Fairyland, the Norton, and Us
Feb. 19th, 2010 01:16 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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crowdfundingSo, I wanted to let this wonderful community know that my crowdfunded project, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is a finalist for the Andre Norton Award, which is basically the Nebula for YA books. It is a major award in speculative fiction.
We're trying to pull up the books, but are reasonably sure this is the first crowdfunded project to be nominated for a major award--but it can happen! These works are eligible for the Nebulas and Hugos, the biggest awards in the field. (I'm not sure about the World Fantasy Award)
I'll be talking a lot about crowdfunding in the next couple of months, and trying to direct some traffic here. But with all the talk of how we aren't given legitimacy and aren't eligible for awards, I wanted to tell you guys that at least for some of them, we are, and can even make it all the way to the final ballot.
Go Team Crowdfunding!
We're trying to pull up the books, but are reasonably sure this is the first crowdfunded project to be nominated for a major award--but it can happen! These works are eligible for the Nebulas and Hugos, the biggest awards in the field. (I'm not sure about the World Fantasy Award)
I'll be talking a lot about crowdfunding in the next couple of months, and trying to direct some traffic here. But with all the talk of how we aren't given legitimacy and aren't eligible for awards, I wanted to tell you guys that at least for some of them, we are, and can even make it all the way to the final ballot.
Go Team Crowdfunding!
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Date: 2010-02-19 07:18 pm (UTC)*still bouncing like Tigger*
This gives me so much hope. I can't even put it all into words.