{"id":5092,"date":"2011-04-25T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T23:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2011-04-25T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T23:14:11","slug":"the-hugo-award-finalists-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/04\/25\/the-hugo-award-finalists-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hugo Award Finalists 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hugo Award<\/strong> is one of the major awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. The Hugos are awarded each year by the World Science Fiction Society<\/a>, at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon). This year’s finalists—to be announced at Renovation<\/a>, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, 17-21 August—have just been made public and include:<\/p>\n

Best Novel<\/strong><\/span>
\nBlackout\/All Clear<\/strong><\/em> by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
\nCryoburn<\/strong><\/em> by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
\nThe Dervish House<\/strong><\/em> by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
\nFeed<\/strong><\/em> by Mira Grant (Orbit)
\nThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms<\/strong><\/em> by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)<\/p>\n

Best Novella<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u201cThe Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen\u2019s Window\u201d<\/strong> by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine,<\/em> Summer 2010)
\nThe Lifecycle of Software Objects<\/strong><\/em> by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
\n\u201cThe Maiden Flight of McCauley\u2019s Bellerophon\u201d<\/strong> by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales,<\/em> William Morrow)
\n\u201cThe Sultan of the Clouds\u201d<\/strong> by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov\u2019s,<\/em> September 2010)
\n\u201cTroika\u201d<\/strong> by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines,<\/em> Science Fiction Book Club)<\/p>\n

Best Novelette<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u201cEight Miles\u201d<\/strong> by Sean McMullen (Analog,<\/em> September 2010)
\n\u201cThe Emperor of Mars\u201d<\/strong> by Allen M. Steele (Asimov\u2019s,<\/em> June 2010)
\n\u201cThe Jaguar House, in Shadow\u201d<\/strong> by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov\u2019s,<\/em> July 2010)
\n\u201cPlus or Minus\u201d<\/strong> by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov\u2019s,<\/em> December 2010)
\n\u201cThat Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made\u201d<\/strong> by Eric James Stone (Analog,<\/em> September 2010)<\/p>\n

Best Short Story<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u201cAmaryllis\u201d<\/strong> by Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed,<\/em> June 2010)
\n\u201cFor Want of a Nail\u201d<\/strong> by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov\u2019s,<\/em> September 2010)
\n\u201cPonies\u201d<\/strong> by Kij Johnson (Tor.com,<\/em> November 17, 2010)
\n\u201cThe Things\u201d<\/strong> by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld,<\/em> January 2010)<\/p>\n

Best Graphic Story<\/strong><\/span>
\nFables: Witches<\/strong><\/em>, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
\nGirl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse<\/strong><\/em>, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
\nGrandville Mon Amour<\/strong><\/em>, by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
\nSchlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel<\/strong><\/em>, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler; colors by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode)
\nThe Unwritten, Volume 2: Inside Man<\/strong><\/em>, written by Mike Carey; illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)<\/p>\n

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer<\/strong><\/span>
\nAward for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2009 or 2010, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).<\/em>
\nSaladin Ahmed
\nLauren Beukes
\nLarry Correia
\nLev Grossman
\nDan Wells
\nNote: All Campbell finalists are in their 2nd year of eligibility.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other Award categories include: Best Related Work; Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form; Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form; Best Editor, Short Form; Best Editor, Long Form; Best Professional Artist; Best Semiprozine; Best Fanzine; Best Fan Writer; <\/span>and Best Fan Artist. <\/span>You can see the full list of finalists, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

With respect to the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer<\/strong>, you may recall that Saladin Ahmed<\/strong> posted as part of\u00a0 Mary Victoria’s<\/strong> <\/a>guest series on Writing Strong Women<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. You can read his guest post here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

You may also recall that last year I had a lot of fun reading all the Hugo Award fiction finalists and blogging about the experience on HarperVoyager USA<\/a>, in the following series of posts:<\/p>\n

The Hugo Awards: the Reading Has Begun<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hugo Awards: Going Down to the Wire<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hugo Awards: Making Tough Choices<\/a><\/p>\n

The Hugo Awards 2010: Being There<\/a><\/p>\n

I am thinking that I may do the same again this year, my own writing commitments allowing—although this time I think I might begin<\/em> with the novels, rather than leaving them to the end. And given that’s quite <\/em>a lot of reading, around now could be a very good time to start … \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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