Women eligible for 2008 SF Awards

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.

Women eligible for the Campbell

Authors who published their first novel in 2006 or 2007

• Naomi Novik

Women eligible for work-specific awards

Novel

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

• Kage Baker, Sons of Heaven
• Elizabeth Bear, Undertow
• Elizabeth Bear, New Amsterdam
• Lois McMaster Bujold, The Sharing Knife 2: Legacy
• Carol Emshwiller, The Secret City
• Nancy Farmer, The Land of the Silver Apples
• Mary Gentle, Ilario
• Nalo Hopkinson, The New Moon's Arms
• Kay Kenyon, Bright of the Sky
• Ursula K Le Guin, Powers
• Tanith Lee, No Flame But Mine
• Doris Lessing, The Cleft
• Sophia Macdougall, Rome Burning
• Catriona McCloud, Growing Up Again
• Sarah Monette, The Mirador
• Elizabeth Moon, Command Decision
• Susan Palwick, Shelter
• Jennifer Roberson, Deepwood
• Justina Robson, Selling Out
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Recovery Man
• Lionel Shriver, The Post-Birthday World
• Steph Swainston, The Modern World
• Tricia Sullivan, Sound Mind
• Sheri S Tepper, The Margarets
• Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr Y
• Karen Traviss, Ally
• Catherynne M Valente, The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
• Jo Walton, Ha'Penny
• Ysabeau S Wilce, Flora Segunda
• Liz Williams, Bloodmind

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

• Holly Phillips, "Three Days of Rain" (Asimov's, June 2007)

Related Book

Hugo eligible

Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Hugo eligible

Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Hugo eligible

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

Semiprozine

Hugo eligible

Fanzine

Hugo eligible

Fan Writer

Hugo eligible

Fan Artist

Hugo eligible

Eligibility and voting by award

Hugo

Eligible works are those first published in the previous calendar year in the United States of America. Works are nominated and voted on 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 Japan or Denver Worldcons can nominate and vote. The 2008 Hugos will be awarded August 9th, 2008, in Denver, Colorado.

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 are, except that the work can have been published anywhere in the world.

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 small panel of judges which differs every year. 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. After much searching, I still can't tell if the attendees of the WFC get any say in the awards.

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.

Phillip K. Dick

The Philip K. Dick Award is for science fiction published originally 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.

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.

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.