2007 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

For Immediate Release

2007 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the U.S.A. in the 2007 award year are:

Steve  Miller
PO Box 179
Unity ME 04988-0179

Chris Moriarty
c/o Scott Hoffman
Folio Literary Management, LLC
505 8th Avenue, Suite 603
New York, NY 10018

Steven Piziks
8500 Ashton Court
Ypsilanti MI 48198-3614

Randy Schroeder
Department of English
Mount Royal College
4825 Mount Royal Gate S.W.
Calgary, AB  T3E 6K6
CANADA

Ann Tonsor Zeddies
24 Waterview Rd.
West Chester, PA 19380-6384

Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2007 are encouraged to provide copies to each of the judges as the books are published during the year.  (All works of science fiction published originally in the US as paperbacks during the year 2007 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January, 2008.

The Philip K. Dick Award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society.  The sponsoring convention in Norwescon (the Northwest Science Fiction Society).  The 2005 award was given to WAR SURF by M. M. Buckner (published by Ace Books). and a special citation was awarded to NATURAL HISTORY by Justina Robson (published by Bantam Spectra). The 2006 awards will be announced at Norwescon 30 on April 6, 2007.

For more information, contact the award administration:
                        David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545.
                        Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:
                        Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 563-2511

For more information about Norwescon:  http://www.norwescon.org/:
                        Contact NorthWest SF Society: (360) 438-0871