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Send manuscripts by September 14th to Consell Social de la UPC, Edifici Nexus, Gran Capita 2-4, 08034-Barcelona, Spain; mark the envelope "UPC SF Award 2002." The jury will announce their decision by the end of 2002. Prize winners grant first Spanish and Catalan edition rights to UPC, and waive their right to any other money from those editions. Winners will be published by UPC in the collection Nova ciencia ficcion, from Ediciones B.
Winners of Spain's 2001 Premio UPC de Ciencia Ficcion, with a cash prize of 6,000 Euros (approx. $5,200), were announced November 28th at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona. The ceremony included a speech by Spanish SF writer Juan Miguel Aguilera, "Words and Images: Writing and Making SF Movies in Spain."
The First Prize of 6,000 Euros went to "El Libro De Las Voces" by Argentina's Carlos Gardini. A Special Mention prize of 1,500 Euros went to "El Mito De Er" by Spain's Javier Negrete Medina. An additional special mention award of 1,500 Euros was split between "El avatar del mono enamorado" by Jaume Valor, and "Planets X" by Manuel Gonzalez.
For the fifth year in a row, the jury consisted of Lluis Anglada, Miquel Barcelo, Josep Casanovas, Jordi Jose, and Manuel Moreno. There were 87 entries, with half from foreign countries, including 11 from the USA, six each from Argentina and Columbia, five from France, four from Mexico, two from Israel, and one each from Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Great Britain, Italy, Panama, and Paraguay. The remainder were from Spain. The winners will be published in a book from Ediciones B.
The UPC award is the most profitable per word in the SF field; by comparison, the Philip K. Dick Award has a $1,000 prize, and the UK's Arthur C. Clarke award includes ,1,000-about $1,500; both are for full length novels.
The 2002 contest is now open. The winner will receive 6,000 Euros, with two additional prizes, each 1,500 Euros, possible. All stories submitted must be unpublished SF, 70-115pp (25-40,000 words) written in Catalan, Spanish, English or French. Two copies of manuscripts, typed, double-spaced, must be submitted; they will not be returned. "The author must sign their narrative with a pseudonym, and enclose a sealed envelope containing full name, personal identification number (identity card or similar), full address, contact telephone or fax. The title of the work and the pseudonym of the author must appear on the outside of this envelope."
Send manuscripts by September 14th to Consell Social de la UPC, Edifici Nexus, Gran Capita 2-4, 08034-Barcelona, Spain; mark the envelope "UPC SF Award 2002." The jury will announce their decision by the end of 2002. Prize winners grant first Spanish and Catalan edition rights to UPC, and waive their right to any other money from those editions. Winners will be published by UPC in the collection Nova ciencia ficcion, from Ediciones B. For the sixth year, the jury consists of Lluis Anglada, Miquel Barcelo, Josep Casanovas, Jordi Jose, and Manuel Moreno.
Copyright DNA Publications, Inc. May 2002