It's Hugo Recommendation Time! Starting January 30 and continuing for the following two Mondays, immediately following the main BASFA meeting (which we will try to shorten slightly to give us sufficient time), BASFA will do our traditional Hugo Award Recommendations. This is your chance to suggest to your friends those works/people that you think should be nominated for this year's Hugo Awards.
This year's Worldcon in in Anaheim (L.A.con IV, August 23-27 -- the Wednesday-Sunday before the Labor Day weekend, one week earlier than "traditional" Worldcon dates). If you are a member of either this year's Worldcon or last year's Worldcon (Interaction, Glasgow), you are eligible to cast a nominating vote on this year's Hugo Awards. If you were not a member of Interaction but still want to be able to cast a Hugo Award nomination ballot this year, you need to join L.A.con IV as at least a supporting member by January 31. See http://www.laconiv.org/2006/reg/reg.htm for details. You can join online, or see me in person at BASFA. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO NOMINATE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AT BASFA. Even if you are not a member of either L.A.con IV or Interaction, you can still make recommendations to your fellow fans. For information about this year's Hugo Awards, see http://www.laconiv.org/2006/hugos/hugos.htm. For a general discussion about the nominating process, see http://www.laconiv.org/2006/hugos/hugonom.htm For the nominating ballot online, see http://www.laconiv.org/2006/hugos/hugoform.htm For a PDF of a paper ballot, see http://www.laconiv.org/2006/pdf/hugonom.pdf. Paper ballot forms should be available at BASFA. Thanks to Cheryl Morgan, the recommendations we make at BASFA will be added to the Emerald City Hugo Recommendations list: http://www.emcit.com/hugo_section.php?rec.htm. Another club that maintains a Hugo recommendations list is the New England Science Fantasy Association: See http://www.nesfa.org/recommends/hugos05.html for details. The plan is to work from the bottom of the ballot upwards, doing one-third of the categories each week. (See schedule below) You can still make recommendations at any other time; we'll just concentrate on categories in this order. If you can't make it to the meeting(s), just send your recommendations directly to Cheryl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). January 30 John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo, but administered like one) Best Interactive Video Game (Special category added by L.A.con IV committee) Best Fan Artist Best Fan Writer Best Fanzine February 6 Best Semiprozine Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Best Professional Artist Best Professional Editor February 13 Best Related Book Best Short Story Best Novelette Best Novella Best Novel I encourage anyone with an interest in this year's Hugo Awards to make your recommendations to your fellow members, and thank the club for making time on its calendar for Hugo Discussion Nights. Kevin _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
