Philip K. Dick Award

2002 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced

April 18, 2003

For Immediate Release

The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society was pleased to announce Friday at Norwescon 26, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2002 in the U.S.A. is:

THE MOUNT by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press)

Special citation was given to:

THE SCAR by China Miéville (Del Rey Books)

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. The 2002 judges were Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Michael Blumlein, Nalo Hopkinson (chair), Donna McMahon, Lois Tilton.

The 2003 judges are Stephen L. Burns, Suzy McKee Charnas, Craig Jacobsen, Richard Parks, Janine Ellen Young

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

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2002 Philip K. Dick Awards to Be Presented at Norwescon 26

The 2002 Philip K. Dick Awards will be presented April 18th at a ceremony at Norwescon 26 at the Doubletree in Seatac, Washington. The award ceremony, from 7 - 8:30 PM, includes a dessert buffet and reception for the nominees, readings from each of the nominated works, and the presentation of certificates and checks to the winners of the award and the special citation.

Nominees

The Mount by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press)
Report to the Men’s Club by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press)
Maximum Ice by Kay Kenyon (Bantam Spectra)
Warchild by Karin Lowachee (Warner Aspect)
The Scar by China Miéville (Del Rey)
Empire of Bones by Liz Williams (Bantam Spectra)
Leviathan Three edited by Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, eds. (The Ministry of Whimsy)

Judges: Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard, Michael Blumlein, Nalo Hopkinson (chair), Donna McMahon, Lois Tilton

Administrators: David G. Hartwell, Gordon Van Gelder
Sponsoring organization: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society
Sponsoring Convention: Norwescon