HUGO ISSUE The Solitary Star SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 2013 Hugo Awards
Best Novel: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor) Best Novella: “The Emperor's Soul” by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications) Best Novelette: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris) Best Short Story: “Mono no aware” by Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC) Best Related Work: Writing Excuses, Season 7 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson Best Graphic Story: Saga, Volume 1 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics) Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): The Avengers Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount) Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form): Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO) Best Editor – Short Form: Stanley Schmidt Best Editor – Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden Best Professional Artist: John Picacio Best Semiprozine: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker Best Fanzine: SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester Best Fancast: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer) Best Fan Writer: Tansy Rayner Roberts Best Fan Artist: Galen Dara John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Mur Lafferty
Total number of valid ballots received: 1,848 Number of ballots needed to pass the 25% rule: 462 All categories passed easily Hugo Administration: Todd Dashoff Hugo Awards Subcommittee: Todd Dashoff, Vincent Docherty, Saul Jaffe, Steven Staton, Beth Welsh, Ben Yalow Hugo Final Ballot Counting Software: Jeff Copeland Hugo Packet: Beth Welsh o Hugo Packet Staff: Andrew A. Adams, Will Frank Contact: [email protected]
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HUGO ISSUE The Solitary Star SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
Best Novel (1,649 ballots) Best Editor – Short Form (984 ballots) nd 2nd Place Sheila Williams 2 Place: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance rd 3rd Place: 2312 3 Place John Joseph Adams th 4th Place Neil Clarke 4 Place: Throne of the Crescent Moon th 5th Place: Blackout 5 Place Jonathan Strahan Best Novella (1,463 ballots) Best Editor – Long Form (946 ballots) nd 2nd Place Toni Weisskopf 2 Place: “After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall” rd 3rd Place: “The Stars Do Not Lie” 3 Place Sheila Gilbert th 4th Place Lou Anders 4 Place: “On a Red Station, Drifting” th 5th Place: “San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California 5 Place Liz Gorinsky Browncoats” Best Professional Artist (1,131 ballots) Best Novelette (1,364 ballots) 2nd Place Dan dos Santos rd 2nd Place: “In Sea-Salt Tears” 3 Place Julie Dillon rd 4th Place Chris McGrath 3 Place: “Fade To White” th 4th Place: “Rat-Catcher” 5 Place Vincent Chong th 5 Place: “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow” Best Semiprozine (912 ballots) Best Short Story (1,381 ballots) 2nd Place Lightspeed nd 3rd Place Strange Horizons 2 Place: “Immersion” th 3rd Place: “Mantis Wives” 4 Place Apex Magazine 5th Place Beneath Ceaseless Skies Best Related Work (1,091 ballots) Best Fanzine (820 ballots) 2nd Place Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey 2nd Place The Drink Tank Through Every Season of Doctor Who rd 3rd Place Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic 3 Place Journey Planet 4th Place Banana Wings Books by the Women Who Love Them th 4th Place The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy 5 Place Elitist Book Reviews Literature Best Fancast (841 ballots) 5th Place I Have an Idea for a Book… The Bibliography 2nd Place SF Signal Podcast of Martin H. Greenberg 3rd Place StarShipSofa Best Graphic Story (1,067 ballots) 4th Place The Coode Street Podcast th 2nd Place Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks 5 Place Galactic Suburbia Podcast 3rd Place Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Best Fan Writer (833 ballots) Memorabilia 2nd Place Steven H Silver 4th Place Saucer Country, Volume 1: Run 3rd Place Christopher J Garcia 5th Place Grandville Bête Noire 4th Place Mark Oshiro
5th Place James Bacon Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form (1,591 ballots) 2nd Place The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Best Fan Artist (947 ballots) 3rd Place The Hunger Games 2nd Place Brad W. Foster 4th Place Looper 3rd Place Spring Schoenhuth 5th Place The Cabin in the Woods 4th Place Maurine Starkey 5th Place Steve Stiles Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form (1,398 ballots) 2nd Place Doctor Who: “The Angels Take Manhattan” John W. Campbell Award (1,033 ballots) nd 3rd Place Doctor Who: “Asylum of the Daleks” 2 Place Stina Leicht rd 4th Place Doctor Who “The Snowmen” and 3 Place Chuck Wendig th Fringe: “Letters of of Transit” (tie) 4 Place Max Gladstone 5th Place Zen Cho
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