This year’s Hugo Award ballot has just been announced. Members of this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, Aussiecon 4, are eligible to vote (ballots are due 31 July). Winners will be announced at a ceremony on 5 September, during the convention, which will be held 2-6 September in Melbourne, Australia.
The nominees are:
Best Novel:
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor)
WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog Science Fiction & Fact)
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
Best Novella:
The Women of Nell Gwynne’s by Kage Baker (Subterranean)
“Act One” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Science Fiction)
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus” by Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)
Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow (Tachyon)
The God Engines by John Scalzi (Subterranean)
“Palimpsest” by Charles Stross (Wireless)
Best Novelette:
“One of Our Bastards is Missing” by Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)
“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster (Interzone)
“It Takes Two” by Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three)
“Overtime” by Charles Stross (Tor.com)
“Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com)
“The Island” by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
Best Short Story:
“Non-Zero Probabilities” by N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld)
“Spar” by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld)
“Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s)
“The Bride of Frankenstein” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s)
“The Moment” by Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints)
Best Related Book:
Canary Fever: Reviews by John Clute (Beccon)
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children’s and Teens’ Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland)
On Joanna Russ edited by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan)
The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms by Helen Merrick (Aqueduct)
Hope-in-the-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees by Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is “I”) by Jack Vance (Subterranean)
Best Graphic Story:
Captain Britain and MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State written by Paul Cornell; pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona, and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? written by Neil Gaiman; pencilled by Andy Kubert; inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse written and illustrated by Howard Tayler
Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages written by Bill Willingham; pencilled by Mark Buckingham; art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; color by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form:
Avatar screenplay and directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
District 9 screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures)
Moon screenplay by Nathan Parker; story by Duncan Jones; directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
Star Trek screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount)
Up screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form:
Doctor Who: “The Next Doctor” written by Russell T. Davies; directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: “Planet of the Dead” written by Russell T. Davies & Gareth Roberts; directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars” written by Russell T. Davies & Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
Dollhouse: “Epitaph 1” story by Joss Whedon; written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy)
FlashForward: “No More Good Days” written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; directed by David S. Goyer; based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer (ABC)
Best Editor, Long Form:
Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
Liz Gorinsky
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Juliet Ulman
Best Editor, Short Form:
Ellen Datlow
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams
Best Professional Artist:
Daniel Dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Shaun Tan
Best Semiprozine:
Ansible edited by David Langford
Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
Best Fanzine:
Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
Drink Tank edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith
Best Fan Writer:
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
James Nicoll
Lloyd Penney
Frederik Pohl
Best Fan Artist:
Brad W. Foster
Dave Howell
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer:
Saladin Ahmed
Gail Carriger
Felix Gilman
Seanan McGuire
Lezli Robyn