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  2. Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book - Wikipedia

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    The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is an award given annually to a book published for young adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy. [1] The name of the award was chosen because a lodestar is "a star that guides or leads, especially in navigation, where it is the sole reliable source of light—the star that leads those in uncharted waters to safety". [2]

  3. Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel - Wikipedia

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    Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Science Fiction Novel was first presented in 1980, and is among the awards still presented (as of 2022). Previously, there had simply been an award for Best Novel. A similar award for Best Fantasy Novel was introduced in 1978. [1] The ...

  4. Science Fiction Awards Database - Wikipedia

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    The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards was established in 2000 by Mark R. Kelly, the founder of Locus Online. [2] [3] The Cornell University Library has described it as a comprehensive listing of science fiction awards, including "reader polls, fan awards, inactive awards, academic awards, award statistics, and more". [4]

  5. BSFA Award - Wikipedia

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    BSFA Awards; Awarded for: Awarded each year to the best Novel, Short fiction, Audio fiction, Collection, Artwork and work of Non-Fiction published in the previous calendar year as voted for by the members of the British Science Fiction Association. Country: UK: Presented by: British Science Fiction Association: First awarded: 1970: Website ...

  6. Biology in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Boris Karloff in James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.The monster is created by an unorthodox biology experiment.. Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of ...

  7. PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award - Wikipedia

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    The award was inaugurated in 2011. [3] Examples of published works that exemplify the quality of writing the award is designed to acknowledge include Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) and James Watson's The Double Helix (1969), which contribute 'to the public’s understanding of scientific principles at work in the world today.' [2]

  8. Hugo Award for Best Novel - Wikipedia

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    The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in, or translated to, English during the previous calendar year. The novel award is available for works of fiction of 40,000 words or more; awards are also given out in the short story , novelette , and novella categories.

  9. List of science fiction and fantasy literary awards - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of science fiction and fantasy awards for literature. A. Aelita Prize; Andre Norton Award; Arthur C. Clarke Award [1] Aurealis Award; August Derleth ...