Awards

The Carl Brandon Parallax Award is given to works of speculative fiction created by a person of color. Nominees must provide a brief statement self-identifying as a person of color; creators unwilling to do so will not be considered for this award. This Award includes a $1000 cash prize.

The Carl Brandon Kindred Award is given to any work of speculative fiction dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; nominees may be of any racial or ethnic group. This Award includes a $1000 cash prize.

Nominate works published in 2008 by filling out the nominations form (opens new window). The nominations period runs from June 22, 2009 through July 31, 2009.

The Awards for books published in 2006 and 2007 are currently under jury consideration. We will announce the winners in 2009.

 *note, the Awards are now named for the year they were published. The Awards for 47 and Stormwitch were originally called the 2006 Awards.