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===[[Arthur C Clarke Award]]===
===[[Arthur C Clarke Award]]===
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year. The Award is chosen by jury.
The Arthur C. Clarke Award [http://www.appomattox.demon.co.uk/acca/] is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year. The Award is chosen by jury. Note that the Clarke is serious about being a "science fiction" award and does not subsume fantasy under the SF label.


===[[John W. Campbell Award|Campbell]]===
===[[John W. Campbell Award|Campbell]]===

Revision as of 21:49, 25 April 2007

This is a list of women eligible for SF awards to be given out in 2008 based on works published from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007. Awards that follow this eligibility format include the Hugo, the Campbell, the World Fantasy Award, the Tiptree, and the Phillip K. Dick. (The Nebulas have a rolling period of eligibility based on the specific date a work was published.) We're listing these women to bring them greater attention, to share information about them for ourselves, and to help avoid problems like the 2006 Hugo vacuum.

Please include here any eligible woman, along with the information about her eligible work: title, publication date, and format. For novels, it's useful to search Amazon for the author's name: the list of works has publication date and format right there.

Note: Some awards are based on first publication and other awards are based on first publication in the US, England, etc. If a work was first published outside of the time period but would be eligible for some awards, please add it and add in parentheses any restrictions or explanations about eligibility.

Women eligible for the Campbell

Authors who published their first work in 2006 or 2007

Women eligible for work-specific awards

Novel

Hugo, World Fantasy, and Campbell Memorial eligible: if published in paperback, Philip K. Dick eligible

Novella

Hugo and World Fantasy eligible; Hugo rules say a novella is roughly 17,500-40,000 words

Novelette

Hugo eligible; Hugo rules say a novelette is roughly 7,500-17,500 words, which may count as a novella for the World Fantasy, or a short story for the World Fantasy or Sturgeon

Short Story

Hugo, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon eligible

Related Book

Hugo eligible

Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Hugo eligible

Written and/or directed by women, as indicated:

Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Hugo eligible

Written and/or directed by women, as indicated:

Anthology

World Fantasy eligible

Collection

World Fantasy eligible

Women eligible for multi-work awards

Editor, Long Form

Hugo eligible

Editor, Short Form

Hugo eligible

Professional Artist

Hugo and World Fantasy eligible

  • Catska Ench
    • "The Helper and His Hero" (cover of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February and March 2007, with Cory Ench)

Semiprozine

Hugo eligible

Fanzine

Hugo eligible

Fan Writer

Hugo eligible

Fan Artist

Hugo eligible

  • Sue Mason

Eligibility and voting by award

Arthur C Clarke Award

The Arthur C. Clarke Award [1] is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year. The Award is chosen by jury. Note that the Clarke is serious about being a "science fiction" award and does not subsume fantasy under the SF label.

Campbell

Not to be confused with the Campbell Memorial award, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is for a writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy was published in the previous two calendar years. It is nominated, voted on, and awarded by the Worldcon membership exactly like the Hugos. The Awards is presented by Dell Magazines, who have subcontracted administration of the Award to WSFS. An unofficial list of eligible authors (of all genders) is maintained at Writertopia [2].

Campbell Memorial

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is for a novel published anywhere in the world in the previous year. It is awarded by a small, persistent jury, consisting of: Gregory Benford, Paul A. Carter, James Gunn, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Christopher McKitterick, Farah Mendlesohn, Pamela Sargent, and T.A. Shippey. Books are nominated in December of their eligible year by the jurors, and potentially by publishers (Chris McKitterick invites contact on the Campbell Memorial website). Finalists are announced in April, and the winner determined in May. The award is handed out on the 4th of July weekend at the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Hugo

Eligible works are those first published in the previous calendar year anywhere in the world, in any language. Works first published in a language other than English are also eligible on their first publication anywhere in the world in English. Works are nominated by anyone who is a supporting or attending member of the previous Worldcon or the Worldcon that will hand out the award that year. For the 2008 awards, members of either the Yokohama or Denver Worldcons can nominate. Voting on the final ballot is open only to supporting and attending members of the current year's Worldcon, which for 2008 will be Denver. The 2008 Hugos will be awarded August 9th, 2008, in Denver, Colorado.

The full rules for the Hugo Awards are available in Article 3 of the WSFS Constitution [3]. For more detailed information about how the Hugos work see the Hugo FAQ [4] and Hugo Voting Explanation [5] at Emerald City.

Lambda Literary Award

One of 24 awards handed out annually by the Lambda Literary Foundation, the country's leading organization for LGBT literature, is for Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.

Nebula

Voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA).

Philip K. Dick

The Philip K. Dick Award is for science fiction published originally in the USA in paperback form. Works published in 2007 will be given a 2007 award in 2008. Awards are decided by a small panel of judges which changes every year. The judges for 2007's books are: Steve Miller, Chris Moriarty, Steven Piziks, Randy Schroeder, and Ann Tonsor Zeddies. The award will be given at Norwescon, March 20-23, 2008, in Seattle.

Sidewise Awards

The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History honors the best genre publications of the year. Two awards, the Short-Form and Long-Form, are handed out annually. Selection of work is made by a panel of six readers. To be considered, a work must have either first English-language publication or first American publication in the calendar year prior to the year in which the award is to be presented.

Sturgeon

The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is for a short story published anywhere in the world in the previous year. It is awarded by a small, persistent jury, consisting of: James Gunn, Kij Johnson, Frederik Pohl, George Zebrowski, and Noel Sturgeon. It is nominated, voted on, and awarded exactly like the Campbell Memorial Awards are, except that Chris McKitterick invites "a wide variety of science-fiction reviewers and serious readers", as well as editors, to send in nominations.

Tiptree

The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is for a work of any form published anywhere in the world "which expands or explores our understanding of gender". Works published in 2007 will be given a 2007 award in 2008. "Anyone and everyone" is encouraged to nominate works using the web form on the tiptree.org website. Awards are decided by a panel of five judges which differs every year. The winners will be announced in March of 2008 and the awards presented at Wiscon on May 24, 2008.

World Fantasy

The World Fantasy Award is for works published anywhere in the world in the previous year. Works are nominated and voted on by a combination of members of the World Fantasy Convention and a small panel of judges which differs every year. Two of the five nominees in each category are chosen by the membership, the other three by the judges. The winners are chosen by the judges from the list of nominees. For the 2007 awards, the judges were announced in late February 2007, and the announcement noted that all materials sent to them must be received by June 1; it will probably be similar for the 2008 awards. The 2008 awards will be given out at the World Fantasy Convention, on Sunday afternoon, November 2, 2008, in Alberta.

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