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2020 Hugo Awards acceptance speech

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

Several folks have asked for the text to my acceptance speech, so here is the transcript. My speech was pre-recorded at the request of CoNZealand. Many thanks to Uncanny Magazine Continue Reading →

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My C2E2 2020 Schedule

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

My first con of 2020 is coming up and I’m pleased to share I’ll be at C2E2 again from February 28-March 1. I’m on two panels this year and pretty Continue Reading →

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2019 Awards Eligibility Post

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

In many ways, 2019 was a year of transition for me in SF/F. Early in the year, I announced that 2019 would be my last year on Uncanny Magazine‘s editorial Continue Reading →

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 28 Part 1 Is Live!

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

It’s the first Tuesday of the month, which means Part 1 of Uncanny Magazine‘s latest issue is now free to read online (subscribers get the FULL contents of Issue 28 Continue Reading →

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Uncanny Is a Hugo Awards Finalist Again!

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

I’m so incredibly proud to share that Uncanny Magazine is a finalist for the 2019 Best Semiprozine Hugo Award! This is our fourth time being a finalist at the Hugo Awards… Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture, Fandom, Uncategorized | Tagged Best Semiprozine, Hugo Award, Uncanny, Uncanny Magazine | Leave a reply

First Published Essay of 2016 and It’s About Star Wars

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Michi Trota — 1 Comment ↓

I was thrilled to contribute a short essay to The Establishment’s roundtable feature, “The Significance of (Finally) Seeing Yourself in Star Wars.” Continue Reading →

Posted in Culture, Fandom, TV/Film, Uncategorized | Tagged essay, roundtable, Star Wars, The Establishment, The Force Awakens | 1 Comment ↓

Recounting C2E2 2014 and Looking Forward to C2E2 2015

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

A lot of this post was something I’d intended to write after C2E2 2014, but of course life happened and next thing I knew, it was time to prepare for Continue Reading →

Posted in Cons, Culture, Event, Uncategorized | Tagged C2E2, diversity, gender, panels, race, representation | Leave a reply

Proof I Got to Talk About Doctor Who at the Chicago Humanities Festival

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

Yes, I know, I’ve been a complete slacker with keeping up the blog, but in my defense, I haven’t been a slacker in other projects! Aside from diving right into Continue Reading →

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WordPress Wardrobe Updates

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

Blame Springtime, but I somehow got it into my head that the website could use some refreshing and changed the WordPress theme. I was previously using Gridiculous, but I wanted Continue Reading →

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I Can Haz ALL the Social Media

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Michi Trota — Leave a reply

I’ve finally gotten around to setting up other social media channels for the blog, so if you want to follow Geek Melange elsewhere, now you can: Google+ – https://google.com/+Geekmelangeblog Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/GeekMelange Continue Reading →

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