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August 1998
Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners
The 1998 Hugo Awards were presented Friday, August 7th, at Bucconeer, the World Science Fiction in Baltimore, Maryland, along with the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Hugo Awards
Best Novel
Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman (Ace)
Best Novella
''...Where Angels Fear to Tread'', Allen Steele (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1997)
Best Novelette
''We Will Drink a Fish Together...'', Bill Johnson (Asimov's May 1997)
Best Short Story
''The 43 Antarean Dynasties'', Mike Resnick (Asimov's Dec 1997)
Best Related Book
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant (Orbit; St. Martin's)
Best Dramatic Presentation
Contact
Best Professional Editor
Gardner Dozois
Best Professional Artist
Bob Eggleton
Best Semiprozine
Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
Best Fanzine
Mimosa, edited by Nicki & Richard Lynch
Best Fan Writer
David Langford
Best Fan Artist
Joe Mayhew
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer of 1996-1997
Mary Doria Russell
Complete voting results are here.
(Fri 7 Aug 98)
Sidewise Awards
Winners of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History were announced Friday, August 7th, at Bucconner, the World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.
special achievement
For Want of a Nail...: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga, Robert J. Sobel (Macmillan 1974; Greenhill 1997)
long form
How Few Remain, Harry Turtledove (Del Rey 1997; Hodder & Stoughton 1998)
short form
''The Undiscovered'', William Sanders (Asimov's March 1997)
The ceremony was attended by Murray Leinster's granddaughter, Beth Richardson. The Sidewise Awards are named after Leinster's 1934 short story ''Sidewise in Time''. Further information: http://www.skatecity.com/ah/sidewise/.
(Wed 12 Aug 98)
Chesley, Prometheus Awards
Winners of the 13th annual Chesley Awards were presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists on Thursday, August 6th, at Bucconeer, the World Science Fiction Convention in progress this weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. The same afternoon the Libertarian Futurist Society announced this year's winners of its Prometheus Awards.
Chesley Awards
Best Cover Illustration -- Paperback Book
Michael Dashow for The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and other odd acquaintances by Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
Best Interior Illustration
Alan Lee for The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin)
Best Three-Dimensional Art
Clayburn Moore ''Witchblade'' (coldcast porcelain)
Best Cover Illustration -- Magazine
Todd Lockwood for Dragon August 1997
Best Unpublished Illustration -- Monochrome
Joy Marie Ledat for ''Silently Moving People''
Best Unpublished Illustration -- Color
Stephen Hickman for ''The Astronomer Prince'' (private commission)
Best Art Director
Jamie Warren Youll (Bantam Books)
Award for Contribution to ASFA
Janny Wurts
Best Cover Illustration -- Hardback Book
Bob Eggleton for The Howling Stones by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey)
Award for Artistic Achievement
Vincent Di Fate
Prometheus Awards
Prometheus Award
The Stone Canal, Ken MacLeod
Hall of Fame Award
Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein
(Fri 7 Aug 98)
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