The winners of the 2007 Hugo Awards were announced earlier today (well, not so early) at Nippon 2007, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), in Yokohama, Japan (the nominees were announced in this article. The winners (and nominees) are determined by the readers: anyone who attends the WorldCon is eligible to nominate and vote. The ceremony was presided over by co-toastmasters George Takei and Nozomi Ohmori.
The winers are:
Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (published by Tor, 2006)
Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s, October/November 2006)
Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s, July 2006)
Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt (Asimov’s, July 2006)
Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin’s, 2006)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth, screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Picturehouse)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: “Girl in the Fireplace,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Euros Lyn (BBC Wales/BBC1)
Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi
Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, & Randy Byers
Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
John W. Cambpell Award for Best New Writer: Naomi Novik
Full details on vote counts (including who came in second, third, and so on based on the Australian ballot used) are available in this 12-page pdf document. Details on nominations (including those nominees who missed the final ballot) are available in this 11-page pdf document.