2007 Seiun Awards announced

Tokyograph News · 09-03-2007, 06:31 AM

This weekend, Yokohama hosted Nippon 2007, a combination of the 65th World Science Fiction Convention and the 46th Nihon SF Taikai. On Sunday, the winners were revealed for the Seiun Awards, Japan's highest honor for science fiction writers.

Sakyo Komatsu and Koshu Tani won the Long Fiction award for "Japan Sinks, Part 2," while Hosuke Nojiri won in Short Fiction with "Oburoshiki to Kumo no Ito."

The other winners were:

Foreign Long Fiction: "Mortal Engines" by Phillip Reeve
Foreign Short Fiction: "The Astronaut from Wyoming" by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
Media: "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo"
Comics: "Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko" by Hitoshi Ashinano
Art: Yoshitaka Amano
Nonfiction: "Uchuu e no Passport 3" by Yuichi Sasamoto
Freedom Award: The M-V rocket
Special Award: Yoshihiro Yonezawa

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09-03-2007, 06:31 AM	#1
Tokyograph News Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	2007 Seiun Awards announced This weekend, Yokohama hosted Nippon 2007, a combination of the 65th World Science Fiction Convention and the 46th Nihon SF Taikai. On Sunday, the winners were revealed for the Seiun Awards, Japan's highest honor for science fiction writers. Sakyo Komatsu and Koshu Tani won the Long Fiction award for "Japan Sinks, Part 2," while Hosuke Nojiri won in Short Fiction with "Oburoshiki to Kumo no Ito." The other winners were: Foreign Long Fiction: "Mortal Engines" by Phillip Reeve Foreign Short Fiction: "The Astronaut from Wyoming" by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion Media: "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo" Comics: "Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko" by Hitoshi Ashinano Art: Yoshitaka Amano Nonfiction: "Uchuu e no Passport 3" by Yuichi Sasamoto Freedom Award: The M-V rocket Special Award: Yoshihiro Yonezawa Link to article

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