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SFFANZ News Page
From now on, most of the news about SF, Fantasy and
Horror which is of interest to New Zealand fans
will be posted on our new News Blog. Click on the
link below to visit the site.
The News Blog will let you subscribe to the news service
by joining an email list. You can also pick up an RSS
feed; and you can even follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Or you can just bookmark the link and visit the News Blog
whenever you wish to check for updates.
Since it is a blog, you will also be able to post
comments on the news items as well.
We will continue to post significant SFFANZ related
news here on the front page of the SFFANZ site --
particularly news related to the Sir Julius Vogel Awards.
The News Blog itself will be reserved for items of more
general interest, though there is obviously an overlap
between these areas and some items may well be
duplicated.
We hope you enjoy this new facility.
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Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2012
SFFANZ is now accepting nominations for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for 2012. The
nomination period will close at 8.00pm on March 31st 2012.
A detailed nomination FAQ can be found here.
The award rules and criteria can be found here.
Please send your nominations by email to sjv_awards@sffanz.sf.org.nz
or by post to:
SJV Awards
P.O. Box 13-574,
Johnsonville,
Wellington
Voting for the awards will take place at the 2012 National SF Convention unCONventional
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Sir Julius Vogel award nominations will be open in 2011
The Sir Julius Vogel awards will be open in January. The award is for any science fiction, fantasy or horror works created by a New Zealander and first published or released in the 2010 calendar year.
Anyone can make a nomination and it is free! See the website for the categories open and get busy reading NZ authors and watching NZ movies.
Past winners include Russell Kirkpatrick, Nalini Singh, Helen Lowe, Brian Falkner and Under The Mountain.
Nominations open on 1 January 2011 and close on 31 March 2011 at 8pm.
For more information about the SJV Awards, please go to the awards page.
You can find full details about the nomination procedures and rules, including eligibility criteria here.
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Speculative Fiction By New Zealand Writers -- Book Launch
Imagine worlds where strange creatures roam the hills of Miramar, desperate survivors cling to the remains of a submerged country, and the residents of Gisborne reluctantly serve alien masters.
Those are just some of the visions painted in a new volume of speculative fiction by kiwi writers to be launched later this month. Published by Wellington-based small press Random Static, A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction features work by best-selling author Juliet Marillier; poet, musician, and writer Bill Direen; and several Sir Julius Vogel Award winners, prominent writers, and talented newcomers.
Popular and award-winning Australian author Sean Williams, who will be in Wellington at the time of the launch, was impressed by his sneak preview, describing the anthology as "richly populated with the frightening and the fabulous, the thrilling and the thoughtful, the inspiring and the inspired."
Co-editor Anna Caro hopes the works in the collection will both provide points of familiarity to readers, and take their imagination to new places. "Many of the stories are set in New Zealand, present or future, and portray worlds which are both instantly recognisable and nothing like the country we currently live in. This anthology showcases some of the remarkable range of New Zealand's world-class speculative fiction writers."
A Foreign Country will be launched at 6pm on Friday 27 August at Au Contraire, the 31st National Science Fiction Convention (Quality Hotel, Cuba St, Wellington).
A Foreign Country can be ordered online from Random Static. The cover art can be seen here.
A Foreign Country ISBN: 978-0-473-16916-9
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A New Award For Unpublished Writers Of Teen Fiction
Storylines Trust and HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand are proud to announce an exciting new annual award on the children's literary scene - the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for unpublished writers of fiction for young adults, named in honour of one of New Zealand's best writers for young adults.
Unpublished writers looking for an opportunity to emulate the outstanding writing careers of Kiwi authors such as William Taylor, Kate De Goldi, Bernard Beckett or Tessa Duder herself will be excited by this new initiative.
The award has been set up in recognition of Tessa's outstanding contribution to children's literature, both in terms of publishing output and her tireless work in the area of children's literacy, particularly as one of the founding members of the Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust.
Full details and criteria for entry will be listed on the Storylines Tessa Duder Award page.
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LIANZA Prestigious Children's Book Awards Finalists
The Library and Information Association Of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) has announced the finalists for the Prestigious Children's Book Awards for 2010.
Some of the finalistsare also Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists. See this link for more information.
Many congratulations to the finalists from SFFANZ.
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NZ Post Children's Book Awards
The winners of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards have been announced. See this link for details.
Some of the award winners are also Sir Julius Vogel Award
finalists. See
this link for more information.
Many congratulations to the Children's Book Award winners from SFFANZ.
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Interview With Nalini Singh
Here are two links to an interview with Nalini Singh on Women on Air, Plains 96.9 FM.
The first takes you to the website and gives you the option to listen online or download the file in MP3 format. (Press the "play" button to start listening).
The second should take you directly to the the mp3 version, which will then commence playing.
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The 32nd New Zealand National SF Convention in 2011
Following a poll of SFFANZ/Conscription members, it has been decided that New Zealand's 32nd National Science Fiction Convention will be ConText to be held in Auckland over Queen's Birthday weekend 2011. Catherine Asaro has been asked to be the guest of honour and Lynelle Howell has been asked to be the fan guest of honour.
38% of those polled responded, and every single response was in favour of the convention. The decision will be ratified at the next SFFANZ AGM.
ConText is being organised by Alan Parker.
Contact Details:
Web Site:
http://context.sf.org.nz/
Email:
enquiries@context.sf.org.nz
Postal Address:
PO Box 74-013
Market Rd
Auckland 1543
New Zealand
Phone:
+64-9-9629806
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We're compiling lists of works by New Zealanders in the fields of Science
Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
Do you know of any published books, short stories, novellas, movies, TV shows, short films
etc that have been produced this year?
Or do you know of fans doing artwork, writing stories, creating fanzines, or other worthy
creations?
Then let us know!
We want to put links or information up on this website so that these works are known to as
many people as possible.
Send your information to us at listings@sffanz.sf.org.nz
Please do NOT send us your manuscripts. SFFANZ is not a publisher. |
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