 Her short story, "The Bone Flute", which had been published in May 1981 in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in early 1982.She had objected to another nominee in this category, George Guthridge, sending his story "The Quiet", to SFWA members.Although this practice is now generally accepted, at that time it was seldom considered.