2016 Hugo Award Nominations

Best Novel

• Edge of Dark (Glittering Edge #1) by Brenda Cooper (Pyr) – my review

  

• The Providence of Fire (Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne #2) by Brian Staveley (Tor Books) – review coming soon

  

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Best Novella

• Sunset Mantle by Alter S. Reiss (Tor.com Publishing) – my review

  

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Best Novelette

• The Oiran’s Song by Isabel Yap (Uncanny Magazine #6, September/October 2015) – my review

  

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Best Short Story

• In Libres by Elizabeth Bear (Uncanny Magazine #5, July/August 2015) – my review

  

• Three Voices by Lisa Bolekaja (Uncanny Magazine #5, July/August 2015) – my review

  

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Best Related Work

-None

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Best Graphic Story

• ODY-C, Vol. 1 (ODY-C #1-5) by Matt Faction and Christian Ward (Image Comics) – my review

  

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Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

-None

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Best Professional Editor (Short Form)

• Lynn M. Thomas – Uncanny Magazine
  

• Michael Damian Thomas – Uncanny Magazine
  

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Best Professional Editor (Long Form)

-None

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Best Professional Artist

• Richard Anderson

  

• Todd Lockwood

  

• Cynthia Sheppard

  

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Best Semiprozine

• Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, and Michi Trota

  
  

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Best Fanzine

-None

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Best Fancast

• Adventures in SciFi Publishing

  

• The Functional Nerds Podcast (John Anelio and Patrick Hester)

  

• Rocket Talk (Justin Landon)

  

• SF Signal Podcast

  

• The Skiffy and Fanty Show

  

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Best Fan Writer

• File 700

• The Wertzone

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Best Fan Artist

-None

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The John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo)

• Brain Staveley – The Emperor’s Blades (Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne #1) – my review – and The Providence of Fire (Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne #2)
  

• Andy Weir – The Martian

  

• Isabel Yap – The Oiran’s Song
  

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Are you a Worldcon member too? Who did you nominate or who would you nominate?

-DJ