tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post6733647769558555841..comments2024-03-28T09:00:44.576-04:00Comments on YA Authors You've Never Heard Of: Progress on a Possible YA Hugo AwardChristine Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657651210128892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-47480009085472038362015-08-27T13:27:32.990-04:002015-08-27T13:27:32.990-04:00Good news is that the committee has been reformed ...Good news is that the committee has been reformed and new members signed up. Bad news is that one of the new members is insisting that YA books are 'shorter' (Harry Potter books and small press books are somehow exceptions) so YA books can be defined that way.Kathy Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853773950136365293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-7264615730977159962015-08-20T17:30:32.252-04:002015-08-20T17:30:32.252-04:00I know nothing about it, but hope they decide on s...I know nothing about it, but hope they decide on some sort of award. YA and MG are popular books and deserve to be recognized. Beverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-29706066959775587432015-08-14T11:04:56.901-04:002015-08-14T11:04:56.901-04:00Don't see how it can be a Hugo; there's ei...Don't see how it can be a Hugo; there's either multiple eligibility for the same work, or it automatically becomes a "lesser" Hugo (if things qualifying for YA are then barred from the regular categories).dd-bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345441048436406370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-17606506731675076262015-08-14T07:57:18.703-04:002015-08-14T07:57:18.703-04:00I hope they go ahead with this, and that it's ...I hope they go ahead with this, and that it's actually a Hugo. As someone who writes a lot o MG, and thinks of that as a very different skill from writing for teens, my ideal scenario (completely unrealitic) would be separate awards for kidlit/MG and YA. In any case, there should certainly be *some* award fo pre-adult lit. Thanks for this informative post.Anne E. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330642610716333970noreply@blogger.com