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Friday 21 April 2000

Hugo Awards Nominations

Chicon 2000, the 58th annual World Science Fiction Convention, has released this year's nominations for the Hugo Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Winners will be announced at the convention in Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 31 - Sep. 4, 2000.

Best Novel (334 nominations for 183 novels): A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (Avon)
Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear (HarperCollins UK; Del Rey)
A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine); Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (Avon)
Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear (HarperCollins UK; Del Rey)
A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine); Darwin's Radio, Greg Bear (HarperCollins UK; Del Rey)
A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine); A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (Bloomsbury; Scholastic/Levine)

Best Novella (191 nominations for 58 novellas): "The Astronaut From Wyoming", Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion (Analog 7-8/99)
"Forty, Counting Down", Harry Turtledove (Asimov's 12/99)
"Hunting the Snark", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/99)
"Son Observe the Time", Kage Baker (Asimov's 5/99)
"The Winds of Marble Arch", Connie Willis (Asimov's 10-11/99); "Forty, Counting Down", Harry Turtledove (Asimov's 12/99)
"Hunting the Snark", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/99)
"Son Observe the Time", Kage Baker (Asimov's 5/99)
"The Winds of Marble Arch", Connie Willis (Asimov's 10-11/99); "Hunting the Snark", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/99)
"Son Observe the Time", Kage Baker (Asimov's 5/99)
"The Winds of Marble Arch", Connie Willis (Asimov's 10-11/99); "Son Observe the Time", Kage Baker (Asimov's 5/99)
"The Winds of Marble Arch", Connie Willis (Asimov's 10-11/99); "The Winds of Marble Arch", Connie Willis (Asimov's 10-11/99)

Best Novelette (168 nominations for 130 novelettes): "10¹⁶ to 1", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 6/99)
"Border Guards", Greg Egan (Interzone 10/99)
"The Chop Girl", Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's 12/99)
"Fossil Games", Tom Purdom (Asimov's 2/99)
"The Secret History of the Ornithopter", Jan Lars Jensen (F&SF 6/99)
"Stellar Harvest", Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's 4/99); "Border Guards", Greg Egan (Interzone 10/99)
"The Chop Girl", Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's 12/99)
"Fossil Games", Tom Purdom (Asimov's 2/99)
"The Secret History of the Ornithopter", Jan Lars Jensen (F&SF 6/99)
"Stellar Harvest", Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's 4/99); "The Chop Girl", Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's 12/99)
"Fossil Games", Tom Purdom (Asimov's 2/99)
"The Secret History of the Ornithopter", Jan Lars Jensen (F&SF 6/99)
"Stellar Harvest", Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's 4/99); "Fossil Games", Tom Purdom (Asimov's 2/99)
"The Secret History of the Ornithopter", Jan Lars Jensen (F&SF 6/99)
"Stellar Harvest", Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's 4/99); "The Secret History of the Ornithopter", Jan Lars Jensen (F&SF 6/99)
"Stellar Harvest", Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's 4/99); "Stellar Harvest", Eleanor Arnason (Asimov's 4/99)

Best Short Story (189 nominations for 158 short stories): "Ancient Engines", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 2/99)
"Hothouse Flowers", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 10-11/99)
"macs", Terry Bisson (F&SF 10-11/99)
"Sarajevo", Nick DiChario (F&SF 3/99)
"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 7/99); "Hothouse Flowers", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 10-11/99)
"macs", Terry Bisson (F&SF 10-11/99)
"Sarajevo", Nick DiChario (F&SF 3/99)
"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 7/99); "macs", Terry Bisson (F&SF 10-11/99)
"Sarajevo", Nick DiChario (F&SF 3/99)
"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 7/99); "Sarajevo", Nick DiChario (F&SF 3/99)
"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 7/99); "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 7/99)

Best Related Book (167 nominations for 74 related books): Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide, Karen Cooper & Bruce Schneier (Rune Press)
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, Neil Gaiman & Yoshitaka Amano (DC Comics/Vertigo)
Science Fiction of the 20th Century, Frank M. Robinson (Collectors Press)
The Science of Discworld, Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, & Jack Cohen (Ebury Press)
Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood); The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, Neil Gaiman & Yoshitaka Amano (DC Comics/Vertigo)
Science Fiction of the 20th Century, Frank M. Robinson (Collectors Press)
The Science of Discworld, Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, & Jack Cohen (Ebury Press)
Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood); Science Fiction of the 20th Century, Frank M. Robinson (Collectors Press)
The Science of Discworld, Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, & Jack Cohen (Ebury Press)
Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood); The Science of Discworld, Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, & Jack Cohen (Ebury Press)
Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood); Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)

