2006 Prometheus Award Nominees

Location: LAcon IV in Anaheim, California.

Comments: Yet again, when confronted with a situation indicating that their award structure was inadequate to the task of honoring the full range of libertarian works that their members thought worthy, the Libertarian Futurist Society resorted to the ad hoc means of handing out a special award rather than actually trying to fix the categories of the Prometheus Awards to keep them current with the realities of modern media. I suppose that this isn't unexpected for the reactionary organization that the Libertarian Futurist Society seems to have become, and handing out ad hoc awards reflect the chaotic nature of the libertarian ideology to a certain extent. This does, however, expose the Prometheus Awards as being something of a disorganized mess.

Best Novel

Winner:

Learning the World by Ken MacLeod

Other Nominees:

47 by Walter Mosley

The Black Arrow by Vin Suprynowicz
Chainfire by Terry Goodkind
The Hidden Family by Charles Stross
RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone by Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman

Hall of Fame

Winner:

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd

Other Nominees:
As Easy as A.B.C. by Rudyard Kipling
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Special Award

Winner:

Serenity by Joss Whedon

Other Nominees:
None

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2006 Hugo Award Finalists

Location: L.A. Con IV in Anaheim, California.

Comments: Partially making up for its woefully short run on network television, and its snubbing in previous Hugo ceremonies, the Firefly universe got a nod in 2006 when the movie Serenity won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form. While I am sure that most Browncoats would have preferred a long run as a broadcast program, the nod from the Hugo voters was nice.

Meanwhile, over in the Short Form category, the revamped Doctor Who show began its run of dominating the award with a win for the two part story The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances. Over the next six years, Doctor Who would go on to win five of the Short Form Hugo Awards, a run interrupted only by Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. Granted, Doctor Who is a very good show, but it seems to me to be quite unhealthy for the Hugo Awards, and for science fiction as a televised genre, to have a single program dominating an award category like this.

Best Novel

Winner:
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Other Finalists:
Accelerando by Charles Stross
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Best Novella

Winner:

Inside Job by Connie Willis

Other Finalists:
Burn by James Patrick Kelly
Identity Theft by Robert J. Sawyer (reviewed in Red Planet Blues)
The Little Goddess by Ian McDonald
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

Best Novelette

Winner:

Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle

Other Finalists:
The Calorie Man by Paolo Bacigalupi
I, Robot by Cory Doctorow
The King of Where-I-Go by Howard Waldrop
TelePresence by Michael A. Burstein

Best Short Story

Winner:

Tk'tk'tk by David D. Levine

Other Finalists:
The Clockwork Atom Bomb by Dominic Green
Down Memory Lane by Mike Resnick
Seventy-Five Years by Michael A. Burstein
Singing My Sister Down by Margo Lanagan

Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Work

Winner:

Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm

Other Finalists:
Science Fiction Quotations by Gary Westfahl
The SEX Column and Other Misprints by David Langford
Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe

Transformations: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 by Mike Ashley

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

Winner:
Serenity

Other Finalists:
Batman Begins
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

Winner:
Doctor Who: The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances

Other Finalists:
Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus
Doctor Who: Dalek
Doctor Who: Father's Day
Jack-Jack Attack
Lucas Back in Anger
Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony: Opening Speech and Framing Device

Best Professional Editor

Winner:
David G. Hartwell

Other Finalists:
Ellen Datlow
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder
Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist

Winner:
Donato Giancola

Other Finalists:
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Michael Whelan

Best Semi-Prozine

Winner:

Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Liza Groen Trombi

Other Finalists:
Ansible edited by David Langford
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Interzone edited by Andy Cox

The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kevin Maroney, and David G. Hartwell

Best Fanzine

Winner:

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
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

Best Fan Writer

Winner:

Dave Langford

Other Finalists:
Claire Brialey
John Hertz
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

Winner:

Frank Wu

Other Finalists:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Winner:
John Scalzi

Other Finalists:
K.J. Bishop
Sarah Monette
Chris Roberson
Brandon Sanderson
Steph Swainston

What Are the Hugo Awards?

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2006 Mythopoeic Award Nominees

Location: Mythcon XXXVII in Norman, Oklahoma.

Comments: In 2006 the date and location of the Mythopoeic Awards finally became permanently publicly available. As I have noted before, I suspect that  the Mythopoeic Awards were handed out at the annual Mythcon run by the Mythopoeic Society in previous years, but as I cannot find any confirmation of this, I am hesitant to list the annual ballot of nominees with this information. However, in 2006 and later years, this fact has been made explicit, and as a result, I can include the data.

Best Adult Fantasy Literature

Winner:
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Other Nominees:

The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold

Metallic Love by Tanith Lee
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt

Best Children's Fantasy Literature

Winner:

The Bartimaeus Trilogy (The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate) by Jonathan Stroud

Other Nominees:

By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle

Valiant by Holly Black
Wizards at War by Diane Duane

Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

Winner:

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull

Other Nominees:
Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology by Verlyn Flieger
The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs
Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Marjorie Burns
Smith of Wootton Major: Expanded Edition edited by Verlyn Flieger

Myth and Fantasy Studies

Winner:

National Dreams: The Remaking of Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century England by Jennifer Schacker

Other Nominees:

The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons: Buddhist Themes in Modern Fantasy by David R. Loy and Linda Goodhew

The Meanings of "Beauty and the Beast": A Handbook by Jerry Griswold

Readers in Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction from Dorothy to Harry Potter by Deborah O'Keefe

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2006 Campbell Award Nominees

Location: Campbell Conference Awards Banquet at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Comments: Sometimes modern science fiction fans forget just what an abundance of riches they have access to. Some people hearken back to older years when a dedicated science fiction fan could basically read everything noteworthy that was published every year, and as a result, fandom had a single common language that bound them tightly together. These people mourn the fact that the genre has expanded and splintered to such an extent that this simply isn't possible now. But what such people forget is that having such a focused genre comes at the price of having a substantially constricted range of voices available to be read. What the list of nominees for the 2006 Campbell Award demonstrates is that science fiction readers now have an overflowing cup of good fiction to enjoy, and that this cup is very slowly (very, very slowly)  being expanded by including more viewpoints into its mixture.

