2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists

Nominees for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by LonCon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in London, England, August 14- 18, 2014.

Best Novel (1,595 nominating ballots)

• Warbound, Larry Correia (Baen)
• Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Wheel of Time (complete series), Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
• Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)

 Best Novella (847)

• ‘‘Wakulla Springs’’, Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com 10/2/13)
• ‘‘Equoid’’, Charles Stross (Tor.com 9/24/13)
• ‘‘The Chaplain’s Legacy’’, Brad Torgersen (Analog 7-8/13)
• Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)
• The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)

Best Novelette (728)

• ‘‘The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling’’, Ted Chiang (Subterranean Fall ‘13)
• ‘‘Opera Vita Aeterna’’, Vox Day (The Last Witchking)
• ‘‘The Waiting Stars’’, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
• ‘‘The Lady Astronaut of Mars’’, Mary Robinette Kowal (Rip-Off! 2012; maryrobinettekowal.com 2/13)
• ‘‘The Exchange Officers’’, Brad Torgersen (Analog 1-2/13)

 Best Short Story (865)

• ‘‘The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere’’, John Chu (Tor.com 2/20/13)
• ‘‘The Ink Readers of Doi Saket’’, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com 4/24/13)
• ‘‘Selkie Stories Are for Losers’’, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons 1/7/13)
• ‘‘If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love’’, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine 3/13)

 Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (995)

• Frozen
• Gravity
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Iron Man 3
• Pacific Rim

 Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (760)

• An Adventure in Space and Time
• Doctor Who: ‘‘The Day of the Doctor’’
• Doctor Who: ‘‘The Name of the Doctor’’
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
• Game of Thrones: ‘‘The Rains of Castamere’’
• Orphan Black: ‘‘Variations under Domestication’’

 Best Related Work (752)

• Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas, eds. (Mad Norwegian Press)
• ‘‘We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative’’, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink 5/20/13)
• Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin, eds. (Jurassic London)
• Writing Excuses, Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson
• Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)

 Best Graphic Story (552)

• ‘‘The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who’’, Paul Cornell; art by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013)
• Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City, Phil & Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
• The Meathouse Man, adapted and illustrated by Raya Golden from the story by George R.R. Martin (Jet City Comics)
• ‘‘Time’’, Randall Munroe (XKCD)
• Saga, Volume 2, Brian K. Vaughn; art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

 Best Professional Editor Long Form (632)

• Ginjer Buchanan
• Sheila Gilbert
• Liz Gorinsky
• Lee Harris
• Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Editor Short Form (656)

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheila Williams

 Best Professional Artist (624)

• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Daniel Dos Santos
• John Harris
• John Picacio
• Fiona Staples

Best Semiprozine (411)

• Apex Magazine
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies
• Interzone
• Lightspeed
• Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine (478)

• The Book Smugglers
• A Dribble of Ink
• Elitist Book Reviews
• Journey Planet
• Pornokitsch

Best Fancast (396)

• The Coode Street Podcast
• Doctor Who: Verity!
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast
• SF Signal Podcast
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show
• Tea and Jeopardy
• The Writer and the Critic

 Best Fan Writer (521)

• Liz Bourke
• Kameron Hurley
• Foz Meadows
• Abigail Nussbaum
• Mark Oshiro

 Best Fan Artist (316)

• Brad W. Foster
• Mandie Manzano
• Spring Schoenhuth
• Steve Stiles
• Sarah Webb

 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (767)

• Wesley Chu
• *Max Gladstone
• *Ramez Naam
• *Sofia Samatar
• Benjanun Sriduangkaew

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

There were 1,923 nominating ballots received from members of LoneStarCon 3, LonCon 3, and Sasquan.