2011 Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominees

Nominees for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Reno, Nevada, August 17-21, 2011. The Hugo Awards ceremony will take place August 20, 2011.

BEST NOVEL

• Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
• Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
• The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
• Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

BEST NOVELLA

• The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
• ‘‘The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon’’, Elizabeth Hand (Stories)
• ‘‘The Sultan of the Clouds’’, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s 9/10)
• ‘‘Troika’’, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
• ‘‘The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window’’, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer 2010)

BEST NOVELETTE

• ‘‘The Jaguar House, in Shadow’’, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 7/10)
• ‘‘Plus or Minus’’, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s 12/10)
• ‘‘Eight Miles’’, Sean McMullen (Analog 9/10)
• ‘‘The Emperor of Mars’’, Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s 6/10)
• ‘‘That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made’’, Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)

BEST SHORT STORY

• ‘‘Ponies’’, Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11/17/10)
• ‘‘For Want of a Nail’’, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s 12/10)
• ‘‘Amaryllis’’, Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed 6/10)
• ‘‘The Things’’, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

BEST RELATED WORK

• Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
• The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, Mike Resnick & Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
• Writing Excuses, Season 4, Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
• Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O’Shea, eds. (Mad Norwegian)
• Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

• The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man, Mike Carey; art by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
• Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, Phil & Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio (Airship Entertainment)
• Grandville Mon Amour, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
• Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, Howard Tayler (Hypernode)
• Fables: Witches, Bill Willingham; art by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – LONG

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Inception
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Toy Story 3

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – SHORT

• Doctor Who: ‘‘A Christmas Carol’’
• Doctor Who: ‘‘The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang’’
• Doctor Who: ‘‘Vincent and the Doctor’’
• Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
• The Lost Thing

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR LONG FORM

• Lou Anders
• Ginjer Buchanan
• Moshe Feder
• Liz Gorinsky
• Nick Mamatas
• Beth Meacham
• Juliet Ulman

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM

• John Joseph Adams
• Stanley Schmidt
• Jonathan Strahan
• Gordon Van Gelder
• Sheila Williams

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

• Daniel Dos Santos
• Bob Eggleton
• Stephan Martiniere
• John Picacio
• Shaun Tan

BEST SEMIPROZINE

• Clarkesworld
• Interzone
• Lightspeed
• Locus
• Weird Tales

BEST FANZINE

• Banana Wings
• Challenger
• The Drink Tank
• File 770
• StarShipSofa

BEST FAN WRITER

• James Bacon
• Claire Brialey
• Christopher J Garcia
• James Nicoll
• Steven H Silver

BEST FAN ARTIST

• Brad W. Foster
• Randall Munroe
• Maurine Starkey
• Steve Stiles
• Taral Wayne

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER [NOT A HUGO AWARD]*

• Saladin Ahmed
• Lauren Beukes
• Larry Correia
• Lev Grossman
• Dan Wells

*All John W. Campbell Award finalists are in their 2nd year of eligibility.

There were 1,006 nominating ballots received from members of Renovation and Aussiecon 4. The deadline for online ballots and receipt of paper ballots is July 31, 2011 (11:59 PDT).