Best Novel

Winner:

Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer

Second Place:

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Third Place:

The Summer Isles by Ian R. MacLeod

Finalists:

Accelerando by Charles Stross

Child of Earth by David Gerrold
Counting Heads by David Marusek
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
The Meq by Steve Cash
Mind's Eye by Paul J. McAuley
Seeker by Jack McDevitt
Transcendent by Stephen Baxter
The World Before by Karen Traviss

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2006 Locus Award Nominees

Location: Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington.

Comments: As he won two Locus Awards in 2006, this seems like a good time to talk about the apparently unstoppable writing force that is Neil Gaiman. As noted, he won the awards for both Best Fantasy Novel and Best Short Story, but that only covers the honors Gaiman earned in this particular year. In the 2000s, very few years have gone by without a win of some sort for Neil Gaiman at the Locus Awards, and none seem to have taken place without Gaiman appearing on the short list of nominees. If there is a single writer who could be said to represent popular genre fiction since the turn of the century, it would have to be Gaiman.

Best Science Fiction Novel
Winner:
1.   Accelerando by Charles Stross

Other Nominees:
2.   Olympos by Dan Simmons
3.   Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
4.   Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson
5.   Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
6.   Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
7.   Old Twentieth by Joe Haldeman
8.   Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
9.   Seeker by Jack McDevitt
10. Mammoth by John Varley
11. Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
12. Transcendent by Stephen Baxter
13. The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach
14. The World Before by Karen Traviss
15. Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder
16. 9 Tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
17. The Well of Stars by Robert Reed
18. Living Next Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson
19. The Rosetta Codex by Richard Paul Russo
20. To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy
21. Godplayers by Damien Broderick
22. Mind's Eye by Paul J. McAuley
23. Tumbling After by Paul Witcover
24. Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Best Fantasy Novel
Winner:
1.   Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Other Nominees:
2.   A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
3.   Thud! by Terry Pratchett
4.   The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
5.   Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
6.   The Hidden Family by Charles Stross
7.   A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park
8.   Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley
9.   Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
10. Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb
11. Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip
12. Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll
13. The House of Storms by Ian R. MacLeod
14. The Limits of Enchantment by Graham Joyce
15. Snake Agent by Liz Williams
16. The Narrows by Alexander C. Irvine
17. Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
18. Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright

Best Young Adult Book
Winner:
1.   Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple

Other Nominees:
2.   Mister Boots by Carol Emshwiller
3.   Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
4.   Valiant by Holly Black
5.   Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
6.   Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
7.   Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
8.   TWOC by Graham Joyce
9.   Midnighters, Book Two: Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld
10. Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
11. Stravaganza: City of Flowers by Mary Hoffman
12. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
13. The Flowering Queen (aka The Water Mirror) by Kai Meyer
14. The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher

Best First Novel
Winner:
1.    Hammered, Scardown, and Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear

Other Nominees:
2.   Old Man's War by John Scalzi
3.   Counting Heads by David Marusek
4.   The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt
5.   Vellum by Hal Duncan
6.   Rocket Science by Jay Lake
7.   Melusine by Sarah Monette
8.   The Prodigal Troll by Charles Coleman Finlay
9.   Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier
10. Bear Daughter by Judith Berman
11. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
12. Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
13. Singer of Souls by Adam Stemple
14. Spotted Lily by Anna Tambour
15. Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge

Best Novella
Winner:
1.   Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

Other Nominees:

2.   Inside Job by Connie Willis

3.   Human Readable by Cory Doctorow
4.   The Cosmology of the Wider World by Jeffrey Ford
5.   Burn by James Patrick Kelly
6.   The Little Goddess by Ian McDonald
7.   Audubon in Atlantis by Harry Turtledove
8.   Diving Into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
9.   The Emperor by Lucius Shepard
10. The Diversification of its Fancy by John Barnes
11. The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass by Vera Nazarian
12. The Life of Riley by Alexander C. Irvine
13. The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
14. The Nursemaid's Suitor by Charles Coleman Finlay
15. Winning Mars by Jason Stoddard
16. (tie) Bank Run by Tom Purdom
      (tie) Fishin' with Grandma Matchie by Steven Erikson
18. The Gypsies in the Wood by Kim Newman
19. Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill
20. The Road to Recovery by Gregory Frost
21. In the Machine by Michael Cunningham

Best Novelette
Winner:
1.   I, Robot by Cory Doctorow

Other Nominees:
2.   Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle
3.   The Emperor of Gondwanaland by Paul Di Filippo
4.   The King of Where-I-Go by Howard Waldrop
5.   A Knot of Toads by Jane Yolen
6.   A Man of Light by Jeffrey Ford
7.   Wax by Elizabeth Bear
8.   The Last Ten Years in the Life of Hero Kai by Geoff Ryman
9.   Girls and Boys, Comes Out to Play by Michael Swanwick
10. The Calorie Man by Paolo Bacigalupi
11. The Gist Hunter by Matthew Hughes
12. The Scribble Mind by Jeffrey Ford
13. Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck by Neal Asher
14. Bad Machine by Kage Baker
15. The Blemmye's Stratagem by Bruce Sterling
16. Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds
17. Last Man Standing by Esther M. Friesner

18. The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home From the Stars by Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold

19. The Language of Moths by Christopher Barzak
20. (tie) The Edge of Nowhere by James Patrick Kelly
      (tie) Oxygen Rising by R. Garcia y Robertson
22. Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds
23. Second Person, Present Tense by Daryl Gregory
24. The Fraud by Esther M. Friesner
25. The Unfortunate Gytt by Kage Baker
26. The 120 Hours of Sodom by Jim Grimsley
27. Rats of the System by Paul J. McAuley
28. Gold Mountain by Chris Roberson
29. Dallas: An Essay by Robert Reed

Best Short Story
Winner:

1.   Sunbird by Neil Gaiman

Other Nominees:

2.   Some Zombie Contingency Plans by Kelly Link

3.   I Live With You by Carol Emshwiller
4.   Boatman's Holiday by Jeffrey Ford
5.   Triceratops Summer by Michael Swanwick
6.   The Children of Time by Stephen Baxter
7.   Snowball's Chance by Charles Stross
8.   Monster by Kelly Link
9.   Comber by Gene Wolfe
10. Angel of Light by Joe Haldeman
11. The Great Divorce by Kelly Link
12. (tie) The Farmer's Cat by Jeff VanderMeer
      (tie) A Signal from Earth by Stephen Baxter
14. Mason's Rats by Neal Asher
15. Helen Remembers the Stork Club by Esther M. Friesner
16. The Denial by Bruce Sterling
17. Pip and the Fairies by Theodora Goss
18. Tk'tk'tk by David D. Levine
19. The Two Old Women by Kage Baker
20. Giant Land by Jeffrey Ford
21. The Second Coming of Charles Darwin by James Morrow
22. Best New Horror by Joe Hill
23. The Ice-Cream Man by James Van Pelt
24. Is There Life After Rehab? by Pat Cadigan
25. Twilight States by Albert E. Cowdrey
26. Calypso in Berlin by Elizabeth Hand
27. A Case of Consilience by Ken MacLeod
28. The Fate of Mice by Susan Palwick

Best Collection
Winner:

1.   Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

Other Nominees:

2.   Looking for Jake and Other Stories by China Miéville

3.   Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia A. McKillip
4.   Platinum Pohl by Frederik Pohl
5.   Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
6.   The Children of the Company by Kage Baker
7.   Starwater Strains by Gene Wolfe
8.   Heart of Whitenesse by Howard Waldrop
9.   The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories by Paul Di Filippo

10. Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp by L. Sprague de Camp

11. I Live With You by Carol Emshwiller
12. Strange Itineraries by Tim Powers

13. The Man Who Lost the Sea: Volume X: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon by Theodore Sturgeon

14. The Masque of Mañana by Robert Sheckley
15. Mothers and Other Monsters by Maureen F. McHugh
16. Sea Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett
17. 20^th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
18. Across the Wall by Garth Nix

19. Two-handed Engine: The Selected Stories of Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore

20. George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth by George Alec Effinger
21. Cultural Breaks by Brian W. Aldiss
22. To Charles Fort, with Love by Caitlín R. Kiernan
23. Greetings and Other Stories by Terry Bisson
24. Wild Things by Charles Coleman Finlay
25. The Cuckoo's Boys by Robert Reed
26. The Gist Hunter and Other Stories by Matthew Hughes
27. The Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Thomas Ligotti
28. Little Machines by Paul J. McAuley
29. Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories by Gregory Frost

Best Anthology
Winner:

1.   The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant

Other Nominees:

2.   The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois

3.   The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois

4.   Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

5.   The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century edited by Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg

6.   Polyphony, Volume 5 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake
7.   Constellations edited by Peter Crowther
8.   Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
9.   Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 edited by Jack Dann
10. Year's Best Fantasy 5 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

11. Nova Scotia: New Scottish Speculative Fiction edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson

12. Tesseracts Nine edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman

13. Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition edited by Gardner Dozois

14. The Fair Folk edited by Marvin Kaye
15. Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
16. Fantasy: The Best of 2004 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
17. Future Washington edited by Ernest Lilley

Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Book
Winner:

1.   Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm

Other Nominees:

2.   Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5^th Edition by Neil Barron

3.   Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe

4.   Transformations: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 by Mike Ashley

5.   Ursula K. Le Guin: Beyond Genre by Mike Cadden

6.   Hanging Out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators by Joseph McCabe

7.   Science Fiction Quotations by Gary Westfahl
8.   The SEX Column and Other Misprints by David Langford

9.   The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders by Gary Westfahl

10. Horror: Another 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman

11. Diana Wynne Jones: Children's Literature and the Fantastic Tradition by Farah Mendlesohn

12. Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction by James E. Gunn and Matthew Candelaria

13. A Reverie for Mister Ray by Michael Bishop
14. Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature by Brian Stableford

15. Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia by S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz

16. Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions by Fredric Jameson

17. Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: Fifth Edition by Ruth Nadelman Lynn

18. Science Fiction by Roger Luckhurst

Best Art Book
Winner:

1.   Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner

Other Nominees:

