Award administrators David G. Hartwell and Gordon Van Gelder have announced the five judges for the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award. The award is “for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original format in the US in 2012.”
Publishers who issue eligible titles during the calendar year 2012 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 2012 are eligible.) The nominees will be announced in January 2013.”
The judges are:
* Bruce Bethke, PO Box 28094, Oakdale, MN 55128-0094
* Sydney Duncan, 38 Teaberry Lane, Frostburg, MD 21532-2301
* Daryl Gregory, 1895 South Allen St., State College, PA 16801-5920
* Bridget McKenna, 4700 35th Ave S Apt 304, Seattle WA, 98118-1768
* Paul Witcover, 414 36th St # 3, Brooklyn, NY 11232-2508
The Philip K. Dick Award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Northwest Science Fiction Society’s Norwescon. The 2010 winner was The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder (Pyr) with a special citation to Harmony by Project Itoh (Haikasoru). The 2011 awards will be announced at Norwescon 35 on 6 April.