Women eligible for 2009 SF Awards

This is a list of women eligible for SF awards to be given out in 2009 based on works published or participation in the field from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. Awards that follow this eligibility format include the Hugo, the Campbell, and the World Fantasy Award. (The Nebulas have a rolling period of eligibility for nomination based on the specific date a work was published.) We're listing these women as a form of award activism: to bring them greater attention, to share information about them for ourselves, and to help avoid problems like the 2006 Hugo vacuum. See Eligibility and voting by award for a quick index of information about individual awards, and links to the individual award pages for more detail.

Please include here any eligible woman, along with the information about her eligible work or activity.

Related: Works by Women eligible for 2009 SF Awards

• See Eligibility and voting by award
• See Award activism
• See 2006 Hugo vacuum

Writing Awards

Lifetime Achievement

World Fantasy eligible

Women eligible for Campbell Best New Writer

Authors who published their first work in 2007 or 2008

• Camille Alexa (first year of eligibility)
• Ann Aguirre (first year of eligibility)
• Kelly Barnhill (second year of eligibility)
• K. Tempest Bradford (second year of eligibility)
• Tracy Canfield (first year of eligibility)
• Erin Cashier (first year of eligibility)
• Loretta Casteen (second year of eligibility)
• Sarah K Castle (second year of eligibility)
• Samantha Cope (first year of eligibility)
• Aliette de Bodard (second year of eligibility)
• Oz Drummond (first year of eligibility)
• Sarah L. Edwards (second year of eligibility)
• Ruthanna Emrys (second year of eligibility)
• Toiya Kristen Finley (first year of eligibility)
• Sara Genge (second year of eligibility)
• Lynne Hawkinson (first year of eligibility)
• Sonia Helbig (first year of eligibility)
• Andrea Kail (second year of eligibility)
• Helen Keeble (second year of eligibility)
• Alice Sola Kim (first year of eligibility)
• Livia Llewellyn (second year of eligibility)
• Katherine Maclaine (second year of eligibility)
• Darja Malcolm-Clarke (second year of eligibility)
• Misty Massey (first year of eligibility)
• Caroline Lockwood Nelson (second year of eligibility)
• Susan Parisi (second year of eligibility)
• Laura Bradley Rede (first year of eligibility)
• Felicity Shoulders (first year of eligibility)
• Paula R Stiles (second year of eligibility)
• Sonya Taaffe (second year of eligibility)
• Genevieve Valentine (first year of eligibility)
• Juliette Wade (first year of eligibility)
• Ysabeau S. Wilce (second year of eligibility)
• Donna Glee Williams (second year of eligibility)
• Kim Zimring (second year of eligibility)

Fan Writer

Hugo eligible

• K. Tempest Bradford (Live Journal, The Angry Black Woman, Feminist SF dot Net)
• Claire Brialey (mostly in Banana Wings and Journey Planet)
• Lila Garrott ([Live Journal])
• Kate Nepveu (mostly on [Live Journal)
• Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Making Light)
• Cheryl Morgan (SF Awards Watch) - has asked people to vote for someone else this year
• Abigail Nussbaum (Wrong Questions)
• Ulrika O'Brian (Live Journal)
• Kate Yule (Bento, Live Journal)
• Alisa Krasnostein (AS if!)
• Anne KG Murphy (Netmouse)
• Peggy Kolm (Biology in Science Fiction)

Eligible Works

For a list of works by women that were published in 2008, see Works by women eligible for 2009 SF Awards.

Awards For Editorial Excellence

Editor, Long Form

Hugo eligible

• Stef Bierwerth (Pan Macmillan / Tor UK)
• Ginjer Buchanan (Ace)
• Claire Eddy (Tor)
• Jo Fletcher (Gollancz)
• Liz Gorinsky (Tor)
• Anne Groell (Bantam)
• Beth Meacham (Tor)
• Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
• Sharyn November (Firebird [Penguin/Puffin])
• Melissa Singer (Tor)
• Juliet Ulman (Bantam, Night Shade, Tachyon)
• Toni Weisskopf (Baen)
• Jaime Levine (Warner Aspect)
• Betsy Mitchell (Del Rey)
• Jennifer Brehl (Eos/HarperCollins/Morrow)
• Paula Guran (Juno)
• Susan Allison (Ace)

Editor, Short Form

Hugo eligible

• Ellen Datlow (Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, edited with Link and Grant)
• Susan Marie Groppi (Strange Horizons)
• Carol Hightshoe (The Lorelei Signal and Sorcerous Signals)
• Deborah Layne (Wheatland Press anthologies and collections)
• Kelly Link (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (both with Gavin Grant))
• Shawna McCarthy (Realms of Fantasy)
• Karen Meisner (Strange Horizons)
• Cat Rambo (Fantasy Magazine, edited with Sean Wallace)
• Ekaterina Sedia (Paper Cities - that's a 2007 book)
• Ann Vandermeer (Weird Tales)
• Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction)

Semiprozine

Hugo eligible

• K. Tempest Bradford (Fantasy Magazine)
• Cheryl Morgan (Clarkesworld Magazine)

Fanzine

Hugo eligible

• Eugie Foster (The Fix)
• Carol Hightsoe (The Lorelei Signal) http://www.loreleisignal.com
• Carol Hightshoe (Sorcerous Signals) http://www.sorceroussignals.com
• Alisa Krasnostein (As if!) http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php

Artist Awards

Professional Artist

Hugo and World Fantasy eligible

• Kinuko Y. Craft [1]
• Kiriko Moth [2]
• Julie Bell [3]
• Anne Sudworth [4]

Fan Artist

Hugo eligible

• Freddie Baer
• Sue Mason
• Kiriko Moth [5]

Other Awards

Special Award: Professional

World Fantasy eligible (covers those involved in the genre and genre publishing at the professional level, including editors)

• Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction)
• Deanna Hoak (copyediting)
• Ellen Datlow (Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, edited with Link and Grant)
• Kelly Link (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (both with Gavin Grant))
• Shawna McCarthy (Realms of Fantasy)
• Stef Bierwerth (Pan Macmillan / Tor UK)
• Ginjer Buchanan (Ace)
• Claire Eddy (Tor)
• Jo Fletcher (Gollancz)
• Liz Gorinsky (Tor)
• Anne Groell (Bantam)
• Beth Meacham (Tor)
• Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
• Sharyn November (Firebird [Penguin/Puffin])
• Melissa Singer (Tor)
• Juliet Ulman (Bantam)
• Toni Weisskopf (Baen)

Special Award: Non-Professional

World Fantasy eligible (covers those involved in the genre and genre publishing at the semi-professional level, including editors)

• Leslie Howle (Clarion West)
• Cat Rambo (Fantasy Magazine, edited with Sean Wallace)
• Susan Marie Groppi (Strange Horizons)
• Deborah Layne (Wheatland Press anthologies and collections)
• Karen Meisner (Strange Horizons)
• Ann Vandermeer (Weird Tales)
• Carol Hightshoe (The Lorelei Signal) and Sorcerous Signals
• Cheryl Morgan (Clarkesworld Magazine)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

Link: [6]