Philip K. Dick Award
The Philip K. Dick Award is an American literary prize for contemporary science fiction literature. He remains one of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award to the most important sci-fi prices.
- 2.1 1982-1990
- 2.2 1991-2000
- 2.3 2001-2010
- 2.4 2011-2012
- 3.1 1982-1990
- 3.2 1991-2000
- 3.3 2001-2010
- 3.4 2011-2012
The award was established by Thomas M. Disch on the Northwest Regional Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention ( Norwescon ) of 1982 in memory of Philip K. Dick in life, who died in the same year. He is " K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States Philip " award with the support of and funded by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society ( PSFS ). He was managed in the early years of Thomas M. Disch and then by Algis Budrys. He was followed by David G. Hartwell, the task with Gordon Van divides funds.
Five judges will decide on a shortlist, which will be published in January. From this they later choose the winner, who will be announced in late March and early April announced at the Norwescon. Following this, they determine their successors. Open only to writers and scientists.
Since 1983, the prize is awarded annually at the Norwescon. Excellent is the best science fiction publication of the previous year, was their first release in the U.S. in paperback. Simultaneous publications in Hardcover are not allowed in the selection. As a result, it rarely comes with the winners to matches with other science fiction prices.
One reason for the restriction to paperbacks, is that the works of the namesake of this award, Philip K. Dick, have been predominantly first published as paperbacks. Furthermore, the distribution of paperback books should be promoted.
Besides the winners a work is selected by the judges from the list of nominees, which gets a special mention. For the years 1988, 1993 and 2008, there were two winners, and no special mention.
This is followed by the Philip K. Dick Award and the excellent with a special mention works and authors as well as the other nominees. The dates refer to the year of publication and not the year of the award.
Award winners
1982 - 1990
(* ) Joint winners
1991 - 2000
(* ) Joint winners
2001 - 2010
(* ) Joint winners
2011 - 2012
Special mention
1982 - 1990
1991 - 2000
2001 - 2010
(*) The novel was published in the German edition in two volumes.