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October 2, 2019
NEWS: APOCALYPSE SEVEN by Gene Doucette Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
In my role as editor of John Joseph Adams Books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’m please to announce a new acquisition for the imprint. Here’s the deal memo that just ran on Publishers Marketplace:
Gene Doucette’s APOCALYPSE SEVEN, about seven strangers who have woken up to a world without power or people who will have to learn how to survive long enough to figure out how they managed to sleep through the apocalypse in the first place, to John Joseph Adams Books, for publication in Spring 2021. (World)
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February 13, 2019
NEWS: HALF WAY HOME by Hugh Howey Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
In my role as editor of John Joseph Adams Books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’m please to announce a new acquisition for the imprint. Here’s the deal memo that just ran on Publishers Marketplace:
NYT bestseller Hugh Howey’s previously self-published HALF WAY HOME, in which an abort order to terminate a colony ship fails, and the remaining colonists don’t know if their new home or their fellow survivors are the greater threat, to John Joseph Adams at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2019, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency.
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January 11, 2019
NEWS: Hugo & Nebula Awards Nomination Periods Now Open
This year’s nomination periods for the Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards are now open. To assist you in finding material to nominate, I’ve assembled this post to list everything that I worked on in 2018.
But first, information about nominating for both awards:
Hugo Awards
The 2019 Hugo Awards will be presented in Dublin, Ireland during Worldcon 77 (Aug. 15-19, 2019). Nominations close on March 15, 2019 at 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time. The list of finalists will be announced “in early April” according to the Worldcon 77 website.
Anyone who is a voting member of the 2018, 2019, or 2020 Worldcons is eligible to nominate. You may nominate only once, regardless of how many of those three Worldcons you are a member. [Become a member of Worldcon 77.]
Nominations may be submitted through the online ballot. If you’re registered Worldcon 77 will send you (or likely already has sent you) a personalized link via email that will allow you to vote.
Nebula Awards
From November 15 to February 15, Active and Associate SFWA members may submit nominations for the Nebula Awards. Nominations may be submitted through the online ballot, available here. For more information, visit SFWA’s How to Vote page.
Materials
The vast majority of Lightspeed’s original fiction from 2018 is available online (and also much of the 2018 original fiction is available as a podcast). If you are a SFWA member, you can also download an ebook (epub/mobi/pdf) compilation of all 2018’s original material from the SFWA forums.
All of Nightmare’s original fiction from 2018 is available online (and also much of the 2018 original fiction is available as a podcast). If you are a SFWA member, you can also download an ebook (epub/mobi/pdf) compilation of all 2018’s original material from the SFWA forums.
For SFWA members, the eligible novels I edited for John Joseph Adams Books are available for download in the SFWA forums.
After the jump, you’ll find a list of all of the 2018 eligible stories/authors that either appeared in Lightspeed or Nightmare, or in projects I’m otherwise affiliated with. Everything is sorted into their proper award categories. In the interest of clarity (and to avoid the confusion that perhaps I’ve left something off the list by accident), I’ve listed some items that are ineligible and have them struckthrough to indicate their ineligibility.
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Novels (Hugo/Nebula-eligible)
THE CITY OF LOST FORTUNES by Bryan Camp
THE ROBOTS OF GOTHAM by Todd McAulty
THE WILD DEAD by Carrie Vaughn
THE SPACESHIP NEXT DOOR by Gene Doucette*
IN THE NIGHT WOOD by Dale Bailey (ebook edition is on sale for $2.99 until Jan. 31)
CREATURES OF WANT AND RUIN by Molly Tanzer
* Ineligible due to prior self-published edition.
Novelettes & Short Stories (Hugo/Nebula-eligible)
To aid you in sorting through the voting categories, I’ve color-coded the stories in the following spreadsheets (Novelette: blue | Short Story: black). They’re also all sorted by word count, longest to shortest. The four stories highlighted in tan are part of Lightspeed‘s super-sized issue #100, and are the only four original stories are not available online; they are exclusive to the paid edition, which you can purchase in ebook or trade paperback.
Editor, Short-Form (Hugo-eligible)
John Joseph Adams ( Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 , Lightspeed Magazine, Nightmare Magazine)
N.K. Jemisin (co-editor w/JJA: Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 )*
* Not eligible due to not meeting the minimum lifetime requirement of having edited at least four magazine issues, anthologies, or collections.
