Spear a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist
SPEAR is a finalist for a Los Angeles Book Prize! Nominated for the Ray Bradbury Prize alongside Sara Gran, Ray Nayler, Alex Jennings, and George Saunders! Winners announced April 21…
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December Book of the Month
More data on gender and literary prizes
Books about women don’t win big awards: some data
Data suggest that the more prestigious the literary prize, the less likely the winner is to write about women or from a woman’s perspective. Women have literary cooties.
Read more"Cold Wind" in Tor’s "Some of the Best" anthology
Available for free download, Tor’s anthology of their best short fiction of 2014, complete with the original illustrations. (The cover is from…
Read moreHILD nominated for the Washington State Book Award
I’m delighted to announce that Hild is one of the five finalists for the Washington State Book Award. The winners will be announced…
Read moreFinal Hild links roundup
For those who are counting, this is links roundup #20. I’ve put all twenty in one place. I’m also assembling humongous roundups…
Read moreHild roundup #15
Not too much today, so here is a quick note about some upcoming dates: April 6. An interview on To the Best…
Read moreCoode Street podcast–Kelley and I talk about stuff
Last night Kelley and I had a lovely intercontinental chat via Skype with Jonathan Strahan and Gary Wolfe, in Seattle, Perth, and…
Read more25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards shortlist
Finalists of the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Transgender Fiction1. Being Emily, Rachel Gold, Bella Books2. The Collection: Short Fiction From The…
Read moreInteresting bits of an interesting year, Part Two
In Part One of this look back at 2012, I talked about the ukulele, a portrait of me, some teaching, and my travels….
Read moreGalactic Suburbia and freelance award design
My inaugural Galactic Suburbia Award arrived in the mail yesterday. It came wrapped in a lovely red and black ribbon: I unwrapped…
Read moreGalactic Suburbia Award
This morning I woke up to a lovely surprise: I’ve been awarded the first Galactic Suburbia Award for activism and/or communication that…
Read moreIt’s time for the Lambda Literary Foundation to stand up
The Lambda Literary Foundation released its new award eligibility criteria today: LGBT authors will be recognized with three awards marking stages of…
Read moreMy Tiptree plate
This week I finally got my Tiptree prize back from the EMP|SFM, where it’s been on display for eight years. (I won…
Read moreOutstanding mid-career queer novelists
The Lambda Literary Foundation is accepting applications and nominations for two juicy monetary prizes: Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists’ Prize Applications Due March 1,…
Read moreThe Lezzys 2008
Who knew? Thelesbianlifestyle.com gives awards in several categories for Best Lesbian Blog. Go nominate something fabulous!
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Nicola Griffith 