Speculative Literature News
News from the Speculative Literature writing community, including items from Locus Magazine, SFWA, etc.
The 2025 shortlist for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel was announced June 4, 2025. Titles and authors...
Science fiction, at its best, has always been about inclusiveness and acceptance of the “other,” a lens through which we can bet...
The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced the shortlist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, awarding a $25,000 cash...
The longlist for the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic was announced June 17, 2025:
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Conrunner, bookseller, and SF Site co-founder Rodger Turner, 77, died on June 16, 2025.
Turner was born October 7, 1947. He...
The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its winner and runner-up:
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Author and editor Al Sarrantonio, 72, died January 27, 2025. He was best known for his horror and SF novels and anthologies.
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The REH Foundation has announced the winners of the 2025 Robert E. Howard Awards, honoring work that is “substantively devoted to...
The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2025 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. Winners will be announced during the Online MidSummer Seminar...