Carl Brandon Society Awards Ceremony (2006)
... samuuel r. delany ... owe to him... for increasing representation of ... con/com responded and has been an ally ever since ... visit our web page at carlbrandon.org or talk to any of the people you see standing ont he stage right now.
the people standing on thes tage. we could tell you our names but we'd rather invite you all of you to become the carl brandon society. paritciatipion is not limited to people of color. you can nominate ... we'll do them again next year. ... make a donation to carl brandon ... or octavia butler memorial scholarship ...
membership forms are on program leaflet we've handed out to you
tongithw e're here to society the first carl brnadon society literary awards ... parallax ... recipient of each award receives a check for a thousand dollars and an award.
victor - of course we couldn't let this occasion go by w/out mentioning octavia e. butler who left us so unexpectedly this february. she was a friend to the cbs and we miss her terribly. when we decided to name the cb kindred award we were of course inspired in part by miss butler's life and work. we also saw how the word kindred spoke to the fact that we are all related as human beings aside from consideraitons of race and ethnicity. in that spirit the cb kindred award is open to everyone regardless or race or background.
i'm going to name members of each jury. some of those people are here w/ us today and i'll ask those people to identify thsemvels when i call their name.
[jury list ... steven barnes ... jennifer stevenson]
the jurors for the cbs kindred award were jewelle gomez, ian k. hageman, ursula k. le guin, debbie notkin, and --
many young adult novels were nominated ... and i would like to read you now the hosrtlist for the parallax award.
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Ian Hageman: not that i'm shy really the kindred award had a shorter short list and a longer long list. which didn't surprise me b/c the lack of sf about race is part of why we need the award. so i'm going to read the shortlist for this award. many were also on shortlist for parallax.
... invite juror chairs up to stage ...
selected walter moseley's 47 as this year's winner nalo reading award ... i really appreciate this award, especially for 47 which is a work that means a lot to me ... thank everyone for me ...
Debbie Notkin: it is 1969 and ruba has moved from mississippi to haiti to live w/ her grandmother jones ... grandmother jones wants her to go to church, quit using those french words, wear starched white dresses ... if she doesn't obey, eula faces simmering disapproval from her grandmother ... when the biggest hurricane in memory barrels toward the mississippi coast ... must use her power ... the jury of the 2005 cbs kindred award for spec fiction which examines issues of race & ethnicity has selected the novel stormwatch by susan vaught as this year's winner.
we're extremely fortunate that susan turned her life around on a dime to be here tonight to accept this award. susan.
(? purty ?). pretty and beautiful. i'm going toput it back in the box before i drop it.
i've been fortunate in that stormwitch was nominated for several awards this year and of all the awards ... this one means ... basically i had a very difficult part of my childhood, and a librarian stuck some books in my hand ... the tripods ... i can honestly tell you from that point forward that science fiction and fantasy saved my flife ... writing fantasy & science fiction saved my life again ... allowed me to do something nthat i couldn't otherwise do which is to honor some of the gods of my childhood who died ... andre norton and octavia butler ... f&sf can save lives ... ... great pleasure to sign this check ... back to octavia butler scholarship
ian: umm. laughter. pause. i hate to follow something like that. pause. but i'm sure if octaiva if she could hear us would be deeply moved by that.
we in the cbs would like to especially take this time to thank pam noles who took on the dual role of awards adminsitrator and jury wrangler for both of the juries and did an amazing thorough & patient job with both of those roles. applause. we'd also like to thank we'd also like to especially thank all of the jrurors for all of the hard work it took to go thru & come up with and give this award out especially on the timeline we were walking on. and also like to thank wiscon nfor hosting our first awards ceremony. we were born at wiscon and are especially glad to be back her efor first awards. especially like to thank tiptree motherboard ... naming award, short list, long list, having fun along the way ... party tonight. cohosted w/ speculative literature foundation and carl brandon society. invite you ... anyone interested in being a volunteer or joining cbs will find all of us there to help you get on board. thank you.