
[Best Fan Writer Hugo winner John Scalzi with Mary Robinette Kowal, winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.]
The 2008 Hugo Awards Ceremony is taking place tonight, at the 66th Annual World Science Fiction Convention, in Denver, CO. The ceremony starts at 9:30PM EST, and through the magic of the internets we’ll be posting the winners here as they’re announced. Keep refreshing this post for the latest news.
Also tune into John Joseph Adams’ Twitter feed, as he’s live-twittering the ceremony.
Best of luck to all the nominees!
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer
WINNER: Mary Robinette Kowal
Best Fanzine
WINNER: File 770
Best Fan Writer
WINNER: John Scalzi
Best Fan Artist
WINNER: Brad Foster
Best Professional Artist
WINNER: Stephan Martiniere
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, and Liza Groen Trombi
- The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
WINNER: Locus
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, 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)
WINNER: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
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 Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
- Doctor Who “Human Nature” / "The Family of Blood" Written by Paul Cornell Directed by Charles Palmer (BBC)
- Star Trek New Voyages “World Enough and Time” Written by Michael Reaves and 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)
WINNER: Doctor Who “Blink”
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) 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
- 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 and Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
WINNER: Stardust
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)
WINNER: Gordon Van Gelder
Best Professional Editor, Long Form
- Lou Anders (Pyr)
- Ginjer Buchanan (Ace/Roc)
- David G. Hartwell (Tor/Forge)
- Beth Meacham (Tor)
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
WINNER: David G. Hartwell
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)
WINNER: “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear
Best Novelette
WINNER: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
Best Novella
WINNER: "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis
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)
WINNER: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
Congratulations to all the winners!
Update: The final vote breakdowns can be found here (PDF link).
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They're starting to roll in, though.
VIEW ALL BY · Saturday August 09, 2008 10:58pm EDT
I was kind of hoping for The Arrival to win. Interesting to see that result for the Best Dave Langford award...
VIEW ALL BY · Saturday August 09, 2008 11:03pm EDT
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VIEW ALL BY · Saturday August 09, 2008 11:28pm EDT
Not surprised that Chabon won. I suppose I really am going to have to read it now that it's swept the Hugo, Nebula, Sidewise and Locus awards.
VIEW ALL BY · Saturday August 09, 2008 11:33pm EDT
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VIEW ALL BY · Sunday August 10, 2008 12:42am EDT
I'm looking forward to reading Yiddish Policemen's Union when I next start reading new books (I'm in a spurt of re-reading right now).
VIEW ALL BY · Sunday August 10, 2008 12:57am EDT
VIEW ALL BY · Sunday August 10, 2008 03:42am EDT
Congrats to all.
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VIEW ALL BY · Sunday August 10, 2008 11:18am EDT
Congrats to all (esp. eBear, MRK, J.Scalzi and to all the noms for John Klima --- who is obviously doing something right!).
VIEW ALL BY · Sunday August 10, 2008 12:10pm EDT
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VIEW ALL BY · Monday August 11, 2008 04:35am EDT
VIEW ALL BY · Monday August 11, 2008 10:16am EDT
As for the Messiah stuff, I'll grant it has been a couple of months since I read the book, but those bits felt really tacked on. And from what I recall, we never "saw" the "Messiah" do anything; it was all "second-hand accounts" from various characters. Which makes those bits suspect, sort of like the red-herrings some mystery writers will put in their books to try & keep you from guessing the ending before you get there.
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VIEW ALL BY · Monday August 11, 2008 11:53pm EDT
Frankly I don't know why YPU would win a mystery award. The mystery is rail thin and non-existent.
And the second-person accounts were not told by the characters involved---they were straight-out narrated, not told as a character-in-a-story-told, which means they were true, even in the mystery genre---but what to read between the lines of cold truth is hazed by the Messiah.
But people disagree with both of us, and we disagree with each other, so I'll just leave it at that on my end.