Is this our B.S? - Premio UPC de Ciencia Ficcion

[Shuez]

maybe I am just out-of-the-loop, but is this award something that our Brandon won?

(taken from SciFi.com)

Brandon Sanderson's story "Defending Elysium" tied with Argentine writer Carlos Gardini d'Angelo's "Belcebu en llamas" for the 2007 Premio UPC de Ciencia Ficcion, sponsored by Spain's Universitat Politicnica de Catalunya; the prize comes with a 6,000 euro award (about $8,500), the largest cash prize in the SF field.


http://www.upc.edu/sciencefiction/

If it is, where can we read this?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Let's see, here are a couple posts, all I can find at the moment.

http://mistborn.livejournal.com/22225.html
http://mistborn.livejournal.com/24579.html

(Gotta run to work...)

[Spriggan]

Yes he did win that award, though I wasn't aware it was for a story I've never heard of (I thought it was for Elantris), he'll probably blog about it soon since he was waiting for them to make the announcement.

[Shuez]

Thank you Mokfather and Spriggan.   

Sorry, I only searched this forum before I posted (did not think to search Live Journal).

I think it is amazing how Brandon has definitively hit his stride with his writing career over the past year.

May 2008 bring you even further success Brandon.

-----
R. Schuyler Devin

[Spriggan]

You wouldn't have found anything about this since EUOL hasn't talked about it yet, the posts Ookla pointed to were from UPC 2 years ago when he was asked to be a speaker and nothing to do with him winning this award.

[EUOL]

Ah, yes, I do need to post about this, eh? 

The award is judged blind.  When I visited last year, I was impressed with the award and the professionalism of it all--not to mention the high cash pay-out.  So, I decided to go ahead and send in a submission.  They didn't know it was mine (like the Writer's of the Future, the manuscripts have no names on them) and didn't even know I'd submitted. 

To be honest, I'm honored, flattered, and more than a little bit surprised.  I've never been confident in my short story writing abilities.  But, I DO really like this one, and it's actually a novella, rather than a full short.  It's one I wrote a few years back.

Anyway, I just emailed Asimov's to ask if they'd be interested in the story.  I'll keep you all posted on this one.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

The title doesn't seem familiar. The only story of yours I remember is the technonoir science fiction—I can't remember its title, though.

it's actually a novella, rather than a full short

How long is it?  Here's the SFWA definitions:

Novel: a work of 40,000 words or more
Novella: a work of at least 17,500 words but under 40,000 words
Novelette: a work of at least 7,500 words but under 17,500 words
Short story: a work of under 7,500 words

[Jhaeli]

We are going to get the chance to read it, right?

And congratulations!

[Shrain]

Yeah, I'd sure like to read the novella or story or whatever it is. How can we purchase a copy? I assume it's going to be printed in a collection of some sort? (I don't know much about this organization or if they produce a journal.)

[dawncawley]

Congratulations, and I  am with the others, I would love to know how to  get my very own copy

[charity]

Is it possible to refer to Brandon as something besides BS... it makes me chuckle every time. 

[Spriggan]

EUOL, all the cool kids call him that.

[charity]

oh, right... but at least every one knows that now.

[firstRainbowRose]

Uber congrats!

And I have to agree with everyone else.  You're going to let us read it aren't you?

[CUBAREY]

EUOL, all the cool kids call him that.

Pardon my ignorance but is EUOL an acronym? For What?