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I've been so focused on being sick that I totally failed to notice that the list of Hugo nominees was... (More...)

22 March 2008, 11:39 AM | Comments (2)

Yikes--I was somehow thinking the Hugo nominating ballot wasn't due 'til the end of March, but in fact it's due... (More...)

28 February 2008, 8:30 PM | Comments (0)

The Hugo Awards ceremony took place not so many hours ago in Yokohama, Japan, and the results have been posted... (More...)

1 September 2007, 11:45 AM | Comments (3)

Cheryl and Kevin have a new website: Science Fiction Awards Watch. The site has an extensive list of sf awards... (More...)

24 August 2007, 1:02 AM | Comments (0)

Reminder to all supporting and attending members of this year's WorldCon: All Hugo ballots must be received by 23:59 Pacific... (More...)

31 July 2007, 12:59 PM | Comments (0)

storySouth magazine's list of top ten online stories of the year has been released; this is part of their Million... (More...)

5 June 2007, 12:17 AM | Comments (0)

All of this year's Hugo-nominated short fiction is now available for free online; just follow the links from that page.... (More...)

20 April 2007, 10:05 AM | Comments (5)

It's been pointed out to me that there's one reasonably high-profile speculative fiction award ballot that anyone in the world... (More...)

14 April 2007, 10:30 AM | Comments (0)

I spent a while earlier poking around online trying to find out who won the BSFA Awards; eventually I got... (More...)

7 April 2007, 8:44 PM | Comments (0)

I never did get around to writing here about the tall ships. I would still like to, but the chances... (More...)

7 April 2007, 4:27 PM | Comments (1)

As has been widely noted, on this year's Hugo ballot there's only one work by a woman among the twenty... (More...)

31 March 2007, 2:07 AM | Comments (18)

Every year, the Hugo award nominees are announced, and every year we get to have the additional enjoyment of reading... (More...)

31 March 2007, 1:21 AM | Comments (20)

I really haven't wanted to do much of anything other than write about sf all day today, apparently. It led... (More...)

30 March 2007, 12:27 AM | Comments (5)

So you know how I was all mysterious and stuff the other day? "Mysterious thing I can't talk about yet... (More...)

29 March 2007, 9:28 AM | Comments (1)

If you want to nominate for the 2007 Hugos (and if you're eligible to do so), better do it soon.... (More...)

1 March 2007, 10:54 PM | Comments (0)

This year's final Nebula Awards ballot has been released, and I'm very pleased to see that Dora Goss's SH story... (More...)

27 February 2007, 1:32 AM | Comments (4)

The moderators of the website for Campbell-eligible authors are trying to collect info about all authors who are eligible for... (More...)

27 January 2007, 11:59 AM | Comments (1)

A passel of sf-related news and tidbits (which seems to be all I post about these days--some day I'll have... (More...)

25 January 2007, 10:12 AM | Comments (1)

I've been planning to write a life-update entry for days now, but other stuff keeps intervening. Last night, for example,... (More...)

15 January 2007, 1:50 AM | Comments (1)

For those who haven't heard, the Hugo award for Best Editor has undergone a change. For quite some time, the... (More...)

7 January 2007, 2:39 PM | Comments (1)

More dedicated news providers than I have already posted the Hugo and Campbell winners. For example: Locus, Emerald City. So... (More...)

26 August 2006, 10:49 PM | Comments (0)

A couple of years ago, I wrote an entry about gender balance among authors of works nominated for the Sidewise... (More...)

19 August 2006, 12:55 PM | Comments (0)

The deadline for submitting a Hugo and Campbell Award ballot is Monday, 31 July. As always, I encourage those of... (More...)

26 July 2006, 12:46 AM | Comments (3)

Assorted Year's Best TOCs and news and such: Kathryn Cramer has posted the table of contents for Year's Best SF... (More...)

24 March 2006, 10:47 PM | Comments (0)

Cheryl is the first person I've seen to publicly post the 2006 Hugo nominees. I saw them in email earlier... (More...)

22 March 2006, 2:59 AM | Comments (4)

Two notes about the SH Readers' Choice Awards: The voting period has been extended to this coming Wednesday, March 22.... (More...)

19 March 2006, 8:52 PM | Comments (1)

Today is the last day to nominate for the Carl Brandon Society awards. For anyone who missed earlier mentions, these... (More...)

15 March 2006, 2:50 PM | Comments (0)

Remember that tonight (less than twelve hours from now) is the deadline to nominate for the Hugo Awards. If you... (More...)

10 March 2006, 12:38 PM | Comments (0)

Under the new eligibility rules for the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer, Strange Horizons is a qualifying... (More...)

6 March 2006, 10:36 PM | Comments (5)

It's often hard for readers to tell how long a given story is, and various awards divide stories into categories... (More...)

4 March 2006, 7:50 PM | Comments (0)

Some news about various speculative fiction awards, including some upcoming deadlines: Hugo nominations are due next Friday night (California time),... (More...)

4 March 2006, 1:21 PM | Comments (0)

Some deadlines, to-do items, and con-related notes, and more good news for SH. (More...)

16 February 2006, 12:51 AM | Comments (5)

News and info about various upcoming sf-related awards: The Speculative Literature Foundation's Fountain Award is taking nominees. Editors, please send... (More...)

3 February 2006, 10:15 AM | Comments (1)

Just got a Hugo nominating ballot from the 2005 WorldCon, which surprises me because there's no Hugo nominating ballot available... (More...)

25 December 2005, 10:11 PM | Comments (2)