2.   Visions of Heaven and Hell by Clive Barker

3.   The Three Incestuous Sisters by Audrey Niffenegger
4.   Imago by Jim Burns
5.   The Plucker by Brom
6.   Welcome to My Worlds: The Art of Rob Alexander by Rob Alexander
7.   Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life by Paul Gravett
8.   Through Prehensile Eyes: Seeing the Art of Robert Williams by Robert Williams
9.   Daydreaming: The Art of Slawak Wojtowicz by Slawek Wojtowicz
10. (tie) Arts Unknown: The Life & Art of Lee Brown Coye by Luis Ortiz
      (tie) Revelations: The Art of Max Bertolini by Max Bertolini
12. Worlds: A Mission of Discovery by Alec Gillis
13. The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin, illustrated by Iassen Ghiuselev
14. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Chris Riddell

Best Editor
Winner:
1.   Ellen Datlow

Other Nominees:
2.   Gardner Dozois
3.   David G. Hartwell
4.   Gordon van Gelder
5.   Patrick Nielsen Hayden
6.   Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
7.   Peter Crowther
8.   Sheila Williams
9.   Jim Baen
10. Terri Windling
11. Martin H. Greenberg
12. Lou Anders
13. Stanley Schmidt
14. Jonathan Strahan
15. (tie) Deborah Layne and Jay Lake
      (tie) Shawna McCarthy
17. Robert Silverberg
18. Andy Cox
19. Betsy Wollheim
20. Jeff VanderMeer
21. Sharyn November
22. Ginjer Buchanan
23. Susan Marie Groppi
24. Stephen Jones
25. Juliet Ulman
26. Betsy Mitchell
27. Beth Meacham

Best Magazine
Winner:
1.   Fantasy & Science Fiction

Other Nominees:
2.   Asimov's
3.   Analog
4.   Sci Fiction
5.   Interzone
6.   Realms of Fantasy
7.   Emerald City
8.   Strange Horizons
9.   Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
10. The New York Review of Science Fiction
11. Ansible
12. SF Site
13. Black Gate
14. Postscripts
15. Subterranean
16. SF Weekly
17. Cemetery Dance
18. The Infinite Matrix
19. Weird Tales
20. The Third Alternative
21. Infinity Plus
22. Amazing Stories

Best Book Publisher or Imprint
Winner:
1.   Tor

Other Nominees:
2.   Baen
3.   Del Rey
4.   Bantam Spectra
5.   Ace
6.   DAW
7.   Night Shade Books
8.   Golden Gryphon
9.   Subterranean Press
10. PS Publishing
11. Small Beer Press
12. HarperCollins/Eos
13. Gollancz
14. NESFA Press
15. Meisha Merlin
16. SFBC
17. Pyr
18. Tachyon
19. Roc
20. Firebird
21. Orbit
22. Voyager
23. St. Martin's
24. Arkham House
25. (tie) Prime
      (tie) Wheatland
27. Luna
28. Warner Aspect

Best Artist
Winner:
1.   Michael Whelan

Other Nominees:
2.   Bob Eggleton
3.   John Picacio
4.   Dave McKean
5.   Charles Vess
6.   Kinuko Y. Craft
7.   (tie) Jim Burns
      (tie) Clive Barker
9.   Frank Frazetta
10. Thomas Canty
11. Donato Giancola
12. Frank Wu
13. Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
14. John Jude Palencar
15. Brom
16. Boris Vallejo
17. Vincent Di Fate
18. Stephan Martiniere
19. J.K. Potter
20. Luis Royo
21. (tie) Caniglia
      (tie) Stephen Youll
23. Don Maitz
24. Paul Kidby
25. David Cherry
26. Julie Bell
27. Shaun Tan

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2006 Nebula Award Nominees

Location: Tempe, Arizona

Comments: 2006 was the first year in which the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy was bestowed, going to Holly Black for her novel Valiant. The SFWA steadfastly maintains that the Andre Norton Award is not a Nebula Award despite having an identical nominating and selection process that involves essentially the same people serving as judges. But I am just as obstinate as the SFWA, and as the old saying goes "If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck" then it must be a Nebula Award, so I am listing the Andre Norton Award here with the Nebula Awards.

One thing that seems puzzling is the SFWA's insistence that the Andre Norton Award (and the Ray Bradbury Award) is not a Nebula Award. Given that the awards are functionally identical, why the differentiation? Is it so that writers of adult fiction can pretend to honor authors who write young adult works and still look down their noses at them? Or so that book writers can pooh-pooh those who write for filmed media? These distinctions drawn by the SFWA simply don't make sense except as a way to exclude certain authors from being able to assert that they have won a Nebula.

Best Novel

Winner:
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

Other Nominees:
Air by Geoff Ryman
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
Polaris by Jack McDevitt

Best Novella

Winner:

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

Other Nominees:
Clay's Pride by Bud Sparhawk
Identity Theft by Robert J. Sawyer (reviewed in Red Planet Blues)
Left of the Dial by Paul Witcover
The Tribes of Bela by Albert E. Cowdrey

Best Novelette

Winner:

The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link

Other Nominees:
Flat Diane by Daniel Abraham
Men Are Trouble by James Patrick Kelly
Nirvana High by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What
The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi

Best Short Story

Winner:
I Live With You by Carol Emshwiller

Other Nominees:
Born-Again by K.D. Wentworth
The End of the World As We Know It by Dale Bailey
My Mother, Dancing by Nancy Kress
Singing My Sister Down by Margo Lanagan
Still Life With Boobs by Anne Harris
There's a Hole in the City by Richard Bowes

Best Script

Winner:

Serenity by Joss Whedon

Other Nominees:

Battlestar Galactica: Act of Contrition/You Can't Go Home Again by Carla Robinson, Bradley Thompson, and David Weddle

Andre Norton Award

Winner:

Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faery by Holly Black

Other Nominees:
The Amethyst Road by Louise Spiegler
Siberia by Ann Halam
Stormwitch by Susan Vaught

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2006 Clarke Award Nominees

Location: Sci-Fi London at the Apollo West End Cinema in London, United Kingdom.

