Elgin Wins Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award

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SF poet and author Suzette Haden Elgin is the winner of the 2026 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to bring attention to lesser-known SF and fantasy authors. Her first story publication, “For the Sake of Grace”, was in F&SF in 1969. She wrote several SF series leaning into her background in linguistics and was the founder of the SFPA, now the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. The award was announced at Readercon 35, held July 9-12, 2026 in Burlington MA. The jury members are Ann VanderMeer, Steven H Silver, and Rich Horton. For more information about the award, see the Wikipedia page. [via File770.com] The post Elgin Wins Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award appeared first on Locus.