The obligatory statement of award eligibility.

[seanan_mcguire]

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

Comments

[jimhines]

Legend of Korra, Season Four, for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)!!!

(And maybe Invisible for Best Related Work, if people are so inclined.)

[seanan_mcguire]

Oooo, good one.

[solarbird]

You beat me to it. Also maybe "Korra, Alone" in short form.

[seanan_mcguire]

Remember that the work can appear only in one category, and that if an overwhelming number of people nominate a single episode, it will not be included in Long Form.

[damerell]

[catsittingstill]

Yes, supporting members can vote for the Hugos, and I believe supporting members of the 2014 Worldcon can nominate, but not vote, for the 2015 Hugos. (I intend to nominate--whether I vote will depend on whether I can scrape up the cost of a supporting membership again.)

[beccastareyes]

Right. Members of the 2014 Worldcon, including supporting members can nominate, but only the members of this year's (2015) Worldcon can vote.

[filkferengi]

Put up a donation button talking up how you plan to do your series of "blog the vote" posts again. I know I'd pay to read them!

[catsittingstill]

For short story I'd like to suggest "Toad Words" by Ursua Vernon.

For Best Novel I've really been impressed by
City of Stairs
The Goblin Emperor
Steles of the Sky (or possibly the whole Eternal Sky trilogy)
Lock In
and
Mirror Empire

I'm still looking around, and will be back to see what other people suggest.

[ashnistrike]

Ooh, I'm glad I'm not the only person nominating "Toad Words!" It's so short, and so perfect.

[geekhyena]

That's on my ballot, as well. Plus Ursula is such a sweet person IRL - if you ever have a chance to see her, she has the best stories.

[ext_2351400]

The Librarians episode was great, awesome recommendation.

[skelody]

That was the one with the dragons, right? Would you or Seanan (or anyone else who supports this nomination) like to go into more detail about why this particular episode?

[ext_2351400]

I'm sure others could be more articulate with it then me but I'll point out a couple things. I think the writing of the episode was very good and let us see the characters in a different light. We saw differences in what they value, in how you can go evil. Jake Stone (Christian Kane) seems pretty fine but very particular with art while Cassandra Cillian (Lindy Booth) goes completely crazy while becoming more brilliant.

Personally I thought Lindy Booth's performance was brilliant.

[geekhyena]

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

[markbernstein]

Yes! to Kamala Khan.