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April 05, 2005
ICFA 26 - Dell Magazines Award (formerly Asimov's)
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts and Asimov's Science Fiction magazine have named Anthony Ha the winner of the 2005 Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing for his short story "Around the World." Ha is an undergraduate at Stanford University and a repeat winner from 2004. This is the first time the Dell Magazines Award (formerly the Isaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing) has had a repeat winner.
First Runner-up for the 2004 award is Eliza Blair from Swarthmore College for her short story, “Friends in Need.”
Second Runner-up is Alice Kim of Stanford University for her short story, “Are You Getting All of This?”
Third Runner-up is Michail Velichansky of the University of Maryland – College park for his short story, “Evelyn.” Velichansky was a runner-up in 2004.
Honorable Mention for 2005 goes to three undergraduate writers: Catherine Krahe of Illinois Wesleyan for her short story, “Undine”; Amelia Beamer of Michigan State University for her short story, “The First Stone,” (Beamer is a repeat finalist from 2004); and Madeleine B. Sheldon-Dante of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her short story, “Astep.”
Ha received $500 for the Asimov award and an expense-paid trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 16-20, where he received the award from Sheila Williams, Editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, during the conference awards banquet. Blair, Kim, Velichansky, Krahe and Beamer also attended the conference and received their awards from Williams during the awards banquet.
Deadline for submissions for the 2006 Dell Magazines Award is January 2, 2006. Submissions should be sent to: Dell Magazines Award, School of Mass Communications, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler, Tampa, Fla. 33620. For more information or submission guidelines contact Award Administrator Dr. Rick Wilber at the School of Mass Communications, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler, Tampa, Fla. 33620 at (813) 974-6792 or RWilber AT cas.usf.edu or see the magazine's website at Asimovs.com.
The Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing is co-sponsored by Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, and supported by the School of Mass Communications, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Posted by ChrissieMains at April 5, 2005 12:51 PM