Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: contemplative
  • Music: Repo, "We Invented This Opera Shit."

The 2012 Campbell Awards.

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is currently open for voting! This award uses the same nomination and voting mechanism as the Hugos, even though the Campbell Award is not a Hugo, and will be presented this year in Chicago, during the Hugo Awards Ceremony. Having been on the Campbell ballot in 2010, I can testify that it is a huge, huge honor to be nominated, and that it gets your name in front of a lot of eyes that might not otherwise have heard of you.

(I can also testify that winning is amazeballs best thing oh my sweet Great Pumpkin corn maze paradise wonderful. But that's probably true of winning most awards that you really, really want.)

If you are currently a member, either Attending or Supporting, of Chicon 7, you are eligible to vote for the Campbell Award, along with the Hugo Awards. If you're not a member, either Attending or Supporting, you can view the membership rates by clicking right here. A Supporting Membership comes with voting rights and the complete Hugo packet, and is only $50.

Because writers who are eligible for the Campbell are, by their very nature, relatively new writers, it's possible that you don't know anything about this year's candidates. Jim Hines has sensibly decided to help you with this little problem, and has conducted interviews with all five of this year's nominees. Go, read, and be enlightened!

We have a truly awesome class of Campbell nominees this year; any one of them is worthy of the tiara. Because remember, the Campbell is one of only two major genre awards that comes with a tiara (the other is the Tiptree).

In closing, I present the comic strip I drew to commemorate my own eligibility:



TESTIFY!
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jimhines

May 16 2012, 15:45:46 UTC 5 years ago

It's supposed to be available some time today...

::Peeks at site, drums fingers impatiently::

wendyzski

May 17 2012, 18:06:53 UTC 5 years ago

From the Chicon Facebook page - "Unfortunately we have had a few last minute technical issues with the Hugo Packet. It's important we address these before releasing the Packet, given the number of people who will download the material in the first few hours. We now expect to issue the Packet on Thursday but look out for a teaser on our website in a couple of hours time! We apologize for any inconvenience - we know you're keen to start reading!"

jimhines

May 17 2012, 18:10:15 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  May 17 2012, 18:11:23 UTC

Thanks! I peeked at the site a few times for updates, but hadn't seen that.

ETA: Which, if I had read your comment more closely, would be because I was looking at the website but hadn't thought to check their Facebook page.

wendyzski

May 17 2012, 18:14:05 UTC 5 years ago

I happened to be scrolling down my news feed when I saw their post and remembered this discussion. So I came back and pasted the info in reply to everyone who had posted about "panting and waiting for the results"

reedrover

May 17 2012, 18:26:30 UTC 5 years ago

And I really appreciate that! Thank you for letting us non-FB players know what's going on.