You can now demonstrate your interest in the Hugo Awards by wearing Officially Licensed Hugo Award T-Shirts. These “Classic Hugo Award” shirts list the names of people who won Hugo Awards at least 25 years ago (including Retro-Hugo Awards) on the back and a set of different humorous designs on the front. And yes, one of the front designs does say, “I’m on the back.” Our thanks to Steve Davidson for designing these shirts and making them available.
We Tweet
The Hugo Awards now have their own Twitter feed (you can find our page here). We don’t expect to do much tweeting, but there will be announcements on the feed when we make new posts here. And of course we hope to tweet this year’s winners live from Worldcon in Montreal as they are announced.
Membership Deadline Approaches
In order to participate in the nomination stage of this year’s Hugo awards you must either have been a member of last year’s Worldcon, Denvention 3, or you need to buy at least a Supporting Membership in this year’s Worldcon, Anticipation, by the end of January. Memberships are available online (en Français).
2009 Nominations Open
The nominating period for the 2009 Hugo Awards is open and the online ballot is available (en Francais). In order to nominate you must have been a member of the 2008 Worldcon, Denvention 3, or be a member of the 2009 Worldcon, Anticipation. The deadline for receipt of nominations is the end of February, but if you are not yet qualified to nominate you must purchase your Anticipation membership before January 31st. A “Supporting Membership” in Anticipation is sufficient to obtain Hugo Award nominating and voting rights. You do not have to attend the convention in order to participate.
Further information on Anticipation memberships is available from their web site. For more information on how to participate in the Hugo Awards see our helpful guide.
2008 Hugo Award Results Announced
The results of the 2008 Hugo Awards, as announced at Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, in Denver, Colorado, USA, on August 9th 2008, are as follows:
- Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
- Best Novella: “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
- Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
- Best Short Story: “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s June 2007)
- Best Related Book: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Stardust Written by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
- Best Editor, Long Form: David G. Hartwell
- Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
- Best Professional Artist: Stephan Martiniere
- Best Semiprozine: Locus
- Best Fanzine: File 770
- Best Fan Writer: John Scalzi
- Best Fan Artist: Brad Foster
The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by the World Science Fiction Society, is:
- Mary Robinette Kowal
2008 Hugo Award Ceremony
Are you coming to this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, Denvention 3? Come to the 2008 Hugo Awards Ceremony. Denvention 3 Toastmaster Wil McCarthy will host fandom’s biggest awards event. Expect a few surprises along the way! This year’s Hugo Ceremony will be Saturday, August 9, beginning at 7:30 pm in the Wells Fargo Theater. As this theater has 5,000 stadium-style seats, finding a comfortable seat with a great view of the stage will be no problem.
The Hugo presenters this year will be Denvention 3 Artist Guest of Honor Rick Sternbach, Fan Guest of Honor Tom Whitmore, past Hugo winners Connie Willis and Robert Silverberg, Nebula winner Ed Bryant, TAFF winner Chris Garcia, DUFF winners Sue and Steve Francis, and Denvention 2 Fan GoH Rusty Hevelin. We’re also featuring a short performance by Denvention 3’s Music Guest Kathy Mar.
Free Hugo-Nominated eBooks
A number of publishers have teamed up to offer free electronic copies of this year’s Best Novel nominees to Hugo Awards voters. The books involved are Brasyl by Ian McDonald, Rollback by Robert Sawyer and The Last Colony by John Scalzi. US residents will also get Halting State by Charles Stross. The ebooks do not contain any digital rights management software and come as RTF files.
To get your free books, all you need to do is buy at least a ($50) supporting membership in this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, Denvention 3 (buy online here). That will give you the right to vote in the Hugo Awards and qualify you for the free book offer. Then you need to write to John Scalzi, who is coordinating the ebook giveaway. Details here.
The fifth nominee for Best Novel, Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, is not included in the giveaway, but an excerpt is available on the HarperCollins web site.
Many of the short fiction nominees are also available free online. Check out links here.
2008 Hugo Award Nominees
Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, has announced the ballot for the 2008 Hugo Awards. Nominations were made by the members of last year’s World Science Fiction Convention, held in Yokohama, and this year’s, to be held in Denver. Members of the 2008 convention will have until July 1, 2008, to vote on this ballot. Winners will be announced and trophies awarded at Denvention’s Hugo Awards Ceremony on Saturday, August 9.
The voting will be conducted by mail and online. The online ballot will be available at the Denvention 3 web site in the near future. You do not have to attend the convention to vote. A Supporting Membership ($50) is sufficient to secure you voting rights. Memberships can be purchased here.
