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The Huntington has acquired the personal library and papers of Kim Stanley Robinson, including drafts of novels, annotated works, photographs, and more. All told, The Huntington describes the collection as 50 linear feet of papers, photographs, and manuscripts as well as thousands of digital files. The Huntington stated that their goal is to make the material available to researchers by 2027.Robinson said the acquisition was a deep pleasure... I've known …Read More

Shadowpaw Press has announced that it intends to continue publishing On Spec in annual anthologies, following the announcement of the magazine’s closing.

The current plan is to Kickstart an On Spec 2026 anthology early in 2026, with the goal of opening to submissions after that and publishing the book in the fall. If the Kickstarter succeeds, the aim would be an annual anthology thereafter.

The anthology will be open to ... Read More

Artist Drew Struzan, 78, died October 13, 2025. He had Alzheimer’s disease.

Struzan was born March 18, 1947 in Oregon City OR. He attended the ArtCenter College of Design, graduated, and traveled to Los Angeles CA to illustrate album covers for musical artists including the Beach Boys and Bee Gees. He began work in movie advertisements in the 1970s and found acclaim for his 1978 Star Wars poster, after which ... Read More

The Bookseller has announced Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan (Doubleday) as the winner of the inaugural New Adult Book Prize. The prize is “the first award of its kind to recognise and affirm new adult fiction as an established space for books,” and the list “showcases some of the best writing in fantasy, romance and contemporary literary fiction.”

Other shortlisted titles of genre interest include:

• Sorcery and Small Magics,

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced the inaugural online Quasar Conference, taking place November 15 and 16, 2025: A “weekend of panels, workshops, seminars, office hours, and special presentations dedicated to professional and professionalizing writers in speculative fiction.” Admission to Quasar was included in the cost of the 2025 Nebula Conference membership. For those who did not attend the conference, the early-bird sign-up rate for the ... Read More

Clarion West‘s nine-month online Novel Writing Workshop is open for applications for its 2026 year. Karen Lord will be the instructor. The workshop will include class sessions, office hours, one-on-one meetings, and guest lectures.

The workshop will be held virtually from March 9 to November 23, 2026. Applications are open from October 13 to November 13, 2025. The supporting tuition is $3,200 and the Helping Hands tuition for those in ... Read More

The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust has announced Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) as the winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, awarding a $25,000 cash prize “to the author of a book that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.”

The selection panel, including Matt Bell, Indrapramit Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse said the book

funnels genre, ... Read More

The winner of the 2024 Endeavour Award has been announced. The award recognizes “a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.”

• WINNER: Relics of Ruin, Erin M. Evans (Orbit)

• The Rain Artist, Claire Rudy Foster (Moonstruck)
• Tidal Creatures, Seanan McGuire (Tor)
• Better Living Through Alchemy, Evan J. Peterson (Broken Eye)
• Heavenbreaker, Sara

The winners of the 2025 Galaxy Awards for Chinese science fiction were presented at the Galaxy Awards in Chengdu, China on September 19, 2025. Thank you to SFW for providing the winners list.

Best Novel

• Golden Peach, Yang Wanqing (Sichuan Science and Technology)

Best Novella

• Assassinating a Mathematician, Zhu Boqing
• Draw the Blind Boxs of Memory, Night X
• Abscond at Night, Qin Xueli

Best Novelette

• This

Dragon Con was held at multiple hotels and AmericasMart in downtown At­lanta GA from August 28 – September 1, 2025.

The Dragon Awards ceremony was held Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (see page six for the winners.) Primarily a fan-focused event with massive attendance, Dragon Con offered sev­eral tracks of interest to SFF industry profes­sionals. Panels included ‘‘A Master Class: The Importance of Research in Historical Fiction’’ with Elizabeth Bear, Charlaine ... Read More

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the results of the election for its open officers’ positions. Lisa (L. Marie) Wood was re-elected Vice President. Marc Abbot was re-elected for the role of Treasurer. Sèphera Girón was newly elected to the Board of Trustees, along with re-elected Trustees Lisa Kröger, Brian Matthews, and Patrick Barb.

The Election Committee included RJ Joseph, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Victoria Nations. The Ballot Master

The 2025 National Translation Awards Shortlist, honoring “literary translators who have made an outstanding contribution to literature in English,” have been announced.

Shortlisted titles and authors of genre interest include The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated by Ranya Abdelrahman & Sawad Hussain (Restless) and Melvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden (Open Letter), shortlisted in the Prose category; and Document Shredding Museum by Afrizal Malna, translated by ... Read More

The winner, finalists, and honorable mentions for the 2025 Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction have been announced on social media.

The winner is “The Smogline” by Zohaib Bilal. Finalists are “Threadbare Soul” by Amna Ahmad and “The Calligrapher of the Forgotten” by Fariah Ansari. Honorable mentions are “Before the End” by Zoya Surayya Ansari and “The Weight of Water” by Sarah Imran.

The Salam Award, “a short story award to ... Read More

After a recent lung transplant procedure, 76-year-old SF au­thor JEFFREY A. CARVER suffered multiple strokes and is in a coma.

SARAH PINSKER is now represented by Kate McKean at Morhaim Literary Agency.

ROXANE GAY is the recipient of the National Book Founda­tion’s 2025 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, to be presented at the National Book Awards Ceremony on No­vember 19, 2025.

ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association has announced the winners of its annual prize for poetry. Poems were judged in three categories, listed below.

Dwarf Form (10 or fewer lines):

• WINNER: “Down in the Valley”, Kate Boyes

• Second Place: “Untitled”, F.J. Bergmann
• Third Place: “In Praise of Afro-Cosmicism”, Joy Donnell
• Honorable Mention: “After Dark”, F.J. Bergmann

Short Form (10 to 50 lines):

• WINNER: “Feeding Their Daughters”, Helen Patrice

• Second

The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2025 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre.”

Outstanding Novel: Adult

• WINNER: The Sentence, Gautam Bhatia (Westland IF)

• Metal from Heaven, August Clarke (Erewhon)
• Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson

2025 marked the first time that the World Science Fiction Society Business Meeting was held online. The four meetings held throughout July using the virtual meeting platform, along with the in-person Site Selection Business Meeting held during the main Worldcon dates, considered 48 total items of business (including nine items passed on from last year’s Worldcon in Glasgow), nearing the record 50 items of business from the previous year. Average ... Read More

Canadian SF magazine On Spec is closing after 35 years. December’s issue #134 will be the last. Managing editor Diane Walton explained in an editorial to issue #133:

Earlier this year, I announced that I’d be retiring and leaving On Spec at the end of December, and my final issue as Managing Editor would be VOL 35 No 4.  After much soul-searching, and discussion with the rest of our editorial ... Read More

Winners for the 2025 Geffen Awards for best science fiction and fantasy published in Hebrew were announced by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy at Icon, held October 8-10, 2025 in Tel Aviv Israel.

Best Translated Fantasy Book

• The Others: Written in Red, Murder of Crows, Anne Bishop, translated by Dorit Tamir, Adela Hahamy (Alma)

Best Translated Science Fiction Book

• The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin, translated

ConCurrent was a one-day event created by Mia Tsai in response to Worldcon Seattle’s use of ChatGPT in panelist vetting: “We firmly believe there is no place for genAI when it has been used to steal from artists and has a devastating impact upon the environment.”

The event was free to attend and financed via crowdfunding. It took place within walking distance of Worldcon’s venue, at the Union Arts Center ... Read More