#philip-k-dick-award — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #philip-k-dick-award, aggregated by home.social.
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Sunward by William Alexander: Book 7 of 2026: Sunward by William Alexander. Fifth Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/02/24/sunward-by-william-alexander
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Congratulations to @ThomasHa, Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whitely, and Caspar Geon, whose #PhilipKDickAward nominated works for this year are also up for BSFA awards!
https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist
Congratulations also to past Philip K. Dick Award nominees and winners and @norwescon guests and panelists who also have BSFA nominated work: @aptshadow, Clare North, Alastair Reynolds, Bethany Jacobs, @seananmcguire, (Mira Grant), Bora Chung, Eugen Bacon, Tade Thompson, @pluralistic, and Simon Morden! (And my apologies if I missed anyone as I was scrolling through the list or didn't find active Fediverse handles!)
Join us at Norwescon for the Philip K. Dick Awards on April 3! https://www.norwescon.org/philip-k-dick-award/
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Congratulations to the 2025 #PhilipKDickAward winner, Brenda Penado, for Time's Agent, and the Special Citation winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, for Alien Clay!
See the full announcement on the #NWC47 website: https://www.norwescon.org/2025/04/18/2025-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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It's Friday, which means it's time for the #PhilipKDickAward ceremony! Join us in Grand 2 at 7 p.m. to see who wins this year's award and special citation and experience readings by nominees Bora Chung, Subodhana Wijeyeratne, and @TaraCampbell, or stream from our YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/live/0Hv8R55KB2w)!
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Thinking about what to do next? Come learn about the #PhilipKDickAward before the ceremony tonight. Catch "All About the Philip K. Dick Award" in Cascade 7 & 8 at 3 p.m. Thirsty? Come join the @SeattleWorldcon2025 Tea Party in the Presidential Suite 1360 at 2 p.m. Ready to laugh? We have CSz Seattle presenting "B-Rated!", an improvised original movie and an improvised live commentary track of the same movie. They make it, then make fun of it! Join us in Grand 3 at 3:30 p.m.
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City of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbell: 📚: Seventh book and fourth Phliip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/02/04/city-of-dancing-gargoyles-by-tara-campbell
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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar: 📚: Sixth book and third Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/01/28/the-practice-the-horizon-and-the-chain-by-sofia-samatar
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Are you on @thestorygraph and reading this year’s #PhilipKDickAward nominees? Join the reading challenge to get through them all by April 18 when the winner is announced at @norwescon!
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/24bb6af3-2d79-4534-830f-212cbf2f5726
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CW: Long, welcoming a friend, giving general Mastodon tips
@Fractalzend Howdy! And welcome to Mastodon!
A few tips to get you started, since you said that Mastodon was all new to you:
One of the things I really like about this place is there's no algorithm shoving engagement bait from people you don't know in your face; you only see things from people you follow. The flip side, of course, is that when you're new and not following many people yet, it can seem pretty quiet and boring. So! When you have time, find people to follow and build your feed.
How to do that, though? See what the people you are following post, link to, and boost, and follow more people that look interesting; that part's pretty self-explanatory.
The "live feeds" section has three tabs that will show you posts from people you don't know: People on the same server you're on ("this server"), posts from people across the fediverse that people on your server follow ("other servers"), and...I'm not sure of the last one ("all"), but I think it's a combination of the two. It's pretty random, and I don't use these much, but they're options.
Off the top of my head, a few recommendations that you might find interesting:
- @FediTips - tips on how to get the most out of Mastodon
- @tychotithonus - my old friend Royce; pretty sure you met him a few times
- @norwescon and @SeattleWorldcon2025 - the two cons I'm involved in here (okay, maybe not _super_ interesting for you, but I'm going to plug them anyway)
- @dilmandila - a filmmaker and author; I met him when he was nominated for the #PhilipKDickAward, you may be more interested in his filmmaking posts
- @todayonscreen - posts daily important events as seen in films
- @Jyoti - the musican behind White Town ("Your Woman")
- @macrumors - Apple and macOS newsHashtags are used a _lot_ here. Use the search field to look for terms around areas you might be interested in (#film? #audio?), or follow hashtags that look interesting in other people's posts. If your hashtag contains multiple words, it works best if you use #CamelCase so that screen readers know where the word breaks are and read them correctly (for one classic example, is #penisland "Pen Island" or "Penis Land"?).
You may want to post an introduction post saying hello and letting people know who you are and what you're interested in. Here's mine as one example; you can find more by skimming the #introduction tag: https://tenforward.social/@djwudi/109377489172323601
If/when you post photos, adding #AltText to describe the image for screen reader users is highly recommended and a large part of the general fediverse culture. If you'd like help, you can use the #Alt4Me tag to ask for alt text suggestions.
