Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Alleged Haunting of B_____ House now live
The Shirley Jackson Awards online auction of a rare book to benefit the award is now live. Peter Schneider has kindly donated a first edition of the 1899 publication of The Alleged Haunting of B----- House.
Persons may bid on this item from Tuesday, April 21 through midnight on Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Good luck
Persons may bid on this item from Tuesday, April 21 through midnight on Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Good luck
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Nominees Announced for the 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards
Boston, MA (April 2009) -- In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards will be given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.
The nominees for the 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards are:
NOVEL
Alive in Necropolis, Doug Dorst (Riverhead Hardcover)
The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem (Wizards of the Coast Discoveries)Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
The Resurrectionist, Jack O'Connell (Algonquin Books)
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (William Morrow)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
NOVELLA
Disquiet, Julia Leigh, (Penguin/ Hamish Hamilton)
“Dormitory,” Yoko Ogawa (The Diving Pool, Picador)
Living With the Dead, Darrell Schweitzer (PS Publishing)
The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti, Stephen Graham Jones (Chiasmus Press)
“N,” Stephen King, (Just After Sunset, Scribner)
NOVELETTE
“Hunger Moon,” Deborah Noyes (The Ghosts of Kerfol, Candlewick Press)
“The Lagerstatte,” Laird Barron (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ballantine Books/Del Rey)
“Penguins of the Apocalypse,” William Browning Spencer (Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy, Subterranean Press)
“Pride and Prometheus,” John Kessel (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2008)
The Situation, Jeff Vandermeer (PS Publishing)
SHORT STORY
“68° 07’ 15”N, 31° 36’ 44”W," Conrad Williams (Fast Ships, Black Sails, Night Shade Books)
“The Dinner Party,” Joshua Ferris (The New Yorker, August 11, 2008)
“Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account,” M. Rickert (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2008)
“The Inner City,” Karen Heuler (Cemetery Dance #58, 2008)
“Intertropical Convergence Zone,” Nadia Bulkin (ChiZine, Issue 37, 2008)
“The Pile,” Michael Bishop (Subterranean Online, Winter 2008)
COLLECTION
A Better Angel, Chris Adrian (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
Dangerous Laughter, Steven Millhauser (Knopf)
The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa (Picador)
The Girl on the Fridge, Etgar Keret (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
Just After Sunset, Stephen King (Scribner)Wild Nights!, Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco)
ANTHOLOGY
Bound for Evil, edited by Tom English (Dead Letter Press)
Exotic Gothic 2: New Tales of Taboo, edited by Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press)
Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (Night Shade Books)
The New Uncanny, edited by Sarah Eyre and Ra Page (Comma Press)
Shades of Darkness, edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden (Ash-Tree Press)
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem has called Jackson “one of this century’s most luminous and strange American writers,” and multiple generations of authors would agree.
The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th 2009, at Readercon 20, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Hand, Readercon Guest of Honor, and author of Generation Loss, which won the 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for “Best Novel”, will act as host.
Websites: ShirleyJacksonAwards.org Readercon.org
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards will be given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.
