Feminist Ballot nominations open:
this ballot lists excellent women’s work in the science fiction and fantasy fields
This ballot is about making women’s work in the field more visible. I’m not actually running an award per se, merely promoting women’s work for consideration for awards in the science fiction and fantasy field. (This includes horror, graphic novels etc – if it’s covered by the Hugos, Ditmars or Chronos, it’s eligible for mention here.)
Please nominate excellent women’s work in the comments below so that I can include more women.
Essential information
If you’re nominating women for inclusion in this ballot please ensure that you provide
1) the woman/women’s name/s
2) the medium of the work (e.g. art, author, comic books [artist and/or author], musician etc)
3) country of residence and, if in Australia, the state of residence
4) whether the work is ‘fan’ or ‘professional’
5) links to the woman’s/women’s work
6) if you want to be REALLY helpful, you can write up a blurb about the woman/women, the work and why it should be considered. I’ll give credit to contributors: if you contribute this info, feel free to provide links to your own website and/or work.
Ursula K Le Guin
Written word
USA
Professional
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Summarise a genius
Shortchange your potenial
Learn from a master
Thanks. I have that in draft form, I’ll make it presentable soon.
Katharine Kerr
Novels
USA
Professional
http://deverry.com/
She hangs out with fans of her work here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KatharineKerr/ not so active at the moment
Thank you. I’ve just done 10 minutes of research to put Katharine up in the feminist ballot, and what I read inspires me to read her work. She sounds like an interesting individual with a sense of humour!
Katharine has joined the feminist ballot here http://www.darkmatterfanzine.com/dmf/katharine-kerr/
You definitely want Joanna Russ’s novella (either “The Second Inquisition” or “Nobody’s Home”). I’m partial to “Nobody’s Home.” It was first published in Silverberg’s New Dimensions. Joanna Russ is well known in science fiction fan circles as a cutting edge novelist, author of short fiction and literary criticism. (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41101), She’s a professional writer. If you’re interested in fan essay writers, you should check out he work of Jeanne Gomoll, mostly published in fanzines. (http://www.loncon3.org/Jeanne-Gomoll)
Upon reflection I’m including Joanna Russ in spite of the improbability of her being nominated for any more awards (due to not publishing in the future). The reason I’ve put Joanna’s entry up here (http://www.darkmatterfanzine.com/dmf/joanna-russ/) is because this ‘feminist ballot’ is about raising awareness of women’s work, not passing judgement on little technicalities 😉
Thanks Lenny.
Yours sincerely,
Lord Dark Matter