Comments: In 2006 Paul Kincaid made plans to step down as the administrator of the Clarke Awards, and was rewarded with an honorary award for his twenty years of dedicated service. Kincaid was, and is, an example of the people who work in the background of the science fiction and fantasy world to make the community what it is. Most people have never heard of him, or the myriad of other people who make the various awards, conventions, and other events function. They are rarely center stage, but rather put the authors, editors, and artists of the genre world in the spotlight. Kincaid, and the people who fill similar roles all across the science fiction world are what make the community more than merely a market where authors sell to consumers, but more of a collaborative feedback loop.

Winner
Air by Geoff Ryman

Shortlist
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds

Honorary Award
Paul Kincaid

What Are the Arthur C. Clarke Awards?

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2005 Prometheus Award Nominees

Location: Unknown.

Comments: Once again, the Libertarian Futurist Society pulled the Special Award category out of its closet so that they could honor a pair of short fiction anthologies and a graphic novel. This indicates to me that the Prometheus Awards probably should have more award categories than the current "Best Novel" and "Hall of Fame" options. However, contrary to what one might think, it appears that libertarians are extremely conservative and hidebound, and they would rather give away special awards on an ad hoc basis rather than actually making the categories match the state of the media in the world around them.

Best Novel

Winner:

The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

Other Nominees:

Anarquia by Brad Linaweaver and Kent J. Hastings

Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
State of Fear by Michael Crichton

Hall of Fame

Winner:

The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. van Vogt

Other Nominees:
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King) by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd

Special Award

Winner:

Give Me Liberty edited by Mark Tier and Martin H. Greenberg

The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel by L. Neil Smith, illustrated by Scott Bieser

Visions of Liberty edited by Mark Tier and Martin H. Greenberg

Other Nominees:
None

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2005 Mythopoeic Award Nominees

Location: Unknown.

Comments: The rules of the Mythopoeic Awards allow for an entire series to be nominated for the award in the year that the last installment in that series is published. Given the fact that the primary works of fiction produced by the two most famous Inklings were published as series, this eligibility rule seems fitting. But in some years, like 2005, in which three of the five nominees in the Best Children's Fantasy Literature category were trilogies, this rule can seem to be the root cause of some rather ridiculous looking results.

Best Adult Fantasy Literature

Winner:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Other Nominees:

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip

The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker
Mortal Love by Elizabeth Hand
The Wizard Knight (The Knight and The Wizard) by Gene Wolfe

Best Children's Fantasy Literature

Winner:
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

Other Nominees:

The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen) by Garth Nix

Arthur Trilogy (The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places, and King of the Middle March) by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

Wise Child Trilogy (Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman) by Monica Furlong

Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

Winner:

War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Janet Brennan Croft

Other Nominees:
Bareface: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's Last Novel by Doris T. Myers

Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings edited by Matthew Dickerson

Tolkien in the Land of Heroes by Anne C. Petty

Tolkien the Medievalist edited by Jane Chance

Myth and Fantasy Studies

Winner:

Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography by Stephen Thomas Knight

Other Nominees:

Diana Wynne Jones: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom edited by Teya Rosenberg

The Meanings of "Beauty and the Beast": A Handbook by Jerry Griswold

Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture: What Becomes a Legend Most by William Patrick Day

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2005 World Fantasy Award Nominees

Location: World Fantasy Convention, Madison, Wisconsin.

Comments: In the fiction categories of the 2005 World Fantasy Awards there were a total of twenty-nine individuals nominated, fourteen of whom were women. Of the five categories, four were won by women, or women shared in the win. At this point, one could at last reasonably say that gender parity had been achieved. And it only took until 2005 to accomplish the feat of equitably recognizing the contributions of half of the human race. Twenty years after they were created, the World Fantasy Awards finally got to where they should have been at the start. I guess it was better late than never, but as a fantasy fiction fan, I still find it pretty embarrassing that it took this long to get here.

Best Novel

Winner:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Other Nominees:
Iron Council by China Miéville
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe

Best Novella

Winner:
The Growlimb by Michael Shea

Other Nominees:
Golden City Far by Gene Wolfe
My Death by Lisa Tuttle
Soho Golem by Kim Newman
Tainaron: Mail from Another City by Leena Krohn

Best Short Fiction

Winner:
Singing My Sister Down by Margo Lanagan

Other Nominees:
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link
Northwest Passage by Barbara Roden
Reports of Certain Events in London by China Miéville
The Wings of Meister Wilhelm by Theodora Goss

Best Anthology

Winner:

(tie) Acquainted with the Night edited by Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden

(tie) Dark Matter: Reading the Bones edited by Sheree R. Thomas

Other Nominees:

The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age edited by Harry Turtledove and Noreen Doyle

Polyphony, Volume 4 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake

Best Collection

Winner:

Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

Other Nominees:
Breathmoss and Other Exhalations by Ian R. MacLeod
Heat of Fusion and Other Stories by John M. Ford
Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale
Songs of Leaving by Peter Crowther
Stable Strategies and Others by Eileen Gunn
Trujillo and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard

Lifetime Achievement

Winner:
Tom Doherty
Carol Emshwiller

Other Nominees:
None

Best Artist

Winner:
John Picacio

Other Nominees:
Caniglia
Kinuko Y. Craft
John Jude Palencar
Charles Vess

Special Award, Professional

Winner:
S.T. Joshi

Other Nominees:
Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
Sharyn November
Gordon van Gelder
Terri Windling

Special Award, Non-Professional

Winner:
Robert Morgan

Other Nominees:
Sandy Auden and Ariel
Matthew Cheney
Barbara Roden and Christopher Roden
Michael Walsh

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2005 Hugo Award Finalists

Location: InterAction in Glasgow, Scotland.

