Mythcon 39 as of Sunday

[drcpunk]

I got to nellorat's paper and to a panel or two. My presentation went well, considering that a) it was all rather unfinished and b) it was scheduled opposite two other things.

The banquet was fun. Sharan Newmann's GoH speech discussed the remarkable women of medieval times, particularly the 12th century, noting that these were the rule, not the exception. To my delight, Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales took the award for adult fiction. While I was hoping that Nancy Springer's Dussie would take the children's award, it is appropriate that Rowling's Harry Potter series won.

For Inklings Scholarship, the winner was The Company They Keep, edited by Diana Pavlac Glyer; with an amazingly good appendix by David Bratman. For Non-Inklings Scholarship, the winner was The Shadow-Walkers: Jacob Grimm’s Mythology of the Monstrous, edited by T. A. Shippey.

Comments

[ellen-denham.livejournal.com]

Yay! Orphan's Tales was my top pick.

I'm glad you posted this because I've been really curious to hear about Mythcon this year and am looking forward to reading more reports. I had originally planned to be there, but lots of other plans got in the way.

Did they announce where Mythcon will be next year?

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

It's in Los Angeles--on the UCLA campus rings a bell.

[ellen-denham.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I have family there so am likely to be able to make that one.

[drcpunk.livejournal.com]

UCLA, Los Angeles. I think the theme is Seas of Imagination.

[ellen-denham.livejournal.com]

Cool. I hope to be able to go. I hated missing this year.

[drcpunk.livejournal.com]

We missed you. I'm not sure if we'll be making next year. I'd like to, but it conflicts with a local convention, and I don't yet know what our situation will be.

[ellen-denham.livejournal.com]

We just need somebody to figure out how to be in two places at once, and the technology will have to be cheap.