The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla), often called just Zajdel, is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year.

[7] The year 1991 also saw the introduction of the Zajdel statuette, designed by sculptor Wiesław Bielak [pl].

The winners of the award are:[9] The novel is loosely based on the legends about Jakub Szela, the leader of a 1846 peasant uprising known as the Galician slaughter.

Her winning work "Chomik" ["Hamster"] was published in the e-zine Esensja [pl], no.

An employee of SII tries to handle a particularly tough "hamster" and fails, but instead uncovers a much larger problem.