Hugo Nomination Period Open

LoneStarCon 3, the 71st World Science Fiction Convention, announced the 2013 Hugo Award nomination period is now open.

Nomination ballots will be accepted from January 1, 2013 to March 10, 2013, 11:59 p.m. EDT, for the Hugo Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Members of LoneStarCon 3 and Loncon 3 (the 2014 Worldcon) who join by January 31, 2013, and all members of Chicon 7, the prior year’s Worldcon, are invited to submit nominating ballots.

More information about the Hugo Awards, including details about how to submit a nominating ballot, is available from <http://www.lonestarcon3.org/hugo-awards>.

LoneStarCon 3’s guests of honor are Ellen Datlow, James Gunn, Willie Siros, Norman Spinrad, and Darrell K. Sweet. For more details about the convention or to purchase memberships, visit <http://www.lonestarcon3.org>.