Announcing The 2020 Huge Award Winners
The Hugo Award winners are here! Congrats to the winners, which include A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, shorter works by S.L. Huang and N.K. Jemisin, and more. George R.R. Martin hosted the virtual ceremony, but viewers are not at all pleased with how he mispronounced names, elevated racist writers of the past, and made a transphobic joke throughout the ceremony.
Comic Book Industry Reckons With Abuse Claims
Since June, the comics industry has experienced a reckoning as multiple long-time writers, creators, and editors have been fired over reports of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. Due to the freelance nature of comic creation and the lack of representation for writers in the form of agents or unions, it’s easier for gatekeepers to take advantage of others, and many are calling for changes to the system.
Sydney Sweeney To Star In New YA Novel Adaptation
If the YA novel They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman was on your radar, then definitely pick up a copy when it comes out this week, because Sydney Sweeney is has just optioned it as the first project in her new production company! She’ll also star in the TV series, which is about a teen girl investigating the death of her friend and her suspicions surrounding the secret society at her school–which they were both a part of.