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The Quill Awards

The Quill Awards are "a new set of book awards will pair a populist sensibility with Hollywood-style glitz and become the first literary prizes to reflect the tastes of the group that matters most in publishing - readers."

The awards focus on all books, but there is a special category of sf/fantasy/horror. The nominee list is quite extensive. The criteria for nominations explains why:

"To make the long list of nominees, a book must have been published in its original format in North America between August 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005, and marketed in the United States. It must also meet one of the following criteria: a starred review in Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Program selection, one of the ABA's Book Sense Picks, a Borders Books & Music Original Voices title or has made it onto the bestsellers list of Publishers Weekly, Book Sense, Barnes & Noble or Borders."
This will be the first award show that I know of to be televised on a major network (NBC, in October). I'm not sure how they can make this an interesting broadcast. At least for television and movie award shows they can show clips. What do they do for book award shows - read excerpts? I can see it now...Britney Spears reading an excerpt from Dan Simmons' Olympos.

The complete list of 74 (!) nominees follows:

[Link via Locus editor blog]

Share: | Posted by John on Friday July 08, 2005 - 11:29 AM | Category: Awards, Books | © 2005 SF Signal



Comments

:D:O OK, this seems to be a populist reaction against the literary establishment's awards (example, National Book Awards) that seem to seek out the most obscure authors and the most obscure books, and the existing genre award system (example, Hugos, Nebulas, Stokers). But all realize that popularity is not necessarily a guide nor a measure of quality. IOW, one might say this awardd is based on retail presence (I have no first hand knowledge of the retail sucess of Star Wars media tie-ins; however, their success must be more than trivial since my local bookstores dedicate substantial shelf space). Interestingly, there are some works there that I think would never be acknowledged by any exisiting award (literary establishment nor genre award system); for example, Mercedes Lackey, Laurell Hamilton, and Todd McCaffrey.

Posted by Allan Roswarne on Friday July 08, 2005 at 12:32 PM



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