Mr. Pointy Awards / 2018

For For Works Published in 2017


Short-Form Award

  • Hawk, Julie L. “Scythe Matters: Performing Object Oriented Ontology on Domestic Space in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Kitchens, Juliette C, editor. McFarland & Company, Inc, 2017, 104-121.

Long-Form Award

  • Kitchens, Juliette C, ed. At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Jefferson, NC:McFarland 2017.

Paper Award for the 8th Biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses (2018)

  • St. Louis, Renee. “Demon Magnet in the Friend Zone: Reconsidering Xander Harris in the Age of #MeToo.”

Short-Form Finalists

  • Nadkarni, Samira. “Front and Center: Examining Black Widow Fanvids.” Ginn, Sherry, editor. Marvel’s Black Widow From Spy to Superhero: Essays on an Avenger with a Very Specific Skill Set (ed. Sherry Ginn). Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2017. p. 38-51.
  • Perdigao, Lisa. “A Home at the End of the World: The Future of Domesticity in the Whedonverse.” At Home in the Whedonverse: Essays on Domestic Place, Space and Life. Kitchens, Juliette C, editor. McFarland & Company, Inc, 2017, 182-198.
  • Recht, Marcus. “Undead Objects of a ‘Queer Gaze’: A Visual Approach to Buffy’s Vampires Using Lacan’s Extended RSI Model.” Slayage, vol. 46, 2017, p. 1..

Long-Form Finalists

  • Giannini, Erin. Joss Whedon Versus the Corporation: Big Business Critiqued in the Films and Television Programs (Worlds of Whedon). Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2017