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writerkitI've been thinking about awards lately, and I've come upon this question: what is the equivalent of the EGOT for speculative fiction?
If you're not familiar with the acronym, EGOT stands for "Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony," which has been achieved by just 16 people and is considered sort of the pinnacle of achievement in the music world, to have achieved at least one of each.
Obviously you start with the Hugos and the Nebulas, but there's sort of a question of what comes after that, because in SF you have the two extremely prestigious awards and then sort of a circle of slightly lower ones that are all on the same axis. And you're definitely not going to be able to do it without including some that are specific to science fiction or fantasy, because there just aren't that many awards open to both genres.
Contenders include: Locus awards, World Fantasy awards, Philip K. Dick awards, Clarke awards, Dragon awards (I know, I know, but the sheer size of the con has to be considered, and it's very clearly gotten out of the Puppies' control at this point), Campbell Memorial (name change upcoming, so whatever it becomes), and the Sturgeon award.
I have no problem considering awards for "published in a specific country" but awards that require you to live in or be from a specific country are out (this why we are not considering the Aurealis), as is anything limited to members of a particular minority group.
Maybe it's all of them and we just have a larger group? That would offset that you can accumulate several awards for the same novel in speculative fiction.
If you're not familiar with the acronym, EGOT stands for "Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony," which has been achieved by just 16 people and is considered sort of the pinnacle of achievement in the music world, to have achieved at least one of each.
Obviously you start with the Hugos and the Nebulas, but there's sort of a question of what comes after that, because in SF you have the two extremely prestigious awards and then sort of a circle of slightly lower ones that are all on the same axis. And you're definitely not going to be able to do it without including some that are specific to science fiction or fantasy, because there just aren't that many awards open to both genres.
Contenders include: Locus awards, World Fantasy awards, Philip K. Dick awards, Clarke awards, Dragon awards (I know, I know, but the sheer size of the con has to be considered, and it's very clearly gotten out of the Puppies' control at this point), Campbell Memorial (name change upcoming, so whatever it becomes), and the Sturgeon award.
I have no problem considering awards for "published in a specific country" but awards that require you to live in or be from a specific country are out (this why we are not considering the Aurealis), as is anything limited to members of a particular minority group.
Maybe it's all of them and we just have a larger group? That would offset that you can accumulate several awards for the same novel in speculative fiction.
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Date: 2021-10-10 05:43 am (UTC)