{"id":22721,"date":"2016-11-18T23:11:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T04:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=22721"},"modified":"2016-11-27T10:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T15:12:59","slug":"attention-voting-sfwa-and-hwa-members-its-that-time-of-year-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/18\/attention-voting-sfwa-and-hwa-members-its-that-time-of-year-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention voting SFWA and HWA members: It&#8217;s that time of year again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, the Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Writers of America announced that the nominations period for the Nebula Awards had begun, and since all my 2016 short stories have now been published&#8212;and  the recommendations period for the Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association is ongoing as well&#8212;it&#8217;s  time to  gather info about my publications  in one place so eligible voting members of those two organizations can take them into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>First up, two science fiction tales&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201c101 Things to Do Before You\u2019re Downloaded&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YouHumanFrontCoverTeaser.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YouHumanFrontCoverTeaser-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"YouHumanFrontCoverTeaser\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YouHumanFrontCoverTeaser-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/YouHumanFrontCoverTeaser.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 5,850-word far future science fiction story appears in the anthology <em>You, Human<\/em>, edited by Michael Bailey for Dark Regions Press. With the Earth about to end for our descendants, there are still a few more things that need to get done before it&#8217;s all over &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>UPDATED<\/strong> November 27 to add video from Chessiecon, so you may now see and hear me read all four stories I published in 2016. Enjoy!]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JdEE9RRquUo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;The Man Without the Blue Balloon<br \/>\nand the Woman Who Had Smiles Only for Him&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Postscripts3637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Postscripts3637-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"Postscripts3637\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Postscripts3637-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Postscripts3637.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 5,660-word post-apocalyptic science fiction story was published in <em>Postscripts<\/em> 36\/37, edited by Nick Gevers for PS Publishing. As I&#8217;m extremely proud of the story&#8217;s opening, let me share a taste of it with you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BlueBalloonFirstParagraph.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BlueBalloonFirstParagraph-300x104.jpeg\" alt=\"BlueBalloonFirstParagraph\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BlueBalloonFirstParagraph-300x104.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BlueBalloonFirstParagraph-768x266.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BlueBalloonFirstParagraph-1024x354.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BlueBalloonFirstParagraph.jpeg 1731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;d care to hear me read that opening (plus more), here I am at Balticon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Xk0ZaksI7g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My 2016 publications were evenly split between horror and science fiction&#8212;these are the two darker tales&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;And the Trees Were Happy&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GeniusLociCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GeniusLociCover-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"geniuslocicover\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GeniusLociCover-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GeniusLociCover.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether you call it dark fantasy or whether you call it horror, this 2,600-word story has caused me to choke up every time I&#8217;ve read it aloud at a convention. It appeared in the anthology <em>Genius Loci<\/em>, edited by Jaym Gates for Ragnarok Publications. <\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;d like to actually <em>watch<\/em> me choke up, you can see me read it below at Readercon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O77Ux8eTQPE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;That Perilous Stuff&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ChiralMad3FrontCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ChiralMad3FrontCover-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"ChiralMad3FrontCover\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ChiralMad3FrontCover-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ChiralMad3FrontCover.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 10,000-word horror story of two siblings and their mother for whom hoarding has gone terribly wrong appeared in <em>Chiral Mad 3<\/em>, edited by Michael Bailey for Written Backwards. And if you\u2019d like to hear me read the opening section  of the novelette, give a listen below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2jZQHkVKk20\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for 2016! Wait&#8217;ll you see what&#8217;s in the pipeline for 2017 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you happen to be a voting member of either of these organizations and would like to receive copies of any of the four stories I&#8217;ve mentioned, <a href=\"mailto:scott@scottedelman.com?Subject=Short stories for awards consideration\" target=\"_top\"> send me an mail<\/a> and I&#8217;ll shoot whichever you request back at you.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, the Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Writers of America announced that the nominations period for the Nebula Awards had begun, and since all my 2016 short stories have now been published&#8212;and the recommendations period for the Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association is ongoing as well&#8212;it&#8217;s time to gather info [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[652,778,29,14,141,30],"class_list":["post-22721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hugo-awards","tag-hwa","tag-my-writing","tag-nebula-awards","tag-sfwa","tag-stoker-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22721"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22760,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721\/revisions\/22760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}