Lynne M. Thomas, head of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, has been nominated for science fiction’s most prestigious award—the Hugo Award. Thomas is already a seven-time Hugo Award winner.
Hugo Award finalists were announced on April 2, 2019. Thomas is nominated with her husband Michael Damian Thomas for Best Professional Editor, Short Form and Best Semiprozine (a non-professional periodical publication) for Uncanny Magazine. Thomas is the co-editor-in-chief and co-publisher of Uncanny with Michael Damian Thomas.
Three short fiction finalists on the Hugo Award nomination ballot are from Uncanny Magazine. “The Thing About Ghost Stories” by Naomi Kritzer is a finalist for Best Novelette; “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society” by T. Kingfisher is a finalist for Best Short Story; and “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat” by Brooke Bolander is a finalist for Best Short Story.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to have our work at Uncanny Magazine recognized by the science fiction community,” said Thomas. “We are so proud of all the works that we’ve published this year, and it’s an honor to be on the ballot with our fellow finalists.”
Past Hugo Award wins for Thomas include Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It (Best Related Work) in 2011; SF Squeecast (Best Fancast) in 2012 and 2013; Uncanny Magazine (Best Semiprozine) in 2016, 2017, and 2018; and Best Editor, Short Form in 2018. In addition to these seven wins, Thomas has garnered 16 Science Fiction/Fantasy nominations since 2011. A comprehensive list of her awards is found in the Science Fiction Awards Database at www.sfadb.com/Lynne_M_Thomas.
The fan-nominated Hugo Awards are sponsored by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). Winners will be announced in August at Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, in Ireland. For more information about the Hugo Award, visit thehugoawards.org.