2001 Hugo Longlist

When I started this project, I noted that there was a point at which continuing to work backwards in time to find the Hugo statistics would become exponentially more difficult. This is that point. As far as I can tell, prior to 2001, the Hugo administrators didn't, either because they could not or simply would not, post the extended Hugo statistics report in a manner that is currently accessible. I have data from the 1984 Hugos, which was reconstructed from the ballots from that year that have been made available due to an odd fluke, and I need to go back and find the data for the 1939, 1951, and 1954 Retro Hugo statistics, but after that I suspect that the only way to find more historic Hugo Longlist data is to dig it out of mostly forgotten and dusty filing cabinets.

The other thing I noted when I began this project is that the data would likely degrade in quality the further back one went in time, and that has also been proven true. In previous years, the extended list of nominees in the Semiprozine and Fanzine categories was presented without reference to the editors of those works, which made necessary a search for their identities. The 2001 data not only didn't list the editors for the nominees in the Semiprozine and Fanzine categories, they also omitted the names of the authors for all of the works nominated in the fiction categories and the Best Related Work category. I am reasonably knowledgeable concerning the authorship of science fiction stories, but even so, tracking down the identities of the authors of all of the books and stories on this Longlist was something of a chore.

Best Novel

Finalists:
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling [winner]
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

Longlisted Nominees:
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
The Coming by Joe Haldeman
Declare by Tim Powers
Eater by Gregory Benford
Galveston by Sean Stewart
In Green's Jungles by Gene Wolfe
Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
Oceanspace by Allen M. Steele
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Ventus by Karl Schroeder
Wheelers by Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
Zeitgeist by Bruce Sterling

Best Novella

Finalists:
Oracle by Greg Egan
Radiant Green Star by Lucius Shepard
The Retrieval Artist by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A Roll of the Dice by Catherine Asaro
Seventy-Two Letters by Ted Chiang
The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson [winner]

Longlisted Nominees:
Blue Kansas Sky by Michael Bishop
Changeling by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
The Enclave by Lois Tilton
Fly-by-Night by Larry Niven
The Forest Between the Worlds by G. David Nordley
Great Wall of Mars by Alastair Reynolds
Heart of Glass by William Barton
Identity Crisis by Kevin J. Anderson
To Leuchars by Rick Wilbur
Obsidian Harvest by Rick Cook and Ernest Hogan
One-Eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings by R. Garcia y Robertson
Path of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Savior by Nancy Kress
Under by Hal Clement

Best Novelette

Finalists:
Agape Among the Robots by Allen M. Steele
Generation Gap by Stanley Schmidt
Millennium Babies by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [winner]
On the Orion Line by Stephen Baxter
Redchapel by Mike Resnick

Longlisted Nominees
The Alien Abduction by James L. Cambias
Auspicious Eggs by James Morrow
The Birthday of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Bloody Bunnies by Bradley Denton
Chitty Bang Bang by Ian R. MacLeod
The Cloud Man by Eleanor Arnason
A Day's Work on the Moon by Mike Shepherd
Feel the Zaz by James Patrick Kelly
The Juniper Tree by John Kessel
Merlin's Gun by Alastair Reynolds
Noise of their Joye by Thomas Purdom
Primes by Lewis Shiner
The Prophet Ugly by Robert Reed
The Quantum Teleporter by Michael A. Burstein
Snowball in Hell by Brian Stableford
The Taranth Stone by Ron Collins

Best Short Story

Finalists:
Different Kinds of Darkness by David Langford [winner]
The Elephants on Neptune by Mike Resnick
The Gravity Mine by Stephen Baxter
Kaddish for the Last Survivor by Michael A. Burstein
Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick

Longlisted Nominees
The Art of the Fugue by Charles Sheffield
Colours of the Soul by Sean McMullen
Escape Horizon by Michael A. Burstein
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant by Jeffrey Ford
The Foster Child by William Browning Spencer
Interstitial by Paul J. McAuley
Looking for Rhonda Honda by William Sanders
The Missing Mass by Larry Niven
Night Voices by Stephen L. Burns
The Royals of Hegn by Ursula K. Le Guin
Sheena 5 by Stephen Baxter
Silver Ghost by Stephen Baxter
The Suspended Fourth by Paul Levinson

Best Related Work

Finalists:
Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition by Anthony R. Lewis

Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton by Bob Eggleton and Nigel Suckling [winner]

Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts into Silk Purse Stories by Mike Resnick
Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion by James Gifford
Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James, and Farah Mendlesohn

Longlisted Nominees:
Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey by Daniel Keyes
At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub by Bill Sheehan
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing SF by Karl Schroeder
Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Freedman
The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies by R.G. Young
Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It by Frank Kelly Freas and Laura Brodian Freas
Jack Vance: Critical Appreciation and a Bibliography by Arthur E. Cunningham
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey
L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Best of the Writers of the Future edited by Algis Budrys
Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics by Julius Schwartz and Brian M. Thomsen
Mike Resnick: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to His Work by Fiona Kelleghan and Ralph Roberts
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Science Fiction Culture by Camille Bacon-Smith
Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner and ‎Arnie Fenner
Visions in Light and Shadow by John L. Flynn
Writing Horror by Edo Van Belkom

