Lammy Finalists for 2006
The finalists for this year's Lambda Literary Foundation awards ("Lammys") were announced last week on 1 March; winners will be announced on 31 May. My chances of winning about 7% of a Lammy (again!) have increased, nearly doubled in fact, because this year I have stories in two nominated anthologies:
- my story "Duck Tails and Fins" was in Bi Guys, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha (Harrington Park Press), nominated in the "Bisexual" category; and
- my story "The Lighthouse Keep: A Gothic Tale" was in Best Gay Erotica 2007, edited by Timothy J. Lambert & Richard Labonté (Cleis Press), nominated in the "Gay Erotica" category.
They were both quality productions that I'm proud to be part of, if you ask my opinion. Congratulations to the editors and my fellow authors!
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on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 at 00.34
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Congratulations, Jeff! I hope you win a Lammy. I'm sure your stories are well crafted and enjoyable.
on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 at 00.44
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How does it work: if the book in which your story appeared wins, will you get anything tactile to take home?
on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 at 17.29
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I do believe that there is a tangible object given to the winner, since they hold an award ceremony in New York to announce winners, but in this case it's the editor of the book who accepts the award on behalf of the various contributing authors. That's okay, too: I don't need the object really, and the editors are both very nice guys who worked very hard putting the nominated books together, so I'm happy for them to hold the trophy on our behalf.
Thanks, SW; I do try to make my stories interesting and well crafted. It's hard work to write a good story — even one with sex in it! — but it's satisfying work that I'm proud of. To those who might be interested, click the link to "Jay Neal's Bear Stories" above for more information.
To those who still want to read something fictional but without sex that I've written, I can recommend "The Pansy Forest Legend", which I wrote to promote our online store (where Isaac sells his gemstone rosaries).
on Thursday, 8 March 2007 at 07.58
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"That's okay, too: I don't need the object really,…"
I find this interesting. I feel the same way about awards. But, when I was active in a couple civic groups, I was initially non plussed about all the effort in handing out certificates, plaques, pins, etc., sometimes, it seemed, to distraction. There is a distinct cohort who gains motivation from awards, and award ceremonies, and leaders of the group are advised to honor this.
on Thursday, 8 March 2007 at 12.36
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I think that handing out the award does serve a purpose: it marks the recognition and creates at a precise moment a point for celebration. I've long thought that although the ritual aspect may be very useful, the appointed time to celebrate may be more important, otherwise the moment just passes by like any other and the special recognition becomes indistinguishable from the routine.
Some of these observations I made during the days of the Zeno project, our big space-shuttle project (1984–1996). We'd reach major milestones but never felt accomplished about anything unless we created an occasion to celebrate. Then we could return to work satisfied that we'd accomplished something.
in the case of the Lammy, some of that ritual aspect for me would be in knowing that my editor or editors had, at some precise moment, received the tangible award. At least, I imagine that that's so.