This year’s Hugo Award ballot has just been announced. Members of this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, Denvention 3, are eligible to vote. Winners will be announced at the convention, which will be held 6-10 August in Denver, Colorado.
The nominees are:
Best Novel:
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (published by HarperCollins, Fourth Estate)
Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog)
The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor)
Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace)
Best Novella:
“The Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress (published in Asimov’s July 2007)
“Recovering Apollo 8” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov’s February 2007)
“Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard (F&SF July 2007)
“All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s December 2007; Subterranean Press)
“Memorare” by Gene Wolfe (F&SF April 2007)
Best Novelette:
“The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham (Logorrhea)
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (F&SF September 2007)
“Dark Integers” by Greg Egan (Asimov’s October/November 2007)
“Glory” by Greg Egan (The New Space Opera)
“Finisterra” by David Moles (F&SF December 2007)
Best Short Story:
“Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction)
“Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s June 2007)
“Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?” by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera)
“Distant Replay” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s April/May 2007)
“A Small Room in Koboldtown” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s April/May 2007; The Dog Said Bow-Wow)
Best Related Book:
The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Glyer; appendix by David Bratman (Kent State University Press)
Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium by Barry Malzberg (Baen)
Emshwiller: Infinity x Two by Luis Ortiz, introduction by Carol Emshwiller, foreword by Alex Eisenstien (Nonstop)
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form:
Enchanted written by Bill Kelly, directed by Kevin Lima (Walt Disney Pictures)
The Golden Compass written by Chris Weitz, based on the novel by Philip Pullman, directed by Chris Weitz (New Line Cinema)
Heroes, Season 1 created by Tim Kring (NBC Universal Television and Tailwind Productions)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix written by Michael Goldenberg, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, directed by David Yates (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Stardust written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form:
Battlestar Galactica “Razor” (televised version) written by Michael Taylor, directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Wayne Rose (Sci Fi Channel)
Doctor Who “Blink” written by Stephen Moffat, directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
Doctor Who “Human Nature”/”Family of Blood” written by Paul Cornell, directed by Charles Palmer (BBC)
Star Trek New Voyages “World Enough and Time” written by Michael Reaves & Marc Scott Zicree, directed by Marc Scott Zicree (Cawley Entertainment Co. and The Magic Time Co.)
Torchwood “Captain Jack Harkness” written by Catherine Tregenna, directed by Ashley Way (BBC Wales)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form:
Ellen Datlow
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams
Best Professional Editor, Long Form:
Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
David G. Hartwell
Beth Meacham
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Professional Artist:
Bob Eggleton
Phil Foglio
John Harris
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Shaun Tan
Best Semiprozine:
Ansible edited by David Langford
Helix edited by William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
Best Fanzine:
Argentus edited by Steven H. Silver
Challenger edited by Guy Lillian III
Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
PLOKTA edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott
Best Fan Writer:
Chris Garcia
David Langford
Cheryl Morgan
John Scalzi
Steven H. Silver
Best Fan Artist:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by WSFS):
Joe Abercrombie (2nd year of eligibility)
Jon Armstrong (1st year of eligibility)
David Anthony Durham (1st year of eligibility)
David Louis Edelman (2nd year of eligibility)
Mary Robinette Kowal (2nd year of eligibility)
Scott Lynch (2nd year of eligibility)