Notes on awards eligibility in 2024

A bit of an unusual awards eligibility post!

First, the straightforward one: I'd be happy to see my short story "The Investigation Is Sealed", published in issue 44 of Pulp Literature, nominated for any awards, if you are so moved.

I did also publish a novel this year, The Tapestry of Time, but that one is a little more complicated.

Since it was published in Canada in 2024, it is eligible for the Aurora award this year. However, as I have had the great fortune to win the Aurora Award for Best Novel three times, in 2019, 2023 and 2024, I'd rather celebrate other writers and other books on the ballot this year. (I'd be thrilled to be back on Aurora ballots in the future; I just want to make sure not to use all the air in the room with back-to-back nominations.)

When it comes to any other awards, I would be thrilled to see The Tapestry of Time nominated if you're inclined to do so. (Although I have been nominated for other awards in the past, the Aurora is the only one I have won so far, so I don't have the same concerns about taking up space when it comes to other awards.)

But there's a wrinkle! Because The Tapestry of Time won't be published until 2025 in the United States, it is not eligible for the Nebula awards this year.

I believe it is eligible for the Hugo, which allows books published anywhere, but it would also be eligible next year, because the Hugos extend eligibility for books first published outside the U.S.

I believe it is eligible this year for the World Fantasy Award, and I'll submit it to other juried awards where it's eligible too.

(Just for the record, this is all just according to my own reading of the various rules, not any official rulings.)

So the short version is that next year, at the end of 2025, I may be reminding people of the eligibility of The Tapestry of Time for the Nebulas and possibly the Hugos too, because of its U.S. publication date. Thank you and please vote for what you love this year.