Since the Hugo Award nominations are now open, and since all the cool kids are doing it, I thought I should make note of my eligibility and the eligibility of works I’ve published in 2008.

Novelette

“Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion (Wastelands, Jan. 2008)
“How the Day Runs Down” by John Langan (The Living Dead, Sep. 2008)
“Endosymbiont” by Blake Charlton (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)

Short Story

“N-Words” by Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“The Future by Degrees” by Jay Lake (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Drinking Problem” by K. D. Wentworth (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“A Dance Called Armageddon” by Ken MacLeod (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Arties Aren’t Stupid” by Jeremiah Tolbert (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Faceless in Gethsemane” by Mark Budz (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Spider the Artist” by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)
“Resistance” by Tobias S. Buckell (Seeds of Change, Aug. 2008)

Best Editor (Short Form)

John Joseph Adams (Seeds of Change, Wastelands, The Living Dead)*

Best Artist

David Palumbo (The Living Dead)
Daniel Kvasznicza (Wastelands)

John W. Campbell Award

Ted Kosmatka
Blake Charlton

* Hugo Awards rules for this category state: “The editor of at least four (4) anthologies, collections or magazine issues primarily devoted to science fiction and/or fantasy, at least one of which was published in 2008.” Shimmer: The Pirate Issue is my fourth qualifying editorial experience, but it came out in 2007, so I’m not listing it there beside my name, which space is reserved to point out 2008 work.

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Following the lead of John Scalzi, Jay Lake, and others, I thought I’d post a list of things things I’ve published that are eligible for awards in 2008.

Since Wastelands is officially a 2008 book, nothing to do with that is eligible this awards season. With that in mind, I think the only thing I’m eligible for is some World Fantasy categories, such as Best Anthology (maybe, if the Pirate Issue counts).

But really, the only thing I could realistically be nominated for is the World Fantasy Award Special Award: Professional, for:

• My work at F&SF
• Editing The Pirate Issue
• The 250+ interviews I published with SCI FI Wire
• Various other articles and activities
   

So I’m not really eligible for much as of yet. Next year, I should be eligible for the Best Editor (short-form) Hugo Award. But meanwhile, all of the stories I bought for the Pirate Issue are eligible for the various Short Story awards:

Eligible for Best Short Story (Hugo, Nebula [through end of Oct.], World Fantasy, Stoker, IGH):

• The Sweet Realm by Jill Snider Lum [read]
• Captain Blood’s B00ty by Jeremiah Tolbert [read]
• A Hand for Each by J. Kathleen Cheney
• The Blackguard of God by Melinda Selmys
• Come to the Islands by Mikal Trimm
• The Barbary Shore by James L. Cambias
• Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8 by Marissa K. Lingen
• The Furies by Rajan Khanna
• The Perfect Hook by Justine Graykin
• Hard Times for Bartleby Crow by Grant Stone
   

Also, I’d point out that you can and should nominate Shimmer for the Best Fanzine Hugo Award, and can also nominate Beth Wodzinski, the publisher, for the World Fantasy Award Special Award: Non-Professional.

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Winners of this year’s National Book Awards have been announced:

Fiction

Tree of Smoke
Author: Denis Johnson

Non-Fiction

Legacy of Ashes
Author: Tim Weiner

Poetry

Time and Materials
Author: Robert Hass

Young People’s Literature

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie

Here’s a complete list of the nominees. Each winner receives a fat check for $10,000.

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