Octothorpe 160 comes with an exclusive free gift*! We talk a little bit more about the Hugo Awards including the packet, but mostly we dive into our bulging mailbag and read out your letters and comments. Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/160-global... *free gift is theoretical/made up

Did you know that the video game Exit 8 has been turned into a movie? @annmichelleharris.bsky.social has our review of the movie at the NOAF blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/film...

"There's a lot of detail but not a lot of purpose." - @chloroformtea.bsky.social on The Wanderer 😆 Check out this episode of Hugo History! @klaxoncomms.com podcasts.apple.com/xk/podcast/t...

I had fun talking Best Novella on Narrated!

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Film Review: Hokum Irish folk horror and a haunted house full of actual scary moments. A spoiler-free review from @cestlahaley.bsky.social of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social at the NOAF blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/film...

The average American has three friends.

Fantastic news! With a week left to go, we've hit our first stretch goal for ARB's fundraiser! Thank you to everyone who's chipped in and/or helped spread the word; let's see how far we can get in our final week! Rewards and more still available:

Extremely kind words about A Meal of Thorns, the @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org, and our fundraiser to kick this off. And then the rest of the episode has me rolling out my old-timey map of the Atlantic, scanning with my antique chart magnifier, and sighing once more at the distance to Eastercon.

We finally get around to talking about Eastercon! This is a bumper episode, where we recap parts of @easterconuk.bsky.social and talk about the bids for 2028, 2029, and beyond. We promise we’ll do letters of comment again next week. Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/159-taking...

New episode day! This month we read Paladin of Souls, a book that is very horny for horses. hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-92-p...

Did you know that Galactic Journey produces ~1000 pages of content every year? Of course, that doesn't include the weekly Science Fiction Theater, or the weekly British SF broadcast, or the radio station(s), or the Apollo mission coverage, or the Trekzines, or...

Excited to be on the finalist list again, and happy to be part of such a great group of fancasts! We'll see you in Anaheim!

🥳 congratulations to all our wonderful co-finalists! Hope to see you all and celebrate together!

We salute all the talented Canadian authors who are nominated this year for the Aurora Awards! www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

There are some important things to remember in terms of Awards-shortlist day etiquette. A short thread. Even folks I really like and respect make some blunders on this stuff. 1) Allow people to enjoy the shortlist. Avoid dismissing the finalists (whomever they are) for at least a month.

There’s a dedicated band of fans at Eastercon working to promote Worldcon bids!

New episode! As usual, a silly one for April: Battleship! hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-91-b...

The LA Worldcon Community Fund (LAWCF) is a special fund to help defray the expenses of attending LAcon V for fans or program participants from marginalized racial and ethnic groups, LGBTQIA+ fans or program participants, and Los Angeles and Anaheim area fans of limited means.

The time is upon us! Don't forget to nominate for the Hugo awards!

I have also included Robert (and @quinnthegm.bsky.social, who comes up next in this thread) in my round up of YouTube folks worthy of nomination in Best Related Work, Best Fancast, or Best Fan Writer. They're some of my favourite people on the platform! Full post here: darthj.uno/2026/01/06/i...

The Hugo Awards nominating period closes tomorrow, and as you complete your ballot, I hope you'll consider Eating the Fantastic in the category of Best Fancast. To refresh your memory, here's where you can sample all 28 of the podcast's 2025 episodes. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

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Okay fine: blew the dust off my personal blog to post some Hugo nomination suggestions. Or just reading/listening suggestions!

As you're filling out your Hugo nomination ballots, we urge you to consider a best fan writer nomination for @annmichelleharris.bsky.social! This insightful review of Bugonia is from 2026, but is exemplary of her work. Check it out! www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/film...

Don't forget to nominate and to show the fan categories some love!

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hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-90-g... This one took a little extra time. Here's Green Mars!

Hotel reservations for LAcon V are now live! Make your reservations here: www.lacon.org/hotel All room party inquiries should be directed to [email protected]. 🎉

Looking for stuff to read and watch for Hugo nominations? Looking for creators to nominate? We at NOAF have you covered: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/2026... (links in this one to more categories at the bottom)

We also have our own eligibility and the eligibility for awards by our own contributors, here: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/nerd...

Thank you to @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social for including me on a longlist of fan writers to consider nominating for awards, and thanks to several people who've said they plan to nominate me! Spurred on by this, I've finally written a Hugo Awards eligibility post about the reviews I wrote last year.

Just saying, a donation gets you into our raffle!

We got another donation from @edmorland.bsky.social - thank you! Chip in and you might get to pick a movie for us to review. Heck, you can pick Zardoz if you want!

Follow @picturemecoding.bsky.social and get an extra dose of Amy's opinions!

I have loved this book (and the cover art) for almost 30 years! 🥹

• Grow up and become a podcaster!

Just saying, a donation to this fund would could toward our raffle!

Here's a roundup of many great fan writers to consider for your Hugo nominations! We're especially excited to see @annmichelleharris.bsky.social, who is eligible for fan writer, short story, and novel! www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/nerd...

Bump! Make a donation and you might get to pick a movie for us to discuss!

Please EMAIL your donation receipt to us at hugogirlpodcast @ gmail dot com to be entered into the raffle. Big thanks to Andrew for being our first donor! @andrewlovejr.bsky.social

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New episode! She was a little late because she had to navigate the Drake Passage in an open whaleboat. Hope you enjoy Endurance! hugogirl.libsyn.com/episode-89-e...

What a nice thing to say! 🥰

Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of criticism recs, review recs, and book recs! It’s recs all the way down. 📚🪐💙

it's cold out, please remember to winterize your greyhounds

The deadline to become a WSFS member and nominate for the Hugo Awards is imminent! We have recs to consider and we have guides to help get you started if you're new to the process. 🪐📚💙 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...