I’m pleased to share I’m eligible for consideration for the Hugo Awards in a few categories for works created in 2018.

I edited Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins a collection of essays in which POC, LGBTQIA, and other gamers with marginalized identities, shared their personal stories about what it’s like being part of the industry when you’re not considered part of the “majority.” This collection is eligible for Best Related Work.

Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play is a celebration of women’s accomplishments in the video game industry, ranging from high-level executives to programmers to pro-gamers. I’m pleased to be one of the women profiled in this book, which is also eligible for Best Related Work.

Various fandom-related articles and the contents of my Twitter feed–where I often tweet threads about gaming and other media-related issues–mean that I am eligible for consideration for Best Fan Writer. Articles that I wrote in 2018 include:

I have a complete list of articles, panel appearances, podcast interviews, and the like available on my website.

The D&D streaming series I’m part of, Rivals of the Waterdeep, is also eligible for [Best Fancast]. Our show was also covered by Geek and Sundry!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE EPISODES FROM 2018 THAT I THINK YOU’LL ENJOY.

Episodes air on twitch.tv/dnd and are converted to audio format by Carlos Luna.

Season 2 – Ep 20: Season Finale,

Season 2 – Ep 19: Kaleidoscope

Season 2 – Ep 18: Malevolent

Season 1 – Ep. 4* : Series premiere at Stream of Many Eyes event in Los Angeles, CA

* = Numerically this falls as our fourth episode, though the show was premiered for the first time at #SoMEDND

Thanks so much for your consideration!

Big thank you to Michi Trota for helping pull this together!

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.