SF Signal and SF Signal Podcast Nominated for Hugo Awards!

The news broke yesterday that SF Signal was nominated for the Hugo Award in the Best Fanzine category and the SF Signal Podcast was nominated in the Best Fancast category. I cannot tell you how tickled we are to make the ballot.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the voters. Knowing that you value what we do is heartwarming, so from the bottom of our warm hearts, THANK YOU!

I also want to thank our awesome contributors, without whom this wouldn’t have happened. The strength of SF Signal lies with people who share their ideas and love of genre. And we have the best contributors this side of the Orion Nebula. Our contributors in 2012 included:

• John Anealio
• Karen Burnham
• Kristin Centorcelli
• Ashley Crump
• Carrie Cuinn
• Fabio Fernandes
• Jay Garmon
• Jaym Gates
• Patrick Hester
• Derek Austin Johnson
• Larry Ketchersid
• Fred Kiesche
• Justin Landon
• Andrew Liptak
• Karen Lord
• Jeff Patterson
• Jamie Todd Rubin
• Brian Ruckley
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt
• Nick Sharps
• Matthew Sanborn Smith
• Lisa Paitz Spindler
• John H. Stevens
• Jessica Strider
• Charles A. Tan
• T.N. Tobias
• Josh Vogt
• Timothy C. Ward
• Paul Weimer
• Regan Wolfrom

We also had numerous guest-posters and Mind Meld contributors, so they also get a heartfelt THANK YOU!

But that’s not all! Congratulations to our fellow nominees!

• Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
• The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia and James Bacon
• Elitist Book Reviews edited by Steven Diamond
• Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Emma J. King, Helen J. Montgomery and Pete Young
• SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester

• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)
• SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, and JP Frantz
• SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
• StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith