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Hugo Award

2010-05-17T22:54:54Z

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The '''Hugo Award''', aka The Science Fiction Achievement Award, is an award given by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) based on a popular vote of the membership of the WSFS and delivered at [[WorldCon]]. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback.

It was first awarded in 1953, although retrospective awards for 1951 and 1946 were awarded. As with most SF and literary awards, relatively few women have been nominated or won awards. (See [[Hugo Award Winners]].)

Historical milestones:
* 1953: First Hugo Award.
* 1960: First Hugo Award given to a woman in any category. Recognized [[Elinor Busby]], jointly with F.M. Busy, Burnett Toskey, and Wally Weber, editors, for fanzine Cry of the Nameless:
* 1962: First Hugo Award given to a woman for individual achievemen. Recognized [[Cele Goldsmith Lalli|Cele Goldsmith]], "Special Award", for editing ''Amazing'' and ''Fantastic''.
* 1963: First Hugo Award nomination of a woman in the Best Novel category [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]], for ''Sword of Aldones''.
* 1968: First Hugo Award given to a woman for her writing. Recognized [[Anne McCaffrey]] for novella "[[Weyr Search]]".
* 1970: First Hugo Award to a woman in the Best Novel category [[Ursula Le Guin]], for ''Left Hand of Darkness''.
* 2007: 1 of 20 nominations in the four major writing categories recognized a woman writer. (See [[2006 Hugo vacuum]]).
* 2009: Of the 21 authors listed in the fiction categories, four are women (only 19%).

==Participation==
* It's a WorldCon membership project, so if you pay the Worldcon membership dues ($40-$50), you can participate.
* [http://www.emcit.com/hugo_section.php?faq.htm How to participate in the Hugo nomination process]
* [[Women eligible for 2008 SF Awards]] - A list of women writers & works by women writers eligible for awards to be made in 2008 (usually for 2007 works), including the Hugo.

==Further reading==
* See also [[Harlan Ellison Breast Grab Incident]]

==References==
Hugo Award Official Page: http://www.thehugoawards.org/
Worldcon historical databases: http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/

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Molly Gloss

2010-05-17T22:41:30Z

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'''Molly Gloss'' (http://www.mollygloss.com) is a SF writer; she won the [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]] for her novel ''[[Wild Life]]''.

Nancy Springer

2010-05-17T22:25:37Z

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'''Nancy Springer''' grew up in western Pennsylvania helping her parents tend a small motel they owned. After graduating from college in 1970, she began writing because "[I had] a lot of people galloping around on horses inside my head. I would lie in bed till noon just daydreaming. Got worried about myself. Thought if I could offload some of the daydreams onto paper I might be able to function more normally." [interview]

According to the interview, her first two books (''The White Hart'' and ''The Silver Sun'' were written in scraps of time taken between caring for her children, her Pastor/husband, and their home. After several years of treatment by doctors and psychiatrists to help her "adjust" to her roles, she told her husband that she was going to write for two hours every day. She marks this decision as the beginning of identifying as a writer and of discovering herself.

''The Silver Sun'' first edition paperback features blurbs from Anne McCaffrey and Marion Zimmer Bradley:
"Three cheers ... for a genuinely new fantasy writer... someone special in the fantasy field" -- Anne McCaffrey
"It has everything; a believable fantasy world...a lovely, poignant book." -- Marion Zimmer Bradley

She has published over 40 books in fantasy, poetry, mystery, and children's genres. [Author's Website]

In 1995 she won the [[Edgar_Allan_Poe_Awards|Edgar]] Award for Best Young Adult Mystery Book for ''Toughing It''. In 1996 she won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenille Mystery Book for ''Looking for Jamie Bridger''. She was nominated in the Juvenille category in 2007 and 2010. [Edgars]

==Works==
'''Books of the Isle:'''
* ''The White Hart'' (1978)
* ''The Silver Sun'' (1980) (Based on an earlier work, "The Book of the Suns", which was copyrighted in 1977 but apparently never found publication.)
* ''The Sable Moon'' (1981)
* ''The Black Beast'' (1982)
* ''The Silver Swan'' (1982)