Best Dramatic Presentation

Finalists:
Chicken Run
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [winner]
Frank Herbert's Dune (miniseries)
Frequency
X-Men

Longlisted Nominees:
Battlefield Earth
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: This Year's Girl and Who Are You
Fantasia 2000
George Lucas in Love
Gladiator
Gormenghast
Pitch Black
Shadow of the Vampire
Space Cowboys
Titan A.E.
Unbreakable

Best Professional Editor

Finalists:
Ellen Datlow
Gardner Dozois [winner]
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Longlisted Nominees:
Algis Budrys
Scott Edelman
Laura Anne Gilman
Martin H. Greenberg
Warren Lapine
Shawna McCarthy
Beth Meacham
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
David Pringle
Ian Randall Strock

Best Professional Artist

Finalists:
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton [winner]
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola
Michael Whelan

Longlisted Nominees:
Beryl Bush
Tom Canty
David Cherry
Vincent di Fate
Dominic Harman
Nicholas Jainschigg
Don Maitz
Luis Royo
Ron Walotsky
Stephen Youll

Best Semi-Prozine

Finalists:
Interzone edited by David Pringle
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown [winner]
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin Maroney
Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew I. Porter
Speculations edited by Denise Lee and Susan Fry, published by Kent Brewster

Longlisted Nominees:
Aboriginal SF edited by Charles Ryan
Absolute Magnitude edited by Warren Lapine
Artemis edited by Ian Randal Strock
Century edited by Jenna Felice and Rob Killheffer
Dreams of Decadence edited by Angela Kessler
On Spec edited by Diane Walton
The SFWA Bulletin edited by David Truesdale
Spectrum SF edited by Paul Fraser
Tales of the Unanticipated edited by Eric M. Heideman
Weird Tales edited by Darrell Schweitzer and George Scithers

Best Fanzine

Finalists:
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer [winner]
Mimosa edited by Nicki Lynch and Richard Lynch
Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott
STET edited by Dick Smith and Leah Zeldes Smith

Longlisted Nominees:
Ansible edited by David Langford
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Bento edited by David D. Levine and Kate Yule
The Devniad edited by Bob Devney
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Fosfax edited by Timothy Lane and Elizabeth Garrott
Idea edited by Geri Sullivan
Nova Express edited by Lawrence Person
Trap Door edited by Robert Lichtman
Twink edited by E.B. Frohvet

Best Fan Writer

Finalists:
Bob Devny
Mike Glyer
David Langford [winner]
Evelyn C. Leeper
Steven H Silver

Longlisted Nominees:
John L. Flynn
John Hertz
Arthur Hlavarty
Arnie Katz
Fred Lerner
David Levine
Guy H. Lillian, III
Joseph T. Major
Cheryl Morgan
Lloyd Penny
Leah Zeldes Smith
Geri Sullivan
Jo Walton

Best Fan Artist

Finalists:
Sheryl Burkhead
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia [winner]
Sue Mason
Taral Wayne

Longlisted Nominees:
Freddie Baer
Kurt Erichsen
Alexis Gilliland
Joe Mayhew
Julia Morgan-Scott
Bill Neville
Stu Shiffman
Steve Stiles
D. West
Charles Williams

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Finalists:
James L. Cambias
Thomas Harlan
Douglas Smith
Kristine Smith [winner]
Jo Walton

Longlisted Nominees:
Daniel Abraham
Tobias Buckell
Jack Cohen
Tom Gerencer
Mindy L. Klasky
Fred Lerner
Lyda Moorehouse
Saira Ramasastry
Diane Turnshek
Melissa Yuan-Innes

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2002 Hugo Longlist

The 2002 Hugo Awards were mostly notable for the inclusion of the one-time category of "Best Website", which was promptly won by Locus Online, the internet arm of Locus magazine. The interesting thing about this category is how it shows what a chaotic time the early 2000s were for the internet. Of the other finalists in this category, one - SciFi.Com - has basically disappeared, while another - SF Site - has been reduced to only the most intermittent updates. When one looks at the longlisted nominees, it appears that four have gone out of existence - including the website associated with the show Made in Canada, which seems mildly surprising. Some longlisted nominees are somewhat odd, such as the nomination for The Official Website of Battlefield Earth. I know that Scientologists have a propensity to try to stuff the ballot boxes at the Hugos, but was that really one of the fifteen best science fiction related websites in 2001? Both of the longlisted nominees SF Weekly and SciFiction were once online publications put out by the SciFi Channel, and like SciFi.Com, they have been swallowed up and had their existence more or less erased from the internet.

The fact that several of the websites that made it to the list of finalists or the longlist of nominees have ceased to exist is interesting, but no more so than the fact that a number of semiprozines and fanzines that were nominated years ago have gone out of existence since then. What is interesting is the wide array of types of websites that received nominations. The sites ranged from what were essentially online fanzines, to the official sites of television shows or other science fiction properties, to a clearinghouse for online fiction, to internet archives, to a podcast. It seems that the voters had a widely varied idea of what "Best Website" meant, and to be perfectly honest, the category description didn't give much guidance. Given the extreme diversity of the websites that were nominated, it seems like it would have been an almost impossible task to compare them to one another in any kind of reasonable manner, and so it was probably for the best that the category was not continued beyond this one year.