The nominees for the 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards are:
NOVEL
Alive in Necropolis, Doug Dorst (Riverhead Hardcover)
The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem (Wizards of the Coast Discoveries)Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
The Resurrectionist, Jack O'Connell (Algonquin Books)
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (William Morrow)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
NOVELLA
Disquiet, Julia Leigh, (Penguin/ Hamish Hamilton)
“Dormitory,” Yoko Ogawa (The Diving Pool, Picador)
Living With the Dead, Darrell Schweitzer (PS Publishing)
The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti, Stephen Graham Jones (Chiasmus Press)
“N,” Stephen King, (Just After Sunset, Scribner)
NOVELETTE
“Hunger Moon,” Deborah Noyes (The Ghosts of Kerfol, Candlewick Press)
“The Lagerstatte,” Laird Barron (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ballantine Books/Del Rey)
“Penguins of the Apocalypse,” William Browning Spencer (Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy, Subterranean Press)
“Pride and Prometheus,” John Kessel (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2008)
The Situation, Jeff Vandermeer (PS Publishing)
SHORT STORY
“68° 07’ 15”N, 31° 36’ 44”W," Conrad Williams (Fast Ships, Black Sails, Night Shade Books)
“The Dinner Party,” Joshua Ferris (The New Yorker, August 11, 2008)
“Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account,” M. Rickert (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2008)
“The Inner City,” Karen Heuler (Cemetery Dance #58, 2008)
“Intertropical Convergence Zone,” Nadia Bulkin (ChiZine, Issue 37, 2008)
“The Pile,” Michael Bishop (Subterranean Online, Winter 2008)
COLLECTION
A Better Angel, Chris Adrian (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
Dangerous Laughter, Steven Millhauser (Knopf)
The Diving Pool, Yoko Ogawa (Picador)
The Girl on the Fridge, Etgar Keret (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
Just After Sunset, Stephen King (Scribner)Wild Nights!, Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco)
ANTHOLOGY
Bound for Evil, edited by Tom English (Dead Letter Press)
Exotic Gothic 2: New Tales of Taboo, edited by Danel Olson (Ash-Tree Press)
Fast Ships, Black Sails, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (Night Shade Books)
The New Uncanny, edited by Sarah Eyre and Ra Page (Comma Press)
Shades of Darkness, edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden (Ash-Tree Press)
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem has called Jackson “one of this century’s most luminous and strange American writers,” and multiple generations of authors would agree.
The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th 2009, at Readercon 20, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Hand, Readercon Guest of Honor, and author of Generation Loss, which won the 2007 Shirley Jackson Award for “Best Novel”, will act as host.
Websites: ShirleyJacksonAwards.org Readercon.org
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Readercon to host the 2008 award Ceremony
Readercon to host ceremony for The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards
Boston, MA (April 2009) -- The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th 2009, at Readercon 20, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards will be given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem has called Jackson “one of this century’s most luminous and strange American writers,” and multiple generations of authors would agree.
Nominees for The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards will be announced later in April.
Website: ShirleyJacksonAwards.org
Readercon.org
Boston, MA (April 2009) -- The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th 2009, at Readercon 20, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors. The awards will be given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories: Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem has called Jackson “one of this century’s most luminous and strange American writers,” and multiple generations of authors would agree.
Nominees for The 2008 Shirley Jackson Awards will be announced later in April.
Website: ShirleyJacksonAwards.org
Readercon.org
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Fundraiser "Lottery" a Success for the Shirley Jackson Awards
Boston, MA (February 2009) – The Shirley Jackson Awards online raffle, or “lottery,” was an overwhelming success. Fifty-seven individuals from across the United States, and from Canada, England, and Germany, were selected as winners for an array of donated prizes from well-known authors, editors, artists, and agents.
The Board of Advisors and jurors thank all of the donors and ticket buyers for their tremendous support and generosity. All proceeds go to support the administration of The Shirley Jackson Awards.
The full list of winners can be found online.
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem has called Jackson “one of this century’s most luminous and strange American writers,” and multiple generations of authors would agree.
The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th 2009, at Readercon 20, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.
www.shirleyjacksonawards.org
The Board of Advisors and jurors thank all of the donors and ticket buyers for their tremendous support and generosity. All proceeds go to support the administration of The Shirley Jackson Awards.
The full list of winners can be found online.
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.” Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem has called Jackson “one of this century’s most luminous and strange American writers,” and multiple generations of authors would agree.
The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 12th 2009, at Readercon 20, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.
www.shirleyjacksonawards.org
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Fundraiser Winners Annoucned!
The Shirley Jackson Awards is excited to announce the winners of our fundraiser “lottery.” We wish to thank everyone for supporting the Awards, and we wish to give a very special thank you to all the prize donors. Winners are listed below by name, city, country, and order number. The prize donors will contact the winners by email to arrange for shipment.
Now, on to the winners!
