“Songs of the Snow Whale” is a BSFA Award finalist

March 19, 2025

BSFA posted the short list for their annual awards and “Songs of the Snow Whale” written by K.A. Teryna and translated from Russian by me is a finalist this year! I’m super excited for the recognition this story is receiving. Huge thanks to Ann Vandermeer who acquired it for Reactor!

K.A. Teryna’s English language short story collection will be released late this year and I expect we’ll be able to share the very cool cover in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Meantime, you can read “Songs of the Snow Whale” here:
https://reactormag.com/songs-of-the-snow-whale-k-a-teryna/

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BSFA Award Shortlist: “The Unknown Painter”

March 1, 2024

“The Unknown Painter” by Henry Lion Oldie (and translated by me) is a BSFA Award finalist in the newly-added category of Best Translated Short Fiction. The award ceremony will take place in Telford, UK over the Easter weekend.

Huge congratulations to Dmytro Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky who collectively write under the nom de plume of Henry Lion Oldie. I am pretty sure theirs is the first Ukrainian short story to be nominated for a major English language award, and possibly the first such story translated from the Russian language overall.

Also, major kudos to BSFA for introducing the translated fiction category. It is long overdue. I hope Hugo, Nebula, and Locus administrators will take notice.

You can read “The Uknown Painter” free at the link above, but also consider buying The Digital Aesthete anthology which includes this and many other fabulous stories.

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