Other nominees from the local area include Boskone Filk organizer Gary McGath, who was nominated for "Mad Scientist's Love Song" in the Best Classic Filk Song category, and MASSFILC President Paul Estin, who received a nomination for "Fluorine Atom" in the A Little Bit Rock and Roll category.
You can listen to snippets of all nominated people and works on the ballot.
The winners will be announced in late October at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest. Voting is open to members of the filk community and the rules on the same website as the ballot do a good job of explaining what that means.
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Parking: $41/day valet, $31/day self/parking.
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Congratulations to John Picacio, Official Artist for Boskone 47, for his four Chesley Award nominations!
The Chesley Awards were established in 1985 as ASFA's peer awards to recognize individual works and achievements during a given year. The Chesleys were initially called the ASFA Awards, but were later renamed to honor famed astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell after his death in 1986. The awards are presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
2009: The Chesley Awards Nominations
These listings are the Official Nominations on the Ballot for the Chesley Awards which will be presented at Anticipation in Montreal. Here’s the entire list. http://www.asfa-art.org/chesley2009.html
John Picacio is on the ballot for paperback for Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders, Pyr, October 2008.
For hardcover for Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories by L.E. Modesitt Jr, Tor, 03/2008. (Also nominated in this category are past Boskone Official Artists, Stephan Martiniere, and Donato Giancola.)
For magazine for Asimov's, September 2008. (Also nominated in this category is past Boskone Official Artist, Bob Eggleton.)
For Interior for Elric: The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock, Del Rey, 2008. (Also nominated in this category is past Boskone Official Artist, Donato Giancola.)
And a congratulations to Boskone 46 Special Guest, Irene Gallo, for her nomination in the Art Director category.
Space opera supremo Alastair Reynolds scores unprecedented ten-year, ten-book deal from Gollancz for his 'mean line in alien cultures and technology'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/2
Some pictures from Boskone: mostly Jane's birthday party, the awards ceremony and dramatic reading, Elise's table, the Reno bid party, and the Dead Dog party.
The Boston Public LIbrary invites tabletop gaming fans, fantasy fans, anyone, really, to a talk by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the Boston Public Library.
Contact Michael Colford -mcolford@bpl.org - for more information.
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Edit 7:40 a.m.: fixed over-escaped ampersands.
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