Comments: In 2005, the Hugo Awards handed out a one time award for "Best Website". It is perhaps one of the clearest indications of how far off course the SciFi channel (excuse me, "SyFy" channel) has gone that the winner of this award is a webpage they hosted that doesn't even exist any more. The other four nominees, one the other hand, are alive and well, and still churning out great science fiction related content.
After Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings relinquished its three year hold on the Dramatic Presentation Hugo, the award was snapped up by The Incredibles, one of the best super hero movies ever made. The Short Form Dramatic Presentation award went to the Battlestar Galactica episode 33, which was probably the best episode of that series. However, I still would have given the nod to the Stargate SG-1 two part story Heroes, mostly because Stargate SG-1 was a better science fiction series in its worst episode than Battlestar Galactica was at its best. And Heroes was far from the worst Stargate SG-1 episode.
Best Novel
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Other Finalists:
The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
Iron Council by China Miéville
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
Best Novella
The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross
Other Finalists:
Elector by Charles Stross
Sergeant Chip by Bradley Denton
Time Ablaze by Michael A. Burstein
Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Novelette
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link
Other Finalists:
Biographical Notes to ‘A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes' by Benjamin Rosenbaum by Benjamin Rosenbaum
The Clapping Hands of God by Michael F. FlynnThe People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe
Best Short Story
Travels with My Cats by Mike Resnick
Other Finalists:
The Best Christmas Ever by James Patrick Kelly
Decisions by Michael A. Burstein
A Princess of Earth by Mike Resnick
Shed Skin by Robert J. Sawyer
Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Work
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
Other Finalists:
The Best of Xero by Pat Lupoff and Dick Lupoff
Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn by William Tenn
Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars by David A. Hardy and Patrick Moore
With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom by Peter WestonBest Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
The Incredibles
Other Finalists:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow
Spider-Man 2
Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
Battlestar Galactica: 33
Other Finalists:
Angel: Smile Time
Angel: Not Fade Away
Lost: Pilot Episode
Stargate SG-1: Heroes, Parts 1 and 2
Best Professional Editor
Ellen Datlow
Other Finalists:
Gardner Dozois
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder
Best Professional Artist
Jim Burns
Other Finalists:
Bob Eggleton
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola
John Picacio
Best Semi-Prozine
Ansible edited by David Langford
Other Finalists:
Interzone edited by David Pringle and Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
The Third Alternative edited by Andy CoxBest Fanzine
Plokta edited by Steve Davies, Alison Scott, and Mike Scott
Other Finalists:
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
Chunga edited by Randy Byers, Andy Hooper, and Carl Juarez
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Best Fan Writer
Dave Langford
Other Finalists:
Claire Brialey
Bob Devney
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H Silver
Best Fan Artist
Sue Mason
Other Finalists:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu
Best Web Site
Sci Fiction edited by Ellen Datlow, managed by Craig Engler
Other Finalists:
eFanzines.com edited by Bill Burns
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Locus Online edited by Mark R. Kelly
Strange Horizons edited by Susan Marie Groppi
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Elizabeth Bear
Other Finalists:
K.J. Bishop
David Moles
Chris Roberson
Steph Swainston
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