Galactic Suburbia announced today the winner of its first Galactic Suburbia Award for activism and/or communication that advances the feminist conversation in the field of speculative fiction. (For the un-initiated, “speculative fiction” is an umbrella term for science fiction, fantasy, and all the interstitial stuff in between.)
The Honor List:
- Carrie Goldman and her daughter Katie — The girl who dared to like Star Wars
- Cheryl Morgan — Female Invisibility Bingo
- Helen Merrick — the Feminism article on the SF Encyclopedia
- Jim C Hines — For being Jim C Hines also Jane C Hines
- Julia Rios, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond — The Writer and the Critic special episode of the Outer Alliance podcast
- L. Timmel Duchamp –- Aqueduct Press
- Michelle Lee — A 7-year-old girl responds to DC Comics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire
And the winner…
- Nicola Griffith — The Russ Pledge
Good stuff, all around, all really awesome things worthy of your time.