Kij Johnson

 

Breaking news and announcements

6/11/2010
Kij writes: I am participating in the 2010 Clarion West Write-a-thon, raising funds for the six-week workshop by writing something original every week. Ways to help: Participate yourself!  Sponsor me! Thank you!

5/15/2010
"Spar" wins the Nebula Award! Hop on over to her Facebook page and congratulate her. The story appeared in the online Clarkesworld Magazine. (Note: This is a disturbing and sexually explicit story - not for kids!) Click here to read it at the Clarkesworld website.

5/8/2010
"26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss" is published with new art (and mild revisions) in the literary magazine, World Literature Today, for their first special science fiction issue.

4/4/2010
"Spar" is on the final Hugo Award Ballot!

3/4/2010
Kij is interviewed by Jeremy L.C. Jones for Clarkesworld Magazine. Click here to read the interview.

2/19/2010
"Spar" is on the final Nebula Award Ballot!

On Friday, January 15th, at 7:00pm, Kij read at the independent University of Washington Bookstore in the University District of Seattle, WA. This reading was presented by NW Media Arts and the University Book Store.

On Sunday, January 17th, Kij was thrilled to teach a class on narrative voice and form at Seattle's Richard Hugo House. For information, check it out.

"The Snow Wife" is published in translation in El Colombiano for their holiday Sunday supplement on December 20, 2009. It's a Medellín, Colombia, newspaper.

12/22/2009
In 2010, Kij becomes vice chair on the board of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, taking on the role of chair in 2011. Kij attended this six-week workshop for writers of speculative fiction in 1987, and she says, "it changed my writing and my life in wonderful ways, as it has changed - and will change - the work and lives of hundreds of others. It is a great honor to be allowed to contribute to the workshop's future in this fashion."

11/1/2009
"26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss" wins the 2009 World Fantasy Award!

10/1/2009
Kij reads new material at 7:00pm on Saturday (October 17) at the Wayward Coffeehouse in Seattle (8570 Greenwood Ave North). Kij says, "Spread the news! I'll be giving away several copies of my novels."

10/1/2009
"Spar" appears in the online Clarkesworld Magazine.

8/9/2009
Kij presents the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award to James Gunn at Anticipation, the Montreal WorldCon. 

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