On the whole, however, I am satisfied with my choices. I don't think this is likely to be close to what the actual final ballot looks like. I don't think my tastes in science fiction and related areas are that far out of the mainstream, but I do have some idiosyncrasies that ensure that some of my choices are going to be outliers. It will certainly be interesting to compare this to the actual ballot when it is released in April.
One wrinkle this year is that there is an experimental category for the awards: Best Series. Of all the categories this year, I am most lukewarm on my set of nominations in this one, mostly because I am kind of lukewarm on the entire category. I only keep up with a handful of book series, mostly because of time limitations, and as a result, there weren't a whole lot of choices other than those I made that I could have selected. I like all the series that I nominated, but I am generally not all that comfortable with a category that I feel I have such a limited range of viable options to choose from.
Best Novel
Cloudbound by Fran Wilde
Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds
Best Novella
The Dream-Quest of Velitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
The Heart Is Eaten Last by Kameron Hurley
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
Best Novelette
Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho
Touring with the Alien by Carolyn Ives Gilman
You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay by Alyssa Wong
Best Short Story
Red in Tooth and Cog by Cat Rambo
A Salvaging of Ghosts by Aliette de Bodard
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
You Are Not the Hero of this Story by Caroline M. Yoachim
Best Related Work
An Asimov Companion: Characters, Places and terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries by Donald E. Palumbo
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron HurleyMichael Moorcock: Fiction, Fantasy, and the World's Pain by Mark Scroggins
Modern Masters of Science Fiction: Octavia Butler by Gerry Canavan
Nobody Owns the Moon: The Ethics of Space Exploration by Tony Milligan
Best Graphic Story
Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, and Nico Leon
Pretty Deadly, Volume 2: The Bear by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma RiosRat Queens, Volume 3: Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Sex Criminals, Volume 3: Three the Hard Way by Matt Fraction
Saga, Volume Six by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples
Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
Captain America: Civil War
Ghostbusters
Hidden Figures
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes
Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards
Luke Cage: Manifest
Stranger Things: The Upside Down
Best Professional Editor: Short Form
C.C. Finlay
David Steffan
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Sean Wallace
Sheila Williams
Best Professional Editor: Long Form
Diana Pho
Joe Monti
Miriam Weinberg
Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
Tess Fowler
Jeph Jacques
Elizabeth Leggett
Fiona Staples
Best Semi-Prozine
Daily Science Fiction
Lightspeed MagazineShimmer
Strange Horizons
Uncanny Magazine
Best Fanzine
Galactic Journey
Journey Planet
Lady Business
Rocket Stack Rank
Best Fan Writer
Camestros Felapton
Natalie Luhrs
Foz Meadows
Alexandra Pierce
Best Fan Artist
Grace Fong
likhain
Best Fancast
Down and Safe
Galactic Suburbia
Under Discussion: The Under Gopher Podcast
Verity!
Best Series
Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
God's War by Kameron Hurley
Magic ex Libris by Jim C. Hines
Xuya by Aliette de Bodard
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
N.S. Dolkart
Carrie Patel
Natasha Pulley
Kelly Robson
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