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AEON AWARD ROUND 2 SHORTLIST !
July 16 - At last it comes time to announce those stories added to the shortlist of the International Aeon Award 2010 Short Fiction Contest, after the second round of consideration. As usual, it has taken the judges over two weeks of fierce debate to decide upon the shortlisted stories. Thank you to everyone who entered and supported the contest. The new additions are listed below, in bold. Author names are withheld to ensure impartiality as the contest proceeds.
Poacher
Starchaser
Waiting for the Rain
The Machine
A Digital Agony
Mirror Image
The More Things Change
Carnival
Pinocchio
Sensitive
Autopsy
Milford Sound
Damn Nation
Congratulations to the shortlisted authors, whom we'll be contacting shortly, and commiserations to those whose stories were not shortlisted this time. Remember, the contest is still open to submissions of up to 8000 words in science fiction, fantasy and horror until November 30th, with the current (third) round running until the end of September, after which we will announce further additions to the shortlist. Full entry details here.
And why enter? If the 1000, 200 and 100 euro prizes with publication in Albedo One, not to mention the chance to have your work read by our esteemed panel of Grand Judges, Ian Watson, Anne McCaffrey, Mike Resnick and Sam Millar, doesn't convince you, consider that shortlisted and winning stories have been given Honourable Mentions and even chosen for reprinting in prestigious Year's Best fiction volumes as edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, and Gardner Dozois, and have been translated from English and reprinted in high profile national magazines! So start submitting those stories!
ISSUE 38 OF ALBEDO ONE IS RELEASED!
May 06 - Issue 38 of Albedo One is back from the printers and available for purchase on this website in print and low-cost pdf formats. Subscribers can expect to see the issue land on their doorsteps shortly. This issue's fiction is headed up by an evocative fantasy by the estimable Bruce McAlister, with further distinctive contributions by Aaron Polson, Priya Sharma, Matthew F. Perry and Martin Belderson. These stories range widely across the genres of SF, fantasy and horror and we hope you will enjoy them. The issue also features a fine, surreal horror, from Allison Francisco, which was placed third in the Aeon Award 2008 contest. The issue also features an in-depth interview with a true legend of SF, Jim Gunn, as well as book reviews from our regular columnists Juliet E. McKenna and David Conyers, with further contributions from Peter Loftus, John Kenny and Peter McClean. The fine cover art this issue comes courtesy of U.S. artist Jacob Probelski. All in all, an issue not to be missed.

Print copies can be purchased online here, while pdf copies can be purchased and downloaded here.
AEON AWARD 2009 WINNERS!
Feb 20 - Albedo One is proud to announce the winners of the Aeon Award 2009 short fiction contest. This ran from January 1st 2009 to November 30th 2009. All stories shortlisted for the contest are listed below, with the names of each author now revealed.
Grand Judge Ian Watson chose the winners. First place went to "Frogs on My Doorstep" by Annette Reader. Watson described the story as "very intriguing and full of emotional impact. The alternate world concept is handled very convincingly, and is reminiscent of the recent work of Chris Beckett." Reader receives the €1000 Grand Prize and publication in Albedo One.
Second place goes to "Bridges" by Nick Wood. Watson said the story, featuring a future South Africa in which apartheid never ended, is "politically acute and powerful, with its heart in the right place… and is in many ways a 'textbook story', because it's so well done." Second prize is €200 and publication in Albedo One.
Third place goes to "Canis Lupus, Rosa Canina" by Judith Brown. Watson said "the story is nasty, but brilliantly written, with masterly descriptions of landscape and powerful imagery." Third prize is €100 and publication in Albedo One.
Thank you to all who entered and supported the contest in 2009!
A Falcon Sharp and Passing - Donald Mead
Canis Lupus, Rosa Canina - Judith Brown
Frogs on my Doorstep - Annette Reader
Something Other - David Heaton
Bridges - Nick Wood
Fenn, Brother of Francis - Susan McElheran
He Who Picks the Bones - Frank W. Haubold (translated by Jason Roberts)
Trimble Does Time - Gerard Farrell
In the Boughs of his Blood Orange Tree a Vampire Sat to Dream of Love - Ian Wild
Stars in the Skies - Jennifer Harwood-Smith
Don't Go Playing with Naiads - Alice Godwin
The Girl in the Blue Bikini - Peter Loftus
Once, When the Sun Rose in the West - Susan Lanigan
Deconstruction - Alexis Boddy
Reflected Glory - Peter Loftus
Conversion - Jennifer Harwood-Smith
All the Beautiful Lights of Heaven - Russ Colson
Star in a Glass - Vaughan Stanger
Wailing Wheel - Joe Nazare
Angele Dei - Chandler Kaiden
Lost Things - Jennifer Harwood-Smith
On the Feast of Stephen - Cyril Simsa
The Art of the Intractable - Nathan Jones
Gordon Street - Katharine Clayden
Pirate Copies - Ian D. Martin
Remember, the Aeon Award 2010 is now open for entries to Nov 30th 2010. Details can be found here
AEON AWARD 2010 LAUNCHED!
