Author: Carl Brandon Society

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Contact: Nisi Shawl

Companion Book to Acclaimed Writing and Diversity Workshop Now in Print

Writing the Other: A Practical Approach by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward is now available from Aqueduct Press for $9 U.S. a copy. Based on the acclaimed “Writing the Other” workshop, this book includes essays and exercises that help authors create believable characters with diverse backgrounds. Race, religion, and age are among the differences covered in the book’s hands-on approach.

An excerpt from Shawl’s forthcoming novel The Blazing World illustrates Writing the Other’s concepts and techniques.

Writing the Other: A Practical Approach (ISBN 1-933500-00-X) can be ordered via your local bookstore, or online.

Read details about the book..

More about the “Writing the Other” workshop, and student testimonials.

Nisi Shawl’s stories have appeared in Asimov’s SF Magazine, Strange Horizons, and the groundbreaking Dark Matter anthology series. A guest lecturer at Stanford University and a frequent contributor to The Seattle Times, she’s the Clarion West Writers Workshop Diversity/Outreach Coordinator and co-founder of the Carl Brandon Society, a group focusing on people of color in speculative and fantastic fiction.

Cynthia Ward is the author of over 30 professionally published short stories She writes the Science Fiction Writers of America Bulletin’s Market Report, and reviews books and movies for several magazines and websites.

Please contact Nisi Shawl with any further questions.

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

For Immediate Release

2005 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

The judges of the 2005 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society are pleased to announce six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:

COWL by Neal Asher (Tor Books)

WAR SURF by M. M. Buckner (Ace Books)

CAGEBIRD by Karin Lowachee (Warner Aspect)

NATURAL HISTORY by Justina Robson (Bantam Spectra)

SILVER SCREEN by Justina Robson (Pyr Books)

TO CRUSH THE MOON by Wil McCarthy (Bantam Spectra)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 14, 2006 at Norwescon 29 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac, Washington.

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually 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. Last year’s winner was LIFE by Gwyneth Jones (Aqueduct Press) with a special citation to APOCALYPSE ARRAY by Lyda Morehouse (Roc). The 2005 judges are Charles Coleman Finlay, Kay Kenyon, Robert Metzger, Lyda Morehouse, and Graham Murphy (chair).