Category: Steampunk Awards

Steampunk Novel up for 2011 Nebula

February 20, 2012

It’s Nebula short list time again, and for the third straight year there is a Steampunk novel in the running. This year the contender is Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine, which tells the story of a mechanical traveling circus in danger of being torn apart from the outside and from within.

I can’t make any useful predictions about her chances as this year I have yet to read any of the nominees, but she does face some solid players. Jack McDevitt has been nominated in the novel category nine(!) times, winning once. China Miéville has been nominated for best novel twice, losing to powerful works by Neil Gaiman and Paolo Bacigalupi. Jo Walton has also been nominated before and hers was one of the novels McDevitt beat out in 2006. N.K. Jemison was nominated for the novel Nebula just last year (against Miéville and McDevitt). Kameron Hurley has never been to the Nebula ballot before but her novel has already won the 2011 Golden Tentacle Kitschie Award. Stiff competition, but we stand by our Steampunk colleague and wish Valentine the best of luck.

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Steamcon III Airship Awards Winners

October 18, 2011

The Airship Awards were presented on October 14th at Steamcon in Seattle. Steampunk.com would like to congratulate the winners, as well as all the nominees for their contributions to the steampunk movement.

Written

Any written piece of work, including but not limited to: novels, short stories, blogs, screen plays, etc.

Winner: Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Tee Morris & Pip Ballantine

Visual

Any visual piece of work, including but not limited to: 2D art, 3D art, digital art, fashion design, website design, making/modding, short film (by an individual)

Winner: Joe Benitez

Aural

Any aural piece of work, including but not limited to: Bands, songs, musicians, music videos, etc.

Winner:Vagabond Opera

Community Contributor

An individual who is outspoken and supportive in the steampunk community, including but not limited to: Blogger, event organizer, convention runner, scholar, speaker etc.

Winner: Jordan Block – Sepiachord

Potpourri

Anything not yet covered, including but not limited to: Game design/designer, acting troupes, short film (by a group), movie, television, etc.

Winner: Rise of Æster RPG

It’s All Your Fault

A special “It’s All Your Fault” award was presented to Guest of Honor K. W. Jeter for coining the term “steampunk.”

[Thanks to Mike Perschon, the Steampunk Scholar, for giving me the list of winners. - jrrl]

Girl Genius Wins Third Straight Hugo

August 22, 2011

I am always pleased when a steampunk work is nominated for a major award, and even more so when it wins. But when a steampunk, er, gaslamp fantasy work wins the same category three years in a row, I was thrilled.

The work in question is the ongoing adventures of Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio, this year winning the Hugo for Best Graphic Story with volume 10 Agatha Heterodyneand the Guardian Muse. Volumes 8 and 9 won in 2009 and 2010, respectively. It should be noted that the 2010 Hugo also included colorist Cheyenne Wright.

Impressive as this is, it is all the more so when you take into account that the category was only created in 2009. This means that there have never been any winners that weren’t part of this series, a point not lost on Mr. Foglio who has said they will withdraw from nomination next year.

Something tells me that, nominated or not, fans of steampunk will continue to enjoy Girl Genius as long as Studio Foglio keeps producing it.

Steamcon III Airship Awards Nominees Announced

August 11, 2011

Reposted from the Steamcon’s Airship Awards Facebook Group

Steamcon® is proud to present the second annual Airship Award nominations! The steampunk community has so many fabulously creative individuals, and we wish to honor them by celebrating their achievements and contributions to the steampunk community.

The nominees for the 2011 Airship Awards are:

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