Philip K. Dick Award

2025 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

April 28, 2025

 

For Immediate Release

 

 

Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

 

The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the United States in the 2025 award year are:

 

                             Jim Aikin

                             1308 Hillcrest Avenue

                             Livermore CA 94550-4925

                             .epub files to [email protected]

 

                             Kim Antieau

                             945 N Javalina Place

                             Tucson AZ 85748-2084

                             print copies only

 

                             J. D. Goff

                             11697 Allendale Drive

                             Falcon CO 80831-6812

                             .epub or .pdf files to [email protected]

 

                             Abbey Mei Otis

                             5046 Locust Street

                             Philadelphia PA 19139-4235

                             .epub files to [email protected]

 

                             Lisa Swanstrom

                             2981 E 2965 S

                             Salt Lake City, UT 84109-2132

                             .epub files to [email protected]

 

 

 

Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2025 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 United States as paperbacks during the year 2024 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2026.

 

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 the Northwest Science Fiction Society. The 2025 award for work published in 2024 was given to TIME’S AGENT by Brenda Peynado (Tordotcom) with a special citation to ALIEN CLAY by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit).

 

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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2025 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced

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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