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          Segment 6: Awards Presentations (400 lines)
               SFWA Service Award, Best Short Story,
               Novelette, Novella, Novel, and Grandmaster


<Vonda> Now is the Service to SFWA Award, given by Michael
     Capobianco (Prez SFWA)
<Djonn> I *do* want to see the published text.  But if the thesis
     is as Vonda paraphrased it, it's not going to be popular.
<Robt> Djonn: maybe he wanted to be Devil's Advocate too
<Djonn> Meanwhile, back to the awards.
<Deb> Also, to slightly echo Terry, he seems to be thinking that
     everyone thinks the same way.
<bullet> That would encourage more interactivity wouldn't it?
<Deb> Ooops, changed rooms without knowing it.  Sorry.
<Sean> He may have fallen into overgeneralization, but that's not
     uncommon in rhetoric. It's a device.
<Vonda> Michael: Thanks the officers, George RR Martin (VEEP),
     John Miller (Sec), Regional directors Robin Bailey, Michael
     Armstrong, A.C. Crispin, Edo van Belkom. 
<Vonda> He wishes the successors (not announced yet) best of
     luck... they'll probably need it.
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<Djonn> Amen!
<Vonda> He thanks the Neb banquet folks -- they really have been
     sensational. (I can't get all the names, sorry.)
<Vonda> (There are a lot. This is quite a "do")
<Moderator> (refering people to the sfwa page for a list of proper
     credits)
<Vonda> Excellent.
<Kent> (http://www.sfwa.org)
<Vonda> The Service to SFWA award is for work above and beyond the
     call of duty. ...
<Djonn> <light bulb>  And I think I know who'll get it.
<Vonda> He has been an officer for 9 years, has acted as
     organizational memory. ...
<Vonda> Robin Wayne Bailey!
<Vonda> Standing ovation!
<Moderator> Woohoo!
<Adrienne> yay robin
<Djonn> <joins ovation, thwaps self for wrong guess>
<Terry> Neat
<Vanguard-> Go Robin!
<Kent> <clapclapclap>
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<Moderator> re Jade, Robin Bailey just won the service award
<JeffryD> Hi, all.  Congrats to Robin.
<sfreader> Yeah!!!! I'm hanging up and calling Diana!!!!!!!!!
<pff3> rejade
<Vonda> Robin thanks Michael especially for the help. Also
     Haldeman, Greg Bear who talked him into running; Barbara
     Hambly.
<Bruce_H_R> Hooray!  <clap clap clap>
<Vonda> His final official act was to have the music in the dining
     room turned off for the speeches.
<Moderator> LOL
<Vonda> Pause for a moment of silence for the folks who passed
     away last year.
<Vonda> Now to the awards.
<Vonda> Short story is first.
<Info> ******************************************************
<Info> *          Nominees for 1997 Nebula Award:           *
<Info> *                Best Short Story                    *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> * "Burning Bright", K.D. Wentworth                   *
<Info> *          (Aboriginal SF, Summer 96)                *
<Info> * "Itsy Bitsy Spider", James Patrick Kelly           *
<Info> *          (Asimov's, Jun97)                         *
<Info> * "Sister Emily's Lightship", Jane Yolen             *
<Info> *          (Starlight 1, Tor, Sep96)                 *
<Info> * "The Crab Lice", Gregory Feeley                    *
<Info> *          (Alternate Tyrants, Tor, Mar97)           *
<Info> * "The Dead", Michael Swanwick                       *
<Info> *          (Starlight 1, Tor, Sep96)                 *
<Info> * "The Elizabeth Complex", Karen Joy Fowler          *
<Info> *          (Crank! 6, Apr96)                         *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> ******************************************************
<Vonda> Presenter is Mr Nelson Bond
<Christoph> Here we go.
<Bruce_H_R> Why am I so nervous??
<Terry> LOL!
<Kent> Settle down, Bruce.  (Me too.)
<Vanguard-> We're shakin' in our boots in Seattle...
<Djonn> <chews fingernails>
<Vonda> And the winner is
<Vonda> Jane Yolen -- Sister Emily's Lightship
<MMF> She da WOMAN!
<Moderator> Woohooo!
<Terry> Hooray!
<Vanguard-> WTG. Jane!
<Bruce_H_R> Brava!
<Vonda> [Chris] Vonda's taking the stage to present Best
     Novelette...
<Robt> Great!
<Djonn> Congrats to Jane.  One for one for me prediction-wise.