Another part of the culture here is using "Content Warnings" (or sometimes called "Content Wrappers") to give a brief subject line for a post that readers have to click through before reading the entire post. People might use them in addition to hashtags to flag subjects that others might not want to see (like political, NSFW, possibly controversial content, movie/TV spoilers, etc.). I've used one for this post because it's so damn long. :)
Since Mastodon (and the wider fediverse) is federated across multiple servers, the server you choose can have an effect on what you see -- and whether you're seen. While mastodon.social (your current server) is one of the largest servers out there, it has a questionable-at-best reputation, has had issues with problematic users and moderation, and is even blocked (defederated) by many other servers. As you get more used to Mastodon, you may want to keep an eye out for other servers you could move to. I'm on tenforward.social, which (if you hadn't guessed) tends to attract #StarTrek fans, and is very well moderated; it also has some other benefits, like a 10,000 character post limit instead of the default 500 (which is why I'm able to put all of this in a single post).
There's probably more I'm not thinking of at the moment, but hopefully this will be enough to get you started and sticking around. Enjoy, and toss me questions if you ever want or need!
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Now available! #PBS's #AmericanMasters Renegades short film series showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities focuses on Judy-Lynn Del Rey. Portions of this episode were filmed this spring at #NWC46! Look for lots of shots of #Norwescon, including bits of the #PhilipKDickAward ceremony, panels, costumers, and chats with chair SunnyJim Morgan and member Zamesta Cosplay! Watch the episode here: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/judy-lynn-del-rey-documentary/33582/
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Glasgow 2024 has just announced this year's #HugoAward finalists, and as often happens, a number of them have connections to Norwescon! Congratulations to former #PhilipKDickAward nominees and Norwescon guests of honor Ann Leckie, Martha Wells, Sarah Pinsker, P. Djèlí Clark, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Seanan McGuire, Neil Clarke, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Galen Dara, and Uncanny Magazine, and all the rest of the finalists! See the full list of finalists here: https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/2024-hugo-award-finalists/
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2024 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced: It was announced on Friday, March 29, 2024 at Norwescon 46 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2023 in the U.S.A. is THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit). Special citation was given to: THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman… (#BethanyJacobs #PhilipKDickAward #RebekahBergman)
Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/03/29/2024-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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Congratulations to Rebekah Bergman, Special Citation winner for The Museum of Human History, and to Bethany Jacobs, Philip K. Dick Award winner for These Burning Stars!
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The #PhilipKDickAward ceremony is tonight at #NWC46! Join us in Grand 2 at 7 p.m. to see who wins this year's award and special citation, or stream the ceremony from our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWzZnYo9_s)! Featuring readings from all six nominated works, including readings by attending nominees S.L. Coney, @dilmandila, and Bethany Jacobs.
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Just one week until #NWC46 kicks off! Guests of Honor #JimButcher, #CharlesVess, Dr. #RaychelleBurks, #NeilClarke of @clarkesworld Magazine, and #KateAliceMarshall, plus all our pros and panelists, games, the #PhilipKDickAward ceremony, costumes and the masquerade, dances, the film festival, geeky conversations, silliness, bad jokes and puns (and, okay, some good ones too), and so much more!
Full-weekend and single-day memberships are available on our website: https://www.norwescon.org/con/memberships/
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The 2024 World SF Bundle ebook bundle from #StoryBundle includes this year’s #PhilipKDickAward nominated _Danged Black Thing_ by #EugenBacon (along with a bunch of other neat-looking titles). Get it now and you can have it read by the award ceremony on March 29th at #nwc46!
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This is your one month warning! Time to put the finishing touches on those costumes (or frantically figure out what you're going to bring), put together your packing lists, and get ready for #NWC46!
And the schedule is now live! Panels! Events! Dances! The #PhilipKDickAward! Workshops! Meetups! The Masquerade! Start digging through everything we're offering this year, and get ready for four days venturing Into the Wylde!
Dig into the full schedule here: https://www.norwescon.org/con/schedule-of-events/
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The current "Twisted Folklore Histories" set-your-own-price #ebook bundle from #Storybundle includes (if you pay $20 or more) two #PhilipKDickAward nominated authors, and one nominated book!
Included are #ElwinCotman's 2021-nominated "Dance on Saturday" and a book from #EugenBacon, one of this year's Philip K. Dick Award nominees, plus a lot of other neat looking books!
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If you're a #StoryGraph user, you can join the #PhilipKDickAward #ReadingChallenge -- can you read all six nominees before the award ceremony on March 29?
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/aa82c8c9-089f-4e9b-a9b0-7b5fe5030afc
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The nominees for the 2024 #PhilipKDickAward have been announced! Congratulations to Eugen Bacon, Rebekah Bergman, M.R. Carey, S.L. Coney, @dilmandila, and Bethany Jacobs! Join us in the evening of Friday, March 29 at #NWC46 for the award ceremony!
