The #Alberta Order of Excellence recognizes individuals who have made a significant and lasting contribution to their communities and to the province. Deadline February 15
https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/nominations-open-albertas-highest-honour
You too can buy a UK personal honour for as little as £4,900 +VAT.
#NewYearsHonours #Honours #Corruption
https://www.awardsintelligence.co.uk/services/personal-recognition/royal-honours/
Dishonouring the ‘honours’ system
Maybe bringing the whole stinking mess - ‘political’ and funders elevation appears to be what gets under the radar is what needs to happen? (un)Fortunately I am unlikely to ever be offered one so its up to others to publicly refuse them.
#UkPol #Uk #Honours #Corruption #KeepingPeopleQuiet #AbolishTheHouseOfLords
Joel Plaskett, Darrell Dexter among 2025 Order of Nova Scotia recipients
Five honourees have been appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for their contributions in public and community service, philanthropy, music, education, business and health.
#honours #service #music #education #NovaScotia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/order-of-nova-scotia-honor-9.7030185?cmp=rss
Corbin Strong wins Arctic Race of Norway, secures second UCI title
“It was an incredibly stressful day. I knew we were going to be under attack from kilometre zero,…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #arctic #claim #corbin #cyclist #final #honours #impressive #NewZealand #Norway #NZ #of #Overall #performance #produced #race #second #secures #stage #strong #title #today #uci #wins #zealand
https://www.newsbeep.com/52257/
🆕 Parabéns ao Manuel Loff, que foi homenageado pela Câmara Municipal do Porto com a atribuição da Medalha de Mérito da cidade! 🎖
👉 https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/manuel-loff-medalha-merito/
📷 © Andreia Merca / CMP
#Histodons #AcademicLife #Honours #Porto #Medals #MedalhaDeMérito #MedalhaDoPorto #Historiadores #Historians
A big congratulations to all those who have TURNED DOWN honours in today's list, in protest at the whole rotten imperialist system.
It's at 10k! 10,000 Australians think #Scomo getting #honours is a travesty. #auspol
https://www.change.org/p/stop-scott-morrison-s-order-of-australia?cs_tk=A9CzbkkgXZP_UebzTGgAAHicq64FAAF1APkzNjEyYTAyZTVhNWMzYWI0NDIzMDMzY2JjNGQxZmQ5M2Q4NGEwY2U3NTVjYTliYjkyY2RhYzc0MmY3YTA3NGVi&utm_campaign=2b72f1e64a154c62821b75e665efd86b&utm_content=20250528_new_supporter_onboarding_1b_viewmycta&utm_medium=email&utm_source=504667_new_supporter_onboarding_1a&utm_term=itbl
Hey #ChangeOrg, can you run a petition for the elimination of the existing Australian Official Honours system?
Giving a #Gong to #Morrison is the final straw.
If there is to be an Australian Honours system going forward, it should be limited to people who do stuff for which they are *not* paid. That is, honours should not go to anyone who just does the job for which they are paid - politicians, Governors General, CEOs etc.
Shock. Joy. And O. MY. GOD.
Well. Here’s some news. I don’t know what to say. It’s…ungraspable.
SFWA Names Nicola Griffith as the 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
Can you believe it’s been 50 years since our first Grand Master was announced?
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is proud to celebrate the longevity of this distinguished title with Nicola Griffith, our 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master.
The SFWA Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recognizes “lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.” It is named after author Damon Knight, SFWA’s founder and the organization’s 13th Grand Master. Initially, the Grand Master wasn’t given out every year, but from 1975 to 2025 much has changed in our field, including the consistency with which we award this prestigious post.
This year, our Grand Master enters a role previously held by Peter S. Beagle, Connie Willis, Nalo Hopkinson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Anne McCaffrey, Robin McKinley, Joe Haldeman, and other legends of genre fiction who have been granted this title.
