All Entries Tagged With: "nominations"

Rant: Is Expanding the Best Picture Category a Good Thing?

A few months ago when I first heard that next year’s Academy Awards was expanding the ‘Best Picture’ category from five nominees to 10 nominees there’s been one question lingering in my head ever since. Why? The obvious explanation is that a majority of the Academy for Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (or whichever association [...]

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.

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2009 Chesley Award Nominations Announced

The nominees for the 2009 Chesley Award were recently announced and the list is impressive. For those unaware of this award, the Chelseys are given for excellence in science fiction and fantasy art or illustration. The award began in 1985 and is run by the Association for Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA). The award [...]

Rant: “If All the SF Magazines are Closing, How Am I Going to Get Published?”

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Now this statement may be a bit of an exaggeration, but think about all of the changes that are happening in the world of publishing today; less books are being produced by publishing houses (and being purchased by customers), top level editors and agents are being firing in the midst of corporate restructuring, [...]

Shirley Jackson Awards Announced

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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 the award [...]

Hugo Awards Shortlist Announced

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Since the Prix Aurora Awards were announced yesterday it only makes sense that the Hugo Awards shortlist be announced the following day since both are going to be presented at this year’s 67th Worldcon in month. The Hugos are among the most coveted awards [...]

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist Announced

When do you know it’s spring in the science fiction community? Just around the time award season comes about. Yesterday, Locus Online published the shortlist for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award. Now after the big three awards (them being the Hugos, the Nebulas, and the Philip K. Dick Award) the Arthur C. Clarke Award [...]

Dark Knight Receives 8 Oscar Nominations

This was probably no surprise to anyway once the actual Oscar nominations were released last week but the Dark Knight was nominated for a slew of Oscars, eight in total with the most significant going to Heath Ledger for the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ category.  While the other seven nominations go towards the artistic and technical [...]

My Nominations for the Hugo Ballot

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With my invitation to the Worldcon this year better known as ‘Anticipation 2009′ in Montreal comes the invitation to select this year’s ballot for the Hugo, Aurora, and the John W. Campbell Award. I don’t know that much about the science fiction community [...]