All Entries Tagged With: "award"

Gemini Nominations Announced

Just wanted to do a quick post congratulating all of the science fiction television shows nominated for this year’s Gemini Award. As much American television is filmed in what many dub “Hollywood North” (Battlestar Galactica is a testament to this as much of Caprica City looks a lot like downtown Vancouver) it is no surprise [...]

2009 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Winners Announced

According to a recent post on Locus Online, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2009 are Jane Yolen and Ellen Asher. The award is presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field. Lifetime Achievement winners are announced in advance; other winners will be announced at this year’s World [...]

Best Graphic Story Category Added to Hugo Awards Ballot

It seems the motion to remove the Best Semiprozine category from the Hugo Awards Ballot (which was not ratified and therefore still remains a viable category) wasn’t the only matter discussed at this year’s annual Business Meeting at Worldcon. It has also been brought to my attention that the Best Graphic Story will also be [...]

2009 Hugo Winners Announced

What better way to cap off another great Worldcon than with the Hugo Awards. For those that don’t already know, the Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction [...]

Hugo Semiprozine Saved

One of the more contentious issues surrounding this year’s Worlcon in Montreal was the vote on whether or not to continue with the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. The final decision came down at the annual World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Business Meeting in a vote of 73 to 32 in favor that the Hugo [...]

2009 WorldCon Awards (Sidewise Award, Campbell Award, Prometheus Award)

This year’s 2009 Worldcon in Montreal featured a slew of awards. In addition to the Chesley Award for art and the international Hugo Awards there were several award presentations on hand during the duration of the convention. Three of the more important awards are the Sidewise Award for alternate history, the John W. Campbell Memorial [...]

2009 World Fantasy Awards List Announced

I was about to write a post on the Science Fiction Writers of America’s (SFWA) new website when I noticed the nominees for this year’s World Fantasy Award were listed there as well, and I couldn’t help but do a quick post on the nominees that made the list. They are listed below.

The World Fantasy [...]

2009 Mythopoeic Award Winners

The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given by the Mythopoeic Society to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas. The winners of this year’s awards were announced at a banquet during Mythcon XL (July 17-20, 2009) in Los Angeles CA.

The 2009 Mythopoeic [...]

2009 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Well, it seems that in my over-zealousness to report the 2009 Emmy Award nominations I appeared to have posted the wrong set of nominees. Sufficed to say the previous post outlining the accidentally placed 2008 nominees has been removed and I apologize for any confusion that may have arisen as a result.

What I’m not sorry [...]

2009 Shirley Jackson Award Winners Announced

For many horror writers and editors, the Bram Stoker Awards have remained the standard for award-winning Horror fiction and literature. That is until last year in 2008 when the Shirley Jackson Awards were first announced for “outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic”.

This year’s award was presented on Sunday, [...]