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NEO-OPSIS NEWS
January 2007 – December 2013
August
15, 2013 - Rainbow Comics in Sioux Falls SD, USA, sent us the photo (right)
of issue 23 on their shelves.
July 26, 2013 - Issue 23 is in print! The copies were ready to be picked up from Victoria Bindery at 1:00 pm today. Stephanie Johanson picked up the issues and stuffed envelopes at a record breaking speed, trying to get them out before the postal outlets closed for the weekend. Thankfully she had already addressed and sorted the envelopes, so subscriber copies made it out before 4:00 pm.
July
25, 2013 - Issue 23 is just waiting
on the printer to finish attaching the covers. The envelopes are printed and
waiting to be stuffed with subscriber issues. Again, our
apologies for the delay. Life has been complicated over the last few
years.
June 13, 2013 - Our apologies, issue 23 has been delayed
going to print, but will hopefully be on its way soon. Some story submissions
from the 2012 submission period are still in the final stages of consideration
for issues 24 and 25.
June 12, 2013 - Bertie "Joe" Johan Johanson's ashes were
scattered at sea. Joe had been in the navy for five years. He had worked as a
marine electronic technician for many more years. He always said he wanted his
ashes scattered at sea. We are so pleased that it could be done from a tugboat.
In attendance for the scattering were Joe's wife Fay, daughter Paula, and son
Karl.
June 7, 2013 - A memorial service and reception were held
for Editor Karl Johanson's father, Bertie
"Joe" Johan Johanson. So many people arrived for the service at First
Memorial that another room was opened, where people watched the service on a
large flat screen TV. The reception was held at Britannia Branch Legion, 780
Summit Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada.
May 27, 2013 - Editor Karl Johanson's father, Bertie "Joe" Johan Johanson, passed away. After
suffering two stokes that had made it impossible for Joe to talk or swallow,
Joe had actually been improving, relearning to talk and swallow again. He was
surprising doctors and speech therapies, who had thought Joe
would never talk again, but Joe slipped back into decline, perhaps from another
stroke. Joe was born in 1935. He used to
joke that he was born in a log cabin he helped his daddy to build. Joe will be
greatly missed. Times
Colonist obituary
April 11, 2013 - We are hoping to get issue 23 out soon.
Thank you for your patience. Things are behind schedule. That is the problem
with a magazine that is run by only two people. We have been rather busy over
the past four years with family concerns. Stephanie's father passed away in
April of 2011. Her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumour in October 2011,
had surgery, and radiation treatments early in 2012. Karl's father had two
strokes in November of 2012, was moved to long term care, and is relearning how
to talk and swallow. Stephanie's sister, Karen (Karen did cartoons for some of the early issues of Neo-opsis), had
a seizure in January 2013, and was diagnosed with a brain tumour. She had
surgery in March, and will be going through radiation treatments and chemo. Our apologies for the delays.
October
4, 2012 - Issue
22 has been mailed out to Canadian subscribers and to Magazines
Canada to be distributed to fine bookstores..
October 3, 2012 - Issue 22 has been mailed to contributors.
October 2, 2012 - Issue 22 has been mailed to out of country subscribers.
September 28, 2012 - Karl and Stephanie attended the science fiction convention VCon 37, in Vancouver, BC. They participated in the programming, sold copies of Neo-opsis, and talked with numerous interesting people. Stephanie was also one of the judges for this year's art show. There will be a review of the convention in issue 23 of Neo-opsis.
September 27, 2012 - Issue 22 is in print!
April
21, 2012 - The Toronto Star ran an article by Vinay Menon, where he
questioned Neo-opsis' editor Karl Johanson and 14
other science fiction professionals, about possible ideas for dealing with
climate change issues. The article is available at:
http://www.toronto.com/article/723921--earth-day-2012-15-sci-fi-writers-tackle-climate-change
The illustration for the article (thumb nail at right)
is by Toronto Star artist Raffi Anderian.
April 16,
2012 - We are happy to announce that Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is
a nominee for a 2012 Aurora Award. The Auroras are a Canadian people's
choice award for works of science fiction and fantasy. We would like to thank
all of the contributors to Neo-opsis, and congratulate and express our respect
for the other nominees in our category ("Best Related Work:
English").
