Janusz A. Zajdel Award
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is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction
Science fiction
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and fantasy
Fantasy
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fandom
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for the best stories published in the previous year. The winners are chosen in a vote by fans present at the Polcon
Polcon
Polcon is the oldest Polish science fiction convention, organized each year in a different place by the local science fiction club. The Janusz A. Zajdel Award is awarded during the convention...
convention from up to five nominations in each of two categories:
- Novel: works longer than 100 standard pages (of 1800 characters),
- Short story: shorter works.
Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting , also known as preferential voting, the alternative vote and ranked choice voting, is a voting system used to elect one winner. Voters rank candidates in order of preference, and their ballots are counted as one vote for their first choice candidate. If a candidate secures a...
with "No award" as one of the choices is the method used.
Vote counts are not announced.
History
The award was created in 1985 under the name Sfinks. After the death of the first winner Janusz A. Zajdel in the same year, the name was changed in his memory.Until 1989, the award was given by Polish science fiction fan associations, voting as units; since 1990, all fans present at Polcon can vote. Until 1991, there was a single award given for the best story; since 1992, there are two categories.
Winners
The year given is the year of publication. Since 1992, the first row is a novel, the second one, a short story.- 1984 - Janusz Andrzej Zajdel, ParadyzjaParadyzjaParadyzja is a 1984 science fiction novel by Janusz A. Zajdel.It is a dystopian novel similar to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The space colonies are more or less federated with the Earth. Human rights are observed and respected everywhere, but Paradise has not been verified for sure...
(novel) - 1985 - Marek BaranieckiMarek BaranieckiMarek Baraniecki is a Polish science fiction writer and journalist. He graduated in environmental engineering. In 1985 he published a short story collection Głowa Kasandry, and for a novel with the same title he was given the Janusz A. Zajdel Award.Marek Baraniecki was born on June 16, 1954 in...
, Głowa Kasandry (novel) - 1986 - no winner
- 1987 - no winner
- 1988 - Edmund Wnuk-LipińskiEdmund Wnuk-LipinskiEdmund Wnuk-Lipiński , professor of Sociology, is the founder and first head of the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Political Studies, Rector of Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. He was a Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, the University of Notre Dame, and Wissenschaftskolleg...
, Rozpad połowiczny (novel) - 1989 - no winner
- 1990 - Andrzej SapkowskiAndrzej SapkowskiAndrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher.-Biography:...
, Mniejsze zło (short story) - 1991 - Marek S. Huberath, Kara większa (short story)
- 1992
- Feliks Wiktor Kres, Król bezmiarów
- Andrzej SapkowskiAndrzej SapkowskiAndrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher.-Biography:...
, Miecz przeznaczenia
- 1993
- no winner
- Andrzej SapkowskiAndrzej SapkowskiAndrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher.-Biography:...
, W leju po bombie
- 1994
- Andrzej SapkowskiAndrzej SapkowskiAndrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher.-Biography:...
, Krew elfówKrew elfówBlood of Elves is the first novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 1994... - Ewa Białołęcka, Tkacz Iluzji
- Andrzej Sapkowski
- 1995
- Rafał Aleksander Ziemkiewicz, Pieprzony los kataryniarza
- Konrad Tomasz Lewandowski, Noteka 2015
- 1996
- Tomasz Kołodziejczak, Kolory sztandarów
- Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Śpiąca królewna
- 1997
- Marek S. Huberath, Druga podobizna w alabastrze
- Ewa Białołęcka, Błękit Maga
- 1998
- Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Walc stulecia
- Anna Brzezińska, A kochał ją aż strach
- 1999
- Marek S. Huberath, Gniazdo światów''
- Antonina LiedtkeAntonina LiedtkeAntonina Liedtke, aka Nina, is a Polish science fiction writer and a technical editor.She became known in Poland with her short story CyberJoly Drim . Her other stories include Psychika ofiary . CyberJoly drim has been awarded with Elektrybałt, Janusz A. Zajdel Award and Srebrny Glob Award...
