{"id":18391,"date":"2014-02-25T12:47:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T20:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18391"},"modified":"2014-02-25T12:47:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T20:47:43","slug":"if-you-were-a-dinosaur-my-love-nominated-for-the-nebula-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18391","title":{"rendered":"“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” Nominated for the Nebula Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am thrilled to announce that my short story, “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love,”<\/a> has been nominated for the Nebula Award for short story.<\/p>\n

I am particularly pleased because I love my category. I’ll be thrilled to see anyone win.<\/p>\n

Here’s the SFWA<\/a> press release which includes a list of other recognized works.<\/p>\n

2013 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced<\/p>\n

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the 2013 Nebula Awards nominees (presented 2014), the nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.<\/p>\n

Best Novel
\nWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood)
\nThe Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
\nFire with Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
\nHild, Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
\nAncillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
\nThe Red: First Light, Linda Nagata (Mythic Island)
\nA Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)
\nThe Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker (Harper)<\/p>\n

Best Novella
\n\u2018\u2018Wakulla Springs,\u2019\u2019 Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com 10\/2\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018The Weight of the Sunrise,\u2019\u2019 Vylar Kaftan (Asimov\u2019s 2\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018Annabel Lee,\u201d Nancy Kress (New Under the Sun)
\n\u2018\u2018Burning Girls,\u2019\u2019 Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com 6\/19\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018Trial of the Century,\u2019\u2019 Lawrence M. Schoen (lawrencemschoen.com, 8\/13; World Jumping)
\nSix-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean) <\/p>\n

Best Novelette
\n\u2018\u2018Paranormal Romance,\u2019\u2019 Christopher Barzak (Lightspeed 6\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018The Waiting Stars,\u2019\u2019 Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
\n\u2018\u2018They Shall Salt the Earth with Seeds of Glass,\u2019\u2019 Alaya Dawn Johnson (Asimov\u2019s 1\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters,\u2019\u2019 Henry Lien (Asimov\u2019s 12\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018The Litigation Master and the Monkey King,\u2019\u2019 Ken Liu (Lightspeed 8\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind,\u2019\u2019 Sarah Pinsker (Strange Horizons 7\/1 \u2013 7\/8\/13)<\/p>\n

Best Short Story
\n\u2018\u2018The Sounds of Old Earth,\u2019\u2019 Matthew Kressel (Lightspeed 1\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018Selkie Stories Are for Losers,\u2019\u2019 Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons 1\/7\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer,\u2019\u2019 Kenneth Schneyer (Clockwork Phoenix 4)
\n\u2018\u2018If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love,\u2019\u2019 Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3\/13)
\n\u2018\u2018Alive, Alive Oh,\u2019\u2019 Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (Lightspeed 6\/13) <\/p>\n

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
\nDoctor Who: \u2018\u2018The Day of the Doctor\u2019\u2019 (Nick Hurran, director; Steven Moffat, writer) (BBC Wales)
\nEuropa Report (Sebasti\u00e1n Cordero, director; Philip Gelatt, writer) (Start Motion Pictures)
\nGravity (Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n, director; Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n & Jon\u00e1s Cuar\u00f3n, writers) (Warner Bros.)
\nHer (Spike Jonze, director; Spike Jonze, writer) (Warner Bros.)
\nThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence, director; Simon Beaufoy & Michael deBruyn, writers) (Lionsgate)
\nPacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro, director; Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, writers) (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
\nThe Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black (Little, Brown; Indigo)
\nWhen We Wake, Karen Healey (Allen & Unwin; Little, Brown)
\nSister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)
\nThe Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
\nHero, Alethea Kontis (Harcourt)
\nSeptember Girls, Bennett Madison (Harper Teen)
\nA Corner of White, Jaclyn Moriarty (Levine)<\/p>\n

Damon Knight Grand Master Award: Samuel R. Delany
\nSpecial Guest: Frank M. Robinson<\/p>\n

About the Nebula Awards
\nThe Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. Voting will open to SFWA Active members on March 1, and close on March 30. More information is available from http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/nebula-awards\/how-to-vote\/.<\/p>\n

About the Nebula Awards Weekend
\nThe 49th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend will be held May 15-18th, 2014, in San Jose at the San Jose Marriott. The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by Toastmaster Ellen Klages. Borderland Books will host the mass autograph session from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 16th at the San Jose Marriott. This autograph session is open to the public and books by the authors in attendance will be available for purchase. Attending memberships, and more information about the Nebula Awards Weekend, are available at http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/nebula-awards\/nebula-weekend\/. Membership rates increase on March 1. The Weekend is open to non-SFWA members. <\/p>\n

About SFWA
\nFounded in 1965 by the late Damon Knight, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America brings together the most successful and daring writers of speculative fiction throughout the world.<\/p>\n

Since its inception, SFWA\u00ae has grown in numbers and influence until it is now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers’ organizations in existence, boasting a membership of approximately 2,000 science fiction and fantasy writers as well as artists, editors and allied professionals. Each year the organization presents the prestigious Nebula Awards\u00ae for the year\u2019s best literary and dramatic works of speculative fiction.<\/p>\n

Media: For information on obtaining press passes, interviews with nominees, or questions about the event itself, please contact SFWA’s Communications Manager, Jaym Gates, at communications@sfwa.org.<\/p>\n

Additional Information
\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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