Hugo Awards 2009
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Anticipation,
Montreal :
August 9, 2009
Eligibility Year: 2008
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (also listed below)
Eligibility Year: 2008
Associated Awards: John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (also listed below)
Novel
- Winner: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
- Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK)
- Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (Tor)
- Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
- Zoe's Tale, John Scalzi (Tor)
Novella
- Winner: “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
- “The Political Prisoner”, Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)
- “The Tear”, Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)
- “True Names”, Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
- “Truth”, Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
Novelette
- Winner: “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)
- “Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders”, Mike Resnick (Asimov's Jan 2008)
- “The Gambler”, Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
- “Pride and Prometheus”, John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)
- “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story”, James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb 2008)
Short Story
- Winner: “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
- “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss”, Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
- “Article of Faith”, Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
- “Evil Robot Monkey”, Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
- “From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled”, Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 2008)
Related Book
- Winner: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)
- Rhetorics of Fantasy, Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press)
- Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
- The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold, Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen)
- What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid (Beccon Publications)
Graphic Story
- Winner: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Kaja Foglio & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
- The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle, Jim Butcher, illustrated by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers Publishing)
- Fables: War and Pieces, Bill Willingham, art by Steve Leialoha & Andrew Pepoy (DC/Vertigo Comics)
- Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic, Howard Tayler (The Tayler Corporation)
- Serenity: Better Days, Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad (Dark Horse Comics)
- Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores, Brian K. Vaughan (DC/Vertigo Comics)
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
- Winner: WALL-E (Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, directo; Pixar/Walt Disney)
- The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, story; Jonathan Nolan and and & Christopher Nolan, screenplay; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Christopher Nolan, director; Warner Brothers)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola, story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; based on the comic by Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director; Dark Horse, Universal)
- Iron Man (Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screenplay; based on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby; Jon Favreau, director; Paramount, Marvel Studios)
- METAtropolis (edited by John Scalzi; Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder, writers; Audible Inc.)
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- Winner: Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director; Mutant Enemy)
- Battlestar Galactica: “Revelations” (Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director; NBC Universal)
- Doctor Who: “Turn Left” (Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme Harper, director; BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who: “Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead” (Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lynn, director; BBC Wales)
- Lost: “The Constant” (Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers; Jack Bender, director; Bad Robot, ABC studios)
Editor, Short Form
Editor, Long Form
Professional Artist
Semiprozine
- Winner: Weird Tales, Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal, eds.
- Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace, eds.
- Interzone, Andy Cox, ed.
- Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi, eds.
- The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney, eds.
Fanzine
- Winner: Electric Velocipede, John Klima, ed.
- Argentus, Steven H Silver, ed.
- Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer, eds.
- Challenger, Guy H. Lillian III, ed.
- The Drink Tank, Chris Garcia, ed.
- File 770, Mike Glyer, ed.
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
— Associated Awards —
Winner
- David Anthony Durham (second year of eligibility)
Finalists
- Aliette de Bodard (second year of eligibility)
- Felix Gilman (first year of eligibility)
- Tony Pi (second year of eligibility)
- Gord Sellar (second year of eligibility)
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