Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: stunned
  • Music: Bauhaus, "Bella Lugosi's Dead."

Tiara. In AUSTRALIA. Or: The 2010 Campbell Ballot is live!

I am delighted (and still sort of staggered and awed) to announce that I have been nominated for the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. You can view the full ballot for this year's awards by following this link to the Aussiecon 4 website.

I. Uh.

Oh my sweet Great Pumpkin and pie, you guys, I made the ballot.

I literally started screaming when I got the email—like, high-pitched, sonic screaming—followed by crying hysterically for a good half an hour. Because I made the ballot. I'm an urban fantasist! Urban fantasists don't make the Campbell ballot! (I checked the last several years, because I am insane like that.) Urban fantasists don't get to buy pretty dresses and go to Australia and maybe win a tiara!

But this one does.

Wow.

I've updated my website to reflect recent changes, I've done the Internet equivalent of making the house look nice for all the new guests that are likely to come over and check me out, and I've managed, mostly, to stop crying. I'm on the 2010 Campbell ballot. I just...

There are no words. Just wow.
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seanan_mcguire

April 5 2010, 19:27:23 UTC 7 years ago

It's a little weird having two urban fantasists on the ballot after all those years of none, isn't it? I can understand the hope, but in the case of a tie, neither of us will win; we'll have split the urban fantasy vote too cleanly, and we'll both lose. :(

So from my position, I just hope that Feed tips me into the horror vote, and that I can take the bulk of the UF voters, since she'll get the PRs and the steampunks.

And I do want the tiara.

spectralbovine

April 5 2010, 19:54:33 UTC 7 years ago Edited:  April 5 2010, 20:01:55 UTC

So from my position, I just hope that Feed tips me into the horror vote
That was my thought as well. That should give you an edge.

...Although will the fact that it's Mira Grant disqualify it on a technicality?

seanan_mcguire

April 5 2010, 20:13:53 UTC 7 years ago

No, because the vote is by author, not by work. Since Mira Grant is an open pseudonym, she continues to prove that I can write.