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

Winner:
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

Winner:

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

Winner:

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. Flynn
The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe

Best Short Story

Winner:

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

Winner:

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 Weston

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

Winner:
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

Winner:
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

Winner:
Ellen Datlow

Other Finalists:
Gardner Dozois
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Best Professional Artist

Winner:
Jim Burns

Other Finalists:
Bob Eggleton
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola
John Picacio

Best Semi-Prozine

Winner:

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 Cox

Best Fanzine

Winner:

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

Winner:

Dave Langford

Other Finalists:
Claire Brialey
Bob Devney
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

Winner:

Sue Mason

Other Finalists:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu

Best Web Site

Winner:
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

Winner:
Elizabeth Bear

Other Finalists:
K.J. Bishop
David Moles
Chris Roberson
Steph Swainston

What Are the Hugo Awards?

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2005 Campbell Award Nominees

Location: Campbell Conference Awards Banquet at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Comments: In 2005, the three top finishing novels in the race for the Campbell Award probably could not have been more radically different. Richard Morgan's Market Forces is a vicious deconstruction of capitalism and imperialism. Geoff Ryman's Air is an exploration of how the internet has changed our lives, and how similar technology would change us even more. Finally, Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife is a romance that deals with the distance experienced by lovers, using time-travel as a metaphor for interpersonal alienation. As a genre, science fiction has splintered, diversifying wildly when compared to its early days of adolescent wish fulfillment and engineering lessons, and this has only improved the genre.

Best Novel

Winner:

Market Forces by Richard Morgan

Second Place:

Air by Geoff Ryman

Third Place:

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Finalists:

The Boy Who Would Live Forever by Frederik Pohl

The Child Goddess Louise Marley
City of Pearl by Karen Traviss
Gaudeamus by John Barnes
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The Rebel by Jack Dann
The Well of Stars by Robert Reed
White Devils by Paul J. McAuley

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2005 Locus Award Nominees

Location: Westercon 58 in Calgary, Alberta.

Comments: After a one year hiatus during which is was folded into the Best Nonfiction, Reference or Related Book category, the Best Art Book category was once again split off and returned as an independent category in 2005. Why it came back is just as much of a mystery as why it went away for one year. I have given up trying to make any sense of why categories are introduced, dropped, or revived in genre awards, mostly because I desire to retain my sanity, and delving too deeply into this mysterious field of occult learning seems to me to be a sure-fire way to lose it.

Best Science Fiction Novel
Winner:
1.   The Baroque Cycle (The Confusion and The System of the World) by Neal Stephenson

Other Nominees:
2.   Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
3.   Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow
4.   Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
5.   The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
6.   Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
7.   Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
8.   The Life of the World to Come by Kage Baker
9.   River of Gods by Ian McDonald
10. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
11. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
12. For Us, the Living by Robert A. Heinlein
13. Crucible by Nancy Kress
14. Air by Geoff Ryman
15. Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
16. Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
17. Exultant by Stephen Baxter
18. Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
19. (tie) Lost in Transmission by Wil McCarthy
      (tie) The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling
21. The Fourth Circle by Zoran Zivkovic
22. Frek and the Elixir by Rudy Rucker
23. White Devils by Paul J. McAuley
24. Spondulix by Paul Di Filippo
25. Black Brillion by Matthew Hughes
26. The Language of Power by Rosemary Kirstein
27. Life by Gwyneth Jones
28. City of Pearl by Karen Traviss
29. Polaris by Jack McDevitt

Best Fantasy Novel
Winner:
1.   Iron Council by China Miéville

Other Nominees:
2.   The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe
3.   Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
4.   The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah by Stephen King
5.   The Family Trade by Charles Stross
6.   Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
7.   The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay
8.   Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
9.   Mortal Love by Elizabeth Hand
10. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
11. In the Night Room by Peter Straub
12. A Handbook of American Prayer by Lucius Shepard
13. The Charnel Prince by Greg Keyes
14. Dead Lines by Greg Bear
15. Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
16. Glass Dragons by Sean McMullen
17. One King, One Soldier by Alexander C. Irvine
18. The Last Guardian of Everness by John C. Wright
19. Dragon's Treasure by Elizabeth A. Lynn
20. Murder of Angels by Caitlín R. Kiernan
21. The Witches' Kitchen by Cecelia Holland

Best Young Adult Book
Winner:
1.   A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

Other Nominees:
2.   Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
3.   The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
4.   The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
5.   Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
6.   New Magics edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
7.   The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
8.   The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
9.   The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix
10. Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones
11. Midnighters, Book One: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
12. Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende
13. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
14. Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales edited by Deborah Noyes
15. Basilisk by N.M. Browne

Best First Novel
Winner:
1.    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Other Nominees:
2.   The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston
3.   City of Pearl by Karen Traviss
4.   Trash Sex Magic by Jennifer Stevenson
5.   The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust
6.   Ghosts in the Snow by Tamara Siler Jones
7.   Olympic Games by Leslie What
8.   Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas
9.   Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham
10. Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth
11. Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson
12. The Arcanum by Thomas Wheeler
13. Firethorn by Sarah Micklem
14. The Labyrinth by Catherynne M. Valente
15. The Gods and Their Machines by Oisin McGann

