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Maggie C. A. Hogarth (née de Alarcon) is an American writer and artist who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and anthropomorphic animal genres. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database catalogs her illustrations as by Maggie de Alarcon (1990 to 1997) and Micah Hogarth (1997 and 1998).

In May 2015, after working on SFWA's indie committee, Hogarth was elected Vice President of SFWA; she served in that capacity for three years before stepping down.

Biography

Hogarth was born in the United States, the daughter of two Cuban political exiles. As of December 2013, she lives in Florida, US.

"Space Marine" controversy

In mid-December 2012, Games Workshop made a complaint to Amazon.com about Hogarth's novel Spots the Space Marine (a near-future military science fiction novel about real marines). Games Workshop indicated that the work infringed on their trademark of the words "space marine", and, as a result, Amazon blocked sales of the book.

This led to an internet backlash from commentators such as Cory Doctorow and digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who questioned the right of Games Workshop to trademark the term. Subsequently, Spots the Space Marine reappeared on Amazon, and Games Workshop issued no further legal action.

Honors and awards

Hogarth was a guest of honor at the Midwest FurFest furry convention in 2003 and 2009. She was also the guest of honor at the inaugural Son of SilverCon in 2023.

Her short story "Freedom, Spiced and Drunk" made the Tiptree Award's secondary reading list in 2002. Her short story "Unspeakable" won the Strange Horizons Reader's Choice award in 2002 and was a finalist for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award in the short story category in 2003. Her short story "In the Line of Duty" was the winner of the 2003 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction. In 2004, her story The Flight of the Godkin Griffin was nominated in the Best Other Work category of the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards.

Bibliography

In addition, short stories by the author have been published in Raconteur Press anthologies.

References

1. ^ M. C. A. Hogarth at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
2. 2015 SFWA Election Results, SFWA Website. Retrieved June 6th, 2015
3. SFWA Election Results, Locus Online. Retrieved June 9th, 2015.
4. Glyer, Mike (2017-04-25). "SFWA VP M.C.A. Hogarth Steps Down; Hartshorn Fills In". File 770. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
5. "About M.C.A Hogarth". mcahogarth.org. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
6. M.C.A. Hogarth's profile on Twitter. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
7. "Update on Games Workshop’s Quarrel with Spots the Space Marine" Archived 2014-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - entry on M.C.A. Hogarth's blog. Dated January 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
8. Barnett, David (7 February 2013). "Superheroes, space marines and lawyers get into trademark fight". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
9. "Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
10. Cory Doctorow (6 February 2013). "Games Workshop trademark bullying goes thermonuclear: now they say you can't use "space marine" in science fiction". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
11. Corynne McSherry (8 February 2013). "Trademark Bully Thwarted: Spots the Space Marine Back Online". EFF. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
12. "Games Workshop Space Marine Trademark Battle Erupts As Sci-Fi Fans Point To History". Huffington Post UK. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
13. Hogarth, MCA. "The Return of Spots the Space Marine". MCAH Online. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
14. "Article: The 2002 Tiptree: An Inside Look at a Juried Award, by Mary Anne Mohanraj". 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
15. "Strange Horizons 2002 Readers' Choice Awards". 2008-05-16. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
16. 2003 winners on the Ursa Major Awards website. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
17. 2004 Awards Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine on the Spectrum Awards website. Retrieved December 3, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• M. C. A. Hogarth at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Spots the Space Marine: Defense of the Fiddler in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

• American fantasy writers
• American women illustrators
• American illustrators
• Furry fandom people
• Living people
• American women novelists
• American women science fiction and fantasy writers
• American women short story writers
• 21st-century American novelists
• 21st-century American women writers
• 21st-century American short story writers
• American writers of Cuban descent
• Hispanic and Latino American women in the arts
• Hispanic and Latino American novelists