Award administrators David K. Hartwell and Gordon Van Gelder have announced the five judges for the 2007 Philip K. Dick Award. The award is “for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the US in 2007.”
Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2007 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 2007 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2008.”
The judges are:
* Steve Miller, PO Box 179, Unity ME 04988-0179
* Chris Moriarty, c/o Scott Hoffman, Folio Literary Management LLC, 505 8th Ave, Ste 603, New York NY 10018
* Steven Piziks, 8500 Ashton Ct, Ypsilanti MI 48198-3614
* Randy Schroeder, Department of English, Mount Royal College, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6 Canada
* Ann Tonsor Zeddies, 24 Waterview Rd, West Chester PA 19380-6384.
The Philip K. Dick Award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Northwest Science Fiction Society’s Norwescon. The 2005 winner was War Surf by M.M. Buckner, and a special citation was awarded to Natural History by Justina Robson. The 2006 awards will be announced at Norwescon 30 on 6 April.