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Announcements and Errata, Awards Season

2022 Awards Season Eligibility: Our Things

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It’s that time of year when everyone puts up their eligibility posts for stuff released in 2021. For our show, it’s pretty easy to identify where we’re eligible: Hugo Award for Best Fancast (finalists in 2014, 2019, 2020, and 2021) We may also be eligible in other award categories out there. If you think of any, put us up for it. Really, it comes down to this: if you liked what we did in 2021, nominate us for stuff in 2022! With that in mind, we’d also like to remind you that the people behind this show (and the friends we made along the way) are also eligible for things. Since podcasting isn’t just about “the show,” we’ve included as many of them as we could in the rest of this post. Go check out their things. There’s bound to be something interesting in there! Here goes!

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Announcing Our New Main Co-Host: Brandon O’Brien

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Today is a very special day. It’s the day we announce a new main co-host for The Skiffy and Fanty Show and the birthday of said new main co-host. That’s right! The most incredible Brandon O’Brien will take on the role of main co-host! You might know Brandon as occasional guest and one of the hosts of Righteous Kicks, a Kamen Rider podcast hosted here. Brandon is also an incredible writer, editor, and TTRPG designer who has DMed games for Speculate! His work has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, Arsenika, Anathema, Fireside Magazine, and elsewhere. Basically, Brandon is awesome, and we’re super excited to have him take on a bigger role here! Oh, and today is Brandon’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRANDON! Welcome to the Skiffy and Fanty bunker, where you’ll get to ride a unicorn and have a conversation with an alien! Here’s to exciting adventures ahead!

Podcast Updates

The Next Movie: A Wrinkle in Time

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We’re continuing this new #AudienceAssemble tradition by letting y’all know what we’re up to! Our next episode will be a film discussion of A Wrinkle in Time (2018) directed by Ava DuVernay! If you’ve seen the film and want to share your thoughts or ask us a question, you can do so in all these fancy ways: Twitter Facebook Email:  skiffyandfanty@gmail We’ll share some of these on the podcast! And if you haven’t seen the film, it is currently streaming on Disney+ and available for rent on most of the major streaming services! Watch it and share your thoughts with us! So go on. Let us know what you think!

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The Next Book: The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste!

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As part of our #AudienceAssemble initiative, we’re going to try to be more active on our Patreon page and social media accounts. With that in mind, we’re announcing that our next book discussion will be on Tracey Baptiste’s fantastic middle grade novel, The Jumbies. And we’re inviting you to share your thoughts about it via our Twitter, Patreon page (and its related Discord server), and Facebook! Think of it as a kind of makeshift Skiffy and Fanty book club! You can get the book directly from Scholastic or where fine books are sold. It’s a quick read, so if you want to read along with us and share your thoughts, get started! We intend to record our podcast discussion on the 8th of July. In the future, we’d like to give a lot more lead time on our discussions, so stay tuned for some shifts in communications. Enjoy!

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Announcement: Our 2020 (and Beyond) Focus and an Open Call to Publishers and Creators

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For the past few weeks, the United States and much of the world has been in the grips of a massive movement of protest and resistance against police brutality and systemic racism, all under the familiar and power banner of Black Lives Matter. To say that 2020 has been a difficult year is an understatement, but while there was very little we, as an SF/F/H podcast, could do about the COVID-19 pandemic, there is something, however small, we can do to support black communities in the world. And so we’re going to do it in the most forceful way we know how. With that in mind, we have three announcements to make:

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The Skiffy and Fanty Livestream Event: Podcasting Q&A — April 17th, 3 PM EST

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In an effort to join all the lovely folks offering additional entertainment during this pandemic, The Skiffy and Fanty Show has created a special livestream event:  Podcasting Q&A! The event will offer an opportunity for fans, podcast hopefuls, and authors and other creatives to discuss the world of podcasting with Shaun, one of our producers and hosts. For an hour, Shaun will field your questions, offer his perspectives on geek podcasts, and interviewing, and otherwise try to entertain you! So, if you’ve ever wondered what it takes to run an award-nominated podcast, what the podcasting world is like, or even what you need to know to participate as a podcast interview guest, then this is event is for you. And if you can’t make the time, you can send us your questions to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com OR direct to our Twitter:  @skiffyandfanty. We’ll answer as many questions a we can and make the video available for viewing after its conclusion! The stream will begin at 3 PM EST on our YouTube channel (see below). No purchase is necessary (i.e., it’s totes free). Please spread the word. We hope to see you there!

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