Editor, Long-Form (Hugo-eligible)
John Joseph Adams, John Joseph Adams Books (2018 Books Edited: The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp; The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty; The Wild Dead by Carrie Vaughn; The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette; In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey; Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer.)
Professional Artist (Hugo-eligible)
Julie Dillon, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
Andrew Davidson, In the Night Wood
M.S. Corley, Machine Learning
Eduardo Recife, Creatures of Want and Ruin
Will Staehle, The City of Lost Fortunes
Marcel Mercado, Lightspeed covers: [Dec. 2018]
Galen Dara, Lightspeed covers: [May 2018, Sep. 2018, Nov. 2018]
Reiko Murakami, Lightspeed covers [Mar. 2018, Jun. 2018, Oct. 2018]
Waiji Choo, Lightspeed covers [Aug. 2018]
Saleha Chowdhury, Lightspeed covers [Jul. 2018]
Elizabeth Leggett, Lightspeed covers [Apr. 2018]
Sam Schechter, Lightspeed covers [Feb. 2018]
Alan Bao, Lightspeed covers [Jan. 2018]
Semiprozine (Hugo-eligible)
Lightspeed Magazine *
Nightmare Magazine *
* Now considered “professional” by Hugo rules; no longer eligible in the semiprozine category.
Best Related Work (Hugo-eligible)
The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (Season Nine), hosted by David Barr Kirtley, produced by John Joseph Adams (Season Nine, consisting of episodes 289-342, released in 2018) [Episode List] [iTunes]
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1st Year Eligibility)** (voted on with the Hugos but “not a Hugo”)
Bryan Camp
Emma Törzs
Cameron Van Sant
Beesan Odeh
Vincent Michael Zito
Lizz Huerta*
*Eligibility unclear.
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (2nd Year Eligibility)** (voted on with the Hugos but “not a Hugo”)
Giovanni de Feo
Kathleen Kayembe
Theodore McCombs
Timothy Mudie
Lina Rather
Max Wynne
Cadwell Turnbull
Nibedita Sen
Stephanie Malia Morris
** Note: For Campbell Eligibility, I did some research to try to verify that these folks were all eligible, but I can’t be 100% sure; if anyone knows that any of these folks are NOT eligible, please let me know. (Likewise please let me know if I missed including anyone eligible that I published on this list.)
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December 7, 2018
NEWS: THE CONDUCTORS by Debut Author Nicole Glover Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
In my role as editor of John Joseph Adams Books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’m please to announce a new acquisition for the imprint. Here’s the deal memo that just ran on Publishers Marketplace:
Nicole Glover’s THE CONDUCTORS, an #ownvoices historical fantasy set in post–Civil War Philadelphia, about a magic-wielding African-American couple, former conductors on the Underground Railroad, who solve mysteries the white authorities won’t touch, with a sequel, to John Joseph Adams at John Joseph Adams Books, by Jennie Goloboy at Donald Maass Literary Agency. [Translation: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.]
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October 1, 2018
EVENT: JJA @ NYCC
I’ll be in New York for New York Comic Con this week. Here’s my schedule:
PANEL: America’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
PANELISTS: Me, N.K. Jemisin, Maria Dahvana Headley, Carmen Maria Machado, Charlie Jane Anders, Matthew Kressel (M)
TIME: 12:15PM – 1:15PM, Sunday, October 7
WHERE: Javits Center – 1A18
AUTOGRAPHING: America’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
PARTICIPANTS: Me, N.K. Jemisin, Maria Dahvana Headley, Carmen Maria Machado, Charlie Jane Anders
TIME: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM, Sunday, October 7
WHERE: Hall 1A Author Autographing Area – Table 1
One World, the publisher of my anthology (co-edited with Victor LaValle), A PEOPLE’S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES, will also be featuring the anthology at their booth, so be sure to swing by and ask them about it!
Otherwise, on Sunday, you might find me loitering around the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt booth, where they’ll have plenty of John Joseph Adams Books titles for sale (as well as HMH’s other genre stuff, like Tolkien and Atwood), and/or at the One World booth, or heck maybe at any of the other publisher booths since that’s where the people I know probably are. If you see me, say hi!