<Info> ******************************************************
<Info> *          Nominees for 1997 Nebula Award:           *
<Info> *                 Best Novelette                     *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> * "The Copyright Notice Case", Paul Levinson         *
<Info> *       (Analog, Apr96)                              *
<Info> * "The Dog's Story", Eleanor Arneson                 *
<Info> *       (Asimov's, May96)                            *
<Info> * "The Flowers of Aulit Prison", Nancy Kress         *
<Info> *       (Asimovs, Oct/Nov96)                         *
<Info> * "The Miracle of Ivar Avenue", John Kessel          *
<Info> *       (Intersections, Tor, Feb96 & Asimov's, Sep96)*
<Info> * "The Undiscovered", William Sanders                *
<Info> *       (Asimov's, Mar97)                            *
<Info> * "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the  *
<Info> *    Human Bloodstream", James Alan Gardner          *
<Info> *       (Asimov's, Feb97)                            *
<Info> * "We Will Drink A Fish Together...", Bill Johnson   *
<Info> *       (Asimov's, May97)                            *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> ******************************************************
<Marilee> Yep, that's what I picked, too!
<Terry> Timestamping showed one minute between Vonda's "And the
     winner..." and "Jane Yolen." That was a very long minute.
<Vanguard-> It sure was...
<JeffryD> I was tempted to say that I had to take the server
     down....
<Terry> Aieeeee
<Kent> Hee hee hee ... they announced Jerry Oltion as the winner
     over on scifiweekly....
<Vanguard-> We hear that minutes are longer in Santa Fe....
<Ferragus> Lynching!
<Vonda> [Chris] ...presenter made a speech.
<Adrienne> And we all teleport to Texas and take Jade down.
<Moderator> (a reminder, please no .wavs or script playing in this
     room [other than me of course :-) ])
<Robt> LOLOL
<Robt> No wavs?
<Robt> its more realistic this way
<Vonda> [Chris] winner:  "the flowers of Aulit Prison", Nancy
     Kress, (Asimovs)
<Moderator> sorry, just want to keep the room managable, not all
     people have them.
<JeffryD> Awright!
<Robt> I was right
<Bruce_H_R> Brava!
<Moderator> Excellent. :-)
<Robt> 0 for 1
<Robt> ooops 
<Vanguard-> Congrats from Seattle!
<Kent> Good for Nancy.
<Robt> 1 for 2
<Vonda> Now for novella
<Marilee> We're getting big applause from the O*W*C chat room on
     AOL. ;)
<Info> ******************************************************
<Info> *          Nominees for 1997 Nebula Award:           *
<Info> *                  Best Novella                      *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> * "Abandon in Place", Jerry Oltion                   *
<Info> *          (F&SF, Dec96)                             *
<Info> * "Chrysalis", Robert Reed                           *
<Info> *          (Asimov's, Sep96)                         *
<Info> * "Loose Ends", Paul Levinson                        *
<Info> *          (Analog, May97)                           *
<Info> * "Primrose and Thorn", Bud Sparhawk                 *
<Info> *          (Analog, May96)                           *
<Info> * "The Funeral March of the Marionettes",            *
<Info> *          Adam-Troy Castro (F&SF, Jul97)            *
<Info> * "...Where Angels Fear to Tread", Allen Steele      *
<Info> *          (Asimov's, Oct/Nov97)                     *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> ******************************************************
<Djonn> I waffled.  One for two for me.
<Vonda> The presenter is Walter Jon Williams.
<Moderator> Oltion is my pick
<Kent> Me too.
<JeffryD> Yeah, mine, too.
<Vonda> And the winner is...
<Djonn> I'd like Jerry to win, but my predictor-radar says
     Sparhawk.
<Vonda> Jerry Oltion.
<Kent> Yes!
<Moderator> YES!!!
<Vonda> Abandon in Place
<Djonn> <shoots radar gun at self>
<JeffryD> Awwright!  2 for 3!
<Robt> Hrmmm
<Djonn> One for three for me.
<Bruce_H_R> Bravo!  More Lucite for Eugene!
<Marilee> I'm two for three.
<Info> ******************************************************
<Info> *          Nominees for 1997 Nebula Award:           *
<Info> *                     Best Novel                     *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> * _A Game of Thrones_, George R.R. Martin            *
<Info> *          (Bantam Spectra, Aug96)                   *
<Info> * _Ancient Shores_, Jack McDevitt                    *
<Info> *          (HarperPrism, Apr96)                      *
<Info> * _Bellwether_, Connie Willis                        *
<Info> *          (Bantam Spectra, Apr96)                   *
<Info> * _City On Fire_, Walter Jon Williams                *
<Info> *          (HarperPrism, Jan97)                      *
<Info> * _King's Dragon_, Kate Elliot                       *
<Info> *          (DAW, Feb97)                              *
<Info> * _Memory_, Lois McMaster Bujold                     *
<Info> *          (Baen, Oct96)                             *
<Info> * _The Moon and the Sun_, Vonda N. McIntyre          *
<Info> *          (Pocket Books, Sep97)                     *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> ******************************************************
<Kent> Hush up, Lucite Boy.<g>
<Vonda> Jerry says it's a wish fulfilment story... and tonight
     that's really true.
