Works by women eligible for 2009 SF Awards
This is a list of works written by women and eligible for SF awards to be given out in 2009 based on works published from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. 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 for nomination based on the specific date a work was published.) We're listing these works 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 work, along with the relevant information: 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.
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Book Length Fiction
Novels
Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus, Bram Stoker and Campbell Memorial eligible: if published in paperback in the US, Philip K. Dick eligible
- Kelley Armstrong, Personal Demon (March 2008, Orbit)
- Kage Baker, Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key (March 2008, Subterranean Press)
- Elizabeth Bear, Dust (January 2008, Bantam Spectra)
- Anne Bishop, Tangled Webs (March 2008, Roc)
- Kate Elliott, Shadow Gate (February 2008, Little Brown UK/Orbit)
- Karen Joy Fowler, Wit's End (April 2008, Putnam/Marian Wood)
- Jo Graham, Black Ships (March 2008, Orbit US)
- Robin Hobb, Renegade's Magic (February 2008, Eos) (first published in the UK)
- Cecelia Holland, Varanger (April 2008, Tor/Forge)
- Tanith Lee, Tempting the Gods (April 2008, Wildside Press)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia (April 2008, Harcourt)
- Judith Merril, Not Only a Woman (February 2008, NESFA Press)
- Elizabeth Moon, Victory Conditions (February 2008, Ballantine Del Rey)
- Dru Pagliassotti, Clockwork Heart (March 2008, Juno Books)
- Jennifer Stevenson, The Brass Bed (April 2008, Ballantine)
- Karen Traviss, Judge (April 2008, Eos)
- Michelle West, The Hidden City (March 2008, DAW)
First Novel
Locus and Bram Stoker eligible
- Jo Graham, Black Ships (March 2008, Orbit US)
- Dru Pagliassotti, Clockwork Heart (March 2008, Juno Books)
Collections
World Fantasy, Stoker and Locus eligible - single author, original or reprint, single or multiple editors
- Jennifer Pelland, Unwelcome Bodies (February 2008, Apex Book Company)
- Catherynne M. Valente, A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects (April 2008, Norilana Books)
Anthologies
World Fantasy, Stoker and Locus eligible - multiple author original or reprint, single or multiple editors
- The James Tiptree Award Anthology 4, Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy & Debbie Notkin, eds. (January 2008, Tachyon Publications, anth)
- The New Weird, Ann VanderMeer (with Jeff VanderMeer) ed., (February 2008, Tachyon Publications)
- Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. (April 2008, Senses Five Press)
Short Fiction
Short Stories
Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon eligible. World Fantasy is under 10,000 words
- Elizabeth Bear, Hobnoblin Blues (Realms of Fantasy, February 2008)
- Sue Burke, Spiders (Asimov's, March 2008)
- Stephanie Campisi, The Title of This Story (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Sarah Carless, Daystar (OnSpec, January 2008)
- Nancy Chenier, Re-Annunciation (OnSpec, January 2008)
- Deborah Coates, The Whale's Lover (Asimov's, January 2008)
- Tina Connolly, The Salivary Reflex (GUD, February 2008)
- Sheila Crosby, The Appliance of Science (Escape Velocity, February 2008)
- Debra Doyle (with James D. Macdonald), Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita (F&SF, February 2008)
- Eugenie Edquist, Motor Skills (Andromeda Spaceways, February 2008)
- Jess Freeborn, A Deck of Cards (Polluto, January 2008)
- Vanessa Gebbie, Jamie Hawkins' Muse (GUD, February 2008)
- Peni R. Griffin, The Singers in the Tower (Realms of Fantasy, February 2008)
- Merrie Haskell, An Almanac for the Alien Invaders (Asimov's, April/May 2008)
- Jennifer Harwood-Smith, The Faces of My Friends (Interzone, February 2008)
- Samantha Henderson, The Ballad of Delphinium Blue (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Karen Heuler, Landscape, With Fish (Weird Tales, January 2008)
- Deb Hoag, Werewolf of Sappho (Polluto, January 2008)
- M.K. Hobson, The People’s Republic of the Edelweiss Village Putt-Putt Golf Course (Realms of Fantasy, February 2008)
- Vylar Kaftan
- The Girl Next Door (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Godivy (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Barbara Krasnoff, All His Worldly Goods (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Nancy Kress
- Sex and Violence (Asimov's, February 2008)
- Jennifer Linnaea, Pseudo Tokyo (Interzone, February 2008)
- Alex Dally MacFarlane, Tattoos of the Sky, Tattoos of the Days (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Elissa Malcohn, Hermit Crabs (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Lisa Mantchev, Perfect Tense (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Karen Maric, The Last Deflowerer (Andromeda Spaceways, February 2008)
