards
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
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Shirley Jackson, and the Awards, at Salon.com
Laura Miller at Salon.com has a post today about Shirley Jackson (Library of America has just released "Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories") and includes nice things about the Shirley Jackson Awards, here.
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2009 Shirley Jackson Awards -- winners
The winners for the 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards were announced this morning at Readercon 21.
You can see the winners here: http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/sja_2009_winners.php
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2008 Shirley Jackson Awards Ceremony
Readercon has put up its preliminary schedule of panels and events. The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:00am on Sunday morning. Please join us! -
Interviews for your reading pleasure
If you haven't read them yet, check out Charles Tan's interviews with the nominees for the 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards. http://shirleyjacksonawards.blogspot.com/ -
You want this book
The Shirley Jackson Awards will hold an online auction of a rare book to benefit the award. Peter Schneider has kindly donated a first edition of the 1899 publication of The Alleged Haunting of B----- House. Alleged Haunting of B----- House is edited by A. Goodrich-Freer and John, Marquess of Bute. While not a copy owned by Jackson, this ( Read more... ) -
Poe
An interesting article on Edgar Allan Poe, courtesy of the New Yorker. I wish they had also mentioned Poe, Ellen Datlow's anothology. -
2008 Shirley Jackson Awards
The nominees are up!
The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th, at Readercon 20. Elizabeth Hand, Readercon Guest of Honor, and author of Generation Loss, which won the 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for "Best Novel" will act as host.
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Stars & Stripes - PTSD
A husband of a friend is stationed in Korea for a year, leaving the family behind in the US. He was recently interviewed by "Stars & Stripes". Much of what he said got cut, but he's happy more information about PTSD is getting out there. And I'm happy to pass it along, here. -
Get your tickets!
Don't forget the last day to buy tickets for the fundraiser for The Shirley Jackson Awards is February 23, 2009. Persons buy as many “lottery tickets” as they want in hopes of being selected the winner for any of an array of donated prizes from well-known authors, editors, artists, and agents. The long list of really cool items can be found here ( Read more... )