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Hugo Awards Ceremony to be Re-Broadcast
The 2012 Hugo Awards Ceremony, originally staged at Chicon 7, the 2012 Worldcon, on September 2, will be re-broadcast in its entirety and ad-free via UStream on Sunday, September 9, starting at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT) at www.ustream.tv/channel/hugo-awards.
The original broadcast on UStream was interrupted when UStream’s automated copyright-infringement software detected content deemed to be in violation of copyright. The content (clips of Hugo-Award-nominated dramatic presentations) had been cleared for use as part of the ceremony, but UStream was unable to restart the coverage of the ceremony.
UStream founder and CEO Brad Hunstable spoke directly to Chicon 7 Chairman Dave McCarty the day after the 2012 Worldcon ended and apologized for the disruption. UStream will rebroadcast the 2012 Hugo Awards Ceremony without ads or interruption and will work with the Hugo Awards Marketing Committee (which McCarty chairs) and future Worldcons to support future Hugo Award ceremony broadcasts.
Further details are in the press release on the Chicon 7 Worldcon web site.
2012 Hugo Award Winners
Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the 2012 Hugo Award winners. 1922 valid ballots were received and counted in the final ballot.
BEST NOVEL
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
BEST NOVELLA
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, September/October 2011)
BEST NOVELETTE
“Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2011)
BEST RELATED WORK
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Digger by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
Game of Thrones (Season 1) (HBO)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
“The Doctor’s Wife” (Doctor Who) (BBC Wales)
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Sheila Williams
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Betsy Wollheim
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
John Picacio
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
BEST FANZINE
SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo
BEST FAN WRITER
Jim C. Hines
BEST FAN ARTIST
Maurine Starkey
BEST FANCAST
SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer
of 2010 or 2011, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).
E. Lily Yu
The 2012 Hugo Award winners were announced on Sunday evening, September 2, at the at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago. The ceremony was hosted by Chicon 7 Toastmaster John Scalzi.
The 2012 Hugo trophy base was designed by artist Deb Kosiba, who had also previously designed the bases for the 2005 and 2006 Worldcons.
Chicon 7 also presented a Special Committee Award to Chicago resident and science fiction author, editor, and collector Robert Weinberg.
See the Final Ballot Details for a full breakdown of votes, subsequent placements, and nomination counts.
2012 Hugo Awards to be Streamed
Chicon 7, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, has confirmed that the 2012 Hugo Awards Ceremony will be broadcast live around the world via the Worldcon UStream Channel. This is in addition to the previously announced CoverItLive event that will be hosted on the Hugo Awards web site.
The Hugo Awards Ceremony will be Sunday, September 2, 2012 at a formal ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The ceremony is scheduled for 8 PM CDT.
1,922 people cast ballots in this year’s Hugo Awards, representing the second-highest voter turnout for the final ballot in the history of the Awards.
More details are available in the announcement at the Chicon 7 web site.
2012 Hugo Awards Livecast Scheduled
Can’t attend this year’s Worldcon? You can attend the ceremony virtually by following our online coverage. As we did last year, TheHugoAwards.org will provide live text-based coverage of the 2012 Hugo Awards ceremony from Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, September 2, 2012 at 8 PM Central Daylight Time.
Bookmark our 2012 Hugo Award Live Coverage page for the gateway to the event coverage on CoverItLive.
Kevin Standlee and Mur Lafferty will cover the event from the Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and we’ll incorporate the official @chicon_7 and @TheHugoAwards Twitter feeds, as well as Twitter posts using the #hugos, #hugoaward, #hugoawards, and #thehugoawards hashtags.
Our coverage is text-only. Chicon intends to provide live streaming coverage of the ceremony on UStream. We’ll include a link to the live-stream from within our coverage.
We’ll be “on the air” shortly before the scheduled 8 PM CDT start. Join us to watch, read, and discuss the results as the Worldcon presents our field’s top honors.
Our thanks to Chicon 7, the 2012 Worldcon, for their cooperation and funding of live coverage of the 2012 Hugo Awards ceremony.
2012 Hugo Voter Packet Released
Chicon 7, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, has released the 2012 Hugo Voter Packet. This package includes electronic versions of many works nominated for the 2012 Hugo Awards. It is available only to Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of Chicon 7, and only through the close of voting on this year’s Hugo Awards.
These Hugo Award-nominated works are made available to the members of Chicon 7 through the generosity of the nominees and publishers for the purpose of familiarizing voters with this year’s nominees.
To access the Hugo Voter Packet, you will need a PIN issued to you by Chicon 7. For more details about the packet, including how to obtain your PIN if you do not have one, see the Chicon 7 Hugo Awards web site.
Note: The 2012 Hugo Awards are administered by Chicon 7, the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention. Direct all questions about the Hugo Packet or any other aspect of the administration of the 2012 Hugo Awards to Chicon 7’s Hugo Award Administrators. If you send your question to us here at the Hugo Awards web site, your answer will be delayed until we forward it to Chicon 7.
Online, Paper Hugo Ballots Issued
The electronic ballot and paper (PDF) ballots for the 2012 Hugo Awards are now online and available from the Chicon 7 Hugo Awards web site. To vote online, you will need a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Chicon 7 will send all members PINs by e-mail or paper mail. You must be at least a supporting member of Chicon 7 in order to vote (you can join at the time you vote), and Chicon 7 must receive your ballot by the voting deadline, which is Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 11:59 pm PDT.
You do not have to attend Chicon 7 or have an attending membership in order to vote. A supporting membership is sufficient. Members of last year or next year’s Worldcons were able to participate in the nominations process, but are not eligible to vote on the final ballot (unless they are members of Chicon 7, of course.)
2012 Hugo Voting Process Underway
According to Chicon 7, the final ballot process for the 2012 Hugo Awards started on Monday, April 9, 2012 and will continue until Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Voting will be available online and by paper ballot distributed to all members of Chicon 7 and through their website. You do not have to attend Chicon 7 to vote, but you must be either an attending or supporting member of the convention. (Members of last year’s and next year’s Worldcons could nominate on this year’s Hugo Awards, but cannot vote on the final ballot unless they also join Chicon 7.)
We have as yet received no official word about a Hugo Voter Packet of nominated works; however, informal reports indicate that Chicon 7 is working on this and will make an announcement when such a package is available.
For more information about the 2012 Hugo Awards, see the Chicon 7 Hugo Awards page. If you have specific questions about this year’s Hugo Awards process, contact Chicon 7’s Hugo Administrators directly through Chicon 7’s website. If you send your questions to us here at TheHugoAwards.org, we will forward them to Chicon 7, but there may be a delay in getting your question to the right people.
2012 Hugo Award Nominations Announced
The nominations for the 2012 Hugo Awards were announced today simultaneously at events at five different conventions in the USA and UK and broadcast on UStream. The complete list of nominations is on our 2012 Hugo Award Nominations Page.