Special Sale Offer for Hugo Nominations

UPDATE: I've added some entires for Best Editor, Long Form, and a correction to the Tim Akers Novelette from issue #10.

Hurry, hurry! Step right up and make your Hugo nominations for all things 2006! Your nominations are essential for determining the final Hugo ballot which will be awarded at Nippon 2007 this Summer! You gotta act fast, because these nominations are only good if you get them in by midnight (PST) March 3, 2007!

You can nominate online here (you'll need your Hugo PIN from Nippon 2007 as well as membership info for either Nippon 2007 or LA Con IV) or you can print our a PDF file and mail it in.

Who should you nominate? Well anyone/anything that was published in 2006 that you think was really good. To work for the cause of pimping myself and my products for the Hugos, here's what I worked on/published last year and what awards they are eligible for:

Best Editor, Short Form:
John Klima

Best Editor, Long Form:
Juliet Ulman
James Minz

Best Fanzine:
Electric Velocipede

Best Novelette:
Tim Akers - A Walking of Crows (issue #10)
Rick Bowes & Mark Rich - Jacket Jackson (issue #10)
Tobias Buckell - The Duel (issue #11)

Best Short Story:
Jeffrey Ford - The Way He Does It (issue #10)
Andre Oosterman - The Navel of the Universe (issue #10)
Alistair Rennie - Il Duca di Cesena (issue #10)
Robert Freeman Wexler - Travels Along an Unfurling Circular Path (issue #10)
Scott W. Carter - How to Get Rid of Your Monster (issue #11)
Matthew Cheney & Jeffrey Ford - Quitting Dreams (issue #11)
Nikki Kimberling - Sweetness and Light (issue #11)
Jennifer Pelland - Last Bus (issue #11)
John B. Rosenman - Nine Billion and Counting (issue #11)
Sonya Taaffe - Bar Golem (issue #11)
Steve Rasnic Tem - Sometimes I Get Lost (issue #11)
Mary Turzillo - A Punctuated Romance (issue #11)
Catherynne M. Valente - Milk and Apples (issue #11)
Edd Vick - Moon Does Run (issue #11)
Liz Williams - Tiger, Tiger (issue #11)
Marly Youmans - The Geode (issue #11)
Ezra Pines - Antevellum (from The Sense of Falling chapbook)
Ezra Pines - Of Light and Snow (from The Sense of Falling chapbook)

And here are a few things to consider for other awards:

Best Fan Writer:
Anyone who has a blog is eligible for this award (which includes me) but I would consider nominating someone like John Scalzi for Whatever, Matthew Cheney for The Mumpsimus, Nick Mamatas for Nilihistic Kid, Hal Duncan for Notes from the Geek Show, or Jess Nevins for Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Of course, there are hundreds of science fiction bloggers out there (probably thousands), so consider them when nominating!

Best Related Book
Also, I think you should really consider John Picacio's book, COVER STORY, for Best Related Book. John has really rose to prominence in genre artwork over the past few years, and this first collection of artwork is phenomenal. John did all the layout and design himself, so it's truly a showcase of his talents.

Helpful Sources for Recommendations
And if you're looking for places with recommendations for nominations, check out the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2006 (which includes Jeff Ford's story from Electric Velocipede #10, "The Way He Does It") or the NESFA list. I nattered a little about the awards here, too.

SALE OFFER!
Anyone who wants to check out either of last year's issues of Electric Velocipede (#10 and #11) or the Ezra Pines chapbook, please send $10 (retail price of $13 for US, $18 for Canada, and $25 for the Rest of the World) via PayPal with the code NIPPON07 in the comments to evzine[at]aol[dot]com and I'll send all three to you. That's a nice bit of savings for local people and quite a bit of savings for people further away. Why am I doing this? There's some great stuff I published last year, and I think more people need to be aware of it. And, since the convention is outside the United States this year, I should make it easier for people outside the United States to be able to get copies of the zine and chapbook for nominating.

Please note: this offer is only good through March 3, 2007. Obviously, if you take advantage of this offer on March 3 (or the days leading up to it) you won't see the issues before the nominations are due, but I want people to be able to partake of this offer for a couple weeks here.