Carl Brandon Awards

Arisia is proud to host the Carl Brandon Awards once again. This ceremony is giving awards to books published in 2011.

The winners of the 2011 Carl Brandon Society awards are Tenea D.Johnson, who received the Carl Brandon Parallax Award for her novel Smoketown, and Andrea Hairston, who received the Carl Brandon Kindred Award for her novel Redwood and Wildfire. Congratulations to the winners!

The awards ceremony will be held at 2:30 PM on Saturday, January 18th in Grand Ballroom B. Light refreshments will be served.

The Carl Brandon Parallax Award is given to works of speculative fiction created by a self-identified person of color. This Award includes a $1000 cash prize.

The Carl Brandon Kindred Award is given to any work of speculative fiction dealing with issues of race and ethnicity; nominees may be of any racial or ethnic group. This Award includes a $1000 cash prize.