Hugo Awards Nomination Period is Now Open
This year’s Hugo Awards nomination ballot is now online. The 2010 Hugo Awards will be presented in Melbourne, Australia during Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention. Deadline for nominating online is March 13, 2010 23:59 PST (paper ballots must be received by March 13).
Members of Aussiecon 4 who join by January 31, 2010 and members of Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, will be eligible to nominate people or works from 2009 in various categories. If you didn’t attend Anticipation, and you don’t plan to attend Aussiecon, you can still nominate by purchasing a supporting membership.
Already registered? Go and nominate your favorite works!
Here’s a list of works I edited that are eligible in the various Hugo categories.
Novella
John Langan: “The Wide, Carnivorous Sky” (By Blood We Live)
Novelette
John C. Wright: “Twilight of the Gods” (Federations)
Rob Rogers: “The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape” (The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
Short Story
Alan Dean Foster: “Pardon Our Conquest” (Federations)
Allen Steele: “The Other Side of Jordan” (Federations)
Catherynne M. Valente: “Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy” (Federations)
Genevieve Valentine: “Carthago Delenda Est” (Federations) [Read it free!]
Georgina Li: “Like They Always Been Free” (Federations)
James Alan Gardner: “The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses” (Federations) [Read it free!]
Jeremiah Tolbert: “The Culture Archivist” (Federations) [Read it free!]
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.: “Life-Suspension” (Federations)
Mary Rosenblum: “My She” (Federations)
Sergei Lukyanenko: “Foxtrot at High Noon” (By Blood We Live)
S. L. Gilbow: “Terra-Exulta” (Federations)
Tempest Bradford: “Different Day” (Federations)
Trent Hergenrader: “Eskhara” (Federations)
Yoon Ha Lee: “Swanwatch” (Federations)
Editor, Short-Form
John Joseph Adams (Federations, By Blood We Live, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
Stories Eligible for the Nebula Award
Nebula Awards season is upon us. Current Nebula rules dictate that during the annual nomination period (November 15th thru February 15th), eligible members of SFWA can nominate works for the Nebula. The six works that receive the highest number of nominations during the nomination period in each category will be placed on the final ballot. Due to changes in Nebula rules, for this year’s Nebula Awards, works published from July 1, 2008 thru December 31, 2009 are eligible during the current nomination period.
My anthologies include several works that are currently eligible. All stories belong in the short story category unless otherwise noted. Linked stories are available online in their entirety. SFWA members can download the stories via the links provided (email me at johnjosephadams@gmail.com if you’re a SFWA member and have issues downloading the files).
Seeds of Change [SFWA members download]
Prime Books, August 2008
- N-Words by Ted Kosmatka
- The Future by Degrees by Jay Lake
- Drinking Problem by K. D. Wentworth
- Endosymbiont by Blake Charlton
- A Dance Called Armageddon by Ken MacLeod
- Arties Aren’t Stupid by Jeremiah Tolbert
- Faceless in Gethsemane by Mark Budz
- Spider the Artist by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Resistance by Tobias S. Buckell
The Living Dead
Night Shade Books, September 2008
Federations [SFWA member download]
Prime Books, May 2009
- Carthago Delenda Est by Genevieve Valentine
- Life-Suspension by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
- Terra-Exulta by S. L. Gilbow
- Different Day by K. Tempest Bradford
- Twilight of the Gods by John C. Wright (novelette)
- Swanwatch by Yoon Ha Lee
- Pardon Our Conquest by Alan Dean Foster
- My She by Mary Rosenblum
- The Culture Archivist by Jeremiah Tolbert
- The Other Side of Jordan by Allen Steele
- Like They Always Been Free by Georgina Li
- Eskhara by Trent Hergenrader
- The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses by James Alan Gardner
- Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy by Catherynne M. Valente
By Blood We Live
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Hugo Award Nominating Deadlines
When I made my Hugo Awards post, I neglected to mention that in order to nominate for this year’s award, you have to have either been an attending or supporting member of last year’s Worldcon (Denvention), or you have to register as an attending or supporting member of this year’s Worldcon (Anticipation) by January 31.
So, if you want to nominate, and you didn’t have a membership last year, go here to register. Since the deadline is approaching, you should probably do that now.
If you just want to vote, choose an adult supporting membership ($55 Canadian, about $44 US dollars). Otherwise, buy an attending membership. If you’re not sure if you want to attend, you can buy a supporting membership now, so that you can nominate, and then upgrade your membership later to a full attending membership if you decide to go to the convention.
Once you’re registered, you have until February 28–or rather, your ballot must be received by February 28.
Hugo Awards Eligibility
Since the Hugo Award nominations are now open, and since all the cool kids are doing it, I thought I should make note of my eligibility and the eligibility of works I’ve published in 2008.