Jan 1 - Albedo One is proud to announce the launch of the Fifth International International Aeon Award Short Fiction Contest, 2010. The goals of the Aeon Award are to promote writers and the writing of speculative fiction, be it science fiction, fantasy, horror or anything unclassifiable or in-between.
The contest is open to writers from all nationalities for stories of up to 8000 words long, that are previously unpublished in English. The Grand Prize is 1000 euro and publication in Albedo One. Second and third place prizes are 200 and 100 euro and publication in Albedo One. The contest is open from January 1st 2010 to the end of November 2010, after which the winning stories are chosen by our Grand Judge, respected SF author, Ian Watson (see Ian's homepage here).
Since 2004, the Aeon Award has helped promote exceptional work of authors in speculative fiction. Aside from winning the cash prizes and publication in Albedo One, winning and shortlisted stories have been given Honourable Mentions or been reprinted in prestigious volumes such as the Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois, and the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. Other winning stories have been translated and published in prestigious European magazines, like Galaxies SF, edited by Pierre M. Gevart.
The Aeon Award is therefore a great opportunity to promote your work. A modest entry fee of 7 euro applies, which can be paid easily and securely online via PayPal on our contest guidelines page, here. Get those stories submitted, and keep an eye on this website, where the winners of the 2009 Aeon Award will be announced early in 2010!
ISSUE 37 OF ALBEDO ONE IS RELEASED!
Oct 18 - Albedo One issue 37 is released! This issue features an in-depth interview with renowned SF author Greg Egan and more informative and entertaining reviews from our columnists Juliet E. McKenna and David Conyers. Our cover this issue, entitled "Moon 13", is courtesy of the highly talented Christian Podgorski. The issue is packed full of the best fiction we can get our hands on, including "Safe" by Hugo Award-winning Robert Reed, an SF story that asks some rather important ethical questions. The issue also includes the 2nd place winner of the Aeon Award 2008, "Aegis", by D. T. Neal. There is some very distinctive work by Sara Joan Berniker, who at long last returns to the pages of Albedo One, Gustavo Bondoni, with an unsettling vision of future Africa, Richard Alan Scott, with a highy entertaining mythical addition to the life of Bram Stoker, Gareth Stack, who's first published story here presents a very unsettling cross of SF and Horror, and T D Edge, who has given us what can only be described as a rip-roaring adventure, featuring a most notorious woman that some readers may already be familiar with! Go get yourself a copy and let us know what you think!

To buy a print copy of issue 37, click here. Or, to buy a low cost pdf version to read on your PC or PDA, click here.
AEON AWARD 2008 WINNING STORIES
Feb 14 - At long last it comes time to announce the winning stories from the 2008 International Aeon Award short fiction contest. Grand Judge Ian Watson returned with his verdict on the first, second and third place stories from the top seven stories sent for his consideration. Needless to say, his job was not an easy one. Congratulations to the winners!
First place and winner of €1,000:
Twinkle Twinkle - Colin Henchley
Second place and winner of €200:
Aegis – D.T. Neal
Third place and winner of €100:
The Better To See You With - Allison Francisco
We can now reveal the names of all the shortlisted authors, of which there were a record breaking 40 in the 2008 contest. Thank you for supporting the Award and helping it fulfill its goal of promoting new writers and writing in the speculative genres.
