The James White Award 2005
The Award was presented at the HUGO ceremony in the Scotish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, on Sunday the 7th of August 2005. This was the venue for the World Science Fiction Convention, this year known as Interaction.
At the ceremony, James Whites Daughter, Patricia Larkin and his Grandaughter Sinead Larkin made the presentation, with former judges Christopher Priest, Ian McDonald and administrators James White, David Stewart and Graham Andrew forming a gaurd of honour.
Elizebeth Hopkinson's story A Short History of the Dream Library was chosen from a field of over 100 entries from all over the world.
The final judging was conducted by a panel drawn from the science fiction field in the USA and Europe: Andy Cox, Jasper Fforde, Michael Carroll, Teresa Nielson Hayden and the late Robert Sheckley.
The four runners up were:
- Everything is Easy Now by Dave Gullen
- Harmemoric Asylum by Eve Power
- Heartbroken Things by Gary Spencer
- Following the Khiserians by Graham Bensley
The wining story will appear in a future issue of Interzone.
