Norma K Hemming in 2011!
Oct. 29th, 2010 09:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emma_in_dreamThe Norma K. Hemming Award
Until now there has been no specifically ‘feminist’ award for SF in Australia. Following representations by the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF), ASSF has decided to sponsor and administer a jury award to be known as the Norma K Hemming Award. The award will mark excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in science fiction produced either in Australia or by Australian citizens and first published in the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is given.
Norma Kathleen Hemming (1927-1960) was an Australian fan and author whose work was informed by her experiences as one of the few women active in science fiction in her time.
There's more information at: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asff/#hemming
Until now there has been no specifically ‘feminist’ award for SF in Australia. Following representations by the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF), ASSF has decided to sponsor and administer a jury award to be known as the Norma K Hemming Award. The award will mark excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in science fiction produced either in Australia or by Australian citizens and first published in the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is given.
Norma Kathleen Hemming (1927-1960) was an Australian fan and author whose work was informed by her experiences as one of the few women active in science fiction in her time.
There's more information at: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asff/#hemming
