ENCYCLOPEDIA 4U .com



Encyclopedia Home Page
Google
  Web Encyclopedia4u.com

 

Janusz A. Zajdel Award

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it.

The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla), often called just Zajdel, is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction fandom for the best stories published during the previous year. The winners are chosen in a vote by fans present at the Polcon convention from up to five nominations in each of two categories:

  • Novel: works longer than 100 standard pages (of 1800 characters),
  • Short story: shorter works.

Instant-runoff voting with "No award" as one of the choices is the method used. Vote counts are not announced.

=History= The award was created in 1985 under the name Sfinks (English: Sphinx). After the fist winner Janusz A. Zajdel's death in the same year the name was changed in his memory.

Until 1989 the award was given by Polish science fiction fan associations voting as units, since 1990 all fans present at Polcon can vote. Until 1991 there was a single award given for the best story, since 1992 there are two categories.

=Winners= The year given is the year of publication. Since 1992 the first row is a novel, the second one - a short story.

=External links=




Content on this web site is provided for informational purposes only. We accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by any person resulting from information published on this site. We encourage you to verify any critical information with the relevant authorities.



Copyright © 2005 Par Web Solutions All Rights reserved.
| Privacy

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Janusz A. Zajdel Award".