Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Making a case for tiaras.

Okay, so here's the thing: I qualify for the Campbell Award this year (and next year). You can view the rules by clicking this link, and they basically come down to a) when you made your first professional sale, and b) how long ago that was. The John W. Campbell Award uses the same nomination and voting mechanism as the Hugo, even though the Campbell Award is not a Hugo. To be able to nominate a writer for the 2010 award, you must have either been an attending member of Anticipation (the 67th World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal) or be a supporting or attending member of Aussiecon Four (the 68th World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne) before Jan. 31, 2010. (So it's too late to become a member of the convention this year, but again, I still qualify next year, as do many other awesome people.)

I would, I think naturally, like to win this award. I mean, who doesn't want to win an award? Especially an award that will be presented in Australia, THE LAND OF POISON AND FLAME? That's like, the delicious whipped cream on top of the sundae of venomous awesome that is an entire continent full of cuddly things forged in the very flames of hell. But Australia isn't my main inspiration here.

No.

Did you know that the Campbell Award comes with a tiara?!

I mean...



...just sayin'.
Tags: awards and stuff, friends like these, silliness, so the marilyn
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To vote for this award, you just have to go to a convention? So it's voted on by readers rather than professional writers? I'm confused.

Also, does the Campbell Award really come with a tiara? Even for men?
Yes, the Campbell is a general award; it's voted by WorldCon attendees, rather than by a jury of your peers. The Nebula is the peer award.

Yes. It really comes with a tiara, even for men. There are pictures of John Scalzi wearing it. Because he's just that bad-ass.

spectralbovine

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

spectralbovine

7 years ago

ladyfox7oaks

7 years ago

kevin_standlee

7 years ago

jerusha

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

beccastareyes

7 years ago

markbernstein

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

kevin_standlee

7 years ago

So awesome.
Thanks!
at most toy stores, they have skronking dino headed stick animals to "ride", which is a lot more fun than the pony headed ones.
I've never seen those, but now I want to go find one, so I can buy one for the little boys whose nanny I used to be.

AngelVixen :-)

martianmooncrab

7 years ago

angel_vixen

7 years ago

I have one! His name is Mr. Stick, and he makes a screaming sound.
Now, I'm all for you winning the Campbell and riding a velociraptor in the land of poison and flame... but you know that they sell tiaras, right?

Just sayin'
Buying something is rarely as much fun as being awarded it.

hasufin

7 years ago

But if you buy it yourself, as opposed to having someone else present it to you (and, preferably, place it on your head), then you're not really a princess, are you?

hasufin

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

Tiaras you win are better.
Well bird are basically modern velociraptors, and a cassowary, while it'll kick anyones ass, is too small to ride on, but maybe a really big ostrich would do?

Too bad the terror birds are all gone...or then again, maybe not.
She can come up to the Ostrich races in Virginia City!
I would like a terror bird.
Screw the tiara, your nomination got you your own webcomic! That's badass!
That's her own webcomic, that she writes and draws. (Huh, I guess she hasn't been posting those here...)

wendigomountain

7 years ago

spectralbovine

7 years ago

wendigomountain

7 years ago

Hee.

Sadly, it was the constant "our life should be a webcomic" of one of my best friends that got me a webcomic. And I am now reminded that I need to post more on my website, so thanks.
You're so adorable when you're scary and blood-stained.
Glee!
You sure it's really a tiara, and not a crown of thorns? Or a crown of [insert name of poisonous Australian plant here]? ;-)
Pretty sure!
You are silly. I like that.
Good, 'cause I'm good at it.
Strictly speaking, I believe the Campbell award comes with the use of the tiara, for one year.

Still pretty awesome. And much easier to pack than the rocketships.
Well, yes. But a year is plenty of time to exult in having a tiara. And I could wear it home from Australia.