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More Prizes!

Fund raising

As promised last week, we are adding some new prizes now that we are over half way to our goal.

Probably the most wanted of them will be the first three books of A Song of Ice and Fire, donated by George R.R. Martin. Acknowledging that we get donations from all over the world, George has offered the books in whichever language the winner chooses (there are about 40 to choose from).

Also on offer are: a fantasy duet from Deborah Kalin which is currently published only in Australia; a hot new release from Small Beer; and a signed Bujold from Baen books. Here is the full list.

  • Signed copies of A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords from George R.R. Martin
  • A signed US hardback edition of Embassytown from China Miéville
  • A signed manuscript of Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow’s forthcoming YA novel
  • A signed copy of the South African edition of Moxyland, with soundtrack by African Dope on CD, from Lauren Beukes
  • A signed copy of the Pyr edition of The Restoration Game from Ken MacLeod
  • A signed hardcover of signed Superman: The Black Ring (the complete Lex Luthor run from Action Comics) from Paul Cornell
  • A signed copy of By Light Alone from Adam Roberts
  • A signed copy of Range of Ghosts, the new novel from Elizabeth Bear
  • A signed copy of Songs For the Devil and Death, Hal Duncan’s poetry collection
  • Signed copies of the Creature Court Trilogy from Tansy Rayner Roberts (only published in Australia)
  • A signed copy of an ARC of the Subterranean edition of Manhattan In Reverse from Peter F. Hamilton
  • Ebook copies of the entire catalog of Ann & Jeff VanderMeer’s Cheeky Frawg Books (epub or mobi)
  • A signed ARC of Nalo Hopkinson’s forthcoming YA novel, The Chaos
  • A signed copy of a novel by Juliet E. McKenna (winner gets to choose which book) from Juliet
  • A signed copy of Aliette de Bodard’s novel, Master of the House of Darts
  • A signed copy of the first edition of Nicola Griffith’s Tiptree-winning novel, Ammonite
  • A signed copy of the new Small Beer Press edition of Kelley Eskridge’s novel, Solitaire
  • A set of the first four Twelve Planets chapbooks from Twelfth Planet Press (only published in Australia)
  • Signed copies of the Binding duology (Shadow Queen and Shadow Bound) from Deborah Kalin (only published in Australia)
  • A signed copy of A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold, donated by Baen Books
  • A copy of The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett, donated by Small Beer Press
  • Hardcover editions of Wilde Stories 2011 and Heiresses of Russ 2011 from Lethe Press
  • A copy of Transtories, Colin Harvey’s last anthology, from Aeon Press
  • A signed copy of the new mass market paperback of The Fallen Blade from Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  • A signed copy of Welsh Kings, a Celtic history from Kari Sperring in her academic alter ego
  • A signed copy of the New Zealand edition of Heir of Night from Helen Lowe
  • A hardback copy of Felix J. Palma’s novel, The Map of Time (English language edition), donated by Rob Latham
  • A hardback copy of Ann & Jeff VanderMeer’s Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, donated by Cheryl Morgan (who ended up with two by accident)

The fund raiser will end at midnight on the last day of February, because it seemed cool to end on a leap day. Up until that time, everyone who donates money will go into a draw for one of those prizes. The full rules of the draw are available here.

Our aim, as with last year, is to raise $2000. As you may recall, we managed $1764.01. Let’s at least beat that.

If you are a new visitor, more information about our organization can be found here; and more information about the awards is here.

To donate, simply use this PayPal button. You are able pay with a credit card.





Closing In On Half Way

Fund raising

The current state of our fund raising drive is that we have received a total of $951.55 from 26 people (and two institutional donors who don’t qualify for the draw). That means two important things. Firstly we are almost half way to our goal, and secondly we now have more donors than prizes.

Except we don’t, because we have a lot of prizes in reserve. So here’s the deal. When we get to $1000 we’ll add a whole lot more prizes to the draw. People have offered these books, and we really want you folks to win them.

Fund Drive Update

Fund raising

We are pleased to report that our fund drive is progressing well. Including the substantial donation from Science Fiction Studies, and a couple of donations that came in during the year, our total of funds raised currently stands at $686.55. But the good news from your point of view is that we currently have 24 prizes on offer, and only 19 people have donated money. So right now, every donor wins something. Obviously that will change with time, but we also have offers of several more prizes, some of them very exciting. We’d love to be able to offer them as well.

New From Small Beer

Forthcoming

The winner of last year’s Long Form award, A Life on Paper: Stories by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, was published by Small Beer Press. We keep an eye on what they are up to. And this month they have released an exciting new anthology of stories from Mexico. Three Messages and a Warning, edited by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris. N. Brown, contains more than thirty all-original Mexican science fiction and fantasy. For more information, and biographies of all of the featured writers, see the Small Beer website.

Fund Raiser, With Prizes

Fund raising

Updated January 23rd with lots more prizes.

Our jury is now busily considering which of this year’s nominees will receive prizes, but before we can give out those prizes we need money. Our awards are not backed by wealthy sponsors, but by individual contributors and small grants. We have had a kind donation from Science Fiction Studies, and a few from private individuals, but most of our money comes from you, the readers.

