| The Sir Julius Vogel awards are fan
voted awards for various endeavours in the science fiction,
fantasy or horror fields. Professional nominations can be for
novels, short stories, art and others. Fan nominations can be
for fanzine, writing, art, Services to Fandom, Services to
Science Fiction and more.
Voting on the Sir Julius Vogel Awards takes place before
and at the National Science Fiction convention each
year. You are eligible to vote if you are a member of
SFFANZ, OR a member of the National Science Fiction
convention that year. You are only entitled to one vote,
even if you belong to both.
Sir Julius Vogel was a Prime
Minister of New Zealand, and wrote in 1889 what was probably
the first full length Science Fiction novel by a New
Zealander, Anno Domini 2000 - A Woman's Destiny.
This book was strongly centred around New Zealand, and was
a utopian view of the future in which women would hold many
positions of authority. "Predictions" which have
come true...
At OdysseyCon in 2001, the proposal was made to have the
fan awards called the Sir Julius Vogel Awards. The vote by the
fans was near unanimous in favour of the name. |
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On Sunday, 23rd March, the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for 2008 were announced
A full list of the winners and nominees can be found here.
Voting this year took place at the 2008 National Science Fiction convention,
Conjunction.
Stay tuned later this year when we open nominations
for the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards.
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| Rules and
Criteria for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards |
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Proposed Changes to Rules for the Sir
Julius Vogel Awards
At the 2008 AGM of SFFANZ, the new set of rules for the
SJVs were accepted by a vote of the membership.
The members have also asked for further public
discussion of the rules in order to clarify various
issues that have arisen over the last 7 years. The
SFFANZ board are currently deciding on the best way to
carry out this discussion. It is likely that a
combination of email and webpages will be used. We are
concious of providing options for
people in how they want to take part in the discussion.
We will provide details on how to take part in this
discussion shortly. Members will be contacted directly,
and the details will be made public here.
Original rules
for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards
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