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Few people outside the fandom of science fiction and fantasy probably are aware of the Hugo Awards<\/a>, but in a nutshell, they are the single most prestigious award for SF\/F, launched in 1953 during the Golden Age of sci-fi. These are the Academy Awards, the Nobel Prize, of their genre.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Saladin Ahmed’s book Throne of the Crescent Moon<\/em> was nominated for Best Novel<\/a>, losing out to John Scalzi’s Redshirts – a tough loss indeed, but a significant honor in its own right. And way back in 1980, Steven Barnes’s The Locusts<\/em> (co-written with Larry Niven) was nominated for Best Novelette<\/a>, losing out to George R.R. Martin. There may be other Muslims whose works were nominated that I am overlooking, but to the best of my knowledge no Muslim has ever taken home the iconic Huge Rocket statue.<\/p>\n

This year, however, that all could change: Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal<\/em>, written by G. Willow Wilson, is nominated for Best Graphic Story. This is huge news and a tremendous recognition by the SF\/F community of the cultural, literary, and social impact of Ms. Marvel – which is almost impossible to summarize, but this article at the venerable AV Club magazine is a pretty good primer: “One year later, Ms. Marvel\u2019s influence is felt far beyond the comics page”<\/a><\/p>\n

How can you support Ms. Marvel? Unfortunately, it takes a little work. Voting in the Hugos<\/a> is not free – you have to be a member of the World Science Fiction Society, and register for the annual WorldCon convention (this year, named “Sasquan<\/a>” and held in Spokane, WA). You needn’t actually pay the full registration fee to attend the convention – there are “supporting” memberships available for $40<\/a>. For that $40, however, you will receive the voter’s packet which includes the complete set of nominated works in all categories<\/em> – hundreds of dollars’ worth of science fiction and fantasy. This is an incredible bargain just on a fan basis alone. <\/p>\n

Make an investment<\/a> in a supporting Worldcon\/Sasquan membership, get a huge pile of amazing fiction to read, and support Ms. Marvel. She’s been fighting for us, it’s time we got her back \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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