Tis The Season For Award Nominations: The Sir Julius Vogel Awards
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are New Zealand’s own science fiction and fantasy awards, which are given annually by SFFANZ.
The nomination period is open from 1 November 2013 to 15 February 2014, for works published in the 2013 calendar year — and anyone may nominate. In 2012, I posted on the Sir Julius Vogel Award nomination process, which may be worth a look if you’re thinking about nominating and have questions about eligibility and “how to” in particular.
SFFANZ also have a FAQ on How To Nominate and most importantly, a list of eligible works for the novel categories. SpecFicNZ may also post a list of members’ eligible works so it’s worth keeping an eye on their blog, here.
Alas, because of being so-o busy with the writing of Daughter Of Blood, I haven’t featured as many eligible works, either here or on SF Signal, as I was able to do last year, but nonetheless here are the handful that you can check out if you’re interested (in alphabetical order by author surname)—but warning: there are many more novels on the SFFANZ list!
Karen Healey, When We Wake (Novel)
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Philip Mann, The Disestablishment Of Paradise (Novel)
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Juliet Marillier, Prickle Moon (Collection)
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Freya Robertson, Heartwood (Novel)
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The nomination period for this year is – 1 November 2013 and closes on 15 February 2014 at 8pm – for all works first published in the 2013 calendar year.
Anyone can make a nomination and it is free of charge. Open to international readers too.
“When We Wake” by Karen Healey is a very good YA novel. I read that.
2 eligible books I can add to the list and have enjoyed reading are –
“Heart of Obsidian” by Nalini Singh
“Harbinger” – a book of the Order by Philippa Ballantine
Ah, well caught, June–I shall correct those dates in the main post right away. Thank you for being on the alert…