Extracts from a Three Volume Novel – Ian Wild
Inventions - Alex Carnevale
Sundays Off - Gerard Farrell
The Hot Chocolate Rocket - Martin Belderson
The Trapped Tailcoat – Ian Wild
Doors - Julian West
Shadow Pains - Kelvin M Knight
Lessons In Love - Kelvin M Knight
Breaking the Mould - Steven J. Hopley
Escher - Helgard de Barros
The Walnut Tree - Malcolm Bray
Stay Special - Susan Lanigan
Hot Chocolate - Susan Lanigan
Regret Me Not - Jennifer Harwood Smith
55286 - Jennifer Harwood Smith
Come The Spring - Ahmed Jamel
Swan Wing - Joanne Mills
YoYo - Romily McNulty
Hood - Alice Godwin
You, Me and Them - Alexis Boddy
A Bump in the Night - Nakia Johnson
The Horror of Life - Clive Maxwell-Yates
Dreamscape - Matt Bone
Windproject NX104 - Anne Lente
Convicts – Robert Boumis
The Firebird - Roshni Beeharry
Lies - Kelly Harmon
The Den Ghost - Eleanor Thom
Went Wrong - Jeff Nottingham
Doorways - Catherine Edmunds
The Fatal Book - Loren Rhoads
The Flower Builder - Bernadette Owens
The Paper Garden - T. E. Peploe
Thirstlands - Nick Wood
Facing Demons - Nigel Plane
iDementia - Helmut Obermeir
The Cursed - Lisa Clarkson
Don't forget, the Aeon Award 2009 is now open to submissions. Grand Prize is €1,000, second prize €200 and third prize €100 and publication in Albedo One. Full details may be found here.
AEON AWARD 2009 LAUNCHED!
Dec '30 - As of January 1st 2009, the fourth International Aeon Award short fiction contest is open to entries. The Aeon Award is all about promoting new writers and writing in the speculative fiction genres (including SF, fantasy, horror or anything in-between or unclassifiable). The quality and diversity of submissions we've had to the previous three Aeon Awards has reaffirmed our faith in the value and vitality of speculative fiction, despite the pronouncements of its detractors and the proclamation of the death of SF, of the short story, etc.... This year's Award will have a Grand Prize of 1000 euro and publication in Albedo One magazine. Second and third place stories will receive 200 and 100 euro respectively, alongside publication in Albedo One. The winning stories will be chosen by highly respected genre author Ian Watson. Previous winners have been announced at the World Science Fiction Convention and European Science Fiction Convention. Stories shortlisted for the Award have also received Honourable Mentions or been reprinted in the prestigious Year's Best volumes. Entering the Award can certainly get you noticed, never mind the potential prize money or publication in Albedo One. A modest entry fee of 7 euro applies for each entry, which may be paid easily and securely online via PayPal. The contest is open from 1st Jan to 30th Nov, 2009. Full entry details and online payment options may be found here. Good luck with your entries! We look forward to reading your work.
TWO NEW AEON PRESS BOOKS
Our book-publishing arm, Aeon Press, has just published two new great reads:
EMERALD EYE - THE BEST IRISH IMAGINATIVE FICTION
Emerald Eye is a celebration of all things fantastic and imaginative in Irish writing. Among the eighteen contributors are well-known names from the SF field - Anne McCaffrey, Bob Shaw, James White, etc. Also included are mainstream names such as William Trevor. The anthology is edited by Frank Ludlow and Roelof Goudriaan. This 292-page trade paperback is available at a fantastic price of less than ten euros or under seven pounds sterling.
SPELL MAFFIA - They thought there was only one “F” in Mafia
Meet Jack Kelly. It is seven thirty in the evening. It is mid-March. He is in the middle of a rapidly darkening forest. He can see about ten yards in any direction. And, by the way, he is totally naked. Ten minutes ago he was holding onto his nuts because he was embarrassed; now he's hanging onto them because he's afraid they're going to fall off from the cold. Somewhere close by lurks a Russian gangster with a gun. What else could he have expected when pitching a bunch of weekend witches against the might of the Russian Mafia (Dublin branch)?
A 102-page graphic novel, written by John Lee and illustrated by Denise O’Moore, including the short story “Father Further Investigates.. The Devil in Dingle”, for € 9.95 or UK£ 6.95
WHAT THE HECK IS AN ALBEDO ONE?
Albedo One is Ireland’s longest-running and foremost magazine of the Fantastic. Since 1993, we have published stories of both Irish and international authors which push at the boundaries of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror - Ian McDonald, Anne McCaffrey, Norman Spinrad and Patricia Anthony are but just a few names we’ve published. It’s that magazine to your left on the screen! Have a look at more detail and some Albedo One covers here.
Through our book publishing house Aeon Press, we have made available a select number of speculative fiction gems. Have a look at the titles by international and Irish authors we’ve published to date. You will also find some sample stories and novel excerpts from these Aeon Press titles here.
And if there’s anything on this site you’d like to comment on, please do so. You can contact us at goudriaan@albedo1.com for comments regarding the website, and bobn@albedo1.com for any queries regarding purchases and/or submissions.
Albedo One is edited (in no particular order and without any particular order) by John Kenny, Bob Neilson, David Murphy, Frank Ludlow and Roelof Goudriaan.
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