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mabfanWell, now that's it's been announced over at SF Signal, it's official.
SFWA has posted the 2006 Preliminary Nebula Awards Ballot, and I am delighted to announce that my novella "Sanctuary" (Analog, September 2005) has made it onto the ballot.
But there's more. Only four novellas made it onto the preliminary ballot, and the preliminary ballot is usually whittled down to the top five choices. Since there's only four novellas on the ballot, all four of them will make it to the final ballot...which means that I can state categorically that I am now a three-time Nebula nominee.
Congratulations are also due to James Patrick Kelly,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
paulmelko, and shunn, who are also on the same ballot. The four of us will presumably be joined by a fifth novella chosen by the jury for the final ballot. Good luck to us all.
SFWA has posted the 2006 Preliminary Nebula Awards Ballot, and I am delighted to announce that my novella "Sanctuary" (Analog, September 2005) has made it onto the ballot.
But there's more. Only four novellas made it onto the preliminary ballot, and the preliminary ballot is usually whittled down to the top five choices. Since there's only four novellas on the ballot, all four of them will make it to the final ballot...which means that I can state categorically that I am now a three-time Nebula nominee.
Congratulations are also due to James Patrick Kelly,
paulmelko, and shunn, who are also on the same ballot. The four of us will presumably be joined by a fifth novella chosen by the jury for the final ballot. Good luck to us all.
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Date: 2007-01-10 01:45 pm (UTC)It's interesting how that worked out, isn't it?
Thank you!
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Date: 2007-01-10 01:55 pm (UTC)That's awesome!
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Date: 2007-01-10 02:37 pm (UTC)Really, I'm very happy for you, and hope to see you step up to the podium at the banquet.
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Date: 2007-01-10 06:16 pm (UTC)Seriously, though, thank you. As it is, I'm up against some very good competition this year. I suspect it's anyone's guess who'll win.
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Date: 2007-01-10 03:22 pm (UTC)I do think it's very odd -- and by odd I mean bad -- that the Nebulas include nominations for books that are already almost two years old. By the time the awards are announced, they will be well more than two years old. (E.g. Spin, which I hope wins anyway.) Spin got the Hugo months ago already. This makes the Nebula Awards feel stale, and late to have much of a commercial impact. I understand the logic of the current nomination system, I just don't think it's as positive an outcome for the works being honored as it could be.
I am not a crank.
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:20 pm (UTC)BTW, my son thinks he did well on the test finishing in nearly half of the allotted time.
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Date: 2007-01-10 10:42 pm (UTC)I mean, congratulations! (wink)
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