Mythopoeic, Hugo, and Campbell award winners
The Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards were announced last weekend at Mythcon 45, at which I had a fantastic time. (I made my first food sculpture, below, at the Mythcon Banquet, an annual tradition that I find wonderful. I love that the con in Mythcon could equally represent conference and convention; both words accurately describe the atmosphere, which is a mix of scholarly and fannish all at once.)
Shadowchild from Guest of Honor Ursula Vernon's Digger
I've served on the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards (both adults and children's lists for fiction, but not the scholarly juries) for several years now, and this was the first time I was able to attend the awards ceremony, which I was allowed to livetweet. (I'm @alanajoli.) This year's awards went to:
This was my first year voting on the Hugo Awards, which was a very different experience. The MFAs are very much a juried award; the mailing list discusses the merits and flaws in the longlist and finalists throughout the process, and anyone participating in the jury is expected to read each as many on the longlist as they can and each of the finalists at least once. The Hugos, on the other hand, don't have any of that conversation, in part because there are so many voters that such an official mailing list might be ridiculous. There's also no real expectation that voters read anything other than what they want to, and they're free to vote for only their favorites if they like. Given my MFA training, I didn't feel comfortable voting in the novel category (where I'd not read, in full, any of the nominated works), but I did read all the short stories and novelettes and read selections of the writings by all the Campbell nominees. So I was eager to see the results this evening, which--as of this post--I've not been able to find listed anywhere. With the thought of saving others from going through the chat transcript of the live awards coverage (which does have some excellent commentary), I thought I'd list the winners here.
I also think the gender balance here is really interesting; for an award that has a reputation for having so many men as nominees and winners, this list has an awful lot of women on it! I didn't even realize the break-down until I was typing it up. I don't have any commentary on that other than just the observation.
Congratulations to all the Hugo, Campbell, and Mythopoeic Winners!
Shadowchild from Guest of Honor Ursula Vernon's Digger
I've served on the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards (both adults and children's lists for fiction, but not the scholarly juries) for several years now, and this was the first time I was able to attend the awards ceremony, which I was allowed to livetweet. (I'm @alanajoli.) This year's awards went to:
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in Adult Literature: Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Fantasy Award in Children's Literature: Holly Black, Doll Bones
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies: Jason Fisher, ed., Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays
- Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth & Fantasy Studies: G. Ronald Murphy, Tree of Salvation: Yggdrasil and the Cross in the North
This was my first year voting on the Hugo Awards, which was a very different experience. The MFAs are very much a juried award; the mailing list discusses the merits and flaws in the longlist and finalists throughout the process, and anyone participating in the jury is expected to read each as many on the longlist as they can and each of the finalists at least once. The Hugos, on the other hand, don't have any of that conversation, in part because there are so many voters that such an official mailing list might be ridiculous. There's also no real expectation that voters read anything other than what they want to, and they're free to vote for only their favorites if they like. Given my MFA training, I didn't feel comfortable voting in the novel category (where I'd not read, in full, any of the nominated works), but I did read all the short stories and novelettes and read selections of the writings by all the Campbell nominees. So I was eager to see the results this evening, which--as of this post--I've not been able to find listed anywhere. With the thought of saving others from going through the chat transcript of the live awards coverage (which does have some excellent commentary), I thought I'd list the winners here.
- Campbell Award: Sofia Samatar
- Best Fan Artist: Sarah Webb
- Best Fan Writer: Kameron Hurley
- Best Fancast: SF Signal Podcast
- Best Fanzine: A Dribble of Ink
- Best Semiprozine: Lightspeed
- Best Professional Artist: Julie Dillon
- Best Editor, Long Form: Ginjer Buchanan
- Best Editor, Short Form: Ellen Datlow
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Game of Thrones, “The Rains of Castamere”
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Gravity
- Best Graphic Story: “Time,” Randall Munroe (XKCD)
- Best Related Work: “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative,” Kameron Hurley
- Best Short Story: “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu
- Best Novelette: “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Best Novella: “Equoid” by Charles Stross
- Best Novel: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
I also think the gender balance here is really interesting; for an award that has a reputation for having so many men as nominees and winners, this list has an awful lot of women on it! I didn't even realize the break-down until I was typing it up. I don't have any commentary on that other than just the observation.
Congratulations to all the Hugo, Campbell, and Mythopoeic Winners!