Signed copies of TAKE NO PRISONERS & DRAGONS OF MANHATTAN (SIGNDPBARNETT):
Roy Anati of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 67
Limited edition of David Drake’s BALEFIRES (BKNIGHTSHADE3):
William Lindblad of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 208
The Arthurian Tarot donated by Jody Rose (TAROTJROSE):
Linda Addison of Bronx, New York, United States
Order ID: 172
THE DEVILS IN THE DETAILS signed by James Blaylock & Tim Powers (SIGNDBLAYLOCKPWRS):
Bethany Herron of Oakland, California, United States
Order ID: 3
Signed copy of IN FOR A PENNY by James Blaylock (SIGNDBLAYLOCK2):
Bethany Herron of Oakland, California, United States
Order ID: 3
Editorial evaluation of a novel proposal by John Douglas (CRITJDOUGLAS):
Lydia Ondrusek of Richardson, Texas, United States
Order ID: 128
Novel manuscript critique by Stephen Barbara (CRITSBARBARA):
Christine Nguyen of Cupertino, California, United States
Order ID: 165
Personally inscribed keyboard from Neil Gaiman (SIGNDKYBDNGAIMAN):
Alison Campbell-Wise of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 13
Personally inscribed keyboard from Jeff Ford (SIGNDKYBDJFORD):
Chris McLaren of Hubley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Order ID: 85
More than a Tuckerization from Nick Mamatas (TUCKNMAMATAS):
Nick Kaufmann of Brooklyn, New York, United States
Order ID: 107
Tuckerization by Richard Bowes (TUCKRBOWES):
Chris McLaren of Hubley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Order ID: 85
Signed copy of ALCHEMY OF STONE and gift from Ekaterina Sedia (SIGNDBKESEDIA):
Alexandra Reddick of Denver, Colorado, United States
Order ID: 37
Copy of PAPER CITIES & a subscription to SYBIL’S GARAGE (BKMAGMKRESSEL):
Brian Chandler of Poteau, Oklahoma, United States
Order ID: 49
Signed and numbered edition of John Clute’s THE DARKENING GARDEN (SIGNDJCLUTE):
Eric Anderson of Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Order ID: 89
Limited edition version of Laird Barron’s THE IMAGO SEQUENCE (BKNIGHTSHADE1):
Geoffrey Goodwin of Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 180
Manuscript critique of a short story by Sarah Langan (CRITSLANGAN):
Stacey Friedberg of Short Hills, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 112
Signed copy of Cherie Priest’s novel DREADFUL SKIN (NVLCPRIEST):
Dan Pietrasik of Milpitas, California, United States
Order ID: 31
Signed, numbered limited edition of COSMOCOPIA, Paul DiFilippo (SIGNDPDIFILLIPO):
Bill Hendee of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 15
Signed afterword to the novel HIDE AND SEEK by Jack Ketchum (SIGNDJKETCHUM):
Matt Schwartz of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 94
Signed, numbered ed:AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY (SIGNDNGRIFFITH):
Lisa Eckstein of Santa Clara, California, United States
Order ID: 87
Personally inscribed: THE CHAINS THAT YOU REFUSE, Elizabeth Bear (SIGNDBKEBEAR):
Alison Campbell-Wise of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Order ID: 13
Signed copy of THE IMAGO SEQUENCE & a new story by Laird Barron (SIGNDLBARRON):
William Lindblad of Plano, Texas, United States
Order ID: 208
Limited edition of Tim Lebbon’s WHITE AND OTHER TALES OF RUIN (BKNIGHTSHADE2):
Jody Rose of North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Order ID: 14
Personally inscribed galley of THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay (SIGNDGALLEYPTREMBLAY):
Nicholas Curtis of New Paltz, New York, United States
Order ID: 65
Signed copy of Gahan Wilson’s The Cleft and Other Odd Tales (SIGNDBKGWILSON):
Robert Brouhard of Salem, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 61
Signed copy of Cherie Priest’s novel NOT FLESH NOR FEATHERS (NVLCPRIEST2):
Chris McLaren of Hubley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Order ID: 85
Signed copy of the VAMPYRICON trilogy by Douglas Clegg (BKDCLEGG):
Michael Cieslak of Ferndale, Michigan, United States
Order ID: 72
Critique or tuckerization by Ekaterina Sedia (CRITESEDIA):
Mark Huenken of Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Order ID: 81
