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So, here's the thing. Last year I bought a Worldcon Membership in order to vote for the Hugos. It was a really cool experience - John Scalzi put together a "voter package" which included a lot of the nominess, so I felt qualified for voting even though I'd read exactly one of the nominated works before.

What I didn't know:
As a member of Anticipation, the 2009 World Science Fiction Convention, you are able to nominate works for the 2010 Hugo Awards which will be presented in Melbourne, Australia at Aussiecon 4.


My problem: Though I'm reading a lot more Fantasy and SF than oh, two years ago (when I didn't read any at all), I still don't know a lot of recent works I could nominate. I don't read the magazines, I don't know more than three authors (who are well-known enough that I don't feel the need to nominate them), though I know some fan-writing, I'm sure there's so much I don't see...

So: Tell me what to nominate! I can nominate up to five works/people in every category, so don't be shy! Works are eligible if they were first published in 2009 or, for works in languages other than English, first published in English in 2009. (Works don't have to be published in English to be eligible.)


Best Novel
A science fiction or fantasy story of 40,000 words or more that appeared for the first time in 2009.

Best Novella
A science fiction or fantasy story between 17,500 and 40,000 words that appeared for the first time in 2009.

Best Novelette
A science fiction or fantasy story between 7,500 and 17,500 words that appeared for the first time in 2009.

Best Short Story
A science fiction or fantasy story of less than 7,500 words that appeared for the first time in 2009.

Best Related Work
Any work related to the field of science fiction, fantasy, or fandom appearing for the first time during 2009 or which has been substantially modified during 2009, and which is either non-fiction or, if fictional, is noteworthy primarily for aspects other than the fictional text, and which is not eligible in any other category.

Best Graphic Story
Any science fiction or fantasy story told in graphic form appearing for the first time in 2009.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Any theatrical feature or other production, with a complete running time of more than 90 minutes, in any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during 2009.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Any television program or other production, with a complete running time of 90 minutes or less, in any medium of dramatized science fiction, fantasy or related subjects that has been publicly presented for the first time in its present dramatic form during 2009.

Best Editor, Short Form
The editor of at least four (4) anthologies, collections or magazine issues (or their equivalent in other media) primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in 2009.

Best Editor, Long Form
The editor of at least four (4) novel-length works primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy published in 2009 that do not qualify as works under Best Editor, Short Form.

Best Professional Artist
An illustrator whose work has appeared in a professional publication in the field of science fiction or fantasy during 2009. If possible, please cite an example of the nominee's work. Failure to provide such references will not invalidate a nomination.

Best Semiprozine
Any generally available non-professional publication devoted to science fiction or fantasy which by the close of 2009 has published four (4) or more issues (or the equivalent in other media), at least one (1) of which appeared in 2009, and which in 2009 met at least two (2) of the following criteria:
Had an average press run of at least 1,000 copies per issue.
Paid its contributors and/or staff in other than copies of the publication.
Provided at least half the income of any one person.
Had at least 15% of its total space occupied by advertising.
Announced itself to be a "semiprozine".

Best Fanzine
Any generally available non-professional publication devoted to science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects which by the close of 2009 has published four (4) or more issues (or the equivalent in other media), at least one (1) of which appeared in the previous calendar year, and which does not qualify as a semiprozine.

Best Fan Writer
Any person whose writing has appeared in semiprozines or fanzines or in generally available electronic media during 2009.

Best Fan Artist
An artist or cartoonist whose work has appeared through publication in semiprozines or fanzines or through other public display during 2009.

John W. Campbell Award
Award for the best new science fiction writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award). A writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 2008 or 2009 in a professional publication. For Campbell Award purposes a professional publication is one for which more than a nominal amount was paid, any publication that had an average press run of at least 10,000 copies, or any other that the Award sponsors may designate.


Last year I did two posts on some nominees and what I thought about them. You can find them here if you want to know what I liked and didn't like. Apart from that - I'd like to nominate some fannish stuff, stuff by women, stuff by minorities, stuff that might be overlooked by the "general" fantasy / SF audience, stuff that's just cool, ...

If you can think of anything, please let me know! I like a lot of different genres, and I need new things to read / watch all the time.

P.S.: Anyone know where I could crosspost this?

Dunno about cross-posting, but...

Date: 2010-03-02 04:18 pm (UTC)
elke_tanzer: TW nexus (TW nexus)
From: [personal profile] elke_tanzer
I've signal-boosted in my journal. :-)

Date: 2010-03-02 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I posted an article by Cheryl Morgan on "Hugo Voting on the Cheap" at FeministSF - the blog:

http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=1320

(via Elke Tanzer: she has comments disabled at her journal)

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