2009 Hugo Award Winners

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Tonight in Montreal the 2009 Hugo Awards were presented to the following winners:

Best Novel
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)

Best Novella
‘‘The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)

Best Novelette
 ‘‘Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar 2008)

Best Short Story
 ‘‘Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)

Best Related Book
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)

Best Graphic Story
Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy)

Best Editor, Short Form
Ellen Datlow

Best Editor, Long Form
David G. Hartwell

Best Professional Artist
Donato Giancola

Best Semiprozine
Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal

Best Fan Writer
Cheryl Morgan

Best Fanzine
Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima

Best Fan Artist
Frank Wu

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
David Anthony Durham*
*(Second year of eligibility)

[Via http://twitter.com/thehugoawards]

3 thoughts on “2009 Hugo Award Winners”

  1. Condolences on losing the Fanzine Hugo, and by only 7 votes. Even though the winning publication qualified as a fanzine according to the WSFS Constitution, it belongs in the Semiprozine category since it is primarily a fictionzine that pays cash for stories it publishes. I am hoping this loophole gets closed quickly.

  2. Klima wrote earlier that he planned to move his zine to Semiprozine after this year but I can’t remember the reason off the top of my head, though as I recall it was for some other cause than paying for fiction. In other words, some new, additional reason that made him conclude that would become the correct category. Perhaps I can locate the reference when I get back home and have time to look (I’m on a rented Kinko’s workstation in Denver just this moment… just across the street from the convention center.)

  3. Mike, I just posted this to a fan mailing list on Monday:

    Here’s a look, between EV editor John Klima and Mike Glyer at FILE770
    , at the eligibility of the nomination when
    it occurred last March. They have good points to make. Can’t take that
    away from them. In the comments on this, Klima notes “When we get to
    this point next year, I will be semipro. This is mostly due to joining
    forces with Night Shade Books. Prior to that I did this entire endeavor
    completely on my own.”

    This may just have been a hit and run…

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