For last year’s awards we ran a fund raising campaign, and several kind people donated books that we could give away to a few lucky donors. We have decided to repeat that exercise this year, and we have some fine prizes available already. They are:

  • A signed US hardback edition of Embassytown from China Miéville
  • A signed manuscript of Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow’s forthcoming YA novel
  • A signed copy of the South African edition of Moxyland, with soundtrack by African Dope on CD, from Lauren Beukes
  • A signed copy of the Pyr edition of The Restoration Game from Ken MacLeod
  • A signed hardcover of signed Superman: The Black Ring (the complete Lex Luthor run from Action Comics) from Paul Cornell
  • A signed copy of By Light Alone from Adam Roberts
  • A signed copy of Range of Ghosts, the new novel from Elizabeth Bear
  • A signed copy of Songs For the Devil and Death, Hal Duncan’s poetry collection
  • Signed copies of the Creature Court Trilogy from Tansy Rayner Roberts (only published in Australia)
  • A signed copy of an ARC of the Subterranean edition of Manhattan In Reverse from Peter F. Hamilton
  • Ebook copies of the entire catalog of Ann & Jeff VanderMeer’s Cheeky Frawg Books (epub or mobi)
  • A signed ARC of Nalo Hopkinson’s forthcoming YA novel, The Chaos
  • A signed copy of a novel by Juliet E. McKenna (winner gets to choose which book) from Juliet
  • A signed copy of Aliette de Bodard’s novel, Master of the House of Darts
  • A signed copy of the first edition of Nicola Griffith’s Tiptree-winning novel, Ammonite
  • A signed copy of the new Small Beer Press edition of Kelley Eskridge’s novel, Solitaire
  • A set of the first four Twelve Planets chapbooks from Twelfth Planet Press (only published in Australia)
  • Hardcover editions of Wilde Stories 2011 and Heiresses of Russ 2011 from Lethe Press
  • A copy of Transtories, Colin Harvey’s last anthology, from Aeon Press
  • A signed copy of the new mass market paperback of The Fallen Blade from Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  • A signed copy of Welsh Kings, a Celtic history from Kari Sperring in her academic alter ego
  • A signed copy of the New Zealand edition of Heir of Night from Helen Lowe
  • A hardback copy of Felix J. Palma’s novel, The Map of Time (English language edition), donated by Rob Latham
  • A hardback copy of Ann & Jeff VanderMeer’s Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, donated by Cheryl Morgan (who ended up with two by accident)

Huge thanks to everyone who has donated. More prizes may be added during the draw. If anyone would like to donate an additional prize, please get in touch.

The fund raiser will end at midnight on the last day of February, because it seemed cool to end on a leap day. Up until that time, everyone who donates money will go into a draw for one of those prizes. The full rules of the draw are available here.

Our aim, as with last year, is to raise $2000. As you may recall, we managed $1764.01. Let’s at least beat that.

If you are a new visitor, more information about our organization can be found here; and more information about the awards is here.

To donate, simply use this PayPal button. You are able pay with a credit card.





Nominations Closed

Award Rules

Our jury has asked us to stop taking nominations for works published in 2011 now. The full list of books they have been asked to consider is therefore as given here.

Because translated works are often published in small presses, and our awards are not well known, we don’t always get to hear of eligible works in time. Therefore our rules allow us to carry works over from one year to the next. If you do know of a work that we should have considered from 2011, please do tell us about it. It isn’t too late, we just won’t be considering it for the current set of awards.

WLT Spotlight on Živković

Publications

The latest issue of World Literature Today has a special feature covering the Serbian master of the fantastic, Zoran Živković. What’s more, four of the articles relating to Zoran are available free online. Here are the links:

Situations Vacant

General

The Association for the Recognition of Excellence in SF & F Translation is seeking a number of volunteer staff to assist with the running of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards. The positions are detailed below. Please email info [at] sfftawards [dot] org with details of your experience if you are interested in any of these posts.

Facilitator

This person will work with the awards jury to facilitate efficient discussion of eligible works. Duties will include assisting with the recruitment of jurors, obtaining copies of eligible works for the jury, facilitating jury discussions, liaising between the Board of ARESFFT and the jury, and retaining institutional memory from year to year. An experienced Facilitator is preferred, but training can be provided to the right candidate.

Fund Raiser

This person will be responsible for working with the Board to raise the funds necessary for ARESFFT to continue operation, in particular the cash prizes for award winners. Duties will include obtaining donations of give-aways from publishers and authors, and running online fund-raising events.

News Editor

This person will be responsible for keeping an eye out for translation-related news and posting articles to the Translation Awards website. Knowledge of WordPress is preferred.

Entries Wanted

General

With the year being more than half over, we need to be collecting lists of 2011-published works that are eligible for our next set of awards. If you know of a work that is eligible, please post a comment on our Nominations page. We’ll be getting in touch with the usual suspects — Haikasoru, Kurodahan, Black Coat and so on — to get their 2011 publication lists, but we need help spotting translated books published through other venues.

Translated Story in Clarkesworld

Publications

Clarkesworld, the Hugo Award winning online magazine, has published a story translated from Chinese. The story is “The Fish of Lijiang”. It was originally written by Chen Qiufan, and was translated to English by Ken Liu.

We asked Ken Liu about the original form of the story. He tells us that it is written in something known as “Modern Standard Chinese”. This is writable by speakers of both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects. In future if we refer to a work being written in “Chinese” it is this language we will be referring to.