Comments: The 2011 Hugo Awards should have put to rest the canard that women cannot write good science fiction. Not only did Connie Willis win the Best Novel Hugo for her two-part novel Blackout/All Clear, but of the remaining four nominees, three were women. In addition, Mary Robinette Kowal won the Best Short Story Hugo for For Want of a Nail, Sheila Williams won the Hugo for Best Short Form Editor, and women were well-represented in all of the other categories.
The only real disappointment was that Doctor Who won yet another award for Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation for the two part story The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang. But in this year the amazingly brilliant song by Rachel Bloom Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury was also nominated. Granted, Doctor Who is a fine show, but if the award is just going to go to it every year while inventive and original material like Bloom's gets no better than "also ran" status, then the Short Form category is more or less just a waste of an award.
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
Other Finalists:
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
Feed by Mira Grant
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Best Novella
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
Other Finalists:
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky
The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon by Elizabeth Hand (reviewed in Errantry: Strange Stories)
The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis (reviewed in Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 34, No. 9 (September 2010))
Troika by Alastair ReynoldsBest Novelette
The Emperor of Mars by Allen M. Steele (reviewed in Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 34, No. 6 (June 2010))
Other Finalists:
Eight Miles by Sean McMullen (reviewed in Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXX, No. 9 (September 2010))
The Jaguar House, in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard (reviewed in Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 34, No. 7 (July 2010))
Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly (reviewed in Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol 34, No. 12 (December 2010))
That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone (reviewed in Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXX, No. 9 (September 2010))
Best Short Story
For Want of a Nail by Mary Robinette Kowal (reviewed in Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 34, No. 9 (September 2010))
Other Finalists:
Amaryllis by Carrie Vaughn
Ponies by Kij Johnson
The Things by Peter Watts
Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Work
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It edited by Tara O'Shea and Lynne M. Thomas
Other Finalists:
Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 by Gary K. Wolfe
The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing by Barry N. Malzberg and Mike Resnick
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve by William H. Patterson, Jr.
Writing Excuses, Season 4 by Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells
Best Graphic Story
Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio
Other Finalists:
Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham; art by Mark Buckingham
Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot
Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel by Howard Tayler
The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey; art by Peter Gross
Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
Inception
Other Finalists:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3
Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang
Other Finalists:
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor
Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
The Lost Thing
Best Professional Editor: Short Form
Sheila Williams
Other Finalists:
John Joseph Adams
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon van Gelder
Best Professional Editor Long Form
Lou Anders
Other Finalists:
Ginjer Buchanan
Moshe Feder
Liz Gorinsky
Nick Mamatas
Beth Meacham
Juliet Ulman
Best Professional Artist
Shaun Tan
Other Finalists:
Daniel Dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Best Semi-Prozine
Other Finalists:
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams
Locus edited by Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi
Weird Tales edited by Stephen H. Segal and Ann VanderMeer
Best Fanzine
The Drink Tank edited by James Bacon and Christopher J. Garcia
Other Finalists:
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith
Best Fan Writer
Claire Brialey
Other Finalists:
James Bacon
Christopher J. Garcia
James Nicoll
Steven H. Silver
Best Fan Artist
Brad W. Foster
Other Finalists:
Randall Munroe
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Lev Grossman
Other Finalists:
Saladin Ahmed
Lauren Beukes
Larry Correia
Dan Wells
What Are the Hugo Awards?
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Go to subsequent year's finalists: 2012
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