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August 21, 2018
NEWS: BASFF 2018 TOC and Notable Stories Revealed
At long last, the table of contents and notable stories for BASFF 2018 have now been revealed. You can find both lists at my BASFF site, via the following links:
2018 Notable Stories
2018 Table of Contents
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August 12, 2018
NEWS: JJA @ Worldcon & Where to Find Him
I’ll be at Worldcon 76 Friday – Monday (arriving late enough Thursday that it doesn’t really count). I’m on one panel:
PANEL: The Art and Craft of Anthology Curation
PANELISTS: Me, Lynne M. Thomas (M), Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Ellen Datlow, Jonathan Strahan
TIME: 10AM to 11AM, Friday, August 17
WHERE: San Jose Convention Center – 210F
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August 2, 2018
NEWS: THE CHOSEN ONE by Veronica Roth Acquired for John Joseph Adams Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
In my role as editor of John Joseph Adams Books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’m please to announce a new acquisition for the imprint. Here’s the deal memo that just ran on Publishers Marketplace:
NYT bestselling author of the DIVERGENT and CARVE THE MARK series Veronica Roth’s adult debut THE CHOSEN ONE, which tells the story of five friends who saved the world when they were teenagers, but now, as celebrity adults, must face even greater demons—and reconsider what it means to be a hero by destiny or by choice, to John Joseph Adams at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in a major deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2020.
The deal announcement first ran in Entertainment Weekly, which has a bit of extra background on it.
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July 12, 2018
NEWS: Anthology Sale: A PEOPLE’S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES
This one has been under wraps—or kinda-sorta under wraps—for quite a while, but the announcement for this project finally ran in Publishers Marketplace today:
Author of THE CHANGELING Victor LaValle and editor of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series John Joseph Adams’ A PEOPLE’S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES, an anthology of 25 original speculative fiction stories that challenge oppressive narratives and imagine a future in which the country is shaped by justice and freedom, featuring stories by Lesley Nneka Arimah, Jamie Ford, Hugh Howey, N.K. Jemisin, Seanan McGuire, Alice Sola Kim, Daniel José Older, Charles Yu, and more, to Victory Matsui at One World, in an exclusive submission, for publication in February 2019, by Seth Fishman at The Gernert Company (NA).
Table of Contents
Introduction — Victor LaValle
The Bookstore at the End of America — Charlie Jane Anders
Our Aim is Not to Die — A. Merc Rustad
The Wall — Lizz Huerta
Read After Burning — Maria Dahvana Headley
Chapter 5: Disruption and Continuity [excerpted] — Malka Older
It Was Saturday Night, I Guess That Makes It Alright — Sam J. Miller
Attachment Disorder — Tananarive Due
By His Bootstraps — Ashok K. Banker
Riverbed — Omar El Akkad
What Maya Found There — Daniel José Older
The Referendum — Lesley Nneka Arimah
Calendar Girls — Justina Ireland
The Synapse Will Free Us From Ourselves — Violet Allen
O.1 — gabby rivera
The Blindfold — Tobias S. Buckell
No Algorithms in the World — Hugh Howey
Esperanto — Jamie Ford
ROME — G. Willow Wilson
Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death — N. K. Jemisin
Good News Bad News — Charles Yu
What You Sow — Kai Cheng Thom
A History Of Barbed Wire — Daniel H. Wilson
The Sun in Exile — Catherynne M. Valente
Harmony — Seanan McGuire
Now Wait for This Week — Alice Sola Kim
Pre-Order
Note: All of these pre-order pages currently say “thirty visionary” stories, but there are only 25 stories in the book. [That should be updated/corrected shortly.]
From the Publisher
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Hudson
Kobo
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Publishing Details
Trade Paperback: $17.00
Ebook: $11.99
Publisher: One World (an imprint of Penguin Random House)
Release Date: Feb 05, 2019
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-0525508809
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May 5, 2018
LIMITED TIME SALE: Oz Reimagined Discounted to $7.99 in Paperback and 99¢ on Kindle Until May 31 @ Amazon.com
Oz Reimagined (which I co-edited with Douglas Cohen) is available a deep discount in both trade paperback ($7.99) and Kindle (99¢) through May 31.
COVER COPY
When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, bestselling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers such as Orson Scott Card, Tad Williams, Jane Yolen, Jonathan Maberry, and Seanan McGuire to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans—and, really, any reader with an appetite for richly imagined worlds. Some stories are dystopian… Some are dreamlike… All are undeniably Oz.
BUY THE BOOK
Trade Paperback ($7.99)
Kindle (99¢)
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