Locus reports that the winners of the 2011 Seiun Awards, the Japanese version of the Hugo Awards, have been announced. Donbura Con L, the 50th Japanese Science Fiction Convention (held last weekend), was the host of this year’s awards ceremony. Winners include:
Japanese Novel: Kyonen wa Ii Toshi ni Narudarou (Last Year Was Probably a Good Year) by Yamamoto Hiroshi
Japanese Short Story: “Arisuma-oo no Aishita Mamono” (“King Arisuma’s Beloved Demon”) by Ogawa Issui
Foreign Novel: Eifelheim by Michael Flynn
Foreign Short Story: “Carry the Moon in My Pocket” by James Lovegrove
Media: District 9
Comics: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Fullmetal Alchemist) by Arakawa Hiromu
Art: Naoyuki Katou
Non-fiction: Sa wa saiensu no sa (Sa is for Science) by Tsukasa Shikano
Open category: Hayabusa (MUSES-C) space probe
The foreign novel and foreign story awards are usually reiterated at the Hugo Awards ceremony at WorldCon, but since the Japanese national sf convention this year followed WorldCon (which was in Reno, Nevada, four weeks ago), this is the first announcement of the awards.