We are also happy to note that Janice Blaine is nominated in the category "Best Artist," for her body of work in 2011 and for the cover of issue 20 of Neo-opsis.
A complete list of nominees, voting ballots and other information on the Aurora Awards are available at: http://www.prixaurorawards.ca. The 2012 Aurora Awards ceremony will take place on August 11, at the convention When Words Collide, in Calgary AB.
February 13, 2012 - Nominations are open for the 2012 Aurora Awards, for works of Canadian science fiction and fantasy produced in 2011. The Auroras are a "people's choice" award. Canadian citizens and permanent residents can nominate and vote. http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/
If you're nominating for the Aurora Awards this year, we invite you to consider including the following with your nominations.
-Best Related Work - English: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 20. (A content listing is at: http://www.neo-opsis.ca/Twenty.htm)
-Best Artist: Cat in Space, by Janice Blaine. Cover Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 20. http://www.neo-opsis.ca/Cover20.jpg
-Best Short Fiction - English: Richard Black "A Deserving Master" (5,482 words) and OwenPawlowski "The Grandmother Tree" (2,408 words). Both stories are in issue 20 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
-Best Fan Filk: Karl Johanson singing "If You're Intelligent and You Know It."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay02LFC9FNA (This excerpted from a 2011 YouTube posted video from Norweson 1983.)
February
10, 2012 - Karl Johanson
joined Tim Huesken, Julia 'Jules' Sherred
and Kirsten Anderson, for the panel "The Evolution of Social Media,"
at the gaming convention GottaCon (Feb 4, 2012, Pearkes Arena, Victoria, BC). A podcast of the panel has
been made available at the Jules' "Geeky Pleasures" website.
February 8, 2012 - Issue 21 has gone off to
subscribers with today's mail, and boxes the issue are on their way to our
distributor Magazines Canada, so not too much longer and they will be in the
stores.
February
7, 2012 - Issue
21 is in print! They will be in the mail as soon as we can get them
into envelopes and sorted for the post.
January 26, 2012 - Issue 21 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is at the
printer!
January 14, 2012 – Issue 21 of Neo-opsis will include an interview with
December 8, 2011 – We've added a collection of reviews from
back issues of Neo-opsis and from Under the Ozone Hole and a page
of links to some SF related videos
on Karl Johanson's YouTube Page.
November 24, 2011 Senator
Nick Sibbeston said the following
in the Canadian Senate:
"This past weekend, at a convention in
Toronto, the Aurora Awards were handed out, recognizing achievements in the
field of Canadian speculative fiction. Mr. Hayden Trenholm,
who works for me as my policy advisor, was nominated both for Best Novel and
Best Short Story of the year.
His novel, “Stealing
Home,” finished a respectable third behind Robert J. Sawyer who won for his
novel “Watch” and Guy Gavriel Kay who was nominated
for “Under Heaven”. Both Mr. Sawyer and Mr.
Kay are leading figures in the field whose works have been translated and
published around the world.
Mr. Trenholm
did not go away empty handed, however. He won the trophy for Best Short Story
for “The Burden of Fire” which was published in Neo-opsis Magazine. This is Mr.
Trenholm’s second Aurora win and I ask Senators to
join me in congratulating him."
November 23, 2011 - The 2011 French Aurora
Awards were presented at
the convention Boréal,
in Montreal on March 15, 2011. The English Aurora
Awards were presented at
the convention SF Contario, in Toronto, on November 20, 2011. This year’s winners
are:
Best Fan Other: John and Linda Ross
Mansfield, Conception of the Aurora Nominee pins
Best Fan Organizational: Helen Marshall and
Sandra Kasturi, chairs of Toronto SpecFic
Colloquium (Toronto)
Best Fan Filk:
Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers of Dandelion Wine for “Face on Mars” CD
Best Artist (Professional and
Amateur): Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine
Publications
Best English Related Work: The Dragon and the
Stars, edited by Derwin Mak
and Eric Choi, DAW
Best English Related Work: Solaris (edited by Joël Champetier)
Best English Graphic Novel: Goblins, Tarol Hunt, goblinscomic.com
Best English Poem / Song: The ABCs of the End
of the World by Carolyn Clink, A Verdant Green, The
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
Best English Short Story: The Burden of Fire by
Hayden Trenholm, Neo-Opsis #19
Best French Short Story: "Pour l'honneur d'un Nohaum" by Philippe-Aubert Côté
Best English Novel:
Best
French Novel: Côté, Héloďse:
La tueuse de dragons (Alire).
