Norwescon 28 March 24th - 27th, 2005. DoubleTree Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington.

Norwescon is proud to sponsor and host the 2004 Philip K. Dick Award Ceremony. The ceremony marks the 23nd year that the Philip K. Dick Award will be presented.

Award Nominees Announced
Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

For Immediate Release

January 10, 2005

2004 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

The judges of the 2004 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society are pleased to announce seven nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:

	THE COYOTE KINGS OF THE SPACE-AGE BACHELOR PAD by Minister Faust (Del Rey)
	STABLE STRATEGIES AND OTHERS by Eileen Gunn (Tachyon Publications)
	LIFE by Gwyneth Jones (Aqueduct Press)
	APOCALYPSE ARRAY by Lyda Morehouse (Roc)
	AIR by Geoff Ryman (St. Martin's Griffin)
	CITY OF PEARL by Karen Traviss (Eos)
	BANNER OF SOULS by Liz Williams (Bantam Spectra)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, March 25, 2004 at Norwescon 28 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 ALTERED CARBON by Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey) with a special citation to DANTE'S EQUATION by Jane Jensen (Del Rey). The 2004 judges are Arthur Byron Cover, Karin Lowachee, Syne Mitchell, James Van Pelt, and Sherryl Vint (chair).

For more information, contact the award administration:

David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545.
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:

Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 563-2511

For more information about Norwescon: http://www.norwescon.org/:

Contact NorthWest SF Society: (360) 438-0871

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2005 Philip K. Dick Award Judges Announced

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February 12, 2005

The five Philip K. Dick Award judges for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the U.S.A. in the 2005 award year are:

Charles Coleman Finlay 2999 Neil Ave. #50A Columbus, OH 43202-2061

Kay Kenyon 1219 Orchard Avenue Wenatchee, WA 98801-1948

Robert A. Metzger 109 Turtleback Crossing Dr. Chapel Hill, NC 27516-4334

Lyda Morehouse 445 North Wheeler St. St. Paul, MN 55104-3622

Graham J. Murphy 49 Deerpark Crescent Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 3M4 Canada

Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2005 are encouraged to provide copies to each of the judges as the books are published during the year. (All works of science fiction published originally in the US as paperbacks during the year 2005 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January, 2006. The Philip K. Dick Awards ceremony will be held in Seattle at Norwescon in March 2006.

The Philip K. Dick Award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. The sponsoring convention in Norwescon (the Northwest Science Fiction Society). The 2003 award was given to ALTERED CARBON by Richard K. Morgan (published by Del Rey Books). and a special citation was awarded to DANTE'S EQUATION by Jane Jensen (published by Del Rey Books). The 2004 awards will be announced at Norwescon 28 on March 25, 2005.

For more information, contact the award administration:
David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:
Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 563-2511

For more information about Norwescon: http://www.norwescon.org/:

Contact NorthWest SF Society: (360) 438-0871

http://www.philipkdickaward.org