Novelette
“Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion (Wastelands, Jan. 2008)
“How the Day Runs Down” by John Langan (The Living Dead, Sep. 2008)
“Endosymbiont” by Blake Charlton (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
Short Story
“N-Words” by Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“The Future by Degrees” by Jay Lake (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Drinking Problem” by K. D. Wentworth (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“A Dance Called Armageddon” by Ken MacLeod (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Arties Aren’t Stupid” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Faceless in Gethsemane” by Mark Budz (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Resistance” by Tobias S. Buckell (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
Best Editor (Short Form)
John Joseph Adams (Seeds of Change, Wastelands, The Living Dead)*
Best Artist
David Palumbo (The Living Dead)
Daniel Kvasznicza (Wastelands)
John W. Campbell Award
Ted Kosmatka
Blake Charlton
* Hugo Awards rules for this category state: “The editor of at least four (4) anthologies, collections or magazine issues primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in 2008.” Shimmer: The Pirate Issue is my fourth qualifying editorial experience, but it came out in 2007, so I’m not listing it there beside my name, which space is reserved to point out 2008 work.
Hugo Awards Eligibility
Since the Hugo Award nominations are now open, and since all the cool kids are doing it, I thought I should make note of my eligibility and the eligibility of works I’ve published in 2008.
Novelette
“Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion (Wastelands, Jan. 2008)
“How the Day Runs Down” by John Langan (The Living Dead, Sep. 2008)
“Endosymbiont” by Blake Charlton (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
Short Story
“N-Words” by Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“The Future by Degrees” by Jay Lake (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Drinking Problem” by K. D. Wentworth (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“A Dance Called Armageddon” by Ken MacLeod (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Arties Aren’t Stupid” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Faceless in Gethsemane” by Mark Budz (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Resistance” by Tobias S. Buckell (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
Best Editor (Short Form)
John Joseph Adams (Seeds of Change, Wastelands, The Living Dead)*
Best Artist
David Palumbo (The Living Dead)
Daniel Kvasznicza (Wastelands)
John W. Campbell Award
Ted Kosmatka
Blake Charlton
* Hugo Awards rules for this category state: “The editor of at least four (4) anthologies, collections or magazine issues primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in 2008.” Shimmer: The Pirate Issue is my fourth qualifying editorial experience, but it came out in 2007, so I’m not listing it there beside my name, which space is reserved to point out 2008 work.
Free Fiction: F&SF’s Preliminary Nebula Ballot Nominees
The Preliminary Nebula ballot is out. Members of SFWA will now vote on those stories, and the top five (or more if there are ties) will end up on the final ballot. But you don’t have to be a SFWA member to take advantage of the free fiction now posted on F&SF’s website. All of our stories that made the preliminary ballot are now available online, for a limited time.
Novellas
Novelets
Short Stories
Check the SFWA.org Nebula page as well, for more free fiction from other sources.
2008 Awards Season
Following the lead of John Scalzi, Jay Lake, and others, I thought I’d post a list of things things I’ve published that are eligible for awards in 2008.
Since Wastelands is officially a 2008 book, nothing to do with that is eligible this awards season. With that in mind, I think the only thing I’m eligible for is some World Fantasy categories, such as Best Anthology (maybe, if the Pirate Issue counts).
But really, the only thing I could realistically be nominated for is the World Fantasy Award Special Award: Professional, for:
So I’m not really eligible for much as of yet. Next year, I should be eligible for the Best Editor (short-form) Hugo Award. But meanwhile, all of the stories I bought for the Pirate Issue are eligible for the various Short Story awards:
Eligible for Best Short Story (Hugo, Nebula [through end of Oct.], World Fantasy, Stoker, IGH):
- The Sweet Realm by Jill Snider Lum [read]
- Captain Blood’s B00ty by Jeremiah Tolbert [read]
- A Hand for Each by J. Kathleen Cheney
- The Blackguard of God by Melinda Selmys
- Come to the Islands by Mikal Trimm
- The Barbary Shore by James L. Cambias
- Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8 by Marissa K. Lingen
- The Furies by Rajan Khanna
- The Perfect Hook by Justine Graykin
- Hard Times for Bartleby Crow by Grant Stone
Also, I’d point out that you can and should nominate Shimmer for the Best Fanzine Hugo Award, and can also nominate Beth Wodzinski, the publisher, for the World Fantasy Award Special Award: Non-Professional.
2007 National Book Awards
Winners of this year’s National Book Awards have been announced:
Fiction
Tree of Smoke
Author: Denis Johnson
Non-Fiction
Legacy of Ashes
Author: Tim Weiner
Poetry
Time and Materials
Author: Robert Hass
Young People’s Literature
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie
Here’s a complete list of the nominees. Each winner receives a fat check for $10,000.