<Moderator> Good luck, Vonda!
<Vanguard-> Belated congratulations from the Great Northwest for
     our hometown boy!
<Moderator> Sure is, that was a wonderful story.
<Vanguard-> Fingers crossed in Seattle for Vonda!
<Djonn> Novel is hard to call.
<Vonda> He thanks Kathy, his wife; 
<JeffryD> Don't care about predictions, I'm rooting for Vonda!
<Vonda> Stanley Schmidt of Analog.
<Djonn> I'm also rooting for Vonda.  And I think she has a shot at
     it, too.
<Vonda> And finally, KK Rusch, who read it at 5000 words and said
     "It's silly to stop halfway to the moon."
<Kent> Me too, Jeffry.  However ... betting against Connie Willis
     seems kinda futile. ;)
<Christoph> Righto.
<Vonda> Now for the novel.
<Djonn> Kent: The question is whether Willis and Bujold will split
     votes and choke.
<Lois> good point.
<Vonda> Presenter is Fred Saberhagen.
<Robt> Yeah but if so, then McDevitt and Williams have a chance
<MMF> Hang in there, Vonda -- you're doing great!
<Keith> I really like McDevitt's story
<Vanguard-> More held breath in Seattle...
<Vonda> Nominees are --?
<Djonn> Actually, the only novel I think probably *can't* win is
     the Elliot, demographically.
<Moderator> did it earlier
<Robt> Djonn: agree
<Vonda> And the winner is...
<Moderator> scroll up for nominees
<Vonda> y;ie
<Vanguard-> ???
<Terry> <strangled sound>
<Marilee> She fainted?
<Djonn> That sounds like a Seattle win to me....
<MMF> What's happening?
<pff3> hahaha
<shred> Vonda won.
<Kent> Vonda won!
<Vanguard-> What's going on?
<MMF> Woo-fucking-HOO!
<Ziggy> yea!
<Keith> WOWWWWWWW
<Lois> vonda won????  won!!!
<Kent> Hah! Outstanding!
<Vanguard-> Screams and cheers from Seattle!
<MMF> GO VONDA!!!!!
<JeffryD> HOO-HAH!  FANTASTIC!
<Robt> SFF NET rulezzzz
<Moderator> Woohooooo!!!!
<Marilee> All right!
<Lois> Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<JeffryD> <screaming and cheering>
<Deb> All Right!!!!!
<Christoph> All right! Congrats!
<Elisabeth> Way to go Vonda.  We knew it was you the whole time!
<Vanguard-> Yay for Vonda!
<Moderator> Vonda (had to go to SciFi to check :-)
* MMF doing flipping frigging handstands!
<Terry> Woo-HOO
<Vanguard-> vanguard screams!
<RuthS> Way to go VONDA!!!!!
<Vonda> winner:  THE MOON AND THE SUN,, vONda 
<Ziggy> <applause applause>
<Sean> Congrats, Vonda :)
<Robt> Vonda, congrats!!!!!!!!
<Djonn> Hah.  I *thought* that might happen.
<Vanguard-> It's the first time we've seen someone faint on-line!
<Bruce_H_R> Brava!  Brava!  Bravisima!
<MMF> Yes!  Yes!
<Ryuuen> Woooo.
<Adrienne> Way to go Vonda!
<Moderator> Yes!!
<MMF> She da WOMAN!
<Keith> Take the computer up with you!
<Vanguard-> VONDA! VONDA! VONDA!
<Moderator> 3 of 4 winners are SFF-Netters folks!!!
<JeffryD> But of course!
<jnfr> WOO HOO!
<JeffryD> Oh, I'm so happy.  Vonda really deserved it.  Fantastic
     book.
<Kent> (congratulating Jeffry for putting on a hell of a show,
     these last few years)
<Robt> JD you should be up there!
<MMF> VonDA VonDA VonDA!
<JeffryD> Hah!
<Vonda> Yikes. is what I was trying to type
<Robt> Cool
<Kent> Giant hugs!
<Vanguard-> Way to go Vonda!
<Terry> CONGRATS!
<Moderator> Congratulations Vonda!!
