The 2012 Campbell Awards.
May. 16th, 2012 07:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seanan_mcguireThe John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is currently open for voting! This award uses the same nomination and voting mechanism as the Hugos, even though the Campbell Award is not a Hugo, and will be presented this year in Chicago, during the Hugo Awards Ceremony. Having been on the Campbell ballot in 2010, I can testify that it is a huge, huge honor to be nominated, and that it gets your name in front of a lot of eyes that might not otherwise have heard of you.
(I can also testify that winning is amazeballs best thing oh my sweet Great Pumpkin corn maze paradise wonderful. But that's probably true of winning most awards that you really, really want.)
If you are currently a member, either Attending or Supporting, of Chicon 7, you are eligible to vote for the Campbell Award, along with the Hugo Awards. If you're not a member, either Attending or Supporting, you can view the membership rates by clicking right here. A Supporting Membership comes with voting rights and the complete Hugo packet, and is only $50.
Because writers who are eligible for the Campbell are, by their very nature, relatively new writers, it's possible that you don't know anything about this year's candidates. Jim Hines has sensibly decided to help you with this little problem, and has conducted interviews with all five of this year's nominees. Go, read, and be enlightened!
We have a truly awesome class of Campbell nominees this year; any one of them is worthy of the tiara. Because remember, the Campbell is one of only two major genre awards that comes with a tiara (the other is the Tiptree).
In closing, I present the comic strip I drew to commemorate my own eligibility:
TESTIFY!
(I can also testify that winning is amazeballs best thing oh my sweet Great Pumpkin corn maze paradise wonderful. But that's probably true of winning most awards that you really, really want.)
If you are currently a member, either Attending or Supporting, of Chicon 7, you are eligible to vote for the Campbell Award, along with the Hugo Awards. If you're not a member, either Attending or Supporting, you can view the membership rates by clicking right here. A Supporting Membership comes with voting rights and the complete Hugo packet, and is only $50.
Because writers who are eligible for the Campbell are, by their very nature, relatively new writers, it's possible that you don't know anything about this year's candidates. Jim Hines has sensibly decided to help you with this little problem, and has conducted interviews with all five of this year's nominees. Go, read, and be enlightened!
We have a truly awesome class of Campbell nominees this year; any one of them is worthy of the tiara. Because remember, the Campbell is one of only two major genre awards that comes with a tiara (the other is the Tiptree).
In closing, I present the comic strip I drew to commemorate my own eligibility:
TESTIFY!
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Date: 2012-05-16 02:45 pm (UTC)Wait, is that true? But the Tiptree!
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Date: 2012-05-16 02:59 pm (UTC)Which is, now that I think about it, a pretty good problem to have...
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Date: 2012-05-16 03:00 pm (UTC)(Also, I'm still waiting on my Hugo packet! Pouty face.)
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Date: 2012-05-16 03:45 pm (UTC)::Peeks at site, drums fingers impatiently::
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Date: 2012-05-16 11:24 pm (UTC)*headdesk*
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Date: 2012-05-17 06:10 pm (UTC)ETA: Which, if I had read your comment more closely, would be because I was looking at the website but hadn't thought to check their Facebook page.
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Date: 2012-05-16 05:19 pm (UTC)You should register to vote I'M JUST SAYING.
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Date: 2012-05-16 09:30 pm (UTC)So did you ride a raptor?
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Date: 2012-05-17 02:23 am (UTC)I'm starting to suspect that you are in fact not human at all =P
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