Congratulations to all nominees and winners. Thank you to Hayden Trenholm for allowing "The Burden of Fire." to be
a part of Neo-opsis issue 19.
August 7, 2011 – Hayden Trenholm’s story
“The Burden of Fire” has been nominated for an Aurora Award in the
category “Best English Short Story.” “The Burden of Fire” was published in Neo-opsis
issue 19, and for a limited time we have made it available online at http://www.neo-opsis.ca/Burden.htm.
If you enjoy the story, please consider voting for it to win an Aurora award.
March 29, 2011 – Issue
20 is in print! Neo-opsis issue 20 is on its way to Magazines Canada
to be distributed to stories in within Canada. Contributor copies and US and overseas subscriber copies went to the post office as
of this evening. If Murphy’s Law will take a break, Canadian subscriber copies
will go out publications mail tomorrow afternoon. Our apologies for the
extended wait for this issue, but when a publication is owned and run by only
two people it doesn’t take much in the way of adversity to cause delays. Thank
you for your patience.
March 18, 2011 – Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine Issue
20 is at the printer’s, and will hopefully be ready Friday, March
25, 2011. That will give us the weekend to get the magazine in envelopes, and
if all goes well issue 20 will be in the mail to subscribers by the afternoon
of March 28th. (It may be wishful thinking, since Murphy’s Law “If something can go wrong, it will go wrong”
has doggedly ruled us for the past year and a half, but we are hoping to get
back on schedule once issue 20 is on the shelves.)
March 1, 2011 – Even the best laid plans can go astray...
issue 20 has been delayed again. Our apologies, we hope that issue 20 will go to
print some time in March.
November 21, 2010 – The print date for Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 20 has been delayed. The
new print date is set for January 2011, our apologies for the delay.
September 30, 2010 – This weekend Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine will have a dealers table at Vcon
35 (a science fiction convention held in Greater Vancouver, BC,
Canada) October 1 -3, 2010. Editor Karl Johanson will be a panellist: Friday 3
PM – Where’s My Flying Car? Saturday 11 AM – Humans In Space; Saturday 7 PM –
What Keeps People Playing? Saturday 8 PM – Our Green Future
Doesn’t Have To Be Soylent; Sunday 4 PM – Where’s The Science In Our
Science Fiction?
June 18, 2010 - Issue 19 was
mailed to subscribers, contributors, reviewers, and sent to Magazines Canada
for distribution to stores.
June 17,
2010 – Issue 19 is
finally in print! It has been an interesting few months with one technical
hurtle after another, but issue
19 is here now, and with any luck it will be in the mail on its way to
subscribers and contributor by the afternoon on Friday June 18, 2010.
May 25, 2010 – Issue 19 is
running late our apologies for the delay. The issue 19 has been put together
and will be going to print soon.
May 24, 2010 – Editor Karl Johanson has returned from Keycon27/CanVention30 in Winnipeg, where he spoke on panels, and shared a dealer’s table in the convention dealers’ room. On Sunday May 23 Karl attended the Aurora Awards ceremony at the convention. Dan O’Driscoll won the Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement for his cover of “Steel Whispers” published by Bundoran Press. (The covers of Neo-opsis issues 5 and 10 are Dan O’Driscoll’s work.)
.
