The Hugo award list was announced the other day, and it breaks down like this: Best Novel (430 ballots cast.) * Learning the World by Ken MacLeod (Orbit; Tor) * A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (Voyager; Bantam Spectra) * Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Tor) * Accelerando by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit) * Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) Best Novella (243 ballots cast.) * Burn by James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon) [Updated 04-Apr-2006] * “Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link (Magic for Beginners, Small Beer Press; Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2005) * “The Little Goddess” by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s June 2005) * “Identify Theft by Robert J. Sawyer (Down These Dark Spaceways, SFBC) * “Inside Job” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s January 2005) Best Novelette (207 ballots cast.) * “The Calorie Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005) * “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle (Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005) * “TelePresence” by Michael A. Burstein (Analog July/August 2005) * “I, Robot” by Cory Doctorow (The Infinite Matrix February 15, 2005) * “The King of Where-I-Go” by Howard Waldrop (SCI FICTION December 7, 2005) Best Short Story (278 ballots cast.) * “Seventy-Five Years” by Michael A. Burstein (Analog January/February 2005) * “The Clockwork Atom Bomb” by Dominic Green (Interzone May/June 2005) * “Singing My Sister Down” by Margo Lanagan (Black Juice, Allen & Unwin; Eos) * “Tk’tk’tk” by David D. Levine (Asimov’s March 2005) * “Down Memory Lane” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s April/May 2005) Best Related Book (197 ballots cast.) * Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 by Mike Ashley (Liverpool) * The SEX Column and Other Misprints by David Langford (Cosmos) * Science Fiction Quotations edited by Gary Westfahl (Yale) * Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop by Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press) * Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon) Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (364 ballots cast.) * Batman Begins Story, David S. Goyer. Screenplay, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Based on the character created, Bob Kane. Directed, Christopher Nolan. (Warner Bros.) * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Screenplay, Ann Peacock and Andrew Adamson and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. Based on the novel, C.S. Lewis. Directed, Andrew Adamson. (Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media) * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Screenplay, Steven Kloves. Based on the novel, J.K. Rowling. Directed, Mike Newell. (Warner Bros.) * Serenity Written & Directed, Joss Whedon. (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.) * Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit Screenplay, Steve Box & Nick Park and Bob Baker and Mark Burton. Directed, Nick Park & Steve Box. (Dreamworks Animation/Aardman Animation). Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (261 ballots cast. There are seven nominees due to a tie for fifth place.) * Battlestar Galactica “Pegasus” Written, Anne Cofell Saunders. Directed, Michael Rymer. (NBC Universal/British Sky Broadcasting) * Doctor Who “Dalek” Written, Robert Shearman. Directed, Joe Ahearne. (BBC Wales/BBC1) * Doctor Who “The Empty Child” & “The Doctor Dances” Written, Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1) * Doctor Who “Father’s Day” Written, Paul Cornell. Directed, Joe Ahearne. (BBC Wales/BBC1) * Jack-Jack Attack Written & Directed, Brad Bird. (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation) * Lucas Back in Anger Written, Phil Raines and Ian Sorensen. Directed, Phil Raines. (Reductio Ad Absurdum Productions) * Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony (Opening Speech and Framing Sequences). Written and performed, Paul McAuley and Kim Newman. Directed, Mike & Debby Moir. (Interaction Events) Best Professional Editor (293 ballots cast.) * Ellen Datlow (SCI FICTION and anthologies) * David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year’s Best SF) * Stanley Schmidt (Analog) * Gordon Van Gelder (Fantasy & Science Fiction) * Sheila Williams (Asimov’s) Best Professional Artist (230 ballots cast. There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place.) * Jim Burns * Bob Eggleton * Donato Giancola * Stephan Martiniere * John Picacio * Michael Whelan Best Semiprozine (219 ballots cast.) * Ansible edited by Dave Langford * Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan * Interzone edited by Andy Cox * Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi * The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney Best Fanzine (176 ballots cast.) * Banana Wings edited, Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer (request copy of Banana Wings) * Challenger edited, Guy H. Lillian III * Chunga edited, Andy Hooper, Randy Byers & carl juarez [Updated 04-Apr-2006] * File 770 edited by Mike Glyer * Plokta edited, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott Best Fan Writer (202 ballots cast.) * Claire Brialey * John Hertz [Updated 04-Apr-2006] * Dave Langford * Cheryl Morgan * Steven H Silver Best Fan Artist (154 ballots cast.) * Brad Foster * Teddy Harvia * Sue Mason * Steve Stiles * Frank Wu John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo. An award for the best new writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 2004 or 2005 in a professional publication. Sponsored by Dell Magazines.] (186 ballots cast. There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place.) * K.J. Bishop (2nd year of eligibility) * Sarah Monette (2nd year of eligibility) * Chris Roberson (2nd year of eligibility) * Brandon Sanderson (1st year of eligibility) * John Scalzi (1st year of eligibility) * Steph Swainston (2nd year of eligibility) Link