if you have not seen Chris Garcia’s speech upon winning the Best Fanzine Hugo Award, last year in Reno Nevada during Renovation, the 2011 Worldcon.
See it now, or see it again: it’s still amusing. One of Chris’s four 2012 Hugo nominations is for this speech.
And here are all of the 2012 Hugo Awards nominations.
SFContario 3 Guest Chris Garcia is nominated for not one, not two, not three, but four Hugo Awards.
However Chris is not in competition with another SFContario 3 Guest, Jo Walton. Jo is a nominee in the Best Novel category.
Chris is working his way toward Best Novel. Last year, after winning the Hugo for Best Fanzine, Chris announced he wants to win a Hugo in every category and that he thinks Novel will be most difficult.
This years Nebula Award Nominations have been announced. Congratulations to SFContario 3′s author guest of honour, Jo Walton, whose novel, Among Others, is a nominee for Best Novel!
FAAn Awards
Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012
What: Best Genzine; Personalzine; Fanwriter; Fanartist / Cartoonist; Single Issue, Anthology or Special Publication; Harry Warner Memorial Award Best Letterhack; Fan Website.
Presented at: Corflu Glitter Las Vegas
See Corflu Glitter for the ballot and a list of fanzines published in 2011.
Constellation Awards
Nomination deadline: March 2, 2012.
What: Canada’s annual science fiction awards focused on rewarding excellence in science fiction film and television.
Presented at: Polaris 26 Toronto North
See Constellations for the nomination guidelines and forms. Also a list of film and television works that TCON Promotional Society has identified as being eligible for nomination this year.
CORRECTION to Previous Post
Hugo Awards nomination deadline is March 11, 2012.
Aurora Awards
Nomination deadline: March 31, 2012
What: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (Auroras) recognizing work and fan activity done in 2011. Awards are open to all Canadians, expats, and landed immigrants.
Presented at: When Words Collide Calgary
To nominate or vote you must be a member of CSFFA (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association), the society which runs the awards. Annual dues to join the society are just $10 Cdn.
To register go to: Membership .
Full details about the society here: Aurora Awards .
Nomination deadline: Jan. 31, 2012
What: Science fiction’s most prestigious award. Voted by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.
Presented at: Chicon 7 chicon.org/
Nomination information here: Nominate
We’ve been asked to photograph and video the Aurora Award ceremony, and the CSFFA general meeting earlier that morning. We can use an extra hand to cover this. If you’d like to help us with this, please contact us at auroras2011@sfcontario.ca.
The deadline for ordering tickets for the Aurora Banquet is 11:00AM Tuesday, November 15th. There will be a very limited number of tickets available at the con, but if you want to go, get your tickets now! You can purchase banquet tickets online on our website.
Last reminder that the registration rate for SFContario 2 increases tonight. The attending membership rate increases to $65 at 3 AM Eastern time. This will also be the rate at the door. You may register online at http://2011.sfcontario.ca/site/index.php/membership/register-online . You may alternately download a paper registration form and mail it in, but it must be postmarked today, 17 October, so in the mailbox by 5 PM.
Also, voting in the Aurora Awards closes tonight at 11:59 PM Pacific time, 2:59 AM Eastern time. You may vote online at http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/Membership/ . You must register at this URL first before you can vote. Registering with CSFFA is free, but there is a manual validation step by the Aurora Award administrator, so don’t leave this to the last minute; get this in before 9 PM Pacific/Midnight Eastern. Members of SFContario vote for free, others pay CSFFA a $5.50 voting fee. You don’t have to vote in every category, you can just vote in categories you are familiar with. There is information on the CSFFA site about all the nominees (click the plus signs in the website menu). The more people who vote, the stronger the awards are, so vote if you are able.
Our second-last reminder: Voting for the Aurora Awards ends at 11:59 PM Pacific time on October 17 (that is 2:59 AM Eastern on October 18), so there is just over two-and-a-half days left. You can go to http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/Membership/ to register and then vote in the Aurora Awards. Aurora voting is free to SFContario members. If you are leaving this to the last minute, you’ll want to be registered with the CSFFA, the sponsoring organization for the Auroras, by 9 PM Pacific time on Monday to ensure that you will be able to vote. (The voting fee is $5.50 for people who are not members of SFContario.) Wider participation makes for a better award, so be sure to vote!
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre announces the creation of a new award for science fiction and fantasy in Canadian children’s literature. The Monica Hughes Award will come with a $5,000 prize and will be presented in October 2012. Sponsored by HarperCollins Canada, the award is named for the late Monica Hughes, who wrote several books in this category.
See the announcement of the Monica Hughes Award at the CCBC website.
