James White Award

James White Award to be launched at the Eastercon

MEDIA ALERT

There will be a reception to launch the James White Award in the Central Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland at 9pm on Friday, April 21 2000 as part of 2Kon, the British National SF Convention.

PRESS INFORMATION - IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Award to honour memory of Irish SF writer

Dublin, April 19, 2000. A literary competition in honour of the late science fiction writer James White has been announced. The James White Award will be given for the best science fiction short story selected by an international panel of judges which includes Morgan Llwellyn, Michael Scott, Michael Carroll, David Pringle and David Langford. The author of the winning story will receive a trophy and the winning story will be published in the Hugo award-winning magazine, Interzone. The closing date for entries will be August 23 2000 and the winner will be announced before the end of this year.

The competition is open to any non-professional writer anywhere in the world. Each writer may submit a maximum of three stories, none of which have been published before. Stories must be in English and between 2,000 and 4,000 words in length. There will be an administration fee of £3/$4 per story entered. Full rules and writers' guidelines are available from the Award administrator, James Bacon at 211 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7, Ireland or from the Award's website at http://www.jameswhiteaward.com as of May 1 2000.

James White was Ireland's best known science fiction writer. His first published story, Assisted Passage, appeared in New Worlds in 1953. His novels include All Judgement Fled, The Watch Below and The Silent Stars Go By. However he is best remembered for his series of stories and novels set on the giant space hospital Sector General. He died from a stroke in August 1999.

For further information contact:

Editorial & reader enquiries
James Bacon
c/o 211 Blackhorse Avenue
Dublin 7
Ireland
Tel: 8384032 (evenings)
e-mail: info@jameswhiteaward.com

-- David Stewart

20 Apr 2000