I had a wonderful, exhausting time at Readercon culminating with the Shirley Jackson awards at which all the winning stories were published by me. Scary but very satisfying.

The best part were the nominee "gifts" everyone was given: a large stone with "Shirley Jackson Awards 2007" printed on it. I will cherish it and promise not to throw it at those who don't like the anthology.

SHORT STORY: "The Monsters of Heaven", Nathan Ballingrud (Inferno, Tor)
COLLECTION: The Imago Sequence, Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
ANTHOLOGY: Inferno, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
NOVELLA: "Vacancy", Lucias Shepard (Subterranean 7, September 2007)
NOVELETTE: "The Janus Tree", Glen Hirshberg (Inferno, Tor)
NOVEL: Generation Loss, Elizabeth Hand (Small Beer Press)
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From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


thank you Nick. I'm also very excited for Laird (his work has been nominated for several stories and novellas but never won before) and for Liz Hand.

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Wow! Congratulations! That's something to celebrate at the reading this Wednesday!

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


thank you! I'm thinking I should bring the award to show it off. I'll suggest it to JoAnn and the judges.

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Congratulations! A very impressive set of winners overall-I was especially glad to see the Barron and Hand books getting some well-deserved recognition, as well as Inferno.

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Congratulations! I was tickled when I heard. Well deserved indeed.

From: [identity profile] charlesatan.livejournal.com


Congrats!

P.S. Maybe next year, you can do the "will my mom like this anthology" test again (you never know!).

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


Thank you...well I already know that she didn't like the Del Rey book as myuch. I think I'm beginning to understand her taste. She's the opposite of most sf aficionados. She wants stories that she can get into immediately without sf trappings. Stories that start solidly in a world she can relate to --then if it gets a bit weird she can still follow it!

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Congrats, Ellen! That's a great list of winners and nominees!

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


thanks, Kaaron. It'll never happen again (or at least couldn't for another couple of years, till the Poe antho is out !)

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


thanks and to everyone!!! Yes, I'll try to take a photo of it...or maybe they'll show them on the Jackson website.

From: [identity profile] safewrite.livejournal.com


..."all the winning stories were published by me."

How wonderful and well-deserved.

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You did it, after all . . .


The best part were the nominee "gifts" everyone was given: a large stone with "Shirley Jackson Awards 2007" printed on it.

Stone me! You said you were going to keep it a secret from us.

Lagavulin Bottles at Dawn.

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com

Re: You did it, after all . . .


Hey Christopher, I know it's you...
Well I didn't know you were going to run over to my blog :-) But you'll see --they're great!

From: [identity profile] apexdigest.livejournal.com


Wow...it's like INFERNO might be pretty good or something?

Congrats, Ellen! :)

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


I hope so, although obviously some reviewers don't think so ;-)
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Woot! Woot!


Excellent, well done! Give the judges a prize for good taste! ;-)

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com

Re: Woot! Woot!


thank you. Btw, I got your surprise package today! Very nice. I tried several sets of batteries to see what that dolly does but no dice--it's really weird anyway...and the other one? The ...flapper--I'm speechless. Thanks for the great surprise!

Wow!

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Congrats! I haven't read Inferno yet, but do plan on picking it up since Laird mentioned it in his LJ and he has a story in it. (And it helps that Monsters of Heaven got a Shirley Jackson award as well :D) Also, I'm assuming from what you said that The Monsters of Heaven was first published in Inferno. Or maybe solely there. Congrats on spotting that one, too.

Thank you for continuing to publish his work. I've only just discovered him due to the Imago sequence. I am incredibly excited about the Lovecraft Unbound anthology, too, and I also need to pick up the Del Ray Science Fiction/Fantasy anthology. (Heh. I have a feeling he'll be throwing a lot of your work my way, though.)

From: [identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com


Yup, "Monsters of Heaven" is in Inferno, too but I've also picked it for my Year's Best (coming out in October). Gordon Van Gelder and I do publish a lot of his work. Yup :-) --Maybe most of it.

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