The full list of nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, is as follows:
Best Novel
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, Fourth Estate)
- Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
- Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog Oct. 2006-Jan/Feb. 2007)
- The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor)
- Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace)
Best Novella
- “The Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s July 2007)
- “Recovering Apollo 8” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov’s Feb. 2007)
- “Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard (F&SF July 2007)
- “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007, Subterranean Press)
- “Memorare” by Gene Wolfe (F&SF April 2007)
Best Novelette
- “The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham (Logorrhea, ed. John Klima, Bantam)
- “The Merchant and the Alchemist”s Gate” by Ted Chiang (F&SF Sept. 2007)
- “Dark Integers” by Greg Egan (Asimov’s Oct./Nov. 2007)
- “Glory” by Greg Egan (The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
- “Finisterra” by David Moles (F&SF Dec. 2007)
Best Short Story
- “Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, ed. George Mann, Solaris Books)
- “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s June 2007)
- “Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?” by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera, ed. by Gardner Dozois, and Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
- “Distant Replay” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s April/May 2007)
- “A Small Room in Koboldtown” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s April/May 2007, The Dog Said Bow-Wow, Tachyon Publications)
Best Related Book
- The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Glyer; appendix by David Bratman (Kent State University Press)
- Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium by Barry Malzberg (Baen)
- Emshwiller: Infinity x Two by Luis Ortiz, intro. by Carol Emshwiller, fwd. by Alex Eisenstien (Nonstop)
- Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
- Enchanted Written by Bill Kelly Directed by Kevin Lima (Walt Disney Pictures)
- The Golden Compass Written by Chris Weitz Based on the novel by Philip Pullman Directed by Chris Weitz (New Line Cinema)
- Heroes, Season 1 Created by Tim Kring (NBC Universal Television and Tailwind Productions Written by Tim Kring, Jeff Loeb, Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Natalie Chaidez, Jesse Alexander, Adam Armus, Aron Eli Coleite, Joe Pokaski, Christopher Zatta, Chuck Kim. Directed by David Semel, Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Ernest R. Dickerson, Paul Shapiro, Donna Deitch, Paul A. Edwards, John Badham, Terrence O’Hara, Jeannot Szwarc, Roxann Dawson, Kevin Bray, Adam Kane
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Written by Michael Goldenberg Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling Directed by David Yates (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Stardust Written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- Battlestar Galactica “Razor” Written by Michael Taylor Directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Wayne Rose (Sci Fi Channel) (televised version, not DVD)
- Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
- Doctor Who “Human Nature’ / “Family of Blood” Written by Paul Cornell Directed by Charles Palmer (BBC)
- Star Trek New Voyages “World Enough and Time” Written by Michael Reaves & Marc Scott Zicree Directed by Marc Scott Zicree (Cawley Entertainment Co. and The Magic Time Co.)
- Torchwood “Captain Jack Harkness” Written by Catherine Tregenna Directed by Ashley Way (BBC Wales)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form
- Ellen Datlow
- Stanley Schmidt
- Jonathan Strahan
- Gordon Van Gelder
- Sheila Williams
Best Professional Editor, Long Form
- Lou Anders
- Ginjer Buchanan
- David G. Hartwell
- Beth Meacham
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Professional Artist
- Bob Eggleton
- Phil Foglio
- John Harris
- Stephan Martiniere
- John Picacio
- Shaun Tan
Best Semiprozine
- Ansible edited by David Langford
- Helix edited by William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans
- Interzone edited by Andy Cox
- Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Liza Groen Trombi
- New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney
Best Fanzine
- Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
- Challenger edited by Guy Lillian III
- Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia
- File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
- PLOKTA edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott
Best Fan Writer
- Chris Garcia
- David Langford
- Cheryl Morgan
- John Scalzi
- Steven H Silver
Best Fan Artist
- Brad Foster
- Teddy Harvia
- Sue Mason
- Steve Stiles
- Taral Wayne
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by WSFS)
- Joe Abercrombie (2nd year of eligibility)
- Jon Armstrong (1st year of eligibility)
- David Anthony Durham (1st year of eligibility)
- David Louis Edelman (2nd year of eligibility)
- Mary Robinette Kowal (2nd year of eligibility)
- Scott Lynch (2nd year of eligibility)
There were 483 valid nominating ballots.
Nominations Period Closing
The nominating period for the 2008 Hugo Awards closes at midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Saturday March 1st (Saturday night on the US west coast). Nominations must be received by then in order to be counted. Please do not leave voting until the last minute. Online voting is almost instantaneous, but any small technical problem could result in your ballot being delayed.
Hugo Awards Deadline Reminder
In order to participate in the Nominations stage of this year’s Hugo Awards you must either have been a member of the 2007 Worldcon (Nippon 2007), or you must purchase at least a Supporting Membership in the 2008 Worldcon (Denvention 3) by the end of January. Supporting Memberships are $50 and can be upgraded to Attending Memberships later. You can buy a Denvention 3 membership online here.
This year’s deadline for casting nominating ballots is March 1st. You can find a downloadable ballot or vote online here.