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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[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm rather a purist about these things. I think that the pin is intended to show that someone is a nominee so people can slap one on the back and wish one good luck/congratulations/commiserations, depending. Therefore my view is that one needs to wear only a single pin at the event that is hosting the award for which one is nominated, and for the whole event, even after the ceremony. (I have had big fights about the multiple-pin question, especially with a much nominated author who shall remain nameless but whose initials are MR.) Because of what I think they're indicating, I don't think staff should wear them and have declined to do so in the years in which I've worked the Hugo ceremony, even though I've been given a few.