Nominations for 2010 Hugo Awards

Ballot for Top Science Fiction Awards Announced

Apr 5, 2010
Steve Rogerson

Colin Harris, Rita Medany and Vince Docherty - Steve Rogerson

The nominations for the 2010 Hugo Awards, the leading awards for science fiction books, films, TV and the rest, were announced in London on 4 April 2010.

The Hugo Awards are science-fiction’s top awards and are presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention. The 2010 event will be from 2 to 6 September 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, and goes by the name Aussicon 4. The nominations were announced on 4 April 2010 at Odyssey, the annual British Science Fiction Convention, at Heathrow, London. The awards were announced by Hugo administrator Vincent Docherty, Odyssey chair Rita Medany and Colin Harris, co-chair of the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention.

Best Novel

Boneshaker, Cherie Priest
The City & The City, China Miéville
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson
Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente
Wake, Robert Sawyer
The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi

Best Novella

Act One, Nancy Kress
The God Engines, John Scalzi
Palimpsest, Charles Stross
Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow
Vishnu at the Cat Circus, Ian McDonald
The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker

Best Novelette

Eros, Philia, Agape, Rachel Swirsky
The Island, Peter Watts
It Takes Two, Nicola Griffith
One of Our Bastards is Missing, Paul Cornell
Overtime, Charles Stross
Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast, Eugie Foster

Best Short Story

The Bride of Frankenstein, Mike Resnick
Bridesicle, Will McIntosh
The Moment, Lawrence Schoen
Non-Zero Probabilities, NK Jemisin
Spar, Kij Johnson

Best Related Book

Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute
Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees, Michael Swanwick
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children’s and Teens’ Science Fiction, Farah Mendlesohn
On Joanna Russ, edited by Farah Mendlesohn
The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms, Helen Merrick
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is “I”), Jack Vance

Best Graphic Story

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, written by Neil Gaiman; pencilled by Andy Kubert; inked by Scott Williams
Captain Britain and MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State, written by Paul Cornell; pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf
Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages, written by Bill Willingham; pencilled by Mark Buckingham; art by Peter Gross and Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; colour by Lee Loughridge and Laura Allred; letters by Todd Klein
Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm, written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colours by Cheyenne Wright
Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Avatar, screenplay and directed by James Cameron
District 9, screenplay by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell; directed by Neill Blomkamp
Moon, screenplay by Nathan Parker; story by Duncan Jones; directed by Duncan Jones
Star Trek, screenplay by Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman; directed by JJ Abrams
Up, screen play by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter; story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and Thomas McCarthy; directed by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who: “The Next Doctor”, written by Russell Davies; directed by Andy Goddard
Doctor Who: “Planet of the Dead”, written by Russell Davies and Gareth Roberts; directed by James Strong
Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars”, written by Russell Davies and Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper
Dollhouse: “Epitaph 1″, story by Joss Whedon; written by Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon; directed by David Solomon
FlashForward: “No More Good Days”, written by Brannon Braga and David Goyer; directed by David Goyer; based on the novel by Robert Sawyer

Best Editor, Long Form

Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
Liz Gorinsky
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Juliet Ulman

Best Editor, Short Form

Ellen Datlow
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist

Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Daniel Dos Santos
Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine

Ansible, edited by David Langford
Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Cheryl Morgan
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Locus, edited by Charles Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi
Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer and Stephen Segal

Best Fan Writer

Claire Brialey
Christopher Garcia
James Nicoll
Lloyd Penney
Frederik Pohl

Best Fanzine

Argentus, edited by Steven Silver
Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger, edited by Guy Lillian III
Drink Tank, edited by Christopher Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa, edited by Tony Smith

Best Fan Artist

Brad Foster
Dave Howell
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne

The John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Saladin Ahmed
Gail Carriger
Felix Gilman
Seanan McGuire
Lezli Robyn

Supporting and attending members of Aussiecon 4 are eligible to vote in the final round. Ballots may be submitted online or by the paper ballot that will be distributed in the convention's Progress Report Three. All ballots must be received by 31 July 2010.