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Thanks & More Special Thanks To: Jill Eastlake, John Hertz, John Pomeranz, Rick Sternbach, NESFA Hugo Awards Staff Denvention 3 Hugo Ceremony Laurie Mann, Gay Ellen Dennett Program Design Geri Sullivan Proofreading Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Hugo Awards Nielsen Hayden, Janice Gelb Pre-Hugo Reception Gay Ellen Dennett Reception Staff Naomi Fisher, Rick Katze Ceremony Stage Manager Randy Smith Staff Eve Ackerman, Don Eastlake, Jill Eastlake, Janice Gelb, Jim Mann, Ian Stockdale Escorts Renee Babcock, Vince Docherty, Howard Rosenblatt Master of Ceremonies Wil McCarthy Traffic Cop Eva Whitley Anticipation Post-Hugo Party Catherine Crockett & Nancy Kathleen Bruce Hugo Administrator Mary Kay Kare Staff Jeff & Liz Copeland Information & Advice David Bratman, Vince Docherty, Deb Geisler, Janice Gelb, Jerry Kaufman, Jay Lake, Hope Leibowitz, Locus, John Lorentz, Craig Miller, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Mark Olson, Suzle Tompkins Hugo Administration Subcommittee Kent Bloom, Jeff & Liz Copeland, Mary Kay Kare Technical Alex Latzko Assistant Tech Director Lynn E. Cohen Koehler Staff Assistant Rick Kovalcik Lighting Director David Silber House Manager Seth Breidbart 12 Denvention 3 Best Novelette Presenter: Connie Willis Hugo Awards Ceremony “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang “Dark Integers” by Greg Egan “Glory” by Greg Egan “Finisterra” by David Moles Wil McCarthy Master of Ceremonies Best Novella Presenter: Ed Bryant, Colorado Author “The Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress Saturday “Recovering Apollo 8” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch “Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard August 9, 2008 “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis 7:30 pm “Memorare” by Gene Wolfe Best Novel Wells Fargo Theatre Presenter: Ed Bryant The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon Colorado Convention Center Brasyl by Ian McDonald Denver, Colorado Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer The Last Colony by John Scalzi Halting State by Charles Stross Cover art by Rick Sternbach Hugo rocket from a photograph by Mike Benveniste Service Mark Notice : “World Science Fiction Society,” “WSFS,” “World Science Fiction Convention,” “Worldcon,” and “Hugo Award” are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. 2 11 Best Professional Editor, Short Form About the Awards Presenter: Robert Silverberg, Hugo Orator Extraordinaire Ellen Datlow Hugo Awards Stanley Schmidt The Science Fiction Achievement Award, also known as the Jonathan Strahan Hugo Award®, is given annually by World Science Fiction Gordon Van Gelder Society® (WSFS®). Worldcon members have awarded Hugos Sheila Williams every year since 1953 except for 1954. For more information about the Hugo Awards, see http://www.thehugoawards.org/. Best Professional Editor, Long Form Presenter: Robert Silverberg John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Lou Anders The John W. Campbell Award is given to the best new science Ginjer Buchanan fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction David G. Hartwell or fantasy was published in a professional publication in the previous two years. The award is sponsored by Dell Magazines. Beth Meacham For more information about the Campbell Award, see Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell. Best Short Story Forrest J Ackerman Big Heart Award Presenter: Connie Willis, Colorado Author The Big Heart Award was created by two prominent fans, “Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter Forrest J Ackerman and Walter Daugherty. They did so in “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear the name of that era’s special fan and pro E. Everett Evans “Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?” by Ken MacLeod who, in passing, personified the remarkable spirit of science “Distant Replay” by Mike Resnick fiction fandom. There are some special fans who are known “A Small Room in Koboldtown” by Michael Swanwick for their selfless deeds—each one of whom has a spirit of big-heartedness, specially singled out once a year for The Big Heart Award. In 2006, this award was renamed in honor of one its founders, Forrest J Ackerman. For more information on the Big Heart Award, see http://www.denvention.org/bigheart.php. 10 3 First Fandom Awards Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form The First Fandom Awards are presented annually for contri- Presenter: Rick Sternbach, Denvention 3 Artist Guest butions to and accomplishments in the field of science fiction Battlestar Galactica “Razor” Written by Michael Taylor dating back more than 30 years. Contributions can be as a fan, Directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Wayne Rose writer, editor, artist, agent, or any combination of the five. Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed This year, First Fandom will give out three awards: by Hettie Macdonald First Fandom Hall of Fame Award Doctor Who “Human Nature” / “The Family of Blood” Posthumous Hall of Fame Award Written by Paul Cornell Directed by Charles Palmer Sam Moskowitz Archive Award (presented for excellence Star Trek New Voyages “World Enough and Time” in science fiction collecting; it can be for a personal Written by Michael Reaves & Marc Scott Zicree Directed by Marc Scott Zicree collection or for an institution’s collection) Torchwood “Captain Jack Harkness” Written by Catherine For more information on the First Fandom Awards, see Tregenna Directed by Ashley Way http://www.firstfandom.org/ffhofaward.htm. Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Fan Funds: TAFF and DUFF Presenter: Rick Sternbach TAFF and DUFF are the longest-standing, best-known fan Enchanted Written by Bill Kelly funds. The Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF) raises money to Directed by Kevin Lima send fans between Australia and the US and the Transatlantic The Golden Compass Written by Chris Weitz, Fan Fund (TAFF) raises money to send fans between Europe Based on the novel by Philip Pullman, and the US. TAFF winner Chris Garcia and DUFF winners Directed by Chris Weitz Sue and Steve Francis will be presenting the art-related Hugo Heroes, Season 1 Created by Tim Kring. Awards this year. Written by Tim Kring, Jeph Loeb, Bryan Fuller, Michael For more information on these fan funds, visit Green, Natalie Chaidez, Jesse Alexander, Adam Armus, http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/duff/ and http://taff.org.uk/. Aron Eli Coleite, Joe Pokaski, Christopher Zatta, Chuck Kim. Directed by David Semel, Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Ernest R. Dickerson, Paul Shapiro, Donna Deitch, Paul A. Edwards, John Badham, Terrence O’Hara, Jeannot Szwarc, Roxann Dawson, Kevin Bray, Adam Kane Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Written by Michael Goldenberg, Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Directed by David Yates Stardust Written by Jane Goldman Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn 4 9 Best Professional Artist Order of Ceremony Presenters: Chris Garcia, Sue Francis and Steve Francis Bob Eggleton Welcome from Laurie Mann and Gay Ellen Dennett, Phil Foglio Hugo Ceremony Managers John Harris Stephan Martiniere Remarks by Wil McCarthy, Master of Ceremonies John Picacio Shaun Tan First Fandom Awards Best Semiprozine Presenter: Keith Stokes Presenter: Tom Whitmore, Denvention 3 Fan Guest of Honor First Fandom Hall of Fame Award Ansible, edited by David Langford Posthumous Hall of Fame Award Helix, edited by William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans Sam Moskowitz Archive Award Interzone, edited by Andy Cox Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Big Heart Award & Liza Groen Trombi Presenter: John Hertz The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kristine Dikeman, David Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney In Memoriam Slide Show Instrumental accompaniment by Kathy Mar with Best Related Book Char MacKay and Robin Baylor. Music: “A Healing Presenter: Tom Whitmore In This Night” by Bob Franke. The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Glyer; appendix by Special Committee Award David Bratman Presenter: Kent Bloom, Denvention 3 Chair Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium by Barry Malzberg Emshwiller: Infinity x Two by Luis Ortiz, introduction by Carol Emshwiller, foreword by Alex Eisenstein Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher The Arrival by Shaun Tan 8 5 John W. 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