Karl Edward Wagner Award

[ellen_datlow]

I'm extremely proud to announce that I've been selected for the British Fantasy Society Special Karl Edward Wagner Award at Fantasycon in Nottingham this weekend. Paul Barnett (aka John Grant) accepted it for me. The committee gives it to "someone who the committee feels has made an outstanding contribution to the genre."
It's named, of course, after the marvelous writer and editor Karl Edward Wagner, whose life was cut short by his alcoholism.
This is what I asked Paul to say for me:

"When I was informed that I was to be awarded this honor I was flabbergasted—and thrilled. I’m sorry not to be there with you to accept it, but I’ve sent my emissary with my thanks and my suggestion that he spring for drinks for everyone at the ceremony—on HIS shilling, of course –thank you Paul!

But to be serious for a moment. I’m especially grateful to have won an award named for our brilliant, loved, and gone-too-soon writer and editor and friend Karl Edward Wagner. I thank the British Fantasy Society committee for honoring me so. But most of all, I thank all the short story writers I’ve worked with over the years and who I hope to continue working with for many years to come."



Here is the announcement of all the winners of the BFA for 2007:
British Fantasy Awards

Comments

[jplangan.livejournal.com]

Congrats Ellen! You know, when I was a kid, those Wagner year's best horror anthos from DAW were a kind of revelation of what the genre held. I think your work now, especially with YBFH, but also things like The Dark and Inferno, carries on that tradition in a way that does it proud. Well-deserved!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

thank you Slithy.
And John. I sure hope so. (although Karl and I disagreed a lot on our choices when we were both editing our Year's bests at the same time).