Best Dramatic Presentation (304 nominations for 106 dramatic presentations): Being John Malkovich (Single Cell Pictures/Gramercy Pictures/Propaganda Films; Directed by Spike Jonze; Written by Charlie Kaufman)
Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks SKG; Directed by Dean Parisot; Screenplay by David Howard & Robert Gordon; Story by David Howard)
The Iron Giant (Warner Bros. Animation; Directed by Brad Bird; Screenplay by Brad Bird & Tim McCanlies, from a book by Ted Hughes)
The Matrix (Village Roadshow Productions/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures; Written and Directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski)
The Sixth Sense (Spyglass Entertainment/Hollywood Pictures; Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan); Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks SKG; Directed by Dean Parisot; Screenplay by David Howard & Robert Gordon; Story by David Howard)
The Iron Giant (Warner Bros. Animation; Directed by Brad Bird; Screenplay by Brad Bird & Tim McCanlies, from a book by Ted Hughes)
The Matrix (Village Roadshow Productions/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures; Written and Directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski)
The Sixth Sense (Spyglass Entertainment/Hollywood Pictures; Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan); The Iron Giant (Warner Bros. Animation; Directed by Brad Bird; Screenplay by Brad Bird & Tim McCanlies, from a book by Ted Hughes)
The Matrix (Village Roadshow Productions/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures; Written and Directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski)
The Sixth Sense (Spyglass Entertainment/Hollywood Pictures; Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan); The Matrix (Village Roadshow Productions/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures; Written and Directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski)
The Sixth Sense (Spyglass Entertainment/Hollywood Pictures; Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan); The Sixth Sense (Spyglass Entertainment/Hollywood Pictures; Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan)

Best Professional Editor (203 nominations for 66 editors): Gardner Dozois
David G. Hartwell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon Van Gelder; David G. Hartwell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon Van Gelder; Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon Van Gelder; Stanley Schmidt
Gordon Van Gelder; Gordon Van Gelder

Best Professional Artist (196 nominations for 103 artists): Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton
Donato Giancola
Don Maitz
Michael Whelan; Bob Eggleton
Donato Giancola
Don Maitz
Michael Whelan; Donato Giancola
Don Maitz
Michael Whelan; Don Maitz
Michael Whelan; Michael Whelan

Best Semiprozine (168 nominations for 38 semiprozines): Interzone, edited by David Pringle
Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
Science Fiction Chronicle, edited by Andrew I. Porter
Speculations, edited by Kent Brewster; Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
Science Fiction Chronicle, edited by Andrew I. Porter
Speculations, edited by Kent Brewster; The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, Ariel Haméon, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
Science Fiction Chronicle, edited by Andrew I. Porter
Speculations, edited by Kent Brewster; Science Fiction Chronicle, edited by Andrew I. Porter
Speculations, edited by Kent Brewster; Speculations, edited by Kent Brewster

Best Fanzine (195 nominations for 94 fanzines): Ansible, edited by Dave Langford
Challenger, edited by Guy H. Lillian III
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa, edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
Plokta, edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, & Mike Scott; Challenger, edited by Guy H. Lillian III
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa, edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
Plokta, edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, & Mike Scott; File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa, edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
Plokta, edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, & Mike Scott; Mimosa, edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
Plokta, edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, & Mike Scott; Plokta, edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, & Mike Scott

Best Fan Writer (191 nominations for 147 fan writers): Bob Devney
Mike Glyer
Dave Langford
Evelyn C. Leeper
Steven H Silver; Mike Glyer
Dave Langford
Evelyn C. Leeper
Steven H Silver; Dave Langford
Evelyn C. Leeper
Steven H Silver; Evelyn C. Leeper
Steven H Silver; Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist (164 nominations for 101 fan artists): Freddie Baer
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Joe Mayhew
Taral Wayne; Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Joe Mayhew
Taral Wayne; Teddy Harvia
Joe Mayhew
Taral Wayne; Joe Mayhew
Taral Wayne; Taral Wayne

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo] (110 nominations for 72 writers): Cory Doctorow*
Thomas Harlan
Ellen Klages*
Kristine Smith
Shane Tourtellotte*
*Second year of eligibility; Thomas Harlan
Ellen Klages*
Kristine Smith
Shane Tourtellotte*
*Second year of eligibility; Ellen Klages*
Kristine Smith
Shane Tourtellotte*
*Second year of eligibility; Kristine Smith
Shane Tourtellotte*
*Second year of eligibility; Shane Tourtellotte*
*Second year of eligibility

The novelette category has six nominations due to a tie for 5th place. Michael Swanwick, who had three nominations in the short story category last year (and won for ''The Very Pulse of the Machine''), has two stories nominated in this year's short story category.

First-time Hugo nominees this year are Eleanor Arnason, Kage Baker, Neil Gaiman, Jan Lars Jensen, Terry Pratchett, Tom Purdom, Frank M. Robinson, J.K. Rowling, Karen Cooper, Bruce Schneier, Yoshitaka Amano, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Steven H Silver (who can be seen June 13 on Jeopardy!), and Mike Scott.

The Hugo ballot is available in PDF form from the Chicon 2000 website.

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