March 3, 2010 – The 2010 Aurora Awards short list has
been announced. In the category Best Work in English (Other) the
nominees are: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, On Spec Magazine, Women of the Apocalypse,
Ages of Wonder, Distant Early Warnings: Canada’s
Best Science Fiction. In the category Artistic Achievement the
nominees are: Jim Beveridge
for the Neo-opsis #16
cover “Xenobiology
101: Field Trip”; Kari-Ann Anderson for the cover for Dragon Moon
Press “Nina Kimberly the Merciless”; Dan
O’Driscoll for the cover for Bundoran
Press “Steel Whispers” (Dan’s art is on the covers of Neo-opsis issues 5
and 10); Lar de Souza “Looking
for Group” online Comic; Tarol Hunt “Goblins” webcomic. The nominees in Best Novel in English
include “Steel Whispers” by Hayden Trenholm.
(Hayden has short stories in Neo-opsis: issue 3 The
Lucky of Willy Lumen, issue
5 A Song for Morning, issue 9 Lumen
Essence, and issue
16 Symphony of Stones.)
January 26, 2010 – It is
time to nominate for the 2010 Aurora Awards. The Aurora Awards nomination
deadline is coming up, February 15th. You can nominate online, but you must be
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine, issues 16, 17 and 18, are eligible for nomination in the category
Best Work in English (Other). Here is a list of the stories and poems in
issues 16, 17, and 18 that are eligible in the category Best Work in English
(Short Form): Asad, Dan, "The Poet" Neo-opsis
# 18; DeMeulemeester, Lynda, "Time Leeches
and the Evolution of Annie Ross" Neo-opsis # 17; Duncan, Dave. Poem
"Ancestor" Neo-opsis # 17; Greylyn,
Jennifer, "Breath and Tide" Neo-opsis # 18; Jaye, Conrad,
"Self" Neo-opsis # 18; Lott, Jennifer, "A Day in the
Life" Neo-opsis # 18; McDermott, Edward P. "Crash" Neo-opsis
# 16; Overton, Scott. "No Walls" Neo-opsis # 18; Savage,
Joan L. "The Seed" Neo-opsis # 17; Seybold, Grace.
"Brought to Light," Neo-opsis, #16; Skinner,
Josh. "She" Neo-opsis
# 16; Smith,
Peter Andrew, " Thirteen" Neo-opsis # 17;
Switzer, Robert P. "Finders Weepers The Drowning Ones" Neo-opsis #
17; Trenholm, Hayden. "Symphony
of Stones" Neo-opsis, #16; Winning, Kirk. "Too Human" Neo-opsis
# 18; Wysong,
Pippa.,
"A Trip to the Northern Elves" Neo-opsis # 18. Eligible in the
Artistic Achievement category: Beverage,
Jim Cover ‘Xenobiology 101: Field
Trip’ Neo-opsis # 16; Lightbody, Ann Cover: ‘Alien Landscape’ Neo-opsis
# 18; Johanson, Stephanie Ann: Illustrations, Neo-opsis # 16, Neo-opsis
# 17, Neo-opsis # 18 and cover Neo-opsis # 17.
December 18, 2009 – Issue 18 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine was sent to Magazines Canada today, so issue 18
will soon be in stores.
December 17. 2009 – Issue 18 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is in print! In the afternoon copies were mailed
to subscribers and contributors. 
December 16, 2009 – Issue 18 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine should be in print December 17, 2009, our
apologies for the delay.
October 1, 2009 – Editor
Karl Johanson and art director/assistant editor Stephanie Johanson will be
attending, speaking on panels, and running a dealer’s table at Vcon 34, in Vancouver, BC,
Canada, October 2-4, 2009. For more information about Vancouver’s Science
Fiction, Fantasy, and Gaming Convention go to www.vcon.ca.
August 13, 2009 – Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine won the 2009 Aurora Award in the category Best
Work in English: Other. Editor Karl Johanson and art director/assistant editor
Stephanie Johanson both attended the Aurora Awards Banquet, held at
Anticipation, The 67th World Science
Fiction Convention, in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
August 5, 2009 – Editor
Karl Johanson and Art director/assistant editor Stephanie Johanson will be
attending Anticipation,
the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Montréal, Québec,
Canada, Thursday August 6 to Monday August 10, 2009. For more information about
the convention go to www.anticipationsf.ca
July 28, 2009 – Issue 17 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine was mailed to subscribers and contributors in
Canada and outside of Canada, and 450 copies of issue 17
were sent to Magazines Canada
to be distributed to stores within Canada.
