2011 Hugo Voter Packet Released

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Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, has released the 2011 Hugo Voter Packet, an electronic package of nominated works graciously made available to voters by nominees and their publishers.

The 2011 Hugo Voter Packet is available to Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of Renovation to help inform them about the works under consideration before voting. The packet is available until voting closes on Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:59pm PDT.

Members may access the packet on the Renovation Worldcon web site or email hugopacket@renovationsf.org for voter information. If you are not yet a member of the 2011 Worldcon, you can register online. You do not need to attend the convention to participate in the Hugo Awards.

2011 Hugo Award Nominations Announced

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The nominations for the 2011 Hugo Awards were announced today at a joint ceremony held at Norwescon and Eastercon. The full list of nominations is posted on the Renovation web site.

Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, are eligible to vote in the finals. For more information, please visit Renovation’s website.

The winners will be announced Saturday, August 20th, 2011, during the Hugo Awards Ceremony at Renovation in Reno, Nevada.

2011 Hugo Nominees to be Announced Easter Sunday

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The finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer will be announced Easter Sunday, April 24, starting at 2 pm PDT. The announcement will be made jointly from Norwescon 34, the Pacific Northwest’s premier science fiction and fantasy convention, and Illustrious, the British National Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon).

Renovation will host a live chat session here on thehugoawards.org covering the announcement. More details will be available this weekend.

2011 Hugo Nomination Deadline Is Today

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The deadline of Saturday, March 26, 2011, 11:59pm, PDT to cast nominating ballots for the 2011 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is today.

Members of Renovation who joined by January 31, 2011, and members of Aussiecon 4, the 2010 Worldcon, are eligible to submit nominating ballots. All ballots must be received by Saturday, March 26, 2011, 11:59pm PDT.

Online nomination ballots are available here. More information about the Hugo Awards, including details about how to submit a nominating ballot, is available here.

2011 Hugo Award Nominations Are Open

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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced that the 2011 Hugo Nominations are now open.

Nominating ballots may be submitted online or via mail by Renovation members who join before January 31, 2011, and by all supporting and attending members of Aussiecon 4, the 2010 Worldcon.  If you would like to nominate and are not a member, more information on how to join can be found on Renovation’s membership page.

For information on the 2011 Hugo Awards, including how to submit ballots, please visit the Renovation website.

Note that the deadline for nominations is Saturday, March 26th, 2011, 23:59 PDT.

2011 Hugo Base Design Competition Open

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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced an open competition for the design of the 2011 Hugo Award base. The convention is soliciting artists and designers from around the world to come up with a base that is worthy of the Hugo Award and which reflects the convention’s theme of the New Frontiers and/or the region of Reno, Nevada and the North-Western United States.

The Hugo Award trophy consists of the iconic Hugo Award rocket, the design of which remains essentially constant from year to year, and a base designed by each Worldcon. Many recent Worldcons have held open competitions to design their bases.

The winning designer will have the opportunity to introduce their base design as part of the Hugo Ceremony itself and the base will also enter the archive of Hugo base designs, including the Hugo History exhibit which travels to each Worldcon. In addition, the winner will receive a full 5-day attending membership of Renovation along with $250 towards the cost of attending the convention.

Entrants are asked to submit initial drawings/renderings of their design to Renovation by January 1, 2011. Entrants also need to be able to arrange for up to 30 bases to be manufactured if their design is successful, with a target price of no more than $150 per individual base. The winning design will be selected no later than February 28, 2011.

Full terms and conditions for the competition can be found on Renovation’s web site.

Note: This competition is being run by Renovation, the 2011 Worldcon. Questions should be directed to them, not to the Hugo Awards web site.