Polina Levontin and I wrote about gender, democracy, and SFF literary awards (the Hugos, the BSFA Awards, my own Sputnik experiment, plus a ...

This week we announced the two finalists of the Sputnik Awards 2015/2016 . Here's a guest editorial I wrote about the prize for Interzon...

I guess maybe the Puppies are to blame for the Sputnik Awards. Or at least: for the Sputnik spark. The Hugo Awards, arguably the most pres...

As is now customary, at around this time of year I produce my Hugo nominations recommendations slate, Strange Puppies. Go forth and nominate...

I half-noticed recently that this year's Sad Puppies' slate (perhaps not the right word) contains a sprinkling of SJW pixie-dust. My...

The British Science Fiction Association Awards shortlist has just been announced. Best Novel  Dave Hutchinson: Europe at Midnight , Sol...

I haven't read that much short fiction on the BSFA longlist yet, but here are a few of my possibles: Tim Maughan, " Special Econ...

Just real quick: haven't fully checked out eligibility etc. but will probably nominate Sandra Newman, Country of Ice Cream Star , Adam R...

In 2015 I authored the following Hugo-eligible listicles, playlists and thought lists: Top Ten Meta-Meta Listicle Entries of 2015 Top Ten...

Yo. The Puppies had a go at gaming the Hugo Awards but they lost resoundingly, and ( I assume ?) rules will change to make Hugo Awards a bit...

If none of this makes any sense to you, lemme suggest counting yourself lucky and not looking into it any further. Some folk out there see...

I always base my decisions about where to put WorldCon on wherever according to my preconceptions has the most reindeer nearby and possibly ...

There's a  fantastically involved thread over at Making Light  about voting systems and the Hugo Awards. I've skimmed the conversa...

I won't get round to doing a proper fanfare post to my nomination ruminations, but here's a sequence of rapid parps. Maybe I'll...

There are three short stories nominated for the BSFA this year: Ruth E J Booth for "The Honey Trap," published in La Femme, New...

Among this year's Nebula nominees , I was happy to see Alyssa Wong's "The Fisher Queen."  I kind of feel like we've re...

Continuing the season of THE BALLOT OF ALL POSSIBLE AWARDS ... Here's a post from Ian Sales, more-or-less opposing the practice of pu...

Some excellent squirming parcels of short fiction silked over at The Spider's House (Nina Allan). Never let anyone tell you Silky Stori...

1) Just above there's a list of some short genre fiction which caught my attention in 2014, simply by lying sneakily in wait. 2) I wa...

Super quickly, this is how it'll work: 1) 100 or so Big Name Authors automatically entered 2) Everybody else self-nominates (indie au...