2008 Hugo nominations announced

UPDATE: The awards were presented 9 August 2008 in Denver. The names in boldface are the winners. 

Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, announced last weekend the nominees for the 2008 Hugo Awards for excellence in the speculative fiction genre in 2007. The Hugo Awards honor both professional and fan work. The winners will be announced in August at the Hugo Awards Ceremony during Denvention 3 (aka Worldcon 66) in Denver.

Only supporting and attending members of Denvention 3 may vote on the Hugo Awards until July 7. They can either vote online or through the mail. Hardcopy versions of the ballot will be mailed to members or are available at the Denvention 3 Hugo Awards page.

To join Denvention 3 and vote for the works and people who were the best in 2007, go to the Devention 3 membership page.

The 2008 Hugo Awards nominations include finalists in 14 categories, plus the John W. Campbell Award, listed below. There were a total of 483 nominating ballots cast.



Best Novel
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
Brasyl, by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Rollback, by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog Oct. 2006-Jan./Feb. 2007)
The Last Colony, by John Scalzi (Tor)
Halting State, by Charles Stross (Ace)


Best Novella
"The Fountain of Age," by Nancy Kress (Asimov's July 2007)
"Recovering Apollo 8," by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's Feb. 2007)
"Stars Seen through Stone," by Lucius Shepard (F&SF July 2007)
"All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 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, ed. John Klima, BantamSpectra)
"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
"Dark Integers," by Greg Egan (Asimov's Oct./Nov. 2007)
"Glory" by Greg Egan (The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
"Finisterra," by David Moles (F&SF Dec. 2007)


Best Short Story
"Last Contact," by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, ed. George Mann, Solaris Books)
"Tideline," by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007)
"Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?," by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
"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, Tachyon Publications)


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 × Two, by Luis Ortiz, introduction by Carol Emshwiller, forward by Alex Eisenstein (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; written by Tim Kring, Jeph Loeb, Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Natalie Chaidez, Jesse Alexander, Adam Armus, Aron Eli Coleite, Joe Pokaski, Christopher Zatta, Chuck Kim; directed by David Semel, Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Ernest R. Dickerson, Paul Shapiro, Donna Deitch, Paul A. Edwards, John Badham, Terrence O'Hara, Jeannot Szwarc, Roxann Dawson, Kevin Bray, Adam Kane (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," written by Michael Taylor Directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Wayne Rose (Sci Fi Channel) (televised version, not DVD)
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, Long Form
Lou Anders (Pyr)
Ginjer Buchanan (Ace/Roc)
David G. Hartwell (Tor/Forge)
Beth Meacham (Tor)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)


Best Professional Editor, Short Form
Ellen Datlow [The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martin's), Coyote Road (Viking), Inferno (Tor)]
Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
Jonathan Strahan [The New Space Opera (HarperCollins/Eos), The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 1 (Night Shade), Eclipse One (Night Shade)]
Gordon Van Gelder (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction)

Best Professional Artist
Bob Eggleton [covers: To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories (Baen), Ivory (Pyr), & The Taint and Other Novellas (Subterranean)]
Phil Foglio [cover: Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures, Vol. 2 (Meisha Merlin), What's New (Dragon Magazine Aug. 2007), Girl Genius Vol. 6, Agata Heterodyne & the Golden Trilobite (Airship Entertainment)]
John Harris [covers: Spindrift (Ace), Old Man's War (Tor, pb), the Last Colony (Tor)]
Stephan Martiniere [covers: Brasyl (Pyr), Mainspring (Tor), The Dragons of Babel (Tor)]
John Picacio [covers: Fast Forward 1 (Pyr), Time's Child (HarperCollins/Eos), A Thousand Deaths (Golden Gryphon)]
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
The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David 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, & Mike Scott


Best Fan Writer
Chris Garcia
Dave 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 Science Fiction Writer
An award for the best new writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 2006 or 2007 in a professional publication. Sponsored by Dell Magazines.

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)


For a list of the 2009 nominees and winners, please go to 2009 Hugo nominations announced.

For a list of the 2007 nominees and winners, please go to 2007 Hugo nominations announced.