July 27, 2009 – Issue 17 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is in print! 
April 17, 2009 – Editor Karl
Johanson and Neo-opsis fiction writers Janine Cross and Nina Munteanu will be appearing at Strategic Games and Hobbies,
3878 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, on April 23, 2009, at 7:00 PM. Janine
Cross will be reading from her story "The Power of Love", which was
published in issue 3 of Neo-opsis. Information on Janine's
other writing is available at: www.janinecross.ca/home.htm.
Nina Munteanu will be reading from her story
"Virtually Yours," which is also from issue 3. Information
on Nina's other writing is available at: www.ninamunteanu.com.
Editor Karl Johanson will give a brief talk on Science Fiction and Gaming. Karl
has worked on close to 200 computer games for Sanctuary Woods Multimedia,
Disney Interactive, and Hidden Path Entertainment. This event is part of the
"Main Street Literary Tour," which is in turn part of the "BC
Books and Magazines Week." www.bcbookandmagazineweek.com
March 18, 2009 – Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine has been nominated for a 2009 Aurora Award in the
category Best Work in English (Other), and Stephanie Ann Johanson has been
nominated in the category Artistic Achievement for her cover image
on issue 14 of Neo-opsis magazine. Voting is open to Canadian residents, and
Canadian citizens.
March 4, 2009 – Subscriber
copies of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine issue 16 and the 4th
Edition of the Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff were mailed
today.
March 3, 2009 – The 4th
Edition of the Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff is ready,
burned, printed, and put in envelopes with Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine issue 16! We apologize for the delays. Issue 16
and the CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff 4 have made it through a lot of snags and
pitfalls to come in quite late, but looking good. We hope that with the coming Spring we will be able to get things back on schedule for
issue 17.
March 2, 2009 – Three
large boxes, filled with Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine #16s,
were sent to Magazines Canada to be distributed to stores within Canada.
March 1, 2009 – Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is again open to consider new submissions for
publication. Please check the submission
guidelines, if you wish to submit any works to Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine. (By the end of the day, Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine had received 18 new submissions.)
February
24, 2009 – Issue
16 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is in print! The
mail-out has been delayed, waiting for the 4th Neo-opsis CD of
Amazingly Neat Stuff that will go out to subscribers with issue 16. We
apologize for the delays.
February 12, 2009 – Hank Quense, writer of “Hell of a Salesman” in Neo-opsis issue
8, has a short novel published as an ebook, Fool’s
Gold. Fool’s Gold is also available in print. For more information
go to http://hankquense.com/FG-overview.html
January 21, 2009 – The
Prix Aurora Awards are accepting nominations for the 2009 Auroras. The Nominating period
is from January 1st to February 28th, 2009. Neo-opsis editor Karl
Johanson is eligible to be nominated in the category Best Short-Form Work in
English for his story PIONeers in Sci
Phi Journal. From the pages of Neo-opsis magazine issues 14 and 15, there
are three Short-form works that are eligible to be nominated for a 2009 Aurora
award: Seek You by David Routledge in Neo-opsis issue 14; Enduring
Childhood by Marion Bernard in Neo-opsis issue 14; Biology 1000:
That's Life a poem by Jeremy Gorman in Neo-opsis issue 15. Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is eligible for an award in the category of
Best Work in English (Other). Stephanie Ann Johanson is eligible to be nominated
in the category Artistic Achievement for her cover art, illustrations, and her work
displayed at the World Fantasy Convention art show in Calgary, and at the Vcon art show in Vancouver.
December 30, 2008 - An
"Author Ambush" interview of Neo-opsis editor Karl Johanson was done
by Steph St. Laurent, at the World Fantasy Convention 2008, in Calgary AB. A
copy of the interview is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psRzo8Zi7ek
The "Author Ambush" interview series also includes interviews of
Neo-opsis Contributors Nina Munteanu and Hayden Trenholm.
