Mr. Pointy Awards / 2019

For For Works Published in 2018


Short-Form Award

  • To be announced

Long-Form Award

  • To be announced

Short-Form Finalists

  • Coulombe, Renée T. “The ‘Restless’ Uncanny: Nomadic Affectivity and Apocalyptic Embodiments in the Anthropocene.” Special Issue: Buffy at 20. Edited by Gerry Canavan and James B. South. Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies 16.2 (2018).
  • Croft, Janet Brennan. “‘What if I’m still there? What if I never left that clinic?’: Faerian Drama in Buffy’s ‘Normal Again.’” Special Issue: Buffy at 20. Edited by Gerry Canavan and James B. South. Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies 16.2 (2018).
  • Gilliland, Elizabeth. “Double Trouble: Gothic Shadows and Self-Discovery in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies 16.1 (2018).
  • Hark, Ina Rae. “The Miranda Job: Serenity as Crime Film.” Joss Whedon’s Big Damn Movie: Essays on Serenity, edited by Frederick Blichert, McFarland, 2018, pp. 80-92.
  • Kowalski, Dean. “Visions of the Soul: Looking Back on Buffy and Angel.” In Special Issue: Buffy at 20. Edited by Gerry Canavan and James B. South. Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies 16.2 (2018).

Long-Form Finalists

  • Blichert, Frederick, ed. Joss Whedon’s Big Damn Movie: Essays on Serenity. McFarland, 2018.
  • Macnaughtan, Don. The Whedonverse Catalog: A Complete Guide to Works in All Media. McFarland, 2018.
  • Pateman, Matthew. Joss Whedon. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018.