Brandon Society Awards

I mentioned the Brandon society awards a while back, which were awarded at Wiscon. Walter Mosley and Susan Vaught were the winners of the debut awards from the Carl

Brandon Society recognizing excellence and diversity in speculative fiction.

Each winner received $1,000 and a trophy.

Mosley was awarded the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for his young adult novel,

47. The jury deemed this work "a powerful, moving work appropriate for young

adult readers and yet a good read for adults" with writing that "shows beauty

in the depiction of people of great courage, character and creativity in the

midst of impossible circumstances."

Vaught was awarded the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for her young adult novel,

STORMWITCH, praised by a juror as "a fine work ... written as a young adult

novel, it works for adults as well."

The CBS Parallax Award recognizes works of speculative fiction created by

people of color. The CBS Kindred Award recognizes works of speculative fiction

dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; CBS Kindred award writers may be of

any ethnic group.