{"id":688,"date":"2010-08-09T23:30:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T03:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2010-08-09T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T03:30:05","slug":"wsfa-announces-the-finalists-for-the-2010-wsfa-small-press-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/wsfa-announces-the-finalists-for-the-2010-wsfa-small-press-award\/","title":{"rendered":"WSFA Announces the Finalists for the 2010 WSFA Small Press Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wsfasmallpressaward.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of the WSFA Small Press Award\" src=\"http:\/\/wsfasmallpressaward.org\/2009\/WSPA_Award_2009_Small.jpg\" title=\"Photo of the WSFA Small Press Award\" width=\"181\" height=\"272\" ALIGN=\"right\" HSPACE=\"8\"><\/A>The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2010 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction (published in 2009)<UL><\/p>\n<p>\u201ceach thing i show you is a piece of my death\u201d by Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer, published in <strong>Clockwork Phoenix 2<\/strong>, edited by Mike Allen, Norilana Books (July 2009).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImages of Anna\u201d by Nancy Kress, published in <em>Fantasy Magazine<\/em>, edited by Cat Rambo (September 2009).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames and the Dark Grimoire\u201d by Kevin Lauderdale, published in <strong>Cthulhu Unbound<\/strong>, edited by Thomas Brannan and John Sunseri, Permuted Press, (March 2009).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRace to the Moon\u201d by Kyell Gold, published in <em>New Fables<\/em>, Summer 2009,\u00a0 edited by Tim Susman, Sofawolf Press\u00a0 (July 2009).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast\u201d by Eugie Foster, published in <em>Interzone<\/em> (January 2009) \/ <em>Apex Magazine<\/em> (August\u00a0 2009), edited by Andy Cox (<em>Interzone<\/em>) \/ Catherynne M. Valente (<em>Apex<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSiren Beat\u201d by Tansy Rayner Roberts, published in <em>Twelfth Planet<\/em>, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (October 2009).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pirate Captain\u2019s Daughter\u201d by Yoon Ha Lee, published in B<em>eneath Ceaseless Skies<\/em>,  Issue #27, 10\/08\/2009, edited Scott H. Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Very Difficult Diwali of Sub-Inspector Gurushankar Rajaram\u201d by Jeff Soesbe, published in <em>DayBreak Magazine<\/em>, edited by Jetse de Vries (October 2009).<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>The award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2009). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.<\/p>\n<p>The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science Fiction Association (<a target=\"_blank: href=\"http:\/\/www.wsfa.org\">www.wsfa.org<\/a>) and will be presented at their annual convention, Capclave (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.capclave.org\">www.capclave.org<\/a>), held this year on October 22-24th in Rockville, Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Science Fiction Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2010 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction (published in 2009) \u201ceach thing i show you is a piece of my death\u201d by Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer, published in Clockwork Phoenix 2, edited by Mike Allen, Norilana Books (July 2009). 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