Cuddled Little Vice is Hugo Nominated
At last, I can stop being cryptic about my big news:
Cuddled Little Vice the Neil Gaiman chapter of Last War in Albion, has been nominated for the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
I am, obviously, over the moon. A Hugo nomination has long been my career pipe dream: an honor I’d love, but didn’t really expect as a punk critic stubbornly existing in the margins. But here I am, suddenly in need of a new career goal.
This also allows me to offer the explanation of what I’ve been doing over the last few weeks: furiously sprucing the text up so that it’s ready to go out as an epub in the Hugo Packet. This has involved roping our very own Sean Dillon in to do a speed copyedit, and commissioning a bespoke cover from James. I’m putting finishing touches on the text while James finishes the cover, but I ought to finish that this week, and I will of course also put it here.
Anyway, while I bask in the light of my phone notifications blowing up, I wanted to thank all of you. I could write Cuddled Little Vice (and everything else) because you guys support us so that we don’t have to worry about how we’re paying the rent. My career is possible because of you, which means that this Hugo nomination is only possible because of you. So thank you. Really.
Oh, and good news: I finished Voice of the Fire yesterday.
Comments (28)
Awesome!!!
Congratulations! Cuddled Little Vice was remarkable, even by your standards. Without a question, this is deserved.
I binge-read this yesterday and I love it. Thank you so much. Neil used to be a penpal of mine in the 90s-00s, and I lamented that I never got to meet him in person. It took me years to realize I dodged a bullet. I feel like your essay has given me some sort of closure.
Congratulations! It looks like your main competition is a spreadsheet, so maybe start writing that acceptance speech right now!
I reckon my main competition is the Butler bio.
Wonderful, and very well deserved!
Congratulations on being a finalist! Blisteringly well-deserved.
Well deserved and about time.
Excellent news! 🥳
Congratulations!
Congratulations. Well deserved!
Oh, that's amazing news! Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations, and well deserved!
Many congratulations, Elizabeth!
Congrats!
That's incredible! And yet totally deserved. Wow! I'd still love to publish it as an *actual book* via PlumeriaPics.co.uk if you'd ever consider it. Best thing I read all year
I appreciate the offer, but I'm the sort of insane control freak who'd rather stick to self-publishing.
Wow! Congratulations, thoroughly deserved 👏
Congrats El!
So I guess all there's left to do is take over Doctor Who and use it to overthrow the government.
Congratulations, it's well-deserved.
Hell yeah!
holy shit, well done!
Congrats!!! Rooting for you
Amazing news, and well-deserved. And thank you for the reminder that I need to (finally) read Voice of the Fire ready for its appearance in LWiA.
Fantastic. Well done Sis.
hell yeah, congratulations!