Returning from SFWA’s 58th Nebula Awards Convention in Anaheim, CA
Gotback late Sunday night from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association(SFWA)’s 58th Nebula Awards. I’ve been a SFWA member since 2014, but this wasmy first time attending the Nebulas Convention. It travels to a different venueeach year, but since it was in the neighboring city of Anaheim this time around,I had to check it out and be part of the event, and I’m so happy I did—It was agreat first experience!
The attendance was a little smaller than I’d expected (only about 200 people in-person,although there were more attendees virtually) and held at the Sheraton Park nearto Disneyland.
Ionly knew a few people going in—Kate Maruyama and Peter Blaisdell who I both seeoften, and KC Grifant and Arley Sorg, whom I’d met once each before,but have also corresponded with (and good to see again famed Scott Edelman!).
Myself with Mark Coker and KC Grifant
Myself with Kate Maruyama, Krista, and
Jennifer R. Povey(Photo by Kate Maruyama)
Myself with
Francesca Myman,Krista, and
Jennifer R. Povey(Photo by Kate Maruyama)
Myself with
Krista, and
KC Grifant(Photo by Kate Maruyama)
Bestof all was meeting friends for the first time whom I’ve only ever communicatedwith online: Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, Ai Jiang, and Anna Ziegelhof.
Iwas sorry to have missed meeting S. Qiouyi Lu who came by one night, and I onlylearned later that Laura Anne Gilman was in attendance, whom I would have lovedto have met.
ButI was also very pleased to meet many other attending writers, some of whom Ionly shared a few words of introduction, while others I chatted with for a longtime:
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Whileat the convention, I spoke on two panels:
For The Love of ShortFiction 2022
by:Arley Sorg, Eric J. Guignard, Peter Behravesh, Jane Pinckard, and
LP Kindred
(Photo by Phong Quan @pqwrites)
Seeking a Writer forthe End of the World
by:K. R. Monin, Eric J. Guignard, R.W.W. Greene, and John Murphy
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AndI attended a number of other panels, but only took pics of two:
by: JasmineGower, Zabé Ellor, Sarah Branson, and M. S. Ewing
Branding andMarketing: Finding That Return on Investment
by:L.S. Johnson, Jonathan Brazee, and Cerece Rennie Murphy
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Nice,memorable awards show, hosted by designer and actress Cheryl Platz.
Congratulationsto the Winners and Finalists, listed here: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/58th-nebula-awards-finalists/
(Photo by SFWA)
Anyway,now marked on my to-do list is to attend the Nebulas again in the future!
Carryon, Airship Nebula!
#Nebulas2023
