It was also a brutally hard ballot. Voting for the Pegasus Awards is never easy, but it's usually a little easier on my heart than this. There was absolutely nothing bad on that ballot, and nothing that I could even really say "well, that's perceptibly weaker than the things around it" about. It was all amazing. The only thing I was sure of was that I couldn't predict the results; the only result I was really praying to the Great Pumpkin for was in the Best Performer category, where I desperately wanted Amy to win.
Best Romantic Song was the first announced, and went to "As I Am" by Heather Dale. We all clapped and cheered, and laughed at her pole-axed acceptance. Best Bad-Ass Song was the second announced, and went to...me. And my dinosaurs. I sort of staggered to the front, blinked a lot, said dinosaurs were cool, and went away. My table clapped and cheered. Best Writer/Composer, S.J. Tucker.
And then...Best Performer, Amy McNally. My table, which had, again, clapped politely when I won, EXPLODED. Literally. Screaming, shouting, applause. Amy wasn't able to attend this year, so Brooke, Vixy, and I went up, announced that we were Amy's Angels, and accepted the SHIT out of that award.
I am so proud of her.
Best Classic Filk Song went to "The Phoenix" by Julia Ecklar. More clapping and cheering. And then Best Song...
Best Song went to "Wicked Girls." Oh, my heart.
I have coveted that award. I won't pretend that I haven't. I've wanted it, very badly, from the day I understood what it was. It is the ultimate "you are an awesome songwriter and you have written an awesome song" of filk, and I wanted it. I did not cry, but only, really, because I was still in shock and full of delight over Amy's win. We are wicked. We are fair. We can all of us save ourselves.
The winners for 2011:
Best Filk Song: "Wicked Girls" by Seanan McGuire
Best Classic Filk Song: "The Phoenix" by Julia Ecklar
Best Performer: Amy McNally
Best Writer/Composer: S. J. Tucker
Best Badass Song: "Evil Laugh" by Seanan McGuire
Best Romantic Song: "As I Am" by Heather Dale
Some interesting facts:
This is the first time the entire Pegasus slate has been won by women. No co-writers were harmed in the granting of these awards. Go team Wicked Girls!
Amy McNally's win marks the first time someone who is primarily an instrumentalist has been awarded Best Performer. So well-deserved.
Julia Ecklar won the John W. Campbell Award in 1991. I won it in 2010. This is the first time, ever, that both Best Filk Song and Best Classic Filk Song have been won by professional authors.
It was a very good year. Thank you to everyone who voted, and thank you to everyone who believed that we could fly.
Oh, and Amy? Congratulations, sweetheart.
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But especially congrats to you because, y'know, it's your LJ. O:D
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Here's something picture-ish that I hope you like: Wicked Girl Image
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Seanan, your awards were definitely deserved. Congratulations to everyone!
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I'm proud and extremely thankful to be in a community with such high quality people.
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A lot of my friends go to the OVFF every year; I hope to make it there some day!
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So congratulations to all of you, winners and nominees!
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Awesome to see someone who gives as much out musically as Amy be rewarded as well.
Generally the thought of OVFF kinda scares me, but this something made me actually really wish I could go. Maybe sometime in the next few years I will manage it!
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Julia Ecklar won the John W. Campbell Award in 1991. I won it in 2010. This is the first time, ever, that both Best Filk Song and Best Classic Filk Song have been won by professional authors.
And that's awesome too!
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It was a tremendous ballot this year, and I was honored to be on it, and the really great thing is that watching friends win is at least as good as winning yourself. :D
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Congrats on the wins, especially "Wicked Girls." Best. Anthem. Ever!
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"Wicked Girls" is one of those songs that makes me tear up a bit, especially when I get to the last part. Sometimes I just want to go around belting out how I will be wicked and fair and there's no way I'm taking my place on the shelf.
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