Nicola Griffith, PhD, is a dual UK/US citizen and the author of nine novels, including Hild, Spear, and Ammonite. In addition to her fiction and nonfiction (New York Times, Guardian, Nature) she is known for her data-driven 2015 work on bias in the literary ecosystem; as founder and co-host, with Alice Wong, of #CripLit; and for her work on queering the Early Medieval. Awards include The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, two Washington State Book Awards, the Premio Italia, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Tiptree (Otherwise) awards, the Outstanding Mid-Career Authors Prize, and six Lambda Literary Awards. In 2024 she was inducted into the Museum of Popular Culture’s Science Fiction + Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Griffith lives with her wife, writer Kelley Eskridge, in Seattle, where she takes enormous delight in everything. This latest title, SFWA’s 41st Grand Master, is no exception:
“I am thunderstruck,” said Griffith, after receiving the news. “Amazed and moved and brimming with joy. I might never stop smiling.”
Widely acclaimed and bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler has known for years how much of a gift Griffith is to the literary community: “Ever since I first read Ammonite–back in 1993 when the world was young–I’ve made it my business to follow Griffith wherever she goes. And I have loved every place she’s taken me. She’s a writer who stuns. Incisive yet lyrical, pragmatic yet sexy, generous yet scary, always brilliant and, best of all, never ever boring. Every book she writes is one more bit of luck for us readers.”
SFWA President Kate Ristau resoundingly agrees:
“It is SFWA’s honor to recognize and celebrate her past achievements, while looking forward to her future triumphs. Her work continues to inspire and challenge me, and when asked to pick a Grand Master to lead us into our Diamond Year, I looked to Nicola for her stunning fiction, as well as her leadership and advocacy. She challenges us to reconsider the past and imagine a better, more inclusive future. She is the perfect Grand Master for our present moment, demonstrating through her life and work how to find one’s self, one’s purpose, and one’s community in complicated times, and to embrace those things joyfully and fully. 50 years after SFWA named its first Grand Master, we are thrilled to shine the spotlight on Nicola Griffith as our 41st.”
The title of 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master will be formally presented to Griffith during our 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference, held June 5–8, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. Registration for the conference is now open here, and details on her panels and appearances will be available shortly at events.sfwa.org. We hope you’ll join us this year in celebrating Griffith’s achievements, and help us to usher in the next chapter of SFWA’s story together.
Yes, I’ve had a few days to sit with this. No, I still can’t wrap my head around it. I will, I just haven’t yet.
!!!!!!! WOW !!!!!!!
#Criplit #awards #books #DamonKnightMemorialGrandMaster #fiction #GrandMaster #honours #literature #nebulaAwards #nebulaConference #SFWA #writing
@ChrisMayLA6 does anyone really care about #honours anymore?
#NewYearsHonours 2024. Strange there's no publicity for those who refuse #Honours, or for their reasons. Many people have principled and fraternal reasons that millions will applaud. https://shorturl.at/FN4pd #HonoursRefused
Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage has released the names of the five people appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2024.
#appointments #honours #NovaScotia #Canada #OrderofNovaScotia
https://globalnews.ca/news/10931317/order-of-nova-scotia-2024/
Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage has released the names of the five people appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2024.
#appointments #honours #NovaScotia #Canada #OrderofNovaScotia
https://globalnews.ca/news/10931317/order-of-nova-scotia-2024/
Order of Canada goes to advocates, athletes, scientists and Deadpool
More than 40 years after being told she was a threat to Canada because of her sexuality, Diane Pitre is being given one of the country's top honours.
#honours #advocates #athletes #scientists #News #Politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/order-of-canada-appointees-1.7413604?cmp=rss
Order of Canada goes to advocates, athletes, scientists and Deadpool
More than 40 years after being told she was a threat to Canada because of her sexuality, Diane Pitre is being given one of the country's top honours.
#honours #advocates #athletes #scientists #News #Politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/order-of-canada-appointees-1.7413604?cmp=rss
Order of Canada goes to advocates, athletes, scientists and Deadpool
More than 40 years after being told she was a threat to Canada because of her sexuality, Diane Pitre is being given one of the country's top honours.
#honours #advocates #athletes #scientists #News #Politics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/order-of-canada-appointees-1.7413604?cmp=rss
