Women Swept The 2015 The Nebula Awards

[Agnosticsherbet]

Women Swept The 2015 The Nebula Awards

Earlier tonight, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America handed out the Nebula Award in Chicago, and this year women have swept one of science fiction’s biggest awards.

This year’s Nebula Award Banquet toastmaster was actor John Hodgeman, who opened the show with a fun performance of ‘Radio SFWA’, pitched his own novel idea, A Feast for Bros and lamented the lack of genre NPR shows such as Car Talk: Fury Road.

The science fiction world has had its share of drama with the Hugo Awards as various slates have worked aggressively to push against the growing numbers of women and people of color appearing on award ballots. The Nebula Awards have demonstrated, for two years in a row, that science fiction and fantasy literature remains a strong, inclusive body of literature.

[villager]

1. Interesting. So rightwing trolls weren't able to game the awards, like they tried with the Hugos?

[LeftyMom]

2. No, because of different membership rules.

To vote on the Hugos you just have to buy a WorldCon membership (it varies from year to year but it's usually about $50.) To vote in the Nebulas you need to meet their publication requirements or otherwise work in the field.

[villager]

3. Good points. It's not merely a "buy in" to the con.

"Con" having multiple definitions, in this instance.

[LeftyMom]

4. Yeah, I don't see the point in paying $50 to vote in a popularity contest,

let alone paying $50 to troll a popularity contest and nominate Space Raptor Butt Invasion. I'd rather spend that $50 on books.

[villager]

5. "I'd rather spend that $50 on books."

As an occasional writer of same, that has to be one of my favorite recent posts on the minefield that has become DU.

[longship]

6. Don't you mean butt insertion?

Space Raptor Butt Insertion has a nice ring to it, if you get my meaning.


Way to go, Nebula awards!

[bemildred]

7. Women write great SF. Always have too. nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. Yes the do. It hasn't been unusual for men to dominate these awards.

This is a great waypoint.

[bemildred]

9. It is. The women used to have to pretend to be men.

I used to look for them.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. I had hoped we were past the point where every other fantasy novel had to have "Bone" in the title -

apparently not.