#hugo awards

We really should have realized back in August that were was more to Tadeshi Shoji’s 2018 ready-to-wear collection when we were alerted to the amazing black and gold “galaxy sweeping” cape* that author NK Jemisin wore to the Hugo awards, at which she accepted her third Best Novel award for the Broken Earth trilogy.She tweeted, we were tagged, and reader, we did not post it. *sad trombone*

Last month The Cape came up on our radar again, including this photo from Alyshondra Meacham’s coverage of the Hugo red carpet showing of its full-length glory and newly anointed TED fellowProf. Erika Hamden’sInstagrames-cape-ades!

But that’s not all! Watch this space for more #FridayFashion!

–Emily

*(The cape was also available in a black-on-black version, but those photos are no longer on the product page.)

transformativeworks:

AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work!

Here’s the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted:

All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We’re up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them.

Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn.

This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us.

Well look who just got nominated for a Hugo. <3 <3 <3 

Yay for transformative works!

Yay for feminist spaces built by fans!

transformativeworks:

AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work!

Here’s the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted:

All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We’re up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them.

Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn.

This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us.

Congrats to the 2020 Hugo Award finalists!