{"id":5360,"date":"2020-11-17T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T22:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=5360"},"modified":"2020-11-17T17:54:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T22:54:59","slug":"2020-awards-eligible-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/17\/2020-awards-eligible-work\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Awards Eligible Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have written more in 2020 than any other year I can think of. But publishing is a long game, often waiting months (or years) between hearing back about a story or for a publication to hit the market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I would love to have published more work this year, I still have stories out there making the rounds (5, at my current count).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listed below are the stories that have been published and are eligible for various awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"1360\" data-attachment-id=\"5322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/neath-the-old-tree\/womenofthewoods_full\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,1360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"womenofthewoods_full\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full.jpg 850w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full-600x960.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/womenofthewoods_full-200x320.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/neath-the-old-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Neath The Old Tree<\/a> &#8211; published in Women of the Woods anthology from Fabled Collective, October 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"5329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/23\/pre-orders-are-live-for-a-krampus-carol\/akrampuscarol_cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1365,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"akrampuscarol_cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/akrampuscarol_cover-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/cast-away-stones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cast Away Stones<\/a> &#8211; published in <strong>Gothic Blue Book VI: A Krampus Carol<\/strong> from Burial Day Books, October 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a <strong>voting member of the HWA<\/strong> and would like a review copy of either story to consider them for the <strong>Stoker Award<\/strong>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">please use the contact form to request one<\/a> (indicating if you prefer <strong>PDF, EPUB or Mobi<\/strong>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also the Nebulas, the Hugos, the Sunburst Award (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sunburstaward.org\/2020-sunburst-hiatus-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">which is sadly postponed this year<\/a>), the <a href=\"https:\/\/prixaurorawards.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aurora Awards<\/a>, and others that I may possibly be eligible for. If you feel my story would suit these awards and is worthy, a nomination\/recommendation is welcomed and appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have written more in 2020 than any other year I can think of. But publishing is a long game, often waiting months (or years) between hearing back about a story or for a publication to hit the market.&nbsp; Even though I would love to have published more work this year, I still have stories&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2020 Awards Eligible Work - MaryRajotte.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/17\/2020-awards-eligible-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2020 Awards Eligible Work - MaryRajotte.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have written more in 2020 than any other year I can think of. 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