Awards eligibility post for 2022

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It’s that time of year when speculative fiction writers collect the public-facing work they’ve done and urge you to read it (or reread it), and remind you that they are eligible for Hugos and Nebulas and all other such lovely peer validations and recognitions.

The Memory of Chemistry

Short story, 6819 words, Fantasy Magazine

You are forewarned, this story has them all. Plus a coven of scientists. Read it here, and about it here and here and here.

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This year I guest-edited the Nostalgia issue of Apparition Lit, and — I kid you not — every story included in it is worthy of being nominated:

The Hungry Tree by Auden Patrick
A, B, B, A by Russell Nichols
Solo le quedaron ocho (Then There Were Eight) por elena félix
Wing/Flower by Endria Isa Richardson
Entre cráteres, nosotros por Ana Hurtado

I am less familiar with the awards available for speculative poetry, but the two poems included in this issue are noteworthy as well:

Backward Compatibility (Quinceañera on a Generation Ship) by Katherine Quevedo
Icarus, and the Truths That Bore Him by Jessica Cho

If you are a Hugo nominator, please also consider nominating Apparition Lit in the Semiprozine category. Editors Rebecca Bennett, Amy Henry Robinson, Tacoma Tomilson, and Clarke Doty are a dedicated and talented lot, and the magazine they’ve been producing since 2018 is far too good to continue fly under the radar.

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For awards which recognize anthologies (the World Fantasy Awards, for example) please consider nominating Dreams for a Broken World, edited by Julie C. Day and Ellen Meeropol.

The story of mine that is included in the anthology is a reprint (La Gorda and the City of Silver) but there are a number of originals included (Zig Zag Claybourne’s wonderful Finding Ways, for example) and many of them are incredible. You can read about the anthology here and here.

Happy reading and nominating!

Awards eligibility, post #2

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So … it turns out I do have another story that is eligible for a Nebula and a Hugo (and would have been eligible for a Bram Stoker had I managed to get this post up before the deadline. Oh well).

Anyway … my short story “A Fish Tale” from the anthology Sharp and Sugar Tooth: Women Up to No Good (from Upper Rubber Boot) is a story about appetites. The appetites that lead to abuse, the appetite for revenge and for redemption. Plus, it’s truly a paean to food.

If you are a nominator for either of the awards and wanting a reading copy of the story, let me know.

Also, please consider nominating the editor, Octavia Cade, and the anthology itself for awards.

Thanks all, and happy reading.

Awards eligibility 2016

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So this is the time of year many SFF writers compose posts outlining what short stories (etc.) are eligible for nomination for awards. While more prolific writers than me usually have a long list for you to choose from, most years I only have two or three pieces you might consider. This year it is only one:

El Cantar of Rising Sun, which was published in Uncanny Magazine, issue 11, July/August 2016.

It is an unusual piece —a riff on epic narrative poems that follow the protagonist’s trajectory from birth to death with countless journeys and battles between … Only this epic takes place on Philly streets in 2014, and  at its heart is a very distinct set of journeys and battles.

A fast-moving, dizzying, tragic tale with magic tattoos, rhymes, love, friendship, and death. The language is powerfully alive, swaggering and moving to its own rhythm and its own beat. Original and skillfully crafted.

— from Maria Haskins’ monthly short fiction round-up.

If you believe it is worth nominating, El Cantar of Rising Sun is eligible in the short-story category for  Nebula, Hugo and Pushcart awards.

 

One of my stories is on the Nebula awards reading list!

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The Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List is produced through the collaborative effort of SFWA’s 1800+ members, with new listings appearing as members make recommendations. For this reason, works are occasionally introduced in error and may later be corrected or removed from the list if deemed ineligible by the Nebula Awards Commissioner. The list is provided to the public as a service in finding the year’s most noteworthy fantasy and science fiction works.

Please note this list is not the preliminary ballot or nomination tally and does not affect the Nebula Award nominations or final results in any way.

tordrawingThe Science Fiction Writers of America’s suggested reading list contains one of my short stories this year: The Ways of Walls and Words, which was published at Tor.com in April of this year.

You can see the full list of recommended works here —voting to narrow down the field to the final ballot is restricted to members of SFWA, but it is a really good place for anyone to find items for a “to read” list!

Including my story, of course. 😈