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[3.8.06] [Stevens]
DO SPEND IT ALL AT ONCE
 Latest dispatch from Foxbase Aylett:
Steve Aylett has won the Prix Jack Trevor Story (or Jack Trevor Story Memorial Cup).
The award is given occasionally for a work of fiction or body of work which best celebrates the humorous spirit of Jack Trevor Story (Live Now Pay Later, Morag's Flying Fortress, The Wind in the Snotty Gobble Tree, The Trouble With Harry), who died in 1992.
As well as the traditional cup, a cash prize is awarded. The conditions of the prize are that the money shall be spent in a week to a fortnight and the author have nothing to show for it at the end of that time. Aylett, author of LINT, SLAUGHTERMATIC and the new FAIN THE SORCERER, says "Other than humour and imagination, I think the Prize is index-linked to authors who, no matter how many books they have published and in print, manage to have no money or exist in massive debt. Amazon's 'Buy Used' facility means more authors than ever meet this criteria. I just put money on a table and watch as it becomes gauzy and then disappears. I'll enjoy watching the Prize evaporate."
The jury consisted of Mr John Coulthart (UK), M. Jean-Luc Fromental (France), Mr Michael Moorcock (UK), Mr Martin Stone (France) and Mr Jeff VanderMeer (USA).
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