Was in a Twitter thread today in which one of the participants started to trash-talk the Best Fan Writer category.

And several of the points he raised stuck in my craw.

So let me re-iterate some of the reasons that Fan Writer is such a great category.

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Congratulations for winning his third Best Professional Artist

"A shout-out to all my Mexicanx family. I look forward to you all being up here with me."

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Reminder, this may be the last time an story is Awards Eligible for anything other than a Retro Award.



https://t.co/I34WmmKi20

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. has been creating some gorgeous book cover and picture book art. She was recently nominated for a Spectrum Award for her IVYWOOD MANOR cover art published last year. 5/

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. fully illustrated 's ANANSI BOYS and I think it's one of the finest books produced by last year. 4/

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. has been doing some *stellar* SFF and horror film art for posters and packaging. Unlike a lot of film art you'll see, all of these are officially licensed and all were published in 2019. 2/

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Hi! nominations close in a week! Please consider nominating me for the Best Fan Artist award for my 2019 work with , , , and !

For stories by , Kathryn Allan, , and .

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Here's the full piece for my cover for issue I was inspired by "Pleiades for a New Generation" by Kathryn Allan!

(Also, please consider nominating my 2019 magazine work for the for Best Fan Artist!)

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When you're nominating for Fan Artist, you should seriously consider for inclusion on your ballot.

He's very good, active in the SFF community, and has volunteered his fan art for Worldcon progress reports.

His portfolio: https://t.co/b2nt13CySm

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Another inspiration: Joshua Halbraight Talley, Union fleet Armscomper and Damon Konstantin, Pell Station legal affairs, from C.J. - https://t.co/nmaGPaqA1Z

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“The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition”(『ゲド戦記 イラスト付き完全版』)がヒューゴー賞ベストアートブック部門で受賞しました!おめでとうチャールズ・ヴェス、そしてありがとう、アーシュラ・K・ル=グウィン!#HugoAwards

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MONSTRESS, VOL. 3: HAVEN just won the Hugo Award for "Best Graphic Story"!

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The Lady Astronaut author receiving an award from an actual lady astronaut 😭😭

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The fanciest and best dressed of serpents! is at the at

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This Week in Nominate for a Kickstarter success for the trials of and more: https://t.co/fhRuysDDmh

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the window is closing soon sooo consider PRISM STALKER VOL 1 from for !!! I'm eligible for the Best Graphic Story category! 💜 if you missed reading it, DM me for a review PDF!

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"An Offering of Light", my Self-Published Art book of work from 2017, (published in 2018) is also eligible for a "Best Art Book"

https://t.co/gbt74BdUJN

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Btw, if any of you lovely folk are nominators, I believe Conspiracy of Ravens would be eligible under Best Graphic Story, and would love if you'd consider it!

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Congratulations to 2018 Hugo Awards Best Fan Artist Geneva Benton (), and congratulations to 2018 Hugo Awards Best Professional Artist Sana Takeda!

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I don't even... I have too many tabs open. BUT I AM SO THRILLED FOR GENEVA. Her work set the tone for FIYAH in Year One. She was my first artist as an AD. She is brilliant. She is indispensable. From everyone at , we adore you . Congratulations!

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