Some more news of Dreaming Again
Monday, February 9th, 2009Jack Dann, editor of Dreaming Again, has just been awarded the Pete McNamara Convenors Award for Excellence at the Aurealis Awards.
The Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award may be given at the discretion of the convenors of the individual judging panels. This is for a particular achievement in speculative fiction or related areas in the relevant year, but may also take into account achievements over a number of years. This award may be given to a person for their service to our community in promoting and encouraging speculative fiction. It may also be for a non-fiction work, a collection or anthology, an artwork, an event or workshop, a computer game or a body of work that brings credit and/or attention to the speculative fiction genre in that year, such as a television or film script.
And just to confuse things, Jack also won the Peter McNamara Achievement Award in 2004.
You may ask is the Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award the same as the Peter McNamara Achievement Award?
No. Sorry to confuse you! There are two awards in Australian speculative fiction that bear Peter McNamara’s name.
The Peter McNamara Achievement Award is an annual award given to a professional in the Australian SF field in remembrance of the life and contribution of Peter Trevor McNamara. It is administered by Robert N. Stephenson and is usually presented each year at the Australian National SF Convention.
The Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award is a category of the Aurealis Awards recently renamed in honour of Peter McNamara. The recipient is selected by Convenors of the Aurealis Awards judging panels.
Well Done Jack!
Jack and three Dreaming Again authors will be visiting Nunawading Library, 379 Whitehorse Road Nunawading on Wednesday 18 February, 2009 7.00 – 8.30 pm
For more information phone Nunawading Library 9873 5638 or book online at http://summerread37.eventbrite.com
