In case any BCS readers are interested in making nominations for this year’s Hugo Awards, here are details on how you can become eligible to nominate, how to nominate, and what BCS stories are eligible. BCS itself is eligible for Best SemiProZine.
The deadline to make yourself eligible to nominate is Jan. 31st, so if you’re interested, plan to do that this month.
Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!
How to Become Eligible to Nominate
To become eligible to make nominations, you must be either have purchased a full membership or the less expensive non-attending membership to LoneStarCon 3 (the 2013 Worldcon) or Loncon 3 (the 2014 Worldcon) as of January 31, 2013, or you must have been a member of last year’s Worldcon, Chicon 7.
How to Nominate:
LoneStarCon’s webpage on the Hugos has an online nomination form and a printable paper one you can fill out and mail in. (You will need your con membership info.)
Deadline to Nominate:
You must have your nominations in by March 10, 2013.
What BCS Stories are Eligible:
Everything published in 2012, which is BCS #86 through BCS #111, inclusive.
Here are links to a few of our best-reviewed stories of 2012, and which Hugo category they and the magazine itself fit in. For a list of all eligible BCS stories, click “Show hidden text” at the bottom of this post.
Best Short Story:
“Bearslayer and the Black Knight,” by Tom Crosshill
“The Mote-Dancer and the Firelife,” by Chris Willrich
“The Three Feats of Agani,” by Christie Yant
“Worth of Crows,” by Seth Dickinson
Best Novelette:
“The Castle That Jack Built,” by Emily Gilman (selected for Year’s Best SF&F)
“Scry,” by Anne Ivy
“In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” by Richard Parks
“Unsilenced,” by Karalynn Lee
“The Telling,” by Gregory Norman Bossert
(all five of these novelettes were named to the Locus Recommended Reading List)
Best Semipro Zine:
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
For more information on Hugo categories and the Hugos in general, read LoneStarCon’s Hugo FAQ.
All Hugo-Eligible Stories from BCS
Here is the full list of all BCS stories that are eligible for the Hugo Awards. BCS itself is eligible in the category Best SemiProZine.
Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!
Best Short Story:
“Calibrated Allies,” by Marissa Lingen
“The Lady of the Lake,” by E. Catherine Tobler
“The Last Gorgon,” by Rajan Khanna
“The Proof of Bravery,” by David Milstein
“A Place to Stand,” by Grace Seybold
“Shadows Under Hexmouth Street,” by Justin Howe
“The Mote-Dancer and the Firelife,” by Chris Willrich
“The Book of Locked Doors,” by Yoon Ha Lee
“Bearslayer and the Black Knight,” by Tom Crosshill
“The Ivy-Smothered Palisade,” by Mike Allen
“Pridecraft,” by Christian K. Martinez
“To Go Home to Leal,” by Susan Forest
“A Marble for the Drowning River,” by Ann Chatham
“Shades of Amber,” by Marie Croke
“The Magic of Dark and Hollow Places,” by Adam Callaway
“One Ear Back,” by Tina Connolly
“Lady Marmalade,” by E. Catherine Tobler
“How the Wicker Knight Would Not Move,” by Chris Willrich
“Fox Bones. Many Uses.,” by Alex Dally MacFarlane
“The Three Feats of Agani,” by Christie Yant
“Virtue’s Ghosts,” by Amanda M. Olson
“The Heart of the Rail,” by Mark Teppo
“The Tale of the Aggrieved Astrologer,” by Jack Nicholls
“The Angel Azrael Delivers Small Mercies,” by Peter Darbyshire
“Beyond the Shrinking World,” by Nathaniel Katz
“When Averly Fell from the Sky,” by Dean Wells
“Bandit and the Seventy Raccoon War,” by Don Allmon
“The Ascent of Unreason,” by Marie Brennan
“Worth of Crows,” by Seth Dickinson
“Three Little Foxes,” by Richard Parks
“Cursed Motives,” by Marissa Lingen
“Luck Fish,” by Peta Freestone
“A Song of Blackness,” by Nancy Fulda
“They Make of You a Monster,” by Damien Walters Grintalis
“Seeking The Great Raymundo,” by Jamie Lackey
“The Scorn of the Peregrinator,” by John E.O. Stevens
“The Storms in Arisbat,” by Therese Arkenberg
“Casualties,” by Alec Austin
“The Giants of Galtares,” by Sue Burke
Best Novelette:
“The Castle That Jack Built,” by Emily Gilman (selected for Year’s Best SF&F)
“The Empire of Nothingness,” by Geoffrey Maloney
“Scry,” by Anne Ivy (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Juggernaut,” by Megan Arkenberg
“Sinking Among Lilies,” by Cory Skerry (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)
“The Governess and the Lobster,” Margaret Ronald (selected for Year’s Best SF&F)
“Serkers and Sleep,” by Kenneth Schneyer
“In the Palace of the Jade Lion,” by Richard Parks (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Ratcatcher,” by Garth Upshaw
“Unsilenced,” by Karalynn Lee (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)
“Hold a Candle to The Devil,” by Nicole M. Taylor
“After Compline, Silence Falls,” by M. Bennardo
“Liaisons Galantes: A Scientific Romance,” by David D. Levine
“The Telling,” by Gregory Norman Bossert (named to Locus Recommended Reading List)
“‘His Crowning Glory’: a new tale of the Antique Lands,” by Noreen Doyle
Best Novella:
“Death and the Thunderbird,” by Michael J. DeLuca
Best Semipro Zine:
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Thanks very much for considering us and our stories!