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Posted 2011-08-04 4:39 AM (#2541)
Subject: International Fantasy Award



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I'm reading "A Mirror for Observers" by Edgar Pangborn which I recently picked up for $2 at a book fair. The cover proudly proclaims: "The novel which won the international fantasy award". I assumed it was an award covered on WWEnd, but no:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fantasy_Award

They certainly seemed to be on the right track, I wonder why it folded?
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Posted 2011-08-04 7:58 AM (#2542 - in reply to #2541)
Subject: RE: International Fantasy Award



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According to this:  http://www.gostak.org.uk/ifa/ifaindex.htm the award was not well received at the time partly because of the way it was set up: small panel of judges instead of a fan vote and the awards ceremony was a private event.  Sounds like they just couldn't get any momentum going.

There have been lots of awards to come and go like that.  The Gandalf Award comes to mind:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf_Award

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Posted 2011-08-06 7:05 PM (#2548 - in reply to #2541)
Subject: Re: International Fantasy Award



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what about the mythopoeic award?
http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/
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Posted 2011-08-06 7:36 PM (#2550 - in reply to #2548)
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nate1234 - 2011-08-06 7:05 PM what about the mythopoeic award? http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/

That award is in the works now.  We're missing about a lot of books from the list so it'll take some time though.

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