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The Alex Award Arrives

Posted on March 1, 2023 21 Comments

When I won an Alex Award in 2015 for Lock In, what that consisted of was an email from my publicist saying, “Hey, you won this award,” and a some congratulations from around the Internet. This year, when I won it for The Kaiju Preservation Society, I got a surprise phone call set up through […]

My Award-Winning Saturday

Posted on October 23, 2022 25 Comments

Yesterday I picked up an award from my high school for Alumni Outstanding Achievement, and it was both delightful and a little nerve-wracking. I’ve picked up awards in front of thousands of people and didn’t bat an eye; this time it was in front of maybe sixty people I went to school with, who remember […]

Brandon Sanderson and the Scalzi Award

Posted on March 17, 2023 10 Comments

In addition to writing a book or two that you may have heard about, Brandon Sanderson does a number of podcasts, and in this episode of one of them, he talks about many things, including something that is called “The Scalzi Award,” which he, and only he, has. What is the Scalzi Award, and how […]

In Which My High School Gives Me An Award

Posted on September 21, 2022 21 Comments

I believe I mentioned just recently that Webb, my high school, is the sort of place that takes its annual reunion celebration seriously, and one of the things it does during the reunion weekend is to offer up three alumni awards, for Outstanding Achievement, for Distinguished Services, and to note a rising star amongst the […]

2021 Dragon Awards Finalists

Posted on August 12, 2021 19 Comments

It’s a pretty good year: Best Science Fiction Novel Machine, Elizabeth Bear (Saga) Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline (Ballantine) Attack Surface, Cory Doctorow (Tor) A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine (Tor) Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga) The Ministry of the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine) Best Fantasy Novel (Including […]

The Kaiju Preservation Society Wins a 2023 Alex Award

Posted on January 30, 2023 21 Comments

Last week I was asked to participate in a Zoom meeting about PR stuff, but when I signed in what was really going on was a bunch of librarians telling me The Kaiju Preservation Society had won an Alex Award this year. Which, I’m not going to lie, was a much better Zoom meeting to […]

Hey, Wanna Know Who Won This Year’s Robert A. Heinlein Award?

Posted on January 24, 2023 72 Comments

And as you might expect, I’m pretty damn happy about it. Not only because it’s an award named for Heinlein, who is an undeniable influence on me (you may recall that the Publishers Weekly review of Old Man’s War said “Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of […]

2021 Hugo Award Finalists

Posted on April 13, 2021 50 Comments

Spoiler: I’m one! And very happy to be so. Here’s the full list. Best Novel Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press) The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit) Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books) Best Novella […]

The Kaiju Preservation Society a Finalist for the Dragon Award

Posted on August 11, 2022 13 Comments

And, well, that’s pretty damn cool. Here’s the whole ballot of finalists, and at the bottom of that I’ll put in a link so you can go vote for whomever you like. 1. Best Science Fiction NovelLeviathan Falls by James S.A. CoreyThe Kaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziGoliath: A Novel by Tochi OnyebuchiYou Sexy Thing by Cat RamboShards of […]

What Do I Have Eligible For Award Consideration This Year?

Posted on January 5, 2022 7 Comments

“Automated Customer Service,” from Love Death + Robots, Vol. 2 on Netflix, for which I wrote the script and the underlying short story on which the script is based. The is eligible for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the Hugos, and the Bradbury Award for the Nebulas. It’s already won an Emmy! So it […]

What I Have Eligible for Award Consideration This Year, 2023 Edition

Posted on January 3, 2023 6 Comments

Actually a fair amount! Best Novel: The Kaiju Preservation Society, Tor Books, March 2022, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor; Best Novella: The Dispatcher: Travel By Bullet, Audible Studios, September 2022, Steve Feldberg, editor; Best Short Story: “Grizzly Bear Conflict Manager” (April 2022) and “End of the Year PR Missives From Scrooge & Marley” (December 2022), both […]

2021 Awards Consideration Post

Posted on January 4, 2021 7 Comments

Each year at the beginning of January I let folks know what things I have available for consideration for annual awards, and for 2021, today’s the day! If you’re in an award-nominating mood, this is what I have for you this time around. I’m using Hugo categories here unless noted otherwise; other organizations may have […]

2021 Hugo Award Finalist Follow-up

Posted on April 14, 2021 34 Comments

Having now had a day to look at the Hugo Awards Finalist list and to think about it, I’m now ready to share some thoughts. With me for this examination of this year’s edition of science fiction’s premier award is my always reliable Fictional Interlocutor, to feed me leading questions that always make me look […]

The Last Emperox a Locus Award Finalist

Posted on May 1, 2021 16 Comments

The Last Emperox is a finalist for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction novel, which is seriously cool and makes me happy. What also makes me happy is the excellent peer group I and my book find themselves in with the other finalists in the category: Machine, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz)Attack Surface, Cory Doctorow […]

The Kaiju Preservation Society an Amazon “Best of 2022” in SF/F, and an Opening Round Nominee for the Goodreads Choice Awards

Posted on November 15, 2022 12 Comments

The headline pretty much sums it up. I’m pleased on both counts. It’s nice to be appreciated here in the bottom half of 2022. That said, if you would like to vote for Kaiju for in the Goodreads Choice Awards (or for any other nominee, if in fact you prefer them better, although if you […]

Armchair Quarterbacking the Dragon Awards

Posted on September 8, 2020 36 Comments

It’s now been a couple of days since The Last Emperox won the Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction novel, and thus, as we can see from this File 770 post and thread, there has been some commentary on how I and my book won this particular award (and how some other winners might have […]

The Last Emperox Wins the Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Posted on September 6, 2020 31 Comments

And I’m more than a little surprised about it, because the finalist list in the Best Science Fiction Novel category was so absurdly strong. I mean, Margaret Atwood? Martha Wells? Tamsyn Muir? Chuck Wendig? Just as examples? Come on. Embarrassment of riches, there. But, you know. I like trophies. I will take it. Thank you […]

The Last Emperox a Finalist for the 2020 Dragon Awards

Posted on August 12, 2020 14 Comments

In the category of Science Fiction novel. And as you can see from the picture above, it has some very fine company, in terms of the other finalists. If you can’t see it, here they are again: 1. Best Science Fiction Novel The Testaments by Margaret Atwood The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow […]

The 2020 Awards Consideration Post

Posted on January 2, 2020 8 Comments

What things of mine are available for award consideration this year? Well, if nominating for awards is your thing, here’s what I have available for the 2020 awards season. Best Collection A Very Scalzi Christmas (November 2019; Subterranean Press; Yanni Kuznia, editor) Best Short Story “A Model Dog” (January 2019; The Verge) “The […]

Everything Everywhere All At Once, and the Gen X Oscars

Posted on March 13, 2023 29 Comments

One, I’m delighted that it won, it was my favorite film of the last year, and more widely, it was the most “this story could only be done as a movie” movie of 2022, so a win at the awards that are meant to celebrate the singular nature of the medium is pretty great. And […]

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