Best Novella
Winner:
1.   Golden City Far by Gene Wolfe

Other Nominees:

2.   The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross

3.   Sergeant Chip by Bradley Denton
4.   Viator by Lucius Shepard
5.   Mayflower II by Stephen Baxter
6.   Elector by Charles Stross
7.   Appeals Court by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
8.   The Gorgon in the Cupboard by Patricia A. McKillip
9.   Shadow Twin”, Gardner Dozois by George R.R. Martin and Daniel Abraham
10. Long Voyage Home by R. Garcia y Robertson
11. The Wreck of the Godspeed by James Patrick Kelly
12. Arabian Wine by Gregory Feeley
13. Under the Flag of Night by Ian McDowell
14. No Traveller Returns by Paul Park
15. The Heloise Archive by L. Timmel Duchamp
16. The Tribes of Bela by Albert E. Cowdrey
17. The Bad Hamburger by Matthew Jarpe and Jonathan Andrew Sheen
18. Giliad by Gregory Feeley

Best Novelette
Winner:
1.   (tie) The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link
      (tie) Reports of Certain Events in London by China Miéville

Other Nominees:
2.   Quarry by Peter S. Beagle
3.   Three Days in a Border Town by Jeff VanderMeer
4.   Men Are Trouble by James Patrick Kelly
5.   PeriAndry's Quest by Stephen Baxter
6.   The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe
7.   Observable Things by Paul Di Filippo
8.   The Word that Sings the Scythe by Michael Swanwick
9.   The Lost Pilgrim by Gene Wolfe
10. The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi
11. The Little Stranger by Gene Wolfe
12. A Night in the Tropics by Jeffrey Ford
13. The Catch by Kage Baker
14. The Silver Dragon by Elizabeth A. Lynn
15. The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid by Walter Jon Williams
16. Leaving His Cares Behind Him by Kage Baker
17. Super 8 by Terry Bisson
18. Flat Diane by Daniel Abraham
19. Mere by Robert Reed
20. The Clapping Hands of God by Michael F. Flynn
21. The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance by Eleanor Arnason
22. The Fear Gun by Judith Berman
23. Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle by Peter Straub
24. Q by John Grant
25. The Dragons of Summer Gulch by Robert Reed
26. Pat Moore by Tim Powers

27. Biographical Notes to ‘A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes' by Benjamin Rosenbaum by Benjamin Rosenbaum

28. Stone Animals by Kelly Link
29. Riding the White Bull by Caitlín R. Kiernan
30. The Seal Hunter by Charles Coleman Finlay
31. Martyrs of the Upshot Knothole by James Morrow
32. Inappropriate Behavior by Pat Murphy
33. CATNYP by Delia Sherman
34. Leviathan Wept by Daniel Abraham
35. The Gladiator's War: A Dialog by Lois Tilton

Best Short Story
Winner:

1.   Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman

Other Nominees:

2.   Pulp Cover by Gene Wolfe

3.   'Tis the Season by China Miéville
4.   The Wolf-man of Alcatraz by Howard Waldrop
5.   The Annals of Eelin-Ok by Jeffrey Ford
6.   Faces by Joe Haldeman
7.   The Last Geek by Michael Swanwick
8.   My Mother, Dancing by Nancy Kress
9.   Scout's Honor by Terry Bisson
10. The Best Christmas Ever by James Patrick Kelly
11. Singing My Sister Down by Margo Lanagan
12. All of Us Can Almost. . . by Carol Emshwiller
13. The Gods of a Lesser Creation by William Barton
14. Zora and the Zombie by Andy Duncan
15. Luciferase by Bruce Sterling
16. Gliders Though They Be by Carol Emshwiller
17. The Mission by Jack McDevitt
18. Hula Ville by James P. Blaylock
19. Strood by Neal Asher
20. Synthetic Serendipity by Vernor Vinge
21. The Baum Plan for Financial Independence by John Kessel
22. Skindancing by Liz Williams
23. Oversite by Maureen F. McHugh
24. tourism by M. John Harrison
25. The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
26. Red Hands, Black Hands by Chris Roberson
27. Wonderwall by Elizabeth Hand
28. (tie) The Night Market by Holly Black
      (tie) Opal Ball by Robert Reed
30. Start the Clock by Benjamin Rosenbaum
31. Cold Fires by M. Rickert
32. (tie) Alone in the House of Mims by Barth Anderson
      (tie) Dinosaur Songs by Kathleen Ann Goonan
      (tie) Embracing-the-New by Benjamin Rosenbaum
35. Zero's Twin by A.A. Attanasio

Best Collection
Winner:

1.   The John Varley Reader by John Varley

Other Nominees:

2.   The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh by C.J. Cherryh

3.   Phases of the Moon: Stories from Six Decades by Robert Silverberg
4.   Innocents Aboard by Gene Wolfe
5.   Mother Aegypt and Other Stories by Kage Baker
6.   Secret Life by Jeff VanderMeer
7.   Novelties & Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction by John Crowley
8.   Breathmoss and Other Exhalations by Ian R. MacLeod
9.   Neutrino Drag by Paul Di Filippo

10. Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer by Jack Williamson

11. Stable Strategies and Others by Eileen Gunn
12. Trujillo and Other Stories by Lucius Shepard
13. Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
14. The Cat's Pajamas and Other Stories by James Morrow
15. The Banquet of the Lords of Night and Other Stories by Liz Williams
16. Cartomancy by Mary Gentle
17. Stagestruck Vampires & Other Phantasms by Suzy McKee Charnas
18. Two Trains Running by Lucius Shepard
19. Morning Child and Other Stories by Gardner Dozois
20. Partial Eclipse and Other Stories by Graham Joyce
21. Love's Body, Dancing in Time by L. Timmel Duchamp
22. American Sorrows by Jay Lake
23. Thumbprints by Pamela Sargent

Best Anthology
Winner:

1.   The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois

Other Nominees:

2.   The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin J. Grant

3.   The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan

4.   Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
5.   Between Worlds edited by Robert Silverberg
6.   All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories edited by David Moles and Jay Lake
7.   Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy edited by Al Sarrantonio
8.   Year's Best Fantasy 4 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
9.   Polyphony, Volume 4 edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake

10. The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age edited by Harry Turtledove and Noreen Doyle

11. Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan
12. Microcosms edited by Gregory Benford
13. Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 edited by Vonda N. McIntyre
14. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fifteen edited by Stephen Jones
15. Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
16. Conqueror Fantastic edited by Pamela Sargent

Best Nonfiction, Related, or Reference Book
Winner:

1.   The Wave in the Mind by Ursula K. Le Guin

Other Nominees:

2.   Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction by Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce

3.   The Gernsback Days by Mike Ashley and Robert A.W. Lowndes
4.   Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn by William Tenn
5.   The Annotated Brothers Grimm edited by Maria Tatar
6.   Solar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun by Robert Borski

7.   The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus by Bev Vincent

8.   x, y, z, t: Dimensions of Science Fiction by Damien Broderick
9.   The Evolution of the Weird Tale by S.T. Joshi
10. Attending Daedalus: Gene Wolfe, Artifice and the Reader by Peter Wright
11. The Cherryh Odyssey by Edward Carmien
12. Speaking of the Fantastic II by Darrell Schweitzer
13. Brazilian Science Fiction by M. Elizabeth Ginway

Best Art Book
Winner:

1.   Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner

Other Nominees:

2.   Terry Pratchett: The Art of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby

3.   The Best of Gahan Wilson by Gahan Wilson
4.   Fantastic Art: The Best of Luis Royo by Luis Royo
5.   The Paint in My Blood by Alan M. Clark

6.   Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars by David A. Hardy and Patrick Moore

7.   The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon

8.   Kingsgate: The Art of Keith Parkinson by Keith Parkinson

9.   Digital Art for the 21^st Century: Renderosity by John Grant and Audre Vysniauskas

10. The Deceiving Eye: The Art of Richard Hescox by Richard Hescox
11. As Dead As Leaves: The Art of Caniglia by Caniglia
12. Ilene Meyer: Paintings, Drawings, Perceptions by Ilene Meyer

Best Editor
Winner:
1.   Ellen Datlow

Other Nominees:
2.   Gardner Dozois
3.   Gordon van Gelder
4.   David G. Hartwell
5.   Patrick Nielsen Hayden
6.   Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
7.   Peter Crowther
8.   Robert Silverberg
9.   Terri Windling
10. Jim Baen
11. Martin H. Greenberg
12. Stanley Schmidt
13. Jonathan Strahan
14. Jeff VanderMeer
15. Lou Anders
16. Andy Cox
17. Stephen Jones
18. Laura Anne Gilman
19. Jennifer Brehl
20. Beth Meacham
21. Deborah Layne and Jay Lake
22. Shawna McCarthy
23. Betsy Wollheim
24. Ginjer Buchanan

Best Magazine
Winner:
1.   Fantasy & Science Fiction

Other Nominees:
2.   Asimov's
3.   Analog
4.   Sci Fiction
5.   Realms of Fantasy
6.   Strange Horizons
7.   Interzone
8.   Emerald City
9.   Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
10. The New York Review of Science Fiction
11. SF Site
12. Ansible
13. SF Weekly
14. The Third Alternative
15. Cemetery Dance
16. Weird Tales
17. Black Gate
18. Argosy
19. The Alien Online
20. Amazing Stories
21. Fantastic Metropolis
22. Infinity Plus
23. The Infinite Matrix

Best Book Publisher or Imprint
Winner:
1.   Tor

Other Nominees:
2.   Baen
3.   DAW
4.   Del Rey
5.   Ace
6.   Bantam Spectra
7.   Golden Gryphon
8.   Eos
9.   Night Shade Books/Ministry of Whimsy
10. Small Beer Press
11. Gollancz
12. PS Publishing
13. NESFA Press
14. Subterranean Press
15. Meisha Merlin
16. Roc
17. St. Martin's
18. Firebird
19. SFBC
20. Prime
21. Orbit
22. Wildside Press
23. Warner Aspect
24. Wizards of the Coast
25. Scholastic

Best Artist
Winner:
1.   Michael Whelan

Other Nominees:
2.   Bob Eggleton
3.   Frank Kelly Freas
4.   Donato Giancola
5.   Kinuko Y. Craft
6.   Charles Vess
7.   Thomas Canty
8.   John Picaciov
9.   Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
10. Frank Frazetta
11. Dave McKean
12. Chesley Bonestell
13. Frank Wu
14. Jim Burns
15. John Jude Palencar
16. Brom
17. Gahan Wilson
18. Alan M. Clark
19. Boris Vallejo
20. Luis Royo
21. Vincent Di Fate
22. J.K. Potter
23. Paul Kidby
24. Julie Bell
25. David Cherry
26. Don Maitz
27. Stephen Youll

Go to previous year's nominees: 2004
Go to subsequent year's nominees: 2006

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