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Spiral Tower Press has established the Trigon
Awards to show appreciation for those who champion the past, present,
and future of the pulp genres of science fiction, fantasy, and
supernatural horror. Trigon awardees demonstrate artistic, intellectual,
and passionate commitment to the values celebrated by the sorcerer's mysterious
trigon: chronopolitanism, compassion, and hope.
The Trigon Awards will consist of three categories:
literary achievement, scholarly achievement, and special achievement.
For the first year, the awardees will be selected by the
organizing committee of SpiralCon 1. Future Trigon Awards will be
determined by a rotating and anonymous standing committee, "The Trigon
Committee," who will nominate and select the awardees with the optional
voting and nominating aid of previous awardees. Although there will be no
formal nominating process, advice and suggestions will be welcomed by the committee. Nominees will be secret and will not be announced or discussed by the Trigon Committee in public or outside of official internal award-focused discussions.
The award carries no financial remunerations. Awardees will receive
a certificate.
The Trigons will be awarded for the first time this
Saturday, July 30th, at SpiralCon 1 at Christopher Newport University in
Newport News, Virginia.
Spiral Tower Press is an independent press that publishes two free digital zines: Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery and Witch House: Amateur Magazine of Cosmic Horror.
