Brian Plante (born 1956) is an American science fiction writer. As of 2007, he had published 49 short stories. Analog magazine has published 16 of his stories and most of the recent ones. Plante has written several sarcastic essays on writing, including the "Chronicles of the Garden Valley Writers," an account of dynamics in a fiction writer criticism group. His non-fiction has appeared in Manifest Destiny, Fantastic Collectibles, and from 1995 to 1998 as a monthly column in The New Jersey Graveline.[1]

Honors and awards

Plante was a 1995 Writers of the Future finalist.[2]

"Lavender In Love", originally published in the February 2003 issue of Analog,[3] won the AnLab (Analog readers poll) award for best short story of 2003.[4] Planet's "The Astronaut", published in May 2007,[5] won him the 2008 Anlab award for best short story of 2007.[6][7]

His 1998 story "Drawn Words" was on the preliminary ballot for the 1999 Nebula Award.[8] Several of his other stories have earned "honorable mention" honors in Gardner Dozois' The Year's Best Science Fiction collections.

References

  1. ^ "Brian Plante Home Page". www.sff.net. Archived from the original on 20 February 1999. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "1995 Hubbard Writers/Illustrators of the Future". The Locus Index to SF Awards. June 16, 1995. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Friel, Phil (February 1, 2003). "Analog, February 2003". Tangent.
  4. ^ "2004 Analog Analytical Laboratory". The Locus Index to SF Awards. April 17, 2004. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
  5. ^ Elhefnawy, Nader (June 20, 2007). "Analog, May 2007". Tangent.
  6. ^ "Asimov, AnLab Winners Named". Sci Fi UK. May 7, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "SF/F & Publishing News: AnLab Award winners". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008.
  8. ^ "1999 SFWA Nebula Awards Preliminary Ballot" (Press release). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. January 14, 2000. Archived from the original on September 25, 2006.

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