Neo-opsis

In an earlier post I mentioned that Neo-opsis Magazine was nominated for the 2009 Aurora Award for "Best Work in English (other)". This was for issues 14 and 15 of their magazine, one of which (#14, for those who keep count) included my own story, "Shedding Skin." The Aurora is basically Canada's version of the Hugo Award, which is fitting since Neo-opsis is a Canadian Magazine. It also seemed fitting to jokingly refer to myself as "internationally published author" once I was published in a Canadian magazine.

The awards were handed out at Anticipation, the 67th Worldcon in Montreal a few days ago, and Neo-opsis deservedly won. This was their second award, as they won in the same category in 2007.

So do I now refer to myself as "award winning author"? No, at least not unless I'm in one of my sardonic moods. The award went to Karl and Stephanie Ann Johanson, as the editors of the magazine. My story is certainly connected to the award, but claiming anything beyond that tangental connection would be misleading. After all, it was "Shedding Skin" that moved Fix-online reviewer Lyndon Perry to refer to me as "competent," which is probably like referring to your blind date as having "personality".

(But I did like the tag so much I put it on the front page of my website. Did I mention sardonic moods?)