At this year's Farmercon in Peoria, Ill. awards will be given out for the best article about Philip Jose Farmer and/or his work and the best artwork relating to Phil and/or his work. The only caveat is that the work must have appeared in FARMERPHILE magazine sometime between May 2007 to April 2008, which corresponds with issues 9 - 12 of FARMERPHILE.

No purchase is required to vote and votes are not limited to those who have read these issues of FARMERPHILE. Instead all the nominees are available online at http://www.pjfarmer.com/fp..awards.htm to be viewed and read by anyone who is interested in voting.

Nominees for the best article about Philip José Farmer:
Bibliophile on Time's Last Gift by Paul Spiteri (Farmerphile 9, July 2007)
The Archaeology of Khokarsa, by Christopher Paul Carey (Farmerphile 9, July 2007)
White-Skinned, Grey-Eyed God, by Dennis E. Power (Farmerphile 9, July 2007)
The Farmerian Holmes, by Win Scott Eckert (Farmerphile 12, April 2008)
The Lure of the Emergency Shelf, by Michael Carroll (Farmerphile 12, April 2008)

Nominees for the best Farmer related artwork:
Cover of Farmerphile 9, July 2007 by Charles Berlin
Cover of Farmerphile 11, January 2008 by Joey Van Massenhoven
Cover of Farmerphile 12, April 2008 by Keith Howell
A Peoria Night, Farmerphile 10, October 2007, illustration by Charles Berlin
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism, Farmerphile 12, April 2008, illustration by Charles Berlin

Some notes on the above. The articles are shown exactly as they appear in the magazine. Michael Carroll's article starts with a short bio because this is his first contribution to Farmerphile. Paul Spiteri's article is actually one of his regular "Bibliophile" essays and Win Scott Eckert's entry is one of his regular "Creative Mythography" columns.

Conversely the artwork is not shown exactly as it appeared but instead the text and other graphics were removed so you can see the full image better.

To vote simply send Mike an email at mike@pjfarmer.com telling him which article and artwork you feel are the best.

Or....just send "I Vote Keith Howell!" :D

Thanks for your time and your vote.

I'd encourage you to vote for one of the article authors but I can't express a preference between my friends. :)