Award administrators David K. Hartwell and Gordon Van Gelder have announced the five judges for the 2009 Philip K. Dick Award. The award is “for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the US in 2009.”
Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2009 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 2009 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2010.”
The judges are:
* Daniel Abraham, 5925 Woodford Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110-1225
* Eileen Gunn, 525 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112-4006
* Karen Hellekson, 16 Rolling Rdg, Jay, ME 04239-7038
* Elaine Isaak, 34 Hardy Road, Bedford, NH 03110-4914
* Marc Laidlaw, 15510 NE 153rd St., Woodinville, WA 98072-8125
The Philip K. Dick Award is sponsored by the Philadelpahia Science Fiction Society and the Northwest Science Fiction Society’s Norwescon. The 2007 winner was Nova Swing by M. John Harrison, and a special citation was awarded to From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain by Minister Faust. The 2008 awards will be announced at Norwescon 32 on 10 April.