Tag Archives: honors and awards

Lovecraft Country earns 18 Emmy nominations

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Matt Ruff

Per the official Emmys website (complete nominations list): Outstanding Drama Series — Lovecraft Country Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series — Misha Green for episode 1, “Sundown” Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — Jonathan Majors as Atticus Freeman … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country at the Golden Globes tonight

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Matt Ruff

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony starts this evening at 5 PM Pacific, and Lovecraft Country is nominated in the Best Television Series — Drama category. I’m told it’s a long shot — we’re up against The Crown, and the lack … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country nominated for the Readers’ Choice Book Awards in Poland

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Matt Ruff

In another bit of translation related news, the Polish edition of Lovecraft Country has been nominated as Best Horror Book of 2020 for the Readers’ Choice Book Awards in Poland (which, as I understand it, is their equivalent of the … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country is a co-winner of this year’s Endeavour Award

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Matt Ruff

The Endeavour Award, given out annually at OryCon in Portland, OR, is for “a distinguished science-fiction or fantasy novel written by a Pacific Northwest author.” The 2017 award was announced over the weekend, and it’s a tie—Lovecraft Country shares the … Continue reading →

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Washington State Book Awards ceremony tonight (10/14)

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Matt Ruff

Tonight at 7 PM the main branch of the Seattle Public Library is hosting the 2017 Washington State Book Awards. Lovecraft Country is nominated in the fiction category, so if you’d like to cheer me on, come on by. There … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country is a Washington State Book Award finalist

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Matt Ruff

This past week the Washington Center of the Book released its list of finalists for the 2017 Washington State Book Awards. Lovecraft Country is nominated in the novel category, and it’s in good company: the other finalists include The Solace … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country is a finalist for the World Fantasy Award

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Matt Ruff

More good news this week: Lovecraft Country is a finalist in the Best Novel category for this year’s World Fantasy Awards. The other finalists for Best Novel are Borderline, by Mishell Baker; Roadsouls, by Betsy James; The Obelisk Gate, by … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country is a finalist for the Endeavour Award

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Matt Ruff

Some good news to start the weekend: Lovecraft Country is one of five finalists for the 2017 Endeavour Award, which recognizes science-fiction and fantasy books by Pacific Northwest authors. This year’s other finalists are Arabella of Mars, by David D. … Continue reading →

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Locus Awards Weekend

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Matt Ruff

A reminder that I’ll be attending the Locus Awards tomorrow (Saturday, June 24). My official schedule is as follows: 11:00 – 11:45 AM — “How Much is that Trope in the Window? Repurposing Genre Elements to Tell New Stories.” Panel … Continue reading →

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Bad Monkeys nominated for Georgia Peach Book Award

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Matt Ruff

My devious plan to corrupt Southern youth proceeds apace: “The purpose of the Georgia Peach Award is to highlight and promote the best current young adult literature for Georgia high school age students, to encourage young adults to read and … Continue reading →

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