Jason Sanford is a multiple finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer.
13 Facts About Jason Sanford
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Jason Sanford's fiction has been reprinted into a number of languages, including Czech, French, Russian, and Chinese.
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Jason Sanford founded the literary magazine storySouth and ran their annual Million Writers Award for best online short stories.
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Jason Sanford was born in Alabama and raised outside of Wetumpka.
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Jason Sanford attended Auburn University, where he studied anthropology and archaeology.
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Jason Sanford met his wife, a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer, while in Thailand.
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Jason Sanford served as the fiction and nonfiction editor, while York served as poetry editor.
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Jason Sanford turned over publication of storySouth to Spring Garden Press in 2009 and now serves as Editor Emeritus for the journal.
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In 2004, Jason Sanford started the storySouth Million Writers Award, which highlighted each year's best online short stories.
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Jason Sanford is best known as a science fiction author, although he writes fantasy and has been published in other literary genres.
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Jason Sanford's fiction has been described as "new weird SF", and compared to both the anime of Hayao Miyazaki and the early writings of Brian Aldiss.
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Jason Sanford is a three-time winner of the Interzone Readers' Poll and a three-time finalist for the Nebula Awards.
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Jason Sanford has received a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship and been nominated for the BSFA Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the Pushcart Prize.