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
Writing Awards
Lifetime Achievement
World Fantasy eligible
Women eligible for Campbell Best New Writer
Authors who published their first work in 2007 or 2008
- Ysabeau S. Wilce (second year of eligibility)
- Kim Zimring (second year of eligibility)
- Andrea Kail (second year of eligibility)
- Aliette de Bodard (second year of eligibility)
- K. Tempest Bradford (second year of eligibility)
- Sara Genge (second year of eligibility)
- Oz Drummond (first 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)
- Lila Garrott ([Live Journal])
- Kate Nepveu (mostly on [Live Journal)
- Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Making Light)
- Cheryl Morgan (SF Awards Watch)
- Abigail Nussbaum (Wrong Questions)
- Ulrika O'Brian (Live Journal)
- Kate Yule (Bento, Live Journal)
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)
- Toni Weisskopf (Baen)
- Jaime Levine (Warner Aspect)
- Betsy Mitchell (Del Rey)
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)
- Ann Vandermeer (Weird Tales)
- Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction)
Semiprozine
Hugo eligible
Fanzine
Hugo eligible
- Eugie Foster (The Fix)
- Carol Hightsoe (The Lorelei Signal) http://www.loreleisignal.com
- Carol Hightshoe (Sorcerous Signals) http://www.sorceroussignals.com
Artist Awards
Professional Artist
Hugo and World Fantasy eligible
Fan Artist
Hugo eligible
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
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
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