Award nomination pins etiquette

[davidlevine]

As you may know, nominees for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards (probably some others) receive a pin to commemorate the nomination. This pin is generally given to the attending nominees at the beginning of the event at which the award is handed out, and is worn as an honor and as a notice to the other attendees that this person is a nominee. For all of these awards the pin is the same every year (generally speaking).

Check any of the following you feel is in good taste. Don't check those that you feel are in bad or questionable taste.

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Comments

[zipperbear]

I think that's the key issue: Don't try to look like a current nominee when you aren't one, but feel free to display your honors and awards. The pin is given out as a keepsake, and a badge of honor, intended to be worn and admired.

If you've collected an array of pins, I'm sure they'd make a lovely display, like a row of medals on a military uniform. People would be unlikely to assume that a sextuple nominee, say, had received so many nominations in the current year. Also remember, you're not responsible for other people's inability to think.

Hat-bands and suspenders are a good place for keepsake pins. The linear form lends itself to chronological order, once you've collected enough to establish a pattern.

Next dilemma: How to make a current pin prominently visible in the clutter of old honors, and which old honors to stop wearing when the weight becomes unbearable.