The 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction will not be awarded.  The official story from the Pulitzer organization is traditionally the judging committee picks the finalists and the board decides the winner.  According to prize administrator Sig Gissler, the board “failed to reach a majority” and thus did not award a fiction prize.

This is the first time in 35 years that a prize for fiction has not been awarded.  More interesting is it’s the first time we know which three books were presented to the Pulitzer Board and ultimately rejected. 

Another big collectible prize will be announced today at 3:00 PM (EST) and I have my favourites.  More importantly, I also have my list of probables.  Predicting the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is really just a shot in the dark, but it’s a fun shot in the dark.  My prediction for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is:

The 2012 Hugo Awards nominations were announced on Saturday at five different conventions in the United States and the United Kingdom and broadcast on UStream.  The nominations for Best Novel are:

Buoyed by my “success” with the Philip K. Dick Award prediction from last night, I’m going to reveal my predictions for the 2012 finalists.  While predicting the Philip K. Dick Award was a one in seven shot, this one’s wide open and has taken more time to evaluate.  With thousands of possibilities, this is at best a vaguely educated guess, but it’s fun to do.  Without any further ado, here are my predictions:

This year’s  Philip K Dick Award winner was announced last night at Norwescon 35 in Seattle.  The winner was Simon Morden for his Samuil Petrovitch  Trilogy (Equations of Life, Theories of Flight and Degrees of Freedom).  You can read Mr. Morden’s acceptance “post” here.  (I guess the Ace/Ten held).