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2011 Pegasus Awards.

This past weekend, I was in Ohio for OVFF (the Ohio Valley Filk Festival). I go as often as I can, usually every year, and I always have a wonderful time. This year, I was honored to be represented twice on the 2011 Pegasus Ballot, once for "Best Bad-Ass Song," for "Evil Laugh," and once for Best Song, for "Wicked Girls." My beloved Amy McNally, meanwhile, was on the ballot in the "Best Performer" category. It was an exciting year.

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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Congratulations, Seanan! And Amy! And Sooj! And everyone else I don't know!
Thank you!
MEGA-CONGRATS! What a thrill!
It was AMAZING.
It was a damn good year.
It was.
Congrats to all!

But especially congrats to you because, y'know, it's your LJ. O:D
Heh.
That's fantastic ! Go you and go all you wonderful women.
It was amazing.
Congratulations, Seanan!
Here's something picture-ish that I hope you like: Wicked Girl Image
Ah, neat!
My husband and I are new to filk music. I bought Wicked Girls for myself, but after one listening, my husband confiscated the CD and asked for more for his birthday. My sons want copies, too. I got my husband a Vixy and Tony CD (Thirteen) for his birthday (he asked for more filk music like yours) and we love it. I haven't heard Amy's music yet, but I'm definitely going to check it out!

Seanan, your awards were definitely deserved. Congratulations to everyone!
Actually, you have! Amy is the fiddle player on Wicked Girls, and appears throughout the album. :)

midnightblooms

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seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

You are all amazing. The ballot was intense this year!

I'm proud and extremely thankful to be in a community with such high quality people.
Congrats to you and your friend's! I just got the Wicked Girls CD a week ago and both myself and my husband are loving it.

A lot of my friends go to the OVFF every year; I hope to make it there some day!
I hope you do!
Wicked AWESOME. Congrats!
Thanks!
It was anothe year where I kept changing my mind about what to vote in each category, because they were all strong contenders. I don't remember which ones I eventually (the day before it closed) selected, because really I would be both happy for the winners and disappointed for everyone else whoever won. I want an "all of the above are awesome and should all get awards!" option *g*.

So congratulations to all of you, winners and nominees!
Thank you!
It was, indeed, a brutal ballot. I think all six winners are wonderful, and well deserving, and I voted for two of them. :)
Awesome. :)
Amy was SO due.
Agreed.
Congratulations. I had not noticed the all female wins, that is awesome - I so love what an incredible pool of female talent there is in filk (there are many cool non-females, too).

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!
We'd love to have you.
Congratulations all 'round! Julia Ecklar was one of my favorites when I was still going to cons, I'm glad to see she's still around and as good as ever. You're in good company :)
Thanks!
WWWWWooooooooooooo! I'm such an Ecklar fan that I was squeeling in my seat when I saw the results about "Phoenix." And I certainly am not sorry to say I was hollering at my husband about your win.

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!
I'm thrilled.
Awesomesauce! And Congratulations all around!
Yes!
Congrats! It's good to see you, Amy, and Sooj get the praise we know you deserve.
Thank you. :)
Congratulations!! That is amazing.
It really is.
Congratulations, again, to you, m'dear, and all of the winners. I didn't have a chance to talk to Heather, but I'm so happy for her. And Amy. Oh my FSM, Amy. I will give her some small percentage of the hugs she deserves at WindyCon.

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
I was so glad to hug you so much.
I was overjoyed when I saw the list of winners. Wicked Girls is so deserving of this honor, and I knew it would come eventually. It's nice that it came so soon. You have written an anthem for the ages.
Thank you.
Congratulations! You deserve it.
Thank you.
Both you and Julia are in good company!

Congrats on the wins, especially "Wicked Girls." Best. Anthem. Ever!
Yay!

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Thank you!
Congratulations! Your wins are incredibly well-deserved- and I'm sure everyone else's are too.

"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.
I can roll with that.
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