Award-winning Australian Women (SF, Horror and Fantasy Books) 2012
I can’t believe it’s more than a year since I wrote this post as a resource for the Australian Women Writers Challenge – award-winning books by Australian Women writers, editors etc. for people...
View ArticleThe Galactic Suburbia Award 2012
One of my favourite things about the Galactic Suburbia Award is the morning after the podcast has been published, when I get to wake up and see people squeeing on Twitter, especially those who...
View ArticleTiptree Time!
It’s that time of year again, when the Tiptree winners (and Honor List) are released. The award is designed to reward (and call attention to) works that explore or challenge the portrayal of gender, as...
View ArticleDitmars and Geek Chic
The Ditmar ballot is out! I am delighted to be nominated as Best Fan Writer, as well as for various group projects: Galactic Suburbia, Galactic Chat and the Snapshot. I also have two works up for the...
View ArticleDitmar Pretties 2013
Conflux crept up on me, as conventions you’re not planning to go to tend to. And so it was that I sat down with my computer yesterday after a long day to find a Twitter party going on – and lo, I won...
View ArticlePostcards from a Saturday Morning
The Shirley Jackson Award shortlist is up! This is especially exciting this year because it features two Australians (a pretty rare event, I think?). Even better, they’re not competing with each other!...
View Article2012 Aurealis Awards (and having “too many” wins)
For the last couple of years I have attended the Sydney-hosted Aurealis Awards weekend, which is always a blast. Sadly I was reining back on travel this year and couldn’t make it – but it sounds like...
View ArticleShiny Silver Rocket
pic by Kevin StandleeSo, I won a Hugo today, for Best Fan Writer. That was… a bit of a shock, really. Thanks everyone for your congratulations via Twitter, Facebook and email. There were so many of...
View ArticleThings I Did/Had Published in 2016
An award eligibility post. Wow, my writing resolution to work more at the novelette length has totally paid off! Personally I think of anything at 15K or higher as a novella, but most awards...
View ArticleAward Eligibility Post
It’s a thing. Let’s skip past the apologies for allowing the post to exist. 2018 was a big year for me! In fact I have already been nominated for some awards (woo, the Aurealis Awards are more...
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