Hugo Awards Nominations announced

This year’s nominees include a time lord, a superhero, a house with
multi-dimensional portals, and the continuing saga of a blood thirsty monoarchy.
Here is this year’s list of 2012 Hugo Award Nominees:


Best
Novel

• ’Among Others’, Jo Walton (Tor)


• ’A Dance With Dragons’,
  George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra)


• ’Deadline’, Mira Grant (Orbit)


• ’Embassytown’, China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey)


• ’Leviathan Wakes’, James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

Best
Novella

• ”Countdown”, Mira Grant (Orbit)


• “The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science
  Fiction)


• “Kiss Me Twice”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s)


• “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s)


• “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, Ken Liu (Panverse 3)


• ”Silently and Very Fast”, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Note: 6 nominees due to tie for final position.


Best
Novelette

• “The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell (Asimov’s)


• “Fields of Gold”, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)


• “Ray of Light”, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog)


• “Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)


• “What We Found”, Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
  Fiction)

Best Short
Story

• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu
  (Clarkesworld)


• “The Homecoming”, Mike Resnick (Asimov’s)


• “Movement”, Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s)


• “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
  Fiction)


• “Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue”, John
  Scalzi (Tor.com)

Best Related
Work

• ’The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction’, Third Edition, edited by John Clute,
  David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)


• ’Jar Jar Binks Must Die…and other Observations about Science Fiction
  Movies’, Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)


• ’The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary
  Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature’, Jeff
  VanderMeer and S. J. Chambers (Abrams Image)


• ’Wicked Girls’ (CD), Seanan McGuire


• ’Writing Excuses, Season 6′ (podcast series), Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells,
  Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson

  Best Graphic
Story

• Digger, by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)


• Fables Vol 15: Rose Red, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham
  (Vertigo)


• Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys To The
  Kingdom, written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez
  (IDW)


• Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication, written and illustrated by Howard
  Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)


• The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan, created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross,
  written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation,
Long Form

• ’Captain America: The First
  Avenger‘, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely;
  directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)


• ’Game of Thrones (Season 1)’,
  created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David
  Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin;
  directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor
  (HBO)


• ’Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  Part 2‘, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates
  (Warner Bros.)


• ’Hugo‘, screenplay by John Logan; directed by
  Martin Scorsese (Paramount)


• ‘Source Code’,
  screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)

  Best Dramatic
Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who, ”The Doctor’s Wife”, written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard
  Clark (BBC Wales)


• “The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech”, Christopher J Garcia and James
  Bacon (Renovation)


• Doctor Who, ”The Girl Who Waited”,
  written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)


• Doctor Who, ”A Good Man Goes to War”, written by Steven Moffat; directed by
  Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)


• Community, ”Remedial Chaos Theory”, written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna;
  directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)

  Best
Semiprozine

• Apex Magazine, edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason
  Sizemore


• Interzone, edited by Andy Cox


• Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams


• Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.


• New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J.
  Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer

Best
Fanzine

• Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer


• The Drink Tank, edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia


• File 770, edited by Mike Glyer


• Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.


• SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo

Best
Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe


• Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner
  Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)


• SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz (presenters), Patrick Hester
  (producer)


• SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth
  Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente


• StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith
• Congratulations