Tuckerization by Laura Anne Gilman (TUCKLAGILMAN):
Mary Robinette Kowal of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 113
Three collections by Sheridan Le Fanu, from Ash Tree Press (BOOKLEFANU):
Paul Edson of Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Order ID: 55
Advance copy of Elizabeth Hand’s WONDERWALL (GLLYEHAND):
Lisa Morton of North Hollywood, California, United States
Order ID: 18
Inscribed copies of two essay collections by Michael Dirda (SIGNDMDIRDA):
Edward Jacknitsky of Georgetown, Texas, United States
Order ID: 150
Manuscript critique by Alice Turner (CRITATURNER):
M. M. De Voe of NEW YORK, New York, United States
Order ID: 136
Signed copy of THIRTEEN PHANTASMS by James Blaylock (SIGNDBLAYLOCK1):
Carla Morales of Bronx, New York, United States
Order ID: 48
Novel submission materials critique by Beth Fleisher (CRITBFLEISHER):
Jason Gruber of Homewood, Alabama, United States
Order ID: 130
Carnivorous plant terrarium (PLNTPRIDDELL):
Paul Walther of Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
Order ID: 116
Signed copy of an unproduced screenplay by Stewart O’Nan (SCRPLAYSONAN):
Kristi Petersen Schoonover of Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Order ID: 141
Slip of Paper with Black Spot (BLACKSLIP):
Melissa Higuchi of San Francisco, California, United States
Order ID: 25
A reading copy of THE SKYLARK, Part 1, by Peter Straub (MSCRIPTPSTRAUB):
John Harvey of Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Order ID: 167
Manuscript critique by Helen Atsma (CRITHATSMA):
M. M. De Voe of NEW YORK, New York, United States
Order ID: 136
Graphic novel or comics critque by Chris Claremont (CRITCCLAREMONT):
Karin Huehold of Redwood Meadows, Alberta, Canada
Order ID: 111
NC Literary Review SciFi & Fantasy issue, signed by F. Brett Cox (SIGNDMAGFBCOX):
Geoffrey Goodwin of Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Order ID: 180
Signed copy of THE LIVING DEAD and WASTELANDS (SIGNDJJA):
David J Corwell of Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Order ID: 74
Signed John Langan’s MR. GAUNT AND OTHER UNEASY ENCOUNTERS (SIGNDJLANGAN):
Barbara Roden of Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada
Order ID: 39
Payseur & Schmidt Ephemera (EPHEMERA):
Matthew Betts of Columbus, Ohio, United States
Order ID: 181
Manuscript critique by Don D’Auria of Leisure Books (CRITDDAURIA):
Monica ORourke of Astoria, New York, United States
Order ID: 189
Nonworking laptop from Brian Keene (LPTPBKEENE):
Mark Sylva of Blacklick, Ohio, United States
Order ID: 47
Signed galley from Brian Keene of his forthcoming novel, SCRATCH (SIGNDPRFBKEENE):
Dave Perie of Santa Cruz, California, United States
Order ID: 126
Signed bound proof from Brett Savory of his novel IN AND DOWN (SIGNDBKBSAVORY):
Robert Brouhard of Salem, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 61
CROSSROADS, signed by editors F. Brett Cox and Andy Duncan (SIGNDBKBCOXADUNCAN):
John Harvey of Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Order ID: 167
Signed, recent limited edition novella by David Niall Wilson (SIGNEDDNWILSON):
Michael Cieslak of Ferndale, Michigan, United States
Order ID: 72
Caitl?n R. Kiernan signed paperback set (SIGNDKIERNAN):
Allyson Bird of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Order ID: 146
Signed, afterword to the novel ONLY CHILD, by Jack Ketchum (SIGNDJKETCHUM2):
Matt Schwartz of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 94
Signed SPARKS AND SHADOWS & LAUGHING BOY’S SHADOW (SIGNDHWPRESS):
Robert Brouhard of Salem, Oregon, United States
Order ID: 102
Early draft of Mary Robinette Kowal’s forthcoming first novel (ROBINETTEMSS):
Mark Huenken of Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Order ID: 171
Signed afterword, Jack Ketchum: TALES FROM A DARKER STATE antho (SIGNDJKETCHUM3):
Devin Poore of Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Order ID: 161
Signed Screenplay of Scott Nicholson’s “Appalachian Haunting” (SIGNDSNICHOLSON):
Paul Berger of New York, New York, United States
Order ID: 200
Monday, February 9, 2009
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