- Tracie McBride, The Last Tiger (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Kirstyn McDermott, Painlessness (GUD, February 2008)
- Sandra McDonald, Recipe for Survival (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Melissa Mead, Stepsister (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Ruth Nestvold, Mars: A Traveler's Guide (F&SF, January 2008)
- Hazel Marcus Ong, Roses (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Jennifer Pelland, Sashenka Redux (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Cat Rambo
- Events at Fort Plentitude, (Weird Tales, January 2008)
- Kallakak's Cousins (Asimov's, March 2008)
- The Bumblety's Marble (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Jenn Reese, Taser (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Kate Riedel, Pest Control (OnSpec, January 2008)
- Michaela Roessner, It's a Wonderful Life (F&SF, January 2008)
- Margaret Ronald, And Spare Not the Flock (Realms of Fantasy, February 2008)
- Mary Rosenblum, The Egg Man (Asimov's, February 2008)
- Sara Saab, No Bubblewrap for Little Guys (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Veronica Schanoes, Lost in the Supermarket (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Michelle Scott, Them (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Angela Slatter, Pressina's Daughters (OnSpec, January 2008)
- Cat Sparks, Sammarynda Deep (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Nancy Springer, Rumple What? (F&SF, March 2008)
- Anna Tambour, The Age of Fish, Post-Flowers (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Catherynne M. Valente, Palimpsest (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- Kaaron Warren, Down to the Silver Spirits (Paper Cities, Senses Five Press, April 2008)
- D. E. Wasden, The Artificial Sunlight of Memory (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Susan Wardle, The Children’s Crusade (Andromeda Spaceways, February 2008)
- Catherine Wells, Ghost Town (Asimov's, April/May 2008)
- K. D. Wentworth, Exit Strategy (F&SF, March 2008)
- Kate Wilhelm, The Fountain of Neptune (F&SF, April 2008)
- Leslie What, #1 (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Sharon E. Woods, Bull (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Erzebet YellowBoy, Waiting at the Window (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
Novelettes
Hugo eligible; Hugo rules say a novelette is roughly 7,500-17,500 words, which may count as a novella for the World Fantasy and Stoker, or a short story for the World Fantasy or Sturgeon
- Elizabeth Bear
- Shoggoths in Bloom (Asimov's, March 2008)
- Carol Emshwiller
- Master of the Road to Nowhere (Asimov's, March 2008)
- Kathleen Ann Goonan, Memory Dog (Asimov's, April/May 2008)
- Tanith Lee, The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Asimov's, January 2008)
- Leslie Claire Walker, Your Blood (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Kate Wilhelm, Strangers When We Meet (Asimov's, April/May 2008)
Novellas
Hugo, Stoker, Locus and World Fantasy eligible; Hugo rules say a novella is roughly 17,500-40,000 words, World Fantasy is 10,000-40,000 words
- Catherine Asaro, The Spacetime Pool (Analog, March 2008)
- Ann Miller, Retrospect (F&SF, February 2008)
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Room of Lost Souls (Asimov's, April/May 2008)
Non-Fiction
Related Books
Hugo, Stoker (as Non-Fiction) and Locus eligible, non-fiction book relating to the genre
- Farah Mendlesohn, Rhetorics of Fantasy (April 2008, Wesleyan University Press)
Poetry
Poem
Stoker eligible
- Elizabeth Barrette, With Every Fine and Subtle Sense Perceive (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Ruth Berman, Snow Angels (Asimov's, March 2008)
- Lida Broadhurst, Asylum (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Miranda Gaw, Last Supper (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Erin Hoffman, Hyldegarde Speaks to Jacqueline (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
- Pam McNew, No Word for Goodbye (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Joanne Merriam, Death on Other Planets (Asimov's, April/May 2008)
- Adrienne J. Odasso, River Girl (Sybil's Garage #5, April 2008)
- Sonya Taaffe, Evighed (Electric Velocipede #14, May 2008)
Long Poem
Rhysling eligible
Short Poem
Rhysling eligible
Film and Television
Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Hugo eligible
Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Hugo eligible
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles episodes:
- Queen's Gambit written by Natalie Chaidez, first aired February 11, 2008
- Dungeons & Dragons written by Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz, first aired February 18, 2008
- The Demon Hand written by Toni Graphia, first aired February 25, 2008
- Torchwood episodes:
- To the Last Man written by Helen Raynor, first aired January 30, 2008
- Meat written by Catherine Tregenna, first aired February 6, 2008
- Adam written by Catherine Tregenna, first aired February 13, 2008
Script
Nebula eligible