Comments: 2007 was a fairly ordinary year for the Hugo awards. Vernor Vinge won the Best Novel Hugo, an episode of Doctor Who won the Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form award. In the other categories, a collection of the usual suspects were nominated for, and won the various awards. In fact, the only really interesting thing that happened in this year was that the Best Professional Editor award was split into a pair of awards for Long Form and Short Form. This was probably a decent idea, as the list of nominees for Best Professional Editor had become rather static over the course of the previous few years, with the same names being nominated repeatedly. With the split award, the field was opened up a bit allowing for a wider array of people to get a shot at the Hugo. Whether that is a good or a bad thing is a matter of opinion, and I tend to think having a wider field, within reason, is a good thing.
Best Novel
Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge
Other Finalists:
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Eifelheim by Michael F. Flynn
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Best Novella
A Billion Eves by Robert Reed
Other Finalists:
Inclination by William Shunn
Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson
Lord Weary's Empire by Michael Swanwick
The Walls of the Universe by Paul Melko
Best Novelette
The Djinn's Wife by Ian McDonald
Other Finalists:
All the Things You Are by Mike Resnick
Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth by Michael F. Flynn
Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) by Geoff Ryman
Yellow Card Man Paolo Bacigalupi
Best Short Story
Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt
Other Finalists:
Eight Episodes by Robert Reed
The House Beyond Your Sky by Benjamin Rosenbaum
How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman
Kin by Bruce McAllister
Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Work
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
Other Finalists:
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany
Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio by John Picacio
Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles by Joseph T. Major
Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches edited by Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari
Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
Pan's Labyrinth
Other Finalists:
Children of Men
The Prestige
A Scanner Darkly
V for Vendetta
Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
Doctor Who: Girl in the Fireplace
Other Finalists:
Battlestar Galactica: Downloaded
Doctor Who: School Reunion
Doctor Who: Army of Ghosts and Doomsday
Stargate SG-1: 200
Best Professional Editor: Short Form
Gordon van Gelder
Other Finalists:
Gardner Dozois
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Sheila Williams
Best Professional Editor: Long Form
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Other Finalists:
Lou Anders
James Patrick Baen
Ginjer Buchanan
David G. Hartwell
Best Professional Artist
Donato Giancola
Other Finalists:
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Jude Palencar
John Picacio
Best Semi-Prozine
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi
Other Finalists:
Ansible edited by Dave Langford
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin J. Maroney
Best Fanzine
Science-Fiction Five-Yearly edited by Randy Byers, Lee Hoffman, and Geri Sullivan
Other Finalists:
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian, III
The Drink Tank edited by Christopher J. Garcia
Plokta edited by Steve Davies, Alison Scott, and Mike Scott
Best Fan Writer
Dave Langford
Other Finalists:
Christopher J. Garcia
John Hertz
John Scalzi
Steven H Silver
Best Fan Artist
Other Finalists:
Brad W. Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Naomi Novik
Other Finalists:
Scott Lynch
Sarah Monette
Brandon Sanderson
Lawrence M. Schoen
What Are the Hugo Awards?
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Go to subsequent year's nominees: 2008
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