Month: May 2014

Hugo Voter Packet Released

~ Kevin

The 2014 Hugo Awards voter packet — an electronic package of nominated works made available by Hugo nominees and their publishers — is now available for download by Supporting, Attending and Young Adult members of Loncon 3, the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention.

The voter packet, which includes full editions of many Hugo-nominated works and preview versions of others, enables Loncon 3 Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members to familiarize themselves with the Hugo Award contenders before voting. The packet will remain available until voting closes at 0000 PDT on Friday 1 August 2014. Only Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of Loncon 3 can vote on the final ballot for the 2014 Hugo Awards. You can become a member of Loncon 3 at their membership web site.

The 2014 Hugo Awards will be presented at a ceremony on the evening of Sunday, 17 August 2014 in London. The ceremony will be streamed live via the internet to enable fans around the world to experience this celebration of the best of the year’s science fiction and fantasy.

A voter packet for the Retro Hugos, commemorating the best in science fiction and fantasy available to fans in 1939, is also being organized by the Loncon 3 Hugo team, and we’ll announce it here when it is available.

The full press release from Loncon 3 is available on their web site.

Hugo Voter Packet and Voting Update

~ Kevin

Loncon 3 is working on assembling the Hugo Voter Packet, but has not yet released it. We will make an announcement here when they release the packet, and Loncon 3 will send an announcement to all of their members with registered e-mail addresses. If you have questions about the Hugo Voter Packet, write to hugoadmin@loncon3.org. Hugo Voter Packets will come from Loncon 3, the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention, not from the Hugo Awards web site.

Voting for the 2014 Hugo Awards has not yet opened. We will make an announcement when voting opens. Voting will take place through the Loncon 3 Hugo Awards web page and will be administered by Loncon 3. You must be a supporting or attending member of Loncon 3, the 2014 Worldcon, to vote on the final ballot. If you are a member of Loncon 3 and have a question about your PIN to use with online voting, write to hugopin@loncon3.org. Voting by paper ballots will also be available through ballots that will be available on the Loncon 3 web site and that Loncon 3 will send to their members.