Alarums and Excursions ( A & E ) is an amateur press association started in June 1975 by Lee Gold ( at the request of Bruce Pelz, who felt that discussion of Dungeons & Dragons was taking up too much space in Apa-L, the APA of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society ).

British Fantasy Society Award

Dan Simmons has been nominated on numerous occasions in a range of categories for his fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Society Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award.

He was one of the early members of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, and remained active in it for many decades.

The club changed its name to the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society during the period it was meeting at the restaurant.

Ackerman was an early member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Science Fiction League, and became so active in and important to the club, that in essence he ran it, including after the name change the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, a prominent regional organization, as well as the National Fantasy Fan Federation ( N3F ).

In 1981 the International Fantasy Gaming Society ( IFGS ) started, with rules influenced by Dungeons & Dragons.

Long-established groups like the New England Science Fiction Association and the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society have clubhouses for meetings and storage of convention supplies and research materials.

* British Fantasy Society Award

SF fandom has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization ( although clubs such as the Futurians, the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, and the National Fantasy Fan Federation are recognized features of fandom ).

Several have purchased property and maintain ongoing collections of SF literature available for research, as in the case of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, the New England Science Fiction Association, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.

The Abyss was nominated for many other awards, such as by Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films and the American Society of Cinematographers.

* The translation of The Lions of Al-Rassan was nominated for the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Geffen Award in 2005.

He is the Lifetime President of the British Fantasy Society.

* 2008 Grin of the Dark, British Fantasy Society winner, Best Novel

* 2009 Thieving Fear, British Fantasy Society nominee, Best Novel

Other notable Monroe County cultural organizations are the Key West Literary Seminar, The Studios of Key West, the Red Barn Theatre, Key West Symphony, Sculpture Key West, Fantasy Fest, the San Carlos Institute, Hemingway House and Museum, Customs House Museum, and Key West Art and Historical Society.

The Hall of Fame was founded as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1996 by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society ( Kansas City, Missouri ) and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction ( CSSF ) at the University of Kansas ( KU ).

* Tucker, Bob, ( Wilson Tucker ) The Neo-Fan's Guide to Science Fiction Fandom ( 3rd – 8th Editions ), 8th edition: 1996, Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society, KaCSFFS Press, No ISSN or ISBN listed.

* MISFITS, the Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy

ISBN 0-575-05489-1 — Clarke and British Fantasy Awards nominee, 1995

As a point of reference for the science fiction genre writer, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America define short story length Nebula Awards for science fiction submission guidelines as having a word count of fewer than 7, 500.

** 4 Saturn Awards nominations Best Fantasy Film, Best Costumes, Best Make-Up, Best Special Effects

** 6 Saturn Awards nominations Best Fantasy Film, Best Director, Best Actor ( Robin Williams ), Best Actor ( Jeff Bridges ), Best Writing, Best Costumes

** 2 Empire Awards nominations "' Best British Film, Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy "'

The World Fantasy Awards presented her with Lifetime Achievement in 1995.

The film received two Saturn Awards ( by the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films ) in 1977:

Dragon was a finalist for the 1999 Minnesota Book Awards in the Fantasy & Science Fiction category.

It was nominated for six Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA awards, five Chicago International Film Festival awards, eight Gemini Awards, fifteen Leo Awards, and five WorldFest Houston awards.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17, 500 and 40, 000.

It won the ASCAP Award from ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for " Top Box Office Films "-- the recipient was Alan Silvestri, it received a Saturn Award nomination for " Best Fantasy Film " from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA.

For the most part of the century mostly ignored by mainstream literary criticism, these genres develop their own establishments and critical awards, such as the Nebula Award ( since 1965 ), the British Fantasy Award ( since 1971 ) or the Mythopoeic Awards ( since 1971 ).

In 1994, Magic won both the Mensa Top Five mind games award and the Origins Awards for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Board game of 1993 and Best Graphic Presentation of a Board game of 1993.

After the success of Magic, Wizards published RoboRally in 1994, and it soon won the 1994 Origins Awards for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Board Game and Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game.

It was nominated in 1990 for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation ( losing to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ); actress Sarah Polley was nominated for two Young Artist Awards in the categories Best Musical or Fantasy and Best Young Actress.

The book won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula, Locus, SFX Magazine and Bram Stoker Awards, all for Best Novel, and likewise received nominations for the 2001 BSFA Award, as well as the 2002 World Fantasy, International Horror Guild and Mythopoeic, and British Fantasy awards.

Their primary purpose continues to be fulfilled by two of the once-rival World Fantasy Awards, first presented in 1975 — specifically the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

The Truman Show was a success at The Saturn Awards, where it won the Best Fantasy Film and the Best Writing ( Niccol ).

She was twice nominated in 2004: for a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Star – Female for Tru Calling and for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films at the 30th Saturn Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series for Tru Calling.

The film also won the Critics ' Award at Fantasporto, and was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award in the category of Best Film in 1993.

* Best Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel ( 1992 ): Summer of Night

* Best Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel ( 1993 ): Children of the Night

* Best Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel ( 1995 ): Fires of Eden

The first book in the series, The Dying Earth, was ranked number 16 of 33 " All Time Best Fantasy Novels " by Locus in 1987, based on a poll of subscribers, although it was marketed as a collection and the ISFDB calls it a " loosely connected series of stories ".

In 1989, Fantasy Games Unlimited won the All Time Best Ancient Medieval Rules for 1979 H. G.

* Best Professional, Media, International Fantasy Expo, 1989

King's next novel, 11 / 22 / 63, was published November 8, 2011, and was nominated for the 2012 World Fantasy Award Best Novel.

** Best Fantasy Film nomination by the Costume Designers Guild of America

** Voted Best Fantasy Film of the Year by readers of the Total Sci-Fi Online magazine.

By vote of the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Sixth Sense was awarded the Nebula Award for Best Script during 1999.

Among Besson's awards are the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Critics Prize, Fantasporto Audience Jury Award-Special Mention, Best Director, and Best Film, for Le Dernier Combat in 1983 ; The Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon-Best Director-Foreign Film, for La Femme Nikita, 1990 ; the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, Nil by Mouth, 1997 ; and the Best Director Cesar Award, for The Fifth Element, 1997.