This year's Nebula Awards, sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, were announced this past weekend at the Nebula Awards banquet in Austin, Tex.:
- Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
- Novella: "Fountain of Age" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's, July 2007)
- Novelette: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2007)
- Short Story: "Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov's, May 2007)
- Scripts: Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
- Andre Norton Award: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic)
Among other honors:
- British author and Austin-area resident Michael Moorcock was named the Damon Knight Grand Master.
- Fantasy and science fiction writer Ardath Mayhar was honored as Author Emeritus.
- Melisa Michaels and Graham P. Collins were given 2008 SFWA Service Awards for the work they have done over the years on the SFWA website.
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The winners of the Triangle Awards were celebrated last night:
- Thom Gunn Poetry Award for Gay Poetry (a tie): Steve Fellner, author of Blind Date with Cavafy (Marsh Hawk Press), and Daniel Hall, author of Under Sleep (University of Chicago Press)
- The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry: Joan Larkin, author of My Body (Hanging Loose Press)
- The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction: Janet Malcolm, author of Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice (Yale University Press)
- The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction: Michael Rowe, author of Other Men's Sons (Cormorant Books)
- The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction: Myriam Gurba, author of Dahlia Season (Manic D Press)
- The Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBT Fiction (two winners): Peter Cameron, author of Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (Frances Foster Books/FSG), and Ali Leibegott, author of The IHOP Papers (Carroll & Graf)
- The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement: Katherine V. Forrest, as noted here last month (Shelf Awareness, March 19, 2008).
The organization also gave special Leadership Awards to Richard Labonte and Carol Seajay, "both for their individual contributions over the years and for their work publishing the e-newsletter Books to Watch Out For. Begun in 2003, Books to Watch Out For features short reviews and announcements of the best new lesbian and gay books, as well as relevant news and 'good gossip' from the bookselling, publishing, and writing communities."
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Winners of the 2008 Eric Hoffer Award for independent books were announced, including three recipients of the newly-established Montaigne Medal:
- Long Shadows, edited by David Giffey (Atwood Publishing)
- The Aesthetics of Equity by Craig L. Wilkins (University of Minnesota Press)
- You Will Die by Robert R. Arthur (Suburra Publishing)
- Grand Prize: Thought to Exist in the Wild by Derrick Jensen, photographs by Karen Tweedy-Holms (No Voice Unheard)
- Academic Press: Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by Karel van der Toorn (Harvard University Press)
- Small Press: Lasting Contribution by Tad Waddington (Agate B2 Books)
- Micro Press: Clown Girl by Monica Drake (Hawthorne Books)
- Self-Published: Thinking Organized for Parents and Children by Rhona M. Gordon (Thinking Organized Press)
- Art: In New Mexico Light by Douglas Kent Hall (Museum of New Mexico)
- Poetry: Dismal Rock by Davis McCombs (Tupelo Press)
- General Fiction: Migration Patterns by Gary Schanbacher (Fulcrum Publishing)
- Commercial Fiction: Discipline by Paco Ahlgren (Greenleaf Book Group)
- Children's: Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae Asks Why? by Janet Mary Sinke (My Grandma and Me Publishers)
- Young Adult: Runt the Hunted by Daniel Schwabauer (Clear Water Press)
- Culture: Reflections in a Critical Eye by Jan Whitt (University Press of America)
- Memoir: Crossing the Sands by Ariane Audouin-Dubreuil (Dalton Watson Fine Books)
- Business: Spiritual Capitalism by Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell Ressler (Chilmark Books)
- Reference: The Roman Triumph by Mary Beard (Belknap Press)
- Home: Celebrate . . . Italian Style by Jacqueline Miconi (AuthorHouse)
- Health: A Life Unburdened by Richard Morris (New Trends Publishing)
- Self-Help/Spiritual: How Big Is Your God by Paul Coutinho, S.J. (Loyola Press)
- Legacy: One Man's War by Dan A. Baker and Tommy LaMore (Taylor Trade Publishing)