James White Award
The James White Award is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world. It was established in 2000 to commemorate the life and work of Irish science fiction author James White. The competition was created to encourage new writers and is not open to professional authors. "Professional author" is defined as one who is eligible for active membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America – that is, a writer with three short story sales to qualifying markets or one novel sale to a qualifying market. Entries must be 6,000 words or less and  written in English. The winning story receives a cash prize and publication in "Interzone" magazine. The award is sponsored by "Interzone" and the British Science Fiction Association, who took over the administration of the award in 2010. Award history. The winners and judges of the Award, from 2000 until present. Bold is winner, others are shortlisted entries. In 2019, the judges also awarded a special commendation to runner up "Property Crime" by Michael Donoghue – who missed out by the narrowest margin in the Award’s history. The judging panel consisted of Justina Robson, Chris Beckett, and Donna Scott. In 2018 , the judges also awarded a special commendation to "A Sip of Pombé" by Gustavo Bondoni. The judging panel consisted of Anne Charnock, RJ Barker and Una McCormack. In 2017, the judges also awarded a special commendation to "May the Pain Guide You Home" by Daniel Roy. The judging panel consisted of Lorna Gibbs, David Gullen and Konrad Walewski. The 2016 James White Award was presented at the 2016 Eastercon (Mancunicon) in Manchester. The judging panel consisted of the authors Neil Williamson, RJ Booth and Ian Sales. The 2015 James White Award was presented at Dysprosium (the 2015 Eastercon) in London ). The judging panel consisted of the authors Dave Hutchinson, Stephanie Saulter and Gareth L Powell. The judges awarded a special commendation to Vina Jie-Min Prasad’s "Flesh and Bone". The 2014 James White Award was presented at Satellite4 (the 2014 Eastercon) in Glasgow). The judging panel consisted of authors Sophia McDougall, Emma Newman and BSFA Award winner Adam Roberts. The winning story published in "Interzone" 253 and in (2015) edited by Gardner Dozois. The 2012 award was presented at EightSquaredCon (2013’s Eastercon) in Bradford. The judging panel consisted of Hugo award winner Ian McDonald, Nebula award winner Aliette  de Bodard and the Interzone editors Andrew Cox and Andrew Hedgecox. The winning story was published in "Interzone" issue 246. This year the judges awarded a runner up prize to Philip Suggars for his story "Automatic Diamanté". This story was published in "Interzone" issue 247. The James White Award changed the date given to the competition in this year - future dates reflect the year the award was presented rather than the date on which the competition opened for entries. The award was presented at Olympus 2012 on 7 April. The judging panel consisted of novelists Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Juliet  E. McKenna, and "Interzone" editor Andrew Cox. The award was presented at the British Science Fiction Association AGM in June 2010 and the judges included novelist Ian Whates and "Interzone" editor Andy Cox. The winning story was printed in "Interzone" 232. No competition. The judges made the decision not to make an award. The Award was presented at Octocon, the National Science Fiction Convention in Ireland on Saturday 14 October 2006. The final judging was conducted by a panel drawn from the science fiction field in Europe: Kelly Link, Alastair Reynolds, Andy Cox and Michael Carroll. The Award was presented  at Interaction, The World Science Fiction Convention 2005, during the Hugo Award ceremony in the Scottish Exhibition Centre on Sunday 7 August 2005. The final judging was conducted by a panel made up of: Andy Cox, Jasper Fforde, Michael Carroll, Teresa Nielsen Hayden and the late Robert Sheckley. The Award was presented at a ceremony at Winter Gardens, in Blackpool, on Sunday 11 April 2004. This was the venue for Concourse, the National British Convention, also known as Eastercon. The final judging was conducted by a panel drawn from the science fiction field in the USA and Europe: Lois McMaster  Bujold, Michael Carroll, Peter F. Hamilton, Christopher Priest and David Pringle. The Award was presented at a ceremony at the Quality Inn, Walsall immediately following the Novacon 32 Science Fiction Convention. The final judging was conducted by a panel drawn from the science fiction field in the USA and Europe: Michael Carroll, David Pringle, Orson Scott Card, Christopher Fowler and Graham Joyce. The Award ceremony took place in Queens University Belfast. The judging panel was made up of Ian McDonald, Mike Resnick, Kim Newman, Michael Carroll and David Pringle. The judging panel was made up of Morgan Llywelyn, Dave Langford , Michael Scott, David Pringle and Michael Carroll. The award ceremony took place at the Dublin Writers’ Museum.