Carl Brandon Society Awards

Carl Brandon Society
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Awards

The Carl Brandon Parallax Award is given to works of speculative fiction created by a self-identified person of color. 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 2012 by filling out the nominations form (opens a new window). The nominations period will run through at least March of 2013.

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When considering works to nominate, keep in mind that by speculative fiction, we mean science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, or any works that incorporate elements of these and related genres. Works do not have to be marketed as science fiction to be eligible for these awards. We welcome graphic novels for consideration.

The winners of the 2011 awards will be announced in 2013.

Carl Brandon Society Award Winners

**2010**
The winners of the 2010 Carl Brandon Society awards are Karen Lord, who received the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for her novel Redemption in Indigo, and Nnedi Okorafor, who received the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for her novel Who Fears Death.
Honors: N.K. Jemisin for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Anil Menon for The Beast with Nine Billion Feet Charles Yu for "Standard Loneliness Package"
The 2010 Carl Brandon Awards will be presented at Worldcon in Chicago, August 30 - September 12, 2012. The jury statements and full nominations list will be published at that time.

**2009**
The winners of the 2009 Carl Brandon Society awards are Hiromi Goto, who received the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for her novel Half World, and Justine Larbalestier, who received the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for her novel Liar.

**2008**
The winners of the 2008 Carl Brandon Society awards are Vandana Singh, who received the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for her novella Distances, and Tananarive Due, who received the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for her story "Ghost Summer" from the anthology The Ancestors.

**2007**
The winners of the 2007 Carl Brandon Society awards are Nnedi Okorafor, who received the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for her novel The Shadow Speaker, and Minister Faust, who received the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for his novel From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain.

**2006**
Andrea Hairston is the winner of the 2006 Carl Brandon Parallax Award for her novel, Mindscape. No Kindred Award will be given for 2006.

**2005**
The winners of the 2005* Carl Brandon Society awards are Walter Mosley, who received the Carl Brandon Parallax award for his novel 47 and Susan Vaught, who received the Carl Brandon Kindred award for her novel Stormwitch. note, the Awards are now named for the year they were published. The Awards for 47 and Stormwitch* were originally called the 2006 Awards.
Press release for the first Carl Brandon Society Awards 2005 Awards Recommended Reading Lists and Comments 2005 Awards Brochure [pdf] Press release for the 2005 Carl Brandon Society Awards ceremony