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History

'The WSFA Small Press Award honors the efforts of small press publishers in providing a critical venue for short fiction in the area of speculative fiction. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2014). An unusual feature of the selection process is that all voting is done with the identity of the author (and publisher) hidden so that the final choice is based solely on the quality of the story.

The winner is chosen by the members of the Washington Science Fiction Association and presented at their annual convention, Capclave.' (Source : www.wsfasmallpressaward.org )

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2012

winner The Patrician Tansy Rayner Roberts , 2011 single work short story fantasy young adult
— Appears in: Love and Romanpunk 2011; (p. 51-78) The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 2012; (p. 73-92) Apex Magazine , January no. 44 2013;

Year: 2010

winner Siren Beat Tansy Rayner Roberts , 2009 single work novella fantasy horror romance
— Appears in: Roadkill [and] Siren Beat 2009;
'Siren Beat is a paranormal romance sans vampires or werewolves but featuring a very sexy sea pony. A minor group of man-eating sirens on the docks of Hobart would not normally pose much of a challenge for Nancy, but she is distracted by the reappearance of Nick Cadmus, the man she blames for her sister's death.' (From the publisher's website.)
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