Hugo Voting Deadline Approaches

~ Kevin

The deadline for voting for the 2013 Hugo Awards is fast approaching. LoneStarCon 3 must receive your ballot by Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at 23:59 (11:59 PM) Central Daylight Time. Note that the deadline is in Central Daylight Time (Texas time). Don’t miss out on voting because you didn’t realize the deadline wasn’t in your zone’s time and missed it by an hour or two. Even better, vote a few days before the deadline so that if your internet connection goes down at the last minute, you don’t miss out on voting.

See the Hugo Awards Page at the LoneStarCon 3 web site for details on how to vote. Even if you’re not yet a member of LoneStarCon 3, it’s still not too late to join as at least a supporting member and cast your vote on this year’s Awards.

2013 Hugo Award Nomination Deadline Nears

~ Kevin

Nominations for the 2013 Hugo Awards close on March 10, 2013. LoneStarCon 3, this year’s Worldcon, must receive your ballot by Sunday, March 10, 2013, 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

If you have not yet received your PIN for voting online and believe that you should have one, contact LoneStarCon 3 at hugopin@lonestarcon3.org. Do not write to us at the Hugo Awards Web Site with questions about your PIN, because we here at the web site do not administer the awards or keep the list of PINs. We will forward any messages we get about Hugo PINs to LoneStarCon 3, but sending your query to us will delay processing of your request.

The 2013 Hugo Awards are administered by LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon. Direct any specific questions about the 2013 Hugo Awards to LoneStarCon 3. See the 2013 Hugo Awards page on the LoneStarCon 3 web site for further information about 2013 Hugo Awards.

Thanks, GalleyCat

~ Kevin

We are delighted to see that a post about the 2012 Hugo Awards proved to be the most popular “literary mix tape” on the GalleyCat blog this year. GalleyCat is a major publishing industry blog, and we beat out many other prominent awards to get to the spot. We are very grateful to GalleyCat for their support for the Hugo Awards, and are pleased to see them pointing their readers in the direction of some very fine writing and art.

2012 Hugo Trophy Unveiled

~ Kevin

The design of the 2012 Hugo Award trophy was unveiled during the Opening Ceremonies of Chicon 7, the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention, on the evening of August 30. Although in recent years conventions have unveiled that year’s design during the Hugo Award ceremony, Chicon 7 elected to showcase the trophy earlier so that members could see it before the final night of the convention. The trophy has been on display in the convention’s Hugo Award history exhibit.

While the Hugo Award trophy always includes the rocket originally designed by Jack McKnight and Ben Jason as refined by Peter Weston, each year’s Worldcon can design its own base. In recent years, most Worldcons have had an open design competition to design the Hugo Award base. This year’s trophy base designer Deb Kosiba appeared in the Opening Ceremonies and gave a presentation on the design she produced. Deb has graciously provided TheHugoAwards.org with a copy of her presentation text, which we have incorporated into the 2012 Hugo Award Trophy page.

The 2012 Hugo Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Chicago on the evening of Sunday, September 2, 2012, starting at 8 PM CDT. The ceremony will be streamed live on the Worldcon UStream Channel and described on the Hugo Awards web site as a CoverItLive Broadcast.

Hugo Awards Ceremony Tonight

~ Kevin

The 2011 Hugo Awards will be announced tonight, August 20, at a ceremony at the Peppermill Hotel in Reno, Nevada during Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 8 PM Pacific Daylight Time tonight.

Live video streaming of the event is scheduled to be available on the UStream Worldcon Events channel, courtesy of Renovation’s Events Team.

Text-based live-blogging coverage of the Hugo Award Ceremony on CoverItLive will be hosted by TheHugoAwards.org.

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.