Monday, September 29, 2008

That's International, Baby!

Thanks to dean's update (see post), I found out that [identity-protected] has been given an honorable mention citation in the 2008 Year's Best in Fantasy and Horror, the annual anthology by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. This is for her story, "The Ascension of Our Lady Boy" which was first published in Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol III (2007).

For those not in the know locally, recognition in the Year's Best can be likened to the Palanca except that this is for Speculative Fiction and this is international in scope.

Woot! Am so proud of her. *grins like mad*


(Click on picture to see close-up of the name.)

Congratulations also to the rest of the Filipino writers who made it. Now that's what I call making our mark on the international stage. Haha!

7 comments:

Charles said...

Just curious: why were you Googling (the talented author) Nathan Ballingrud?

banzai cat said...

Heh don't look at me, that wasn't my browser.

Don said...

party na!

banzai cat said...

Why, punta ka dito? ;-)

Don said...

pwede haha. basta worth it

:D

Ryan said...

congrats! why'd you find it out from dean though? isn't she given advanced notification?

banzai cat said...

Hehe nup. Dean was checking out the listings to see how PSF did for that year. Eight stories from Filipinos in that citation. Not bad from a small Southeast Asian country, eh?