Hugo Award Nominations 2011

2011 Hugo Awards

Presented at: Renovation, Reno, Nevada, August 17-21, 2011
Awards Administration: Vincent Docherty, Chris Hansen, Kate Kligman, Diane Lacey, Patty Wells
Best Novel

• Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
• Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
• The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
• Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

Best Novella

• “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
• The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
• “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
• “The Sultan of the Clouds”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
• “Troika”, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)

Best Novelette

• “Eight Miles”, Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
• “The Emperor of Mars”, Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
• “The Jaguar House, in Shadow”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010)
• “Plus or Minus”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)
• “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made”, Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)

Best Short Story

• “Amaryllis”, Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
• “For Want of a Nail”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
• “Ponies”, Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)
• “The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)

Note: there are only four nominees in this category per the provisions of the WSFS Constitution that require that nominees receive a specified minimum percentage of nominations.
Best Related Work

• Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)
• The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
• Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)
• Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: (1907–1948): Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
• Writing Excuses, Season 4, Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells

Best Graphic Story

• Fables: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
• Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
• Grandville Mon Amour, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
• Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler; colors by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode)
• The Unwritten, Volume 2: Inside Man, written by Mike Carey; illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner)
• How to Train Your Dragon, screenplay by William Davies, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders; directed by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (DreamWorks)
• Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, screenplay by Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright; directed by Edgar Wright (Universal)
• Toy Story 3, screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich; directed by Lee Unkrich (Pixar/Disney)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
• Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
• Doctor Who: “Vincent and the Doctor,” written by Richard Curtis; directed by Jonny Campbell (BBC Wales)
• Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury, written by Rachel Bloom; directed by Paul Briganti
• The Lost Thing, written by Shaun Tan; directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan (Passion Pictures)

Best Editor, Short Form

• John Joseph Adams
• Stanley Schmidt
• Jonathan Strahan
• Gordon Van Gelder
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

• Lou Anders
• Ginjer Buchanan
• Moshe Feder
• Liz Gorinsky
• Nick Mamatas
• Beth Meacham
• Juliet Ulman

Note: Seven editors appear in this category due to a tie for the final position.
Best Professional Artist

• Daniel Dos Santos
• Bob Eggleton
• Stephan Martiniere
• John Picacio
• Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine

• Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker
• Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
• Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams
• Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong
• Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal

Best Fanzine

• Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
• Challenger, edited by Guy H. Lillian III
• The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon
• File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
• StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith

Best Fan Writer

• James Bacon
• Claire Brialey
• Christopher J Garcia
• James Nicoll
• Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

• Brad W. Foster
• Randall Munroe
• Maurine Starkey
• Steve Stiles
• Taral Wayne

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

• Saladin Ahmed
• Lauren Beukes
• Larry Correia
• Lev Grossman
• Dan Wells

1006 valid nominating ballots were counted (992 electronic and 14 paper).
A full breakdown of voting and nomination, including a list of works/people that received nominations down to fifteenth place, will be published after the 2011 Hugo Awards are presented at Renovation.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2011-hugo-awards/