'''Bond trilogy:'''
* ''Madbond'' (1987)
* ''Mindbond'' (1987)
* ''Godbond'' (1988)

* ''Wings of Flame'' (1985)
* ''Chains of Gold'' (1986)
* ''A Horse to Love'' (1987)
* ''The Hex Witch of Seldom'' (1988)
* ''Not on a White Horse'' (1988)
* ''Apocalypse'' (1989)
* ''Red Wizard'' (1990)
* ''Damnbanna'' 1992)
* ''The Blind God Is Watching'' (1994)
* ''[[Larque on the Wing]]'' (AvoNova, 1994) (co-winner of the 1995 [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]]
* ''[[Metal Angel]]'' (1994)
* ''Metal'' (1994)
* ''[[Fair Peril]]'' (1996)
* ''I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot'' (1998)
* ''Prom Night'' (1999)
* ''Plumage'' (2000)
* ''I Am Morgan le Fey'' (2001)

'''Collections:'''
* ''[[Chance (collection)|Chance — and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate]]'' (1987 collection)

==References==
*Author's website: http://www.nancyspringer.com/
*Author's page at Penguin Books: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015705,00.html
*Interview with the author: http://www.books-for-sale.org/313/interview-with-author-nancy-springer/ (retrieved 5/17/2010)
*The Edgars database: http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php

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Nancy Springer

2010-05-17T22:23:24Z

Tinyinkling:

'''Nancy Springer''' grew up in western Pennsylvania helping her parents tend a small motel they owned. After graduating from college in 1970, she began writing because "[I had] a lot of people galloping around on horses inside my head. I would lie in bed till noon just daydreaming. Got worried about myself. Thought if I could offload some of the daydreams onto paper I might be able to function more normally." [interview]

According to the interview, her first two books (''The White Hart'' and ''The Silver Sun'' were written in scraps of time taken between caring for her children, her Pastor/husband, and their home. After several years of treatment by doctors and psychiatrists to help her "adjust" to her roles, she told her husband that she was going to write for two hours every day. She marks this decision as the beginning of identifying as a writer and of discovering herself.

''The Silver Sun'' first edition paperback features blurbs from Anne McCaffrey and Marion Zimmer Bradley:
"Three cheers ... for a genuinely new fantasy writer... someone special in the fantasy field" -- Anne McCaffrey
"It has everything; a believable fantasy world...a lovely, poignant book." -- Marion Zimmer Bradley

She has published over 40 books in fantasy, poetry, mystery, and children's genres. [Author's Website]

In 1995 she won the [[Edgar_Allan_Poe_Awards|Edgar]] Award for Best Young Adult Mystery Book for ''Toughing It''. In 1996 she won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenille Mystery Book for ''Looking for Jamie Bridger''. She was nominated in the Juvenille category in 2007 and 2010. [Edgars]

==Works==
'''Books of the Isle:'''
* ''The White Hart'' (1978)
* ''The Silver Sun'' (1980) (Based on an earlier work, "The Book of the Suns", which was copyrighted in 1977 but apparently never found publication.)
* ''The Sable Moon'' (1981)
* ''The Black Beast'' (1982)
* ''The Silver Swan'' (1982)

'''Bond trilogy:'''
* ''Madbond'' (1987)
* ''Mindbond'' (1987)
* ''Godbond'' (1988)

* ''Wings of Flame'' (1985)
* ''Chains of Gold'' (1986)
* ''A Horse to Love'' (1987)
* ''The Hex Witch of Seldom'' (1988)
* ''Not on a White Horse'' (1988)
* ''Apocalypse'' (1989)
* ''Red Wizard'' (1990)
* ''Damnbanna'' 1992)
* ''The Blind God Is Watching'' (1994)
* ''[[Larque on the Wing]]'' (AvoNova, 1994) (co-winner of the 1995 [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]]
* ''[[Metal Angel]]'' (1994)
* ''Metal'' (1994)
* ''[[Fair Peril]]'' (1996)
* ''I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot'' (1998)
* ''Prom Night'' (1999)
* ''Plumage'' (2000)
* ''I Am Morgan le Fey'' (2001)

