Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2017 Finalists

The finalists for the 2016 Sir Julius Vogel awards have now been announced. You can find full information on Finalists here.

Nominations for the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel awards closing soon!

Get busy and make a nomination before it is too late!

Nominations for the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel awards will close in twol weeks – at 8.00 pm on 31 March 2017. The awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2016 calendar year.

The rules and criteria for the Sir Julius Vogel Award can be found here.

We are using a web-based system for nominations this year to aid our administrative processes. Full information about the awards, including the rules and criteria for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards, can be found here.

Anyone can make a nomination and it is free! To make a nomination, go to http://www.sffanz.org.nz/sjv/sjvAwards.shtml  and fill out the web-based nomination form.

Remember; all nominations from SFFANZ members count as two nominations, while those from non-members count as one.  Join SFFANZ here.

Get busy reading NZ authors and watching NZ movies to find work to nominate. We have a non-exhaustive list of New Zealand works that may be eligible for nomination here.

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Nominations for the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel awards are open!

Nominations for the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 8.00 pm on 31 March 2017.  The awards recognise excellence and achhievement in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2016 calendar year.

We are using a web-based system for nominations this year to aid our administrative processes. Full information about the awards, including the rules and criteria for the Sir Julius Vogel Award, can be found here.

Anyone can make a nomination and it is free! To make a nomination, go to http://www.sffanz.org.nz/sjv/sjvAwards.shtml  and fill out the web-based nomination form.

Get busy reading NZ authors and watching NZ movies to find work to nominate. We have a list of New Zealand works that may be eligible for nomination here.

Nominations for the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel awards opening soon!

Nominations for the 2017 Sir Julius Vogel awards will open on 1 January 2017. The awards recognise excellence and achievement in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2016 calendar year.

Anyone can make a nomination and it is free! To make a nomination please email sjv_awards@sffanz.org.nz. See the website for the categories and get busy reading NZ authors and watching NZ movies. We have a list of New Zealand works that may be eligible for nomination here.

The rules and criteria for the Sir Julius Vogel Award can be found here.

2016 Sir Julius Vogel Awards announced

The 2016 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been presented.

The Awards recognise achievements by New Zealanders, both amateur and professional, in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres.

This year voting took place at Au Contraire 2016, the 37^th National Science Fiction convention held in Wellington over Queen’s Birthday Weekend, Voting was open to members of SFFANZ (the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand) and the convention.

The numberof votes cast this year was the highest recorded in the awards’ 15-year history, and saw a number of youth members of the convention taking an active interest in New Zealand genre literature.

SFFANZ president Norman Cates said “We were delighted with the level of participation and interest in the awards from an impressively wide variety of people. We strive to keep improving the significance of the awards. Going into the future, we hope to continue building the awards with the help of SFFANZ members and future conventions.”

A full list of winners is appended.

Professional Awards Category Winners

Best Novel	Ardus by Jean Gilbert, Rogue House Publishing
Best Youth Novel	Dragons Realm by Eileen Mueller (Fairytale Factoy)
Best Novella	The Ghost of Matter by Octavia Cade, published in Shortcuts: Track 1 (Paper Road Press)
Best Short Story	“The Thief’s Tale” by Lee Murray
Best Collected Work	Write Off Line 2015: The Earth We Knew, Jean Gilbert/Chad Dick (eds)
Best Professional Artwork	Cover for Shortcuts: Track 1, by Casey Bailey
Best Professional Production/Publication	White Cloud Worlds Anthology 3, Paul Tobin (ed), published by Weta Worksho
Best New Talent	Jean Gilbert

 

Fan Award Category Winners

Best Fan Production/publication	Phoenixine, by John and Lynelle Howell
Best Fan Artwork	Keith Smith – for contributions to Novazine
Best Fan Writing	John Toon

Special Award Category Winners

Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror      Marie Hodgkinson

Servies to Fandom                                                         Glenn Young

SJV email and postal voting period now open.

The email and postal voting period for the 2016 Sir Julius Vogel awards is now open.

Ballot counting takes place at Au Contraire 2016, so you can vote there, or email or post your votes to SFFANZ.

If you email or post your votes, they must reach us by 1st June, 2016. In all other cases, they must reach us by the close of voting at Au Contraire 2016 at 12 noon, Sunday 5th June 2016.

Please note that you must be a member of SFFANZ or a member of Au Contraire 2016 to vote for the Sir Julius Vogel awards.

Each eligible voter may only submit one ballot.

The voting form can be downloaded here.

SJV voter packet

REMINDER!

The SJV voter packet is available for members of SFFANZ or Au Contraire 2016.

For full information on the finalists, and how to access the SJV voter packet, go to the SFFANZ website