Please don't beg...
I'll do it for you.
I got back from my trip to discover ballots for the Hugos and World Fantasy Awards in my inbox. Since I still have awards on the brain, I'd like to mention a few friends up for them (even though most of them need no introduction).
I'm not asking for votes. Quite the opposite, I'm not even going to discuss the merits of their works. That is for you to decide. What I am going to ask is to please consider their work before you cast your ballot. It's easy to just leave out categories, especially on a long ballot like the Hugo.
- Best Fan Writer
Stephen H. Silver has been nominated 12 times for the Hugo and never won one. He is one of the nicest people I know, giving his time over and over again to the community. It would make me infinitely happy to see him take home a trophy for so many years of hard work.
- Best Novelette
Aliette is another wonderful person, and has been a huge influence on me as a writer. You will see me sing her praise for many years to come...
- John W. Campbell
The Campbell only comes around once, and this is Saladin Ahmed's last year in the running.
Other friends on my ballot:
- Rachel Swirsky "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window"
- Mary Robinette Kowal "For Want of a Nail"
- N.K. Jemisin "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms"
- Eric James Stone "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made"
Best of luck to all!
As for World Fantasy, I am going to toss out a couple of recommendations not on the Hugo ballot. Finder by Terri-Lynne DeFino is a great novel which probably hasn't been read nearly as much as it should.
For Special Award - Professional, I'd say that Shawna McCarthy (Realms of Fantasy) and Scott A. Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) both deserve a lot more recognition for the work they've done with fantasy.
My favorite short fantasy of last year was Caroline M. Yoachim's "Stone Wall Truth". And a wonderful story that has been ignored for the awards is Jason Sanford's "The Never Never Wizard of Apalachicola". Both those last two fall into the short story category for WFC, as does a certain story I published last year...
And on that note, I'll finish up with my final offer of a free electronic copy (PDF, MOBI, or EPUB) of "The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara" to anyone who is nominating this year. Or, if you're on my friends list, you don't even have to be nomininating. :)
I got back from my trip to discover ballots for the Hugos and World Fantasy Awards in my inbox. Since I still have awards on the brain, I'd like to mention a few friends up for them (even though most of them need no introduction).
I'm not asking for votes. Quite the opposite, I'm not even going to discuss the merits of their works. That is for you to decide. What I am going to ask is to please consider their work before you cast your ballot. It's easy to just leave out categories, especially on a long ballot like the Hugo.
- Best Fan Writer
Stephen H. Silver has been nominated 12 times for the Hugo and never won one. He is one of the nicest people I know, giving his time over and over again to the community. It would make me infinitely happy to see him take home a trophy for so many years of hard work.
- Best Novelette
Aliette is another wonderful person, and has been a huge influence on me as a writer. You will see me sing her praise for many years to come...
- John W. Campbell
The Campbell only comes around once, and this is Saladin Ahmed's last year in the running.
Other friends on my ballot:
- Rachel Swirsky "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window"
- Mary Robinette Kowal "For Want of a Nail"
- N.K. Jemisin "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms"
- Eric James Stone "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made"
Best of luck to all!
As for World Fantasy, I am going to toss out a couple of recommendations not on the Hugo ballot. Finder by Terri-Lynne DeFino is a great novel which probably hasn't been read nearly as much as it should.
For Special Award - Professional, I'd say that Shawna McCarthy (Realms of Fantasy) and Scott A. Andrews (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) both deserve a lot more recognition for the work they've done with fantasy.
My favorite short fantasy of last year was Caroline M. Yoachim's "Stone Wall Truth". And a wonderful story that has been ignored for the awards is Jason Sanford's "The Never Never Wizard of Apalachicola". Both those last two fall into the short story category for WFC, as does a certain story I published last year...
And on that note, I'll finish up with my final offer of a free electronic copy (PDF, MOBI, or EPUB) of "The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara" to anyone who is nominating this year. Or, if you're on my friends list, you don't even have to be nomininating. :)