Carl Brandon Society

February 25, 2009May 21, 2015

“Science Fiction, Globalization, and the People’s Republic of China,” by Lavie Tidhar

On visiting China in the summer of 2000 I was surprised at the complexity and determination I found in the SF field. Structures were forming that I would not have expected to see outside the US-UK axis, paralleling to a surprising degree the field’s development in the West.

See also the mini-Chinese SF profile as part of the report on the 2007 Chinese SF conference within the 2007 autumnal newscast:

Today much Chinese SF is published by popular science publishing houses and SF authors tend to belong to a science writers association rather than a writers association.

February 25, 2009May 21, 2015

Jamaica Gleaner report on University of the West Indies speculative fiction symposium

Poet and journalist Mel Cooke reports on the readings portion of the speculative fiction symposium recently held at the Mona, Jamaica campus of the University of the West Indies:

The physical gathering was very small but the readings at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts on Sunday morning were a gateway to other worlds and their inhabitants – wondrous or horrific.

February 25, 2009May 21, 2015

IMAGINE: Toronto, Canada multicultural SF/F contest for kids

Press Release: NEW!!

February 26, 2009

IMAGINE Launches Poster Art Contest for grade 5 students!
In response to demand from Toronto school students, Visions of Science Network for Learning (VoSNL) is expanding the IMAGINE multicultural Sci-fi/fantasy Poster Art Contest to include grade 5 students.

The IMAGINE Multicultural Sci-fi/fantasy Contest series consists of short story competitions for students in grades 6-12, and a Poster Art Contest for kids from grades 7-9. Executive Director of VoSNL, Francis Jeffers, says the addition of a competition for grade 5 students is one more step in the process of making the competition a world-wide event.

Coordinator of the contest series, Nicole Georges, explains the decision to expand the contest is based on requests from students, parents and teachers. “Every year since the contest debuted in 2006, we’ve had kids from grades 4 and 5 asking to participate, too. So we’re thrilled to finally be able to have them enter the contest and show off their creativity.”

The prize for the winning student of the grade 5 IMAGINE Poster Art Contest will be a supply of Kisko Freezies for his or her class, compliments of Kisko Freezies Inc.

The theme of the grade 5 IMAGINE Poster Art contest is “The Food Chain or Life Cycle on an alien planet.” Young artists should be able to draw the food chain of a planet, incorporating plant, animal or even mechanical or electronic life forms.

The IMAGINE Contest series is sponsored by the Jamaica National Building Society, Kisko Freezies, 3M Canada, The National Film Board of Canada, Bakka Phoenix Science Fiction and Fantasy Bookstore, and the Silver Snail Comic book store.

For rules and information on all competitions in the IMAGINE series, visit the IMAGINE website.