{"id":108,"date":"2015-01-28T05:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2015\/01\/28\/i-do-not-write-award-winning-short-fiction\/"},"modified":"2015-01-28T05:12:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T13:12:00","slug":"i-do-not-write-award-winning-short-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2015\/01\/28\/i-do-not-write-award-winning-short-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"I Do Not Write Award-Winning Short Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and I don&#8217;t expect I will for several more years, if ever. I&#8217;m just not <i>that<\/i> kind of writer! (He said coquettishly, batting his eyelashes.) But it does seem to be that time of the year, and it&#8217;ll be a nice retrospective if nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>I had two short stories and one novelette published last year, including my first SFWA-qualifying professional sale:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/science-fiction\/aliens\/curtis-c-chen\/zugzwang\"><b>&#8220;Zugzwang&#8221;<\/b><\/a> (SF short story) in <i>Daily Science Fiction<\/i>, magazine edited by Michele-Lee Barasso and Jonathan Laden, September 19, 2014<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8220;Making Waves&#8221;<\/b> (horror short story) in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00LNXHLJG\/curtiscchensfree\"><i>SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror<\/i><\/a>, anthology edited by Geoff Brown, July, 2014<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8220;Somebody&#8217;s Daughter&#8221;<\/b> (SF novelette) in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00IQHB760\/curtiscchensfree\"><i>Leading Edge<\/i> Issue 65<\/a>, magazine edited by Diane Cardon, January, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I suppose <a href=\"http:\/\/curtiscchen.com\/512book\/\"><b><i>Thursday&#8217;s Children: Flash Fiction from 512 Words or Fewer<\/i><\/b><\/a> is also technically eligible, but I have no idea what category that would be. More to the point, <i>nobody cares<\/i> about a self-published short fiction collection.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not fronting humility here. My work last year was nowhere near the best that the field had to offer. Have you <i>read<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/stories\/2014\/09\/as-good-as-new-charlie-jane-anders\">&#8220;As Good As New&#8221; by Charlie Jane Anders<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/the-hymn-of-ordeal-no-23\/\">&#8220;The Hymn of Ordeal, No. 23&#8221; by Rhiannon Rasmussen<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex-magazine.com\/brute\/\">&#8220;Brute&#8221; by Rich Larson<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideomancer.com\/?p=2894\">&#8220;Tasting Gomoa&#8221; by Chinelo Onwualu<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/stories\/2014\/09\/con-game-cory-doctorow-jen-wang\">&#8220;Con\/Game&#8221; by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg, dude. My potatoes are the smallest.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re attending <a href=\"http:\/\/sasquan.org\/\">Sasquan<\/a>, or a current Active or Associate members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/\">SFWA<\/a>, please go nominate <i>someone else<\/i> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehugoawards.org\/\">Hugos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/nebula-awards\/\">Nebulas<\/a>, respectively. Here are just a few links to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/blogs\/2015\/01\/torcom-hugo-nebula-eligible-fiction-2014\">Tor.com\u2019s Hugo and Nebula-Eligible Fiction from 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scalzi&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2014\/01\/03\/sff-authorseditorsartistsfans-2014-award-awareness-post\/\">SF\/F Authors\/Editors\/Artists\/Fans 2014 Award Awareness Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SFWA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/forum\/index.php?app=readinglist\">Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List<\/a> (requires SFWA login)<\/li>\n<li>Writertopia&#8217;s eligibility list for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writertopia.com\/awards\/campbell\">John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Exercise for the reader:<\/b> Do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=award+eligible+work+2014\">Google search for &#8220;award eligible work 2014&#8221;<\/a> and see what else turns up. Add the name of your favorite author\/editor\/artist for possibly better results!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis\" title=\"Curtis\" border=\"0\" height=\"32\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and I don&#8217;t expect I will for several more years, if ever. I&#8217;m just not that kind of writer! (He said coquettishly, batting his eyelashes.) 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