<Djonn> Vonda: CONGRATULATIONS!!!  (Now I am going to bail and see
     if I can be first back to Genie with the news. <g>
<Robt> Cangrats Vonda!!!!!!
<Terry> Fly, Djonn, be fleet!
<Vanguard-> Congratulations from all of us here!
<MMF> Good for you, Vonda!
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<Vonda> Standing ovation for Poul Anderson.
<Lois> vonda vonda:  yahoo-o-o-o-o !!!!
<Marilee> Yep, I'm posting on AOL now.
<Ziggy> :)
<Vonda> Thanks all.
<Kent> Standing here for Poul as well.
<MMF> Toldja!
<Robt> Lois, not Yahoo, SFF Net. :)
<JeffryD> Vonda, mega-hugs.  Well-deserved.  Congrats!
<Vanguard-> Vonda, all your neighbors are going to wonder what's
     going on here!  the crowd's gone WILD!
<Ferragus> Congrats Vonda!
<MMF> Vonda, what did you say on the podium?
<Keith> Vonda, don't forget to breathe
<Elisabeth> Congrads Vonda.  I knew it was you.
<Info> ******************************************************
<Info> *         Winners of the 1997 Nebula Awards:         *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> *                   Best Novel                       *
<Info> * _The Moon and the Sun_, Vonda N. McIntyre          *
<Info> *          (Pocket Books, Sep97)                     *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> *                  Best Novella                      *
<Info> * "Abandon in Place", Jerry Oltion                   *
<Info> *          (F&SF, Dec96)                             *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> *                 Best Novelette                     *
<Info> * "The Flowers of Aulit Prison", Nancy Kress         *
<Info> *          (Asimovs, Oct/Nov96)                      *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> *                Best Short Story                    *
<Info> * "Sister Emily's Lightship", Jane Yolen             *
<Info> *          (Starlight 1, Tor, Sep96)                 *
<Info> *                                                    *
<Info> ******************************************************
<Kent> Have fun and smile big for all those pix!
<Vanguard-> We're all wondering what Vonda's acceptance speech was
     like.  What we got was "y;ie!"
<Moderator> heheheh
<Adrienne> Okay.  I'll hit Compuserve and post this now.
<Vonda> I said I thought I should call out the Novelet nominees
     again because no one could hear me in the back of the room.
<Moderator> Plus Poul Anderson receiving the Grandmaster title.
<Vonda> Then I thanked everyone here for being a family of mine
     for 30 years.
<Vanguard-> (we love you, too, girlfriend...)
<Terry> That's lovely.
<MMF> That's so nice.  Good on you, ma'am.
<Vonda> Very sorry not to report Jack Williamson's speech about
     Poul but we couldn't hear it back here in the phone corner.
<Joan> woohoo vonda!
<Vanguard-> Ummmm, maybe you were busy thinking about something
     else?
<Vonda> Poul thanks us for the Grand Master award and says he is
     in wonderful company.
<Vonda> (No, I really couldn't hear him. He's a very soft-spoken
     gentleman)
<Vonda> Poul thanks us all as friends, fellow writers, editors,
     readers.
<Kent> Applause for Poul.  A gentleman's gentleman.
<Vonda> He also thanks the current and past officers of SFWA for
     making SFWA a strong and active organization, which makes the
     Nebs as significant as they are.
<Vanguard-> Bravo!
<Moderator> Absolutely!
<JeffryD> Uh, doesn't that mean butler?
<Vonda> Yes. He & Karen were so kind to me when I was an 18 year
     old nobody.
<Robt> heheh
<Kent> <phblllt!>
<Vonda> Karen is always first in Poul's thoughts, he says.
<Vonda> She has published work of her own, and collaborated with
     him; in life she has always collaborated with him.
<JeffryD> Awww.
<Bruce_H_R> Congratulations, Vonda.  Are your hands shaking the
     least little bit?
<Vonda> She is his "primary and favorite researcher." She reads
     all his first drafts, is his "resident nitpicker" (her
     words)...
<Vonda> And helps in the tedious work of proofreading. "And she's
     a nicer person than I am" (This may be true, but it is darn
     hard! -- vnm)
<Vonda> Pause for standing ovation!
<JeffryD> <standing here>
<Moderator> <standing and clapping!
<Vanguard-> standing in Seattle...
<Vonda> Michael Cassut says, it's 10:40 and Santa Fe is out there
     and waiting.
<Kent> <clapclapclap>
<Lois> just buzzing at this end..
<Robt> <stand and clap>
<Bruce_H_R> <applause>
<Vonda> "The winners are asked to stay for the official
     humiliating photographs."