Tag Archives: Dragon Awards

A Mixed Bag: Some Comments on the 2021 Dragon Award Winners

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Cora

Dragon Con, a big media con in Atlanta, Georgia, is actually going ahead in person this year, though they require proof of vaccination and masks, much to the chagrin of the usual suspects. Therefore, the 2021 Dragon Awards had an … Continue reading →

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The 2021 Dragon Award Finalists Take Another Big Step Towards Mainstream Respectability

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Cora

As always in August, when you’re busy with other things, the finalists for the 2021 Dragon Awards, have been announced. The Dragon Awards are a fan award given out by Dragon Con, a massive SFF media con in Atlanta, Georgia. … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2020 Dragon Award Winners

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Cora

Dragon Con, a big media-focussed convention in Atlanta, Georgia, has gone virtual this year for obvious reasons, much like every other major or minor convention. Much/most of their virtual programming is free to access for everybody, but I have to … Continue reading →

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Reactions to the 2020 Dragon Awards Finalists or the Sound of Puppies Crying

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Cora

Considering that this year’s Dragon Awards ballot looks pretty good, I guess reactions from certain quarters of the genre community, who used to consider the Dragons their territory, were inevitable. And indeed, Mike Glyer has put up a round-up of … Continue reading →

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The 2020 Dragon Award Finalists Go Full Tilt Towards Mainstream Respectability

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Cora

I’ve been following the saga of the Dragon Awards, an SFF award handed out at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia, since their inception in 2016. During these five years, the Dragon Awards went from puppy award that was conceived as … Continue reading →

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The 2019 Dragon Awards successfully manage to evade full respectability for another year

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Cora

You’ll have to wait a bit longer for my WorldCon and Hugos post-mortem, because DragonCon, a big convention in Atlanta, Georgia, that is a curious mix between massive media con, inclusive cosplay con and conservative con for wargamers and military … Continue reading →

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The 2019 Dragon Award Finalists: Mainstream Respectability at Last?

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Cora

The best thing about the Dragon Awards, an SFF prize given out by Dragon Con, a big convention in Atlanta, is that the finalist announcement enlivens the dead period between the close of the Hugo nominations and the start of … Continue reading →

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Some Reactions to the 2018 Nebula Award Winners and a Post-mortem on the 20Booksto50K Issue

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Cora

The first reactions to the 2018 Nebula Award winners are pouring in. For my own take, see this post. Lela E. Buis has a brief post listing the Nebula winners, but in the comments she expresses some concern that Mary … Continue reading →

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Some Reactions to the 2018 Nebula Award Finalists

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Cora

Now that about a week has passed since the 2018 Nebula Award finalists have been announced, more reaction posts are coming in. I’ve already linked to some of those as ETAs in my previous Nebula post, but I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2018 Nebula Award Finalists

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Cora

The finalists for the 2018 Nebula Awards have been announced today, as have the finalists for the 2018 Aurealis Award and the finalists for the 2018 BSFA Awards were announced a few days ago. If you want to read the … Continue reading →

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