October 25, 2008 – Editor
Karl Johanson and Art director Stephanie Ann Johanson will be in Calgary
October 29 to November 3 to attend World
Fantasy Convention 2008. Karl and Stephanie will be running a
Neo-opsis dealer table selling issues, subscriptions, and t-shirts. If you are
attending the convention, come on by and say hello.
Editor Karl Johanson will also be
participating in the convention programming panel, "Canadian Fantasy - Is
There Such a Thing?” Also on the panel will be Marie Jakober, Candas Jane Dorsey, Ann Marston,
and Ed Willett.
(October 30th, 10:00PM) In addition to having paintings
and soapstone in
the convention art show, Stephanie Ann Johanson will be participating on the
programming panel, "Making Art in the 21st Century”. Artists discuss
traditional and digital painting and how these techniques can work exclusively
as well as together. Also on the panel will be: Todd Lockwood, John Picacio, Shaun
Tan, and James
Beveridge. (November 1st, 2:00 PM)
October 19, 2008 -
Canadian publisher Bundoran
Press, who published The Best of Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine anthology, recently released the young adult fantasy novel Tower
in the Crooked Wood, by Paula Johanson. This is Paula's 17th book,
and her first published novel. The book was released at the convention Vcon 33 in Surrey, BC, on
October 6, 2008.
September
24, 2008 - Issue 15 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine was mailed out to subscribers, contributors,
reviewers, the National Library of Canada, and to our distributor Magazines Canada.
September 22, 2008 – Issue 15 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is in print!
September 12, 2008 – Issue 15 has
been delivered to the printer. The proof copy is expected to be ready on
September 17, 2008. There have been a few delays getting issue 15 ready for
print, but subscriber copies should be going out before the end of September.
August 14, 2008 – Important Notice: Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is temporally closing its doors to submissions. The
submission process will open again on March 1st, 2009.
The inflow of
stories, poems, and articles has been increasing steadily since Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine started accepting submissions back in June of
2003. More and more work hours have been allocated to the selection process,
but it has not shortened the waiting period for those submissions that are
selected for publishing. Closing the door to submissions for a few months will
help us catch up on those submissions already in our selection process and it
will give us the time to work on other aspects of the magazine. We hope this
will not be too much of an inconvenience for the writers who have been so
wonderful as to submit their creative endeavours to our selection process.
Without our contributors Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine would not
have become as popular as it is today.
May
9, 2008 – Issue
14 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is in print! In
Canada subscriber issues were dropped off at Canada Post. Out of Canada
subscriber issues will be mailed on May 10, 2008.
April 25, 2008 – We have
had a few setbacks this month, so there have been some delays in responding to
story submissions, and a delay in printing for issue fourteen. We apologize for
the delays and hope to be back on schedule sometime in May.
March 28, 2008 – Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine has been nominated for a 2008 Aurora Award in the
category of Best Work in English: Other. Stephanie Johanson has been nominated
in the category of Artistic Achievement for her illustrations in Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine. To vote online or get a .pdf mail-in voting ballot,
go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca/English/home.html.
February 21, 2008 – Chris
Ward just won a copy of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine for sending in the 4000th submission.
February 13, 2008 – Your
chance to submit nominations for the 2008 Aurora Awards ends on March
17, 2008. To nominate, you must be a Canadian citizen (not necessarily living
in Canada), or a permanent resident of Canada. The person you nominate must be
a Canadian citizen, (not necessarily living in Canada at the time), or a
permanent resident of Canada. You may select up to 3 nominees in each category.
There is no fee to nominate. Nominations may be done online using the online
form, or there is a printable form that can be mailed in.
January 24, 2008 – Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine issue 13 has been reviewed by Marshall Payne at
The Fix Short Fiction Review website.
December 15, 2007 – Prix
Aurora Awards are accepting nominations for the 2008 Auroras.
December
14, 2007 – Issue
13 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is in print! Out of
Canada subscriber issues have been mailed. In Canada subscriber issues will be
mailed on Monday December 17th.
