2016 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists
Finalists for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by MidAmericon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Kansas City MO, August 17-21, 2016.
Best Novel (3,695 nominating ballots)
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher (Roc)
- The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US)
- Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
- Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (Morrow; The Borough Press)
Best Novella (2,416)
- Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold (self-published)
- Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- The Builders, Daniel Polansky (Tor.com)
- Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
- Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson (Dragonsteel Entertainment)
Best Novelette (1,975)
- “And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead”, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
- “Folding Beijing”, Hao Jingfang, (Uncanny 1-2/15)
- “Obits”, Stephen King (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams)
- “What Price Humanity?”, David VanDyke (There Will Be War: Volume X)
- “Flashpoint: Titan”, Cheah Kai Wai (There Will Be War: Volume X)
Best Short Story (2,451)
- “Asymmetrical Warfare”, S. R. Algernon (Nature 3/15)
- The Commuter, Thomas A. Mays (Stealth)
- “Seven Kill Tiger”, Charles Shao (There Will Be War: Volume X)
- “If You Were an Award, My Love”, Juan Tabo & S. Harris (voxday.blogspot.com 6/15)
- Space Raptor Butt Invasion, Chuck Tingle (self-published)
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (2,904)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Ex Machina
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (2,219)
- Doctor Who: “Heaven Sent”
- Grimm: “Headache”
- Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile”
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: “The Cutie Map: Parts 1 and 2”
- Supernatural: “Just My Imagination”
Best Related Work (2,080)
- Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986, Marc Aramini (Castalia House)
- SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Vox Day (Castalia House)
- “Safe Space as Rape Room”, Daniel Eness (castaliahouse.com)
- “The Story of Moira Greyland”, Moira Greyland (askthebigot.com)
- “The First Draft of My Appendix N Book”, Jeffro Johnson (castaliahouse.com)
Best Graphic Story (1,838)
- Invisible Republic: Vol 1, Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman; art by Gabriel Hardman (Image)
- Erin Dies Alone, Grey Carter; art by Cory Rydell (dyingalone.net)
- The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman; art by J.H. Williams III (Vertigo)
- The Divine, Boaz Lavie; art by Asaf Hanuka & Tomer Hanuka (First Second)
- Full Frontal Nerdity, Aaron Williams (ffn.nodwick.com)
Best Professional Editor Long Form (1,764)
- Vox Day
- Sheila E. Gilbert
- Liz Gorinsky
- Jim Minz
- Toni Weisskopf
Best Professional Editor Short Form (1,891)
- John Joseph Adams
- Neil Clarke
- Ellen Datlow
- Jerry Pournelle
- Sheila Williams
Best Professional Artist (1,481)
- Lars Braad Andersen
- Larry Elmore
- Michal Karcz
- Abigail Larson
- Larry Rostant
Best Semiprozine (1,457)
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Daily Science Fiction
- Sci Phi Journal
- Strange Horizons
- Uncanny
Best Fanzine (1,455)
- Black Gate
- Castalia House Blog
- File 770
- Superversive SF
- Tangent Online
Best Fancast (1,267)
- 8‐4 Play
- Cane and Rinse
- HelloGreedo
- The Rageaholic
- Tales to Terrify
Best Fan Writer (1,568)
- Douglas Ernst
- Mike Glyer
- Morgan Holmes
- Jeffro Johnson
- Shamus Young
Best Fan Artist (1,073)
- Matthew Callahan
- disse86
- Kukuruyo
- Christian Quinot
- Steve Stiles
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (1,922)
- *Pierce Brown
- *Sebastien de Castell
- Brian Niemeier
- *Andy Weir
- *Alyssa Wong
*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.
There were 4,032 nominating ballots received from members of Sasquan, MidAmeriCon II, and Worldcon 75.
