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The Arthur C. Clarke Award
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The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain. It is becoming recognised as one of the most prestigious science fiction awards in the world, the equivalent of the Booker Prize. It is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year. The Award is chosen by jury.
The Award was established with a generous grant from Arthur C. Clarke with the intention of encouraging science fiction in Britain. The Award was set up in 1986 and the first winner was announced in 1987.
The award consists of an inscribed plaque in the form of a bookend, and a check the amount of which is equal to year of the award.
2010 Arthur C. Clarke List
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Selection Process
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is judged by a jury which consists of five judges, two representatives each of the BSFA and the Science Fiction Foundation, and one representative of the Science Museum. The panel of judges changes every year.
Since the Award was established in 1986, many of the most distinguished writers, critics and fans involved with science fiction in this country have acted as judges.
Among those who have judged the award are Arthur C. Clarke Award winners Gwyneth Jones, Geoff Ryman and Paul McAuley, distinguished authors Mary Gentle, John Gribbin, Neil Gaiman, David Langford, Kim Newman, Lisa Tuttle and Ian Watson, and critics John Clute editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, David Pringle former editor of Interzone, Edward James former editor of Foundation, Farah Mendlesohn current editor of Foundation, Andy Sawyer administrator of the Science Fiction Foundation, Maureen Speller former administrator of the British Science Fiction Association, Maggie McDonald review editor of New Scientist, Dr David Seed of Liverpool University and author of books on Thomas Pynchon among others, Maurice Goldsmith author of numerous books on science and scientists and Roz Kaveney contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and numerous other journals.
The chairman of the judges and administrator of the Award is Paul Kincaid, author of What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction, and contributor of reviews and articles to numerous books and journals.
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Arthur C. Clarke Award in Blogs
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Photos by Kevin Nixon (Future Publishing). Tom Hunter is administrator of the Arthur C Clarke Award. The official website of the Award can be found here. Look out for more photographs and details in issue 197 of SFX. See you next year! ... - 2010 Arthur C Clarke Award Submissions « Torque Control
So there you are: the 41 books in contention for this year's Arthur C Clarke Award. (The Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt was also submitted, but ineligible due to SF Crowsnest's association with the award. ... - The 2010 Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist
Among the six nominees for this year's Arthur C Clarke Award there are two previous winners, and two first-timers; four Brits and five men. Two of the novels also appear on this year's BSFA Best Novel Award shortlist. ... - 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist: Jones, Mieville, Roberts ...
The judging panel for the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award are Chris Hill and Jon Courtenay Grimwood for the British Science Fiction Association, Francis Spufford and Rhiannon Lassiter for the Science Fiction Foundation and Paul Skevington ... - 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award finalists announced | Blastr
Ian R. MacLeod, Paul McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Stephenson, Sheri S. Tepper and Mark Wernham are the six authors shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009, the prestigious U.K. prize for science fiction literature. ... - Walker of Worlds: Arthur C Clarke Award Winner | The City and The ...
Arthur C Clarke Award Winner | The City and The City, but is it Science Fiction? The Arthur C Clarke Awards have taken place this evening and the winner announced: The City and The City by China Miéville (Pan Macmillan). ... - China Mieville wins Arthur C. Clarke Award
Sweet news because I'm reading Mieville's Kraken right now! One of my favorite writers took home another Arthur C. Clarke Award, getting the nod over a field that included Gwyneth Jones, Kim Stanley Robinson, Adam Roberts, Chris Wooding ... - Eve's Alexandria: The Arthur C Clarke Award, 2010: Shortlist
My turn to get all excited about a bookish award! The shortlist for this year's Arthur C Clarke Award has been announced, and it looks like this: Gwyneth Jones - Spirit China Mieville - The City & the City Adam... - Pete Worden Receives Arthur C. Clarke Award
NASA Ames Center Director Receives Arthur C. Clarke Award. "The director of NASA's Ames Research Center, S. Pete Worden, was recognized Tuesday by The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation for his leadership in space exploration. ... - China Mieville accepts AC Clarke Award
We're all very excited that China Mieville has won his third Arthur C. Clarke Award. Here's his brief acceptance speech. Congratulations to all the nominees, and special shout out to Del Rey/Spectra's other two nominess on the list, ...
