April 18, 2025
For Immediate Release
2025 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced
It was announced on Friday, April 18, 2025 at Norwescon 47 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2024 in the U.S.A. is:
TIME’S AGENT by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom)
Special citation was given to:
ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by Norwescon. The 2024 award was given to THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) with a special citation to THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House).
Judges for the 2025 award were Maurice Broaddus, C. S. Friedman, Rajan Khanna, Carol McGuirk, and Carrie Vaughn (chair).
This year’s judges are Jim Aikin, Kim Antieau, J. D. Goff, Abbey Mei Otis, and Lisa Swanstrom.
The virtual award ceremony can be found online at:
https://www.norwescon.org/con/p-k-dick-award/
For more information, contact the award administration:
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack [email protected]
Pat LoBrutto [email protected]
For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society: http://www.psfs.org/
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752
For more information about Norwescon: http://www.norwescon.org/
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