Award Presentation 2004
The Award was presented at a ceremony at Winter Gradens, in Blackpool, on Sunday the 11th of April 2004. This was the venue for the National British Convention, Concourse, known as Eastercon.
At the ceremony, Christopher Priest, Guest of Honour Concourse spoke about the award
Deirdre Ruane's story was chosen from a field of over 100 entries from all over the world, including as far a field as Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and various parts of the United States.
The final judging was conducted by a panel drawn from the science fiction field in the USA and Europe: Lois McMaster Bujold, Michael Carroll, Peter F. Hamilton, Christopher Priest and David Pringle.
The wining story will appear in a future issue of Interzone.
More information on the winning story and author can be found here.