, CyberJoly Drim
- 2000
- Anna Brzezińska, Żmijowa harfa
- Jacek DukajJacek DukajJacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
, KatedraThe CathedralThe Cathedral is the title of a science fiction short story by Jacek Dukaj, winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2000; and of a 2002 short animated movie by Tomasz Bagiński, based on the story, made in 3ds max . The film was nominated in 2002 for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for...
- 2001
- Jacek DukajJacek DukajJacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
, Czarne oceany - Andrzej ZiemiańskiAndrzej ZiemianskiAndrzej Ziemiański is the Polish science fiction writer and columnist. He won twice the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in class 'short story': 2001 for Autobahn nach Poznań and in 2003 for Zapach szkła...
, Autobahn nach Poznań
- Jacek Dukaj
- 2002
- Andrzej SapkowskiAndrzej SapkowskiAndrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher.-Biography:...
, Narrenturm - Andrzej PilipiukAndrzej PilipiukAndrzej Pilipiuk , Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author. He debuted in 1996 with short story "Hiena", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist. Since that time, Pilipiuk has written several dozen other short stories about that character.Nine...
, Kuzynki
- Andrzej Sapkowski
- 2003
- Jacek DukajJacek DukajJacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
, Inne pieśni - Andrzej ZiemiańskiAndrzej ZiemianskiAndrzej Ziemiański is the Polish science fiction writer and columnist. He won twice the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in class 'short story': 2001 for Autobahn nach Poznań and in 2003 for Zapach szkła...
, Zapach szkła
- Jacek Dukaj
- 2004
- Jacek DukajJacek DukajJacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
, Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość - Anna Brzezińska, Wody głębokie jak niebo
- Jacek Dukaj
- 2005
- Jarosław Grzędowicz, Pan Lodowego Ogrodu, tom I
- Jarosław Grzędowicz, Wilcza zamieć
- 2006
- Jarosław Grzędowicz, Popiół i kurz
- Maja Lidia KossakowskaMaja Lidia KossakowskaMaja Lidia Kossakowska is a Polish fantasy writer whose first publication was in 1997. She was nominated eight times for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for her short stories and novels, and received it in 2007 for the short story Smok tańczy dla Chung Fonga. She has also received several other awards....
, Smok tańczy dla Chung Fonga
- 2007
- Jacek DukajJacek DukajJacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
, LódLodLod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod... - Wit SzostakWit SzostakWit Szostak is a Polish fantasy writer, philosopher and historian of Polish music folklore. He has published five novels and numerous short stories.His 2008 short story Miasto grobów. Uwertura received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award....
, Miasto grobów. Uwertura
- Jacek Dukaj
- 2008
- Rafał KosikRafał KosikRafał Kosik is a Polish science fiction writer. He has published eleven novels.His young adult series Felix, Net i Nika is being made into a movie.His 2008 novel Kameleon received the Janusz A...
, Kameleon - Anna KańtochAnna KańtochAnna Kańtoch is a Polish fantasy writer. She has published three novels and numerous short stories.Her 2008 short story Światy Dantego. and 2009 novel Przedksiężycowi received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award....
, Światy Dantego
- Rafał Kosik
- 2009
- Anna KańtochAnna KańtochAnna Kańtoch is a Polish fantasy writer. She has published three novels and numerous short stories.Her 2008 short story Światy Dantego. and 2009 novel Przedksiężycowi received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award....
, Przedksiężycowi, tom 1 - Robert M. WegnerRobert M. WegnerRobert M. Wegner is a Polish fantasy writer, winner of Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2009 for his short-story We All are Meekhanees and Sfinks Award in 2010 for short-story The Best You Can Buy .He debut in 2002 in Science Fiction magazine with short-story The Last Flight of Night Cowboy Robert M....
, Wszyscy jesteśmy Meekhańczykami
- Anna Kańtoch
- 2010
- Jacek DukajJacek DukajJacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
, Król Bólu i pasikonik - Anna KańtochAnna KańtochAnna Kańtoch is a Polish fantasy writer. She has published three novels and numerous short stories.Her 2008 short story Światy Dantego. and 2009 novel Przedksiężycowi received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award....
, Duchy w maszynach
- Jacek Dukaj
External links
- The Award homepage (in PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
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