This year's Hugo Award ballot has just been announced. Members of this year's World Science Fiction Convention, Denvention 3, are eligible to vote. Winners will be announced at the convention, which will be held 6-10 August in Denver, Colorado.
The nominees are:
Best Novel: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon (published by HarperCollins, Fourth Estate) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr) Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog) The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor) Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace)
Best Novella: "The Fountain of Age" by Nancy Kress (published in Asimov's July 2007) "Recovering Apollo 8" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's February 2007) "Stars Seen Through Stone" by Lucius Shepard (F&SF July 2007) "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's December 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) "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (F&SF September 2007) "Dark Integers" by Greg Egan (Asimov's October/November 2007) "Glory" by Greg Egan (The New Space Opera) "Finisterra" by David Moles (F&SF December 2007)
Best Short Story: "Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction) "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007) "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera) "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)
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, introduction by Carol Emshwiller, foreword 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) 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" (televised version) written by Michael Taylor, directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Wayne Rose (Sci Fi Channel) Doctor Who "Blink" written by Stephen 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)
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