See the full list of nominees here: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/
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2024 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced: The judges of the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works published in 2023 that comprise the final ballot for the award. … (#PhilipKDickAward)
Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/
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The judges of the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce the six nominated works published in 2023 that comprise the final ballot for the award:
DANGED BLACK THING by Eugen Bacon (Apex Book Company)
THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN HISTORY by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House)
INFINITY GATE by M. R. Carey (Orbit)
WILD SPACES by S. L. Coney (Tordotcom)
WHERE RIVERS GO TO DIE by Dilman Dila (Rosarium Publishing)
THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit)First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, March 29, 2024 at Norwescon 46. Plans for the ceremony will be posted at Norwescon’s website.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States during the previous calendar year. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the Northwest Science Fiction Society. Last year’s winner was THE EXTRACTIONIST by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon Publications) with a special citation to THE LEGACY OF MOLLY SOUTHBOURNE by Tade Thompson (Tordotcom). The judges for this year’s award are Nicky Drayden, Gordon Eklund, Christopher V. Rowe, Kali Wallace (Chair), and Lisa Yaszek.
For more information, contact the award administration:
Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551
John Silbersack [email protected]
Pat LoBrutto [email protected]For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society: Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 665-5752.
For more information about Norwescon: Norwescon’s website.
https://www.norwescon.org/2024/01/09/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced/
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Congratulations to all of this year's #HugoAward winners, particularly to those who have been part of Norwescon in the past:
- @seananmcguire (#NWC37 Guest of Honor): Best Novella
- @aptshadow (2021 #PhilipKDickAward Nominee): Best Series
- @clarkesworld (#NWC42 and upcoming #NWC46 Guest of Honor): Best Editor, Short Form
- @UncannyMagazine (#NWC45 Guest of Honor): Best SemiprozineAll of this year's winners: https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2023-hugo-awards/
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I’m primarily active on my Mastodon account, but I’ve been curious about Calckey, so plan to use this account to get a better feel for it.
Here’s my #introduction / #introductions post:
Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.
Grew up in #Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.
Currently work in #HigherEducation #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.
I’m a #ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @[email protected], a local regional fan-run con.
I read a lot of SF #books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.
Speaking of the #PhilipKDickAwards and #Norwescon, starting this year, I am the PKD Award liaison for Norwescon. This means I’ll be overseeing the award ceremony and working with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.
I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a #DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc.
Though recently on the pandemic-induced fringes, I try to be part of the #SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. Used to hang out at The Vogue (on 12th), and am currently looking forward to getting back to the Mercury…eventually.
#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.
Oh, and: 50, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of #privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.
#IDIC - #LLAP - 🖖🏻 -
I’m primarily active on my Mastodon account, but I’ve been curious about Calckey, so plan to use this account to get a better feel for it.
Here’s my #introduction / #introductions post:
Hi! I’m Michael, but can frequently be found online as “djwudi”.
Grew up in #Alaska, now exist just south of #Seattle most of the time.
Currently work in #HigherEducation #accessibility as the #AccessibleTechnology Program Manager at Highline College.
I’m a #ScienceFiction / #SciFi fan. #StarTrek is my home fandom, and I volunteer for @[email protected], a local regional fan-run con.
I read a lot of SF #books. Trek novels are my go-to “comfort food”. I’m slowly working my way through all the #HugoAward Best Novel winners, and every year read all of the nominees for the #PhilipKDickAward before the annual award ceremony at Norwescon.
Speaking of the #PhilipKDickAwards and #Norwescon, starting this year, I am the PKD Award liaison for Norwescon. This means I’ll be overseeing the award ceremony and working with nominated authors and their agents as we invite them to attend the ceremony.
I’m one of the many Seattleites who “used to be a #DJ”. For me, it was about a decade in #Anchorage in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, primarily at The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Focused on alternative genres: goth/industrial/synth pop/ebm/techno/etc.
Though recently on the pandemic-induced fringes, I try to be part of the #SeaGoth (Seattle #goth / #gothic) community whenever possible. Used to hang out at The Vogue (on 12th), and am currently looking forward to getting back to the Mercury…eventually.
#Apple #macOS / #iOS user by choice, Windows user if paid.
Oh, and: 50, white, cis, male, statistically straight, healthy, white-collar employed, not rich but comfortably not poor, married, homeowner, neurotypical (as far as I know). In other words, living with a lot of #privilege that I try to be aware of and use for good.
#IDIC - #LLAP - 🖖🏻 -
We had so much fun at #HamOnt literary festival gritLit this weekend! Thank you to the organizers & authors for putting together a wonderful program! Here's a taste of Rebecca Campbell's Climate Writing Workshop, with a longer video to come. Pick up a copy of Arboreality from Epic Books or from us 📚
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The video of this year's #PhilipKDickAward ceremony is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUB6db0bOs
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2023 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced: It was announced on Friday, April 7, 2023 at Norwescon 45 in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2022 in the U.S.A. is: THE EXTRACTIONIST by Kimberly Unger (Tachyon Publications). Special citation was given to: T
Full post: https://www.norwescon.org/2023/04/07/2023-philip-k-dick-award-winner-announced/
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The #PhilipKDickAward ceremony is tonight! Join us in Grand 2 at 7 p.m. or stream the ceremony on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/live/EKEgcR3nmQs to see who wins this year's award and special citation. Featuring readings from all six nominated works, including two by attending nominees Kimberly Unger and Rachel Swirsky.
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Day 2 of #nwc45, evening. All dressed up for the Lifetime Members’ dinner and #PhilipKDickAward ceremony.