A TV spot from Order of the Phoenix has won “Best Animation/Family TV Spot” at the 2008 Golden Trailer Awards, which were held yesterday in Los Angeles. The spot, titled “Great Wizards”, can be viewed here in QuickTime format.
The Literary and Historical Society of University College Dublin will present JK Rowling with a James Joyce Award on Tuesday 12th February in the college.
The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards for 2008 have been announced and the Harry Potter book series has been nominated nominated in their “Favorite Book” category.
Fans will be able to cast online at http://www.nick.com/kca beginning Monday, March 3rd in a total of 18 categories. Surprise awards also will be announced during the show and kids also will be able to vote via the Nick mobile website (wap.nick.com). Beginning Monday-Friday, March 10th-14th, a different category will be featured on-air each day, and kids again vote for their favorite online at Nick.com.
The Favorite Book category:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume One: The Long Way Home
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Harry Potter series (series)
How to Eat Fried Worms
The show will air live from Los Angeles on Saturday, March 29th (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT), with host Jack Black.
The seventh book in author J. K. Rowling’s series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” has been nominated for two awards in the preliminary ballot for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s Nebula Awards. This non-profit group which aims to bring together the ‘most successful and daring writers of speculative fiction throughout the world,’ presents awards each year to a particular novel, novella, novelette, script, and short story that eligible voters have deemed the best of the year. “Deathly Hallows” has been nominated in the Best Novel category among many other notable fantasy and science fiction works from 2007. In addition to this nomination, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” has also been included in the running for the Andre Norton Award, which was established to ‘recognize outstanding science fiction and fantasy novels that are written for the young adult market.’ More about the Nebula Awards, including its past winners, can be found right here.The awards ceremony will take place during the weekend of April 25th in Austin, Texas. The winners will be chosen by eligible members of the SFWA when the final ballot is published prior to the ceremony.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix received another nomination today, this from the Costume Designers Guild. The costumes created by Jany Temime for the fifth Harry Potter film received a nomination in the “Fantasy Feature Film” category. Others nominated include “Enchanted, ” “The Golden Compass,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” and “300.” The Costume Designer Guild Awards will be presented on February 19 in Los Angeles, California.
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