Renovation Taking 2011 Hugo Nominations

Renovation, the 2011 Worldcon, is now accepting Hugo Award nominating ballots.

Members of Renovation who join by January 31, 2011 and all members of Aussiecon 4, the 2010 Worldcon, are eligible to submit Hugo nominations.

Links to the online ballot and a downloadable PDF ballot form are here.

The full press release follows the jump.

PRESS RELEASE #17

Hugo Award Nomination Period is Open

Renovation, The 69th World Science Fiction Convention,

Reno, Nevada – August 17-21, 2011

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www.renovationsf.org

Postal queries to: RCFI, PO Box 13278, Portland, OR 97213-0278

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Reno, Nevada, USA – Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, is delighted to announce that the 2011 Hugo Award nomination period is now open.

Nomination ballots will be accepted from January 1, 2011, to Saturday, March 26, 2011, 23:59 PDT for the prestigious Hugo Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Members of Renovation who join by January 31, 2011, and all members of Aussiecon 4, the prior year’s Worldcon, are invited to submit nominating ballots.

The Hugo Awards are the premier award in the science fiction genre, honoring science fiction literature and media as well as the genre’s fans. The Hugos were first awarded at the 1953 World Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia (Philcon II), and they have continued to honor science fiction and fantasy notables for nearly 60 years since then.

More information about the Hugo Awards, including details about how to submit a nominating ballot, is available from www.renovationsf.org/hugo-intro.php.

For additional information, contact us at [email protected].

ENDS

Renovation is the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”). The first Worldcon occurred in New York City in 1939 and Worldcons have been held annually since then except during World War II. Renovation’s Guests of Honor are Ellen Asher, Charles N. Brown (in memoriam), Tim Powers and Boris Vallejo.

For more details about the convention or to purchase memberships, visit www.renovationsf.org. Send press questions, or requests to be removed from the Renovation press release mailing list, to [email protected]. Send general queries to [email protected].

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