Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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The obligatory statement of award eligibility.

The nomination period for the 2015 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is now open, and you can find more information at this link. Please keep in mind that you must have been a member of last year's Worldcon, OR be a member of this year's Worldcon, OR be a member of next year's Worldcon to be eligible to either nominate or vote.

A lot of people have put up their eligibility posts, and you can check the eligibility of your favorite authors by hitting their personal blogs. I posted a list of everything I published in 2014, and technically, it's all eligible, but let's be honest: that's a lot of stuff. If you were considering nominating any of my works, you're going to have a lot of reading ahead of you, and a probably split pool.

(Mira, with one novel and one novella, is in a slightly less conflicted place.)

Turning away from me, I would ask you to consider Sheila Gilbert for Best Editor, Long Form; Christie Yant for Best Editor, Short Form (the story of mine she edited, "Each to Each," is one of my best, and it's because of her); Chris McGrath and Aly Fell for Best Artist; The Librarians episode "And the Apple of Discord" for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short; and Book of Life for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long.

What do you think people should be considering for this year's awards?
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geekhyena

January 18 2015, 05:30:23 UTC 2 years ago

I'd also suggest How To Train Your Dragon 2, since it a) passed the Bechdel Test (and not many films this year did), but b) Toothless and Cloudjumper were so brilliantly feline I could've watched two hours of just those two. Alas, I doubt many people will vote for it, and it might be splitting the pool in a year where I REALLY want The Book of Life to win. They had a long, hard road, only to get snubbed by the Oscars. Here's hoping the Hugos recognize talent where they see it.

Also, Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal for Best Graphic Novel? G. Willow Wilson has done such an amazing job bringing Kamala Khan to life, and it's one of the stories that has gotten me back to having a monthly pull list again (that and Rat Queens). Both of them are excellent and well worth the nomination. And Marie Brannon's "Daughter of Necessity" tells Penelope's side of the Odyssey in such a moving way I had to put it on my ballot - it's free on Tor's site if people want to check it out.

Can Women Destroy Science Fiction be nominated as a whole for Best Related Work? Or do I have to nominate the stories individually? (or are both possible?)

markbernstein

January 18 2015, 23:31:26 UTC 2 years ago

Yes! to Kamala Khan.