December 11, 2007 – Price
increase: Due to the increases in the costs of paper, printing, and
mailing, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is forced to increase the
prices of single issues and subscriptions. Starting in February 2008 the price
of a single issue will go up by a dollar, and subscriptions will increase
accordingly. We apologize for the increase. In the past three years the costs
of producing and distributing Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine have
increased several times, we had hoped to counter these expenses with our
increased subscriber base and some ad sales, but it is clear that to continue Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine, with the same quality, these increases are
necessary. To get the old rates please make your purchases before February
2008.
November 29, 2007 - Fantasy
& Sci-fi Lovin’ Book Reviews has a
review of Neo-opsis Issue 12.
November 23, 2007 –
Notice: Issue 13 has been delayed. It should go to the printer before the end
of November.
October
21, 2007 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine has received the 2007 Prix Aurora Award for Best Work in
English (Other). Editor Karl Johanson accepted the award at the Prix Aurora
Awards ceremony held during Vcon 32 in Vancouver, BC,
Canada. It also seems that the Victoria Times-Colonist article
about Dave Duncan, Sunday September 16th, 2007, was
accurate. Dave Duncan did win the Aurora Award for
Best Long-Form Work in English for his novel Children of Chaos.
September 16, 2007 – In
the Victoria Times-Colonist Sunday September 16th,
2007, D11, there is an article/review about well-known fantasy author Dave
Duncan. The reporter misquoted that Dave Duncan was
nominated for an Aurora Award, claiming that Dave
had won the award and would be collecting it at Vcon. (I hope this will turn out to be a
prediction, but for now it is best for people to know that voting is still open
for the Aurora Awards.) The article is
titled Established author settles in Victoria and includes a small
write-up about Neo-opsis titled Creativity combines with curiosity.
September 16, 2007 - Lumen
Essence, by Hayden Trenholm, Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine issue 9, has been nominated for an Aurora Award, in the
category of “Best Short-Form Work in English”. For a short while we will have
the story Lumen Essence online as a pdf, so that people who
don’t have issue nine may consider the story for the Aurora Award.
September 9, 2007 – Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine has been nominated for an Aurora Award, in the
category “Best Work in English: Other”. We would like to thank those
contributors in issue eight, issue nine and issue ten, for making Neo-opsis
magazine worthy of the nomination.
July 30, 2007 – Issue 12 of
Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine and the CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff has gone
out to subscribers. Sorry for the wait.
July
12, 2007 – Issue 12 of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is in print! There will be a slight delay with the mailing to
subscribers, as the third Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff is still being
produced.
July 5, 2007 – BC
Magazines is running a contest where you can win a two-night stay at the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino. If
you love BC magazines, enter to win at www.bcmags.com. Contest
closes October 30, 2007.
June 26, 2007 – Camosun College in Victoria, BC, is running a Writer’s
Workshop Series:
- Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop
with Paula Johanson 2007F WRIT 607V 001 * Thursdays September 27 –
November 1 * $179
- Food & Travel Writers’ Workshop
with Rosemary Neering 2007F WRIT 606V 001 *
Thursdays October 4 – November 4 * $179
- Children’s Writers’ Workshop
with Jeff Rud 2007F WRIT 604V 001 * Tuesdays
September 25 – October 30 * $179
To
register: www.camosun.ca/ce
April 25, 2007 – The
story Virtually Yours by Nina
Munteanu, first published in Issue
3 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, has yet again
appeared in the limelight in Poland... Wirtualnie Twoja…
March 31, 2007 – Okal Rel
has a “wanted” page up, looking for writers and artists for the Okal Rel universe.
March
30, 2007 – Issue 11 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine has gone out in the mail to all contributors and
subscribers.
March 29, 2007 – Issue
11 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is in print!
March 7, 2007 - Nomination
forms for the 2007 Aurora Awards,
for works produced in 2006, are now available. There are a few items listed on
the "Aurora 2007 Eligibility List". Nominations are not restricted to
those already listed.
November 21, 2006 –
Stephanie Johanson’s painting Coastal Cave won Best in Show the Acrylics Art 2006 Summer
and Fall Exhibition.
November 21, 2006 – Issue
10 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has gone out in the
mail to contributors, subscribers, and Magazines Canada.
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