'''Collections:'''
* ''[[Chance (collection)|Chance — and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate]]'' (1987 collection)

==References==
*Author's website: http://www.nancyspringer.com/
*Author's page at Penguin Books: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015705,00.html
*Interview with the author: http://www.books-for-sale.org/313/interview-with-author-nancy-springer/ (retrieved 5/17/2010)
*The Edgars database: http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php

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Nancy Springer

2010-05-17T22:20:40Z

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Nancy Springer

2010-05-17T22:14:26Z

Tinyinkling: Adding biographical information, references

'''Nancy Springer''' grew up in western Pennsylvania helping her parents tend a small motel they owned. After graduating from college in 1970, she began writing because "[I had] a lot of people galloping around on horses inside my head. I would lie in bed till noon just daydreaming. Got worried about myself. Thought if I could offload some of the daydreams onto paper I might be able to function more normally." [interview]

According to the interview, her first two books (''The White Hart'' and ''The Silver Sun'' were written in scraps of time taken between caring for her children, her Pastor/husband, and their home. After several years of treatment by doctors and psychiatrists to help her "adjust" to her roles, she told her husband that she was going to write for two hours every day. She marks this decision as the beginning of identifying as a writer and of discovering herself.

''The Silver Sun'' first edition paperback features blurbs from Anne McCaffrey and Marion Zimmer Bradley:
"Three cheers ... for a genuinely new fantasy writer... someone special in the fantasy field" -- Anne McCaffrey
"It has everything; a believable fantasy world...a lovely, poignant book." -- Marion Zimmer Bradley

She has published over 40 books in fantasy, poetry, mystery, and children's genres. [Author's Website]

In 1995 she won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery Book for ''Toughing It''. In 1996 she won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenille Mystery Book for ''Looking for Jamie Bridger''. She was nominated in the Juvenille category in 2007 and 2010. [Edgars]

==Works==
'''Books of the Isle:'''
* ''The White Hart'' (1978)
* ''The Silver Sun'' (1980) (Based on an earlier work, "The Book of the Suns", which was copyrighted in 1977 but apparently never found publication.)
* ''The Sable Moon'' (1981)
* ''The Black Beast'' (1982)
* ''The Silver Swan'' (1982)

'''Bond trilogy:'''
* ''Madbond'' (1987)
* ''Mindbond'' (1987)
* ''Godbond'' (1988)

* ''Wings of Flame'' (1985)
* ''Chains of Gold'' (1986)
* ''A Horse to Love'' (1987)
* ''The Hex Witch of Seldom'' (1988)
* ''Not on a White Horse'' (1988)
* ''Apocalypse'' (1989)
* ''Red Wizard'' (1990)
* ''Damnbanna'' 1992)
* ''The Blind God Is Watching'' (1994)
* ''[[Larque on the Wing]]'' (AvoNova, 1994) (co-winner of the 1995 [[James Tiptree, Jr. Award]]
* ''[[Metal Angel]]'' (1994)
* ''Metal'' (1994)
* ''[[Fair Peril]]'' (1996)
* ''I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot'' (1998)
* ''Prom Night'' (1999)
* ''Plumage'' (2000)
* ''I Am Morgan le Fey'' (2001)

'''Collections:'''
* ''[[Chance (collection)|Chance — and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate]]'' (1987 collection)

==References==
Author's website: http://www.nancyspringer.com/
Author's page at Penguin Books: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015705,00.html
Interview with the author: http://www.books-for-sale.org/313/interview-with-author-nancy-springer/ (retrieved 5/17/2010)
The Edgars database: http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php

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