Mr. Pointy Awards (2004) 2005 Award Winners

The winners of the 2004 Mr. Pointy Awards for excellence in Buffy Studies scholarship (presented at the Slayage Conference on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in Nashville, Tennessee, May 28, 2004) are:

Long Mr. Pointy (best  Buffy Studies book):

Michael Adams, for Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon. New York: Oxford U P, 2003.

Short Mr. Pointy (best  Buffy Studies essay):

Jes Battis, "'She’s Not All Grown Yet': Willow As Hybrid/Hero in Buffy the Vampire" Slayer" (published in Slayage 8)

Mr. Pointy Paper (best  paper given at the Slayage Conference):

Sue Turnbull (see photo above on right), "'Not Just Another Buffy Paper': Towards an Aesthetics of Television" (Go here to see a list of all speakers at the SCBtVS who garnered nominations for this award.)

Speakers nominated for the Mr. Pointy Award at the SCBtVS.

Abbott, Stacey

Adams, Michael

Adams, Sarah

Alderman, Naomi

Alexander, David

Alexander, Jenny

Battis, Jes

Blanco, Therese

Burnett, Tamy

Calvert, Bronwen

Castaldo, Annalisa

Cochran, Tanya

Curry, Agnes

Davis, Peggy

Diehl, Laura

Donaruma, William

Durand, Kevin and Ashli Dykes

Edwards, Lynne

Erickson, Greg

Francis, James, Jr.

Fritts, David

Gelineau, Mark

Gorman, Jill

Grunlow, Devin

Halfyard, Janet

Hetherington, Naomi

Hill, DeNara

Jowett, Lorna

Keyser, Catherine

Kneis, Philipp

Levy, Jennifer

Linscott, Vaughn

Middents, Jeffrey R.

Montz, Amy

Neal, Chris

Pateman, Matthew

Perry, David

Purac, Selma Amina

Rambo, Beth

Rauch, Stephen

Richardson, Mike and Doug Rabb

Riser, Jim

Rose, Anita

Rosenfeld, Lawrence

Rust, Linda

Ryan, Brandy

Schiedel, Walter and Brett Rogers

Schiffren, Mara

Shapiro, Paul

Showalter, Dennis

Shull, Ira

South, James

Spalding, Rebecca

Stowell, Louie

Symonds, Gwyn

Tiemeier, Tracy

Tjardes, Sue

Toye, Margaret

Turnbull. Sue

Wilcox, Rhonda

Wilts, Alissa

Worsley, Natasja