Best Novel

Finalists:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman [winner]
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Passage by Connie Willis
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

Longlisted Nominees:
Declare by Tim Powers
Deepsix by Jack McDevitt
Nekropolis by Maureen F. McHugh
The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Outpost by Mike Resnick
Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett
Return to the Whorl by Gene Wolfe
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
The Skies of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Spherical Harmonic by Catherine Asaro
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

Best Novella

Finalists:
The Chief Designer by Andy Duncan
The Diamond Pit by Jack Dann
Fast Times at Fairmont High by Vernor Vinge [winner]
May Be Some Time by Brenda W. Clough
Stealing Alabama by Allen M. Steele

Longlisted Nominees:
Bug Out! by Michael Burstein and Shane Tourtelotte
The Caravan from Troon by Kage Baker
deck.halls@boughs/holly by Connie Willis
Eternity and Afterward by Lucius Shepherd
The Finder by Ursula K. Le Guin
Great Wall of Mars by Alastair Reynolds
The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
New Light and the Drake Equation by Ian R. MacLeod
Saturday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's by Adam-Troy Castro
Shady Lady by R. Garcia y Robertson
View Point by Gene Wolfe
Yesterday's Tomorrows by Kate Wilhelm

Best Novelette

Finalists:
The Days Between by Allen M. Steele
Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang [winner]
Lobsters by Charles Stross
The Return of Spring by Shane Tourtelotte
Undone by James Patrick Kelly

Longlisted Nominees
And No Such Things Grow Here by Nancy Kress
Computer Virus by Nancy Kress
Have Not Have by Geoff Ryman
Into Greenwood by Jim Grimsley
Isabel of the Fall by Ian R. MacLeod
The Measure of All Things by Richard Chwedyk
Mirror by Robert Reed
The Old Rugged Cross by Terry Bisson
The Quijote Robot by Robert Sheckley
Troubadour by Charles Stross

Best Short Story

Finalists:
The Bones of the Earth by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick [winner]
The Ghost Pit by Stephen Baxter
Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Mike Resnick
Spaceships by Michael Burstein

Longlisted Nominees
Cold Calculations by Michael Burstein
Cut by Megan Lindholm
In Glory Like Their Star by Gene Wolfe
The Great Miracle by Michael Burstein
Incognita, Inc. by Harlan Ellison
The Infodict by James van Pelt
Interview: On Any Given Day by Maureen F. McHugh
Magpie by Meredith Simmons
Senator Bilbo by Andy Duncan
Whisper by Ray Vukcevich

Best Related Work

Finalists:

The Art of Chesley Bonestell by Ron Miller and Frederick C. Durant, III; with Melvin H. Schuetz [winner]

The Art of Richard Powers by Jane Frank
Being Gardner Dozois by Michael Swanwick
I Have This Nifty Idea, Now What Do I Do With It? edited by Mike Resnick
J.R.R.Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XVII edited by Algis Budrys [ineligible]

Meditations on Middle-Earth edited by Karen Haber

Longlisted Nominees:
Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear by Stanley Wiater and Beth Gwinn
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neill
Deep Future by Stephen Baxter
Fantasy of the 20^th Century by Randy Broecher
Paradox: The Art of Stephen Youll by Stephen Youll

Spectrum 8: The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art edited by Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner

Sticks and Bones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature by Jack Zipes

The Time Machines: The Story of the Science Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 by Mike Ashley

What If Our World Is Their Heaven? The Final Conversations of Philip K. Dick edited by Gwen Lee and Doris Elaine Sauter

Which Way to the Future? by Stanley Schmidt

Best Dramatic Presentation

Finalists:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Feeling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [winner]
Monsters, Inc.
Shrek

Longlisted Nominees:
A.I.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Body
The Dish
Enterprise: Broken Bow
Farscape: Revenging Angel
Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
K-Pax
Memento
The Mists of Avalon
Moulin Rouge
The Mummy Returns
The Others

Best Professional Editor

Finalists:
Ellen Datlow [winner]
Gardner Dozois
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Longlisted Nominees:
Algis Budrys
Laura Anne Gilman
David G. Hartwell
Warren Lapine
Shawna McCarthy
Beth Meacham
Mary Anne Mohanraj
David Pringle
Ian Randal Strock
Terry Windling

Best Professional Artist

Finalists:
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola
Michael Whelan [winner]

Longlisted Nominees:
Thomas Canty
David Cherry
Vincent Di Fate
Phil Foglio
Steven Hickman
Paul Kidby
Tom Kidd
John Jude Pelancar
Sergey Poyarkov
Stephen Youll

Best Semi-Prozine

Finalists:
Absolute Magnitude edited by Warren Lapine
Interzone edited by David Pringle
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown [winner]

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

Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Warren Lapine [ineligible]
Speculations edited by Susan Fry

Longlisted Nominees:
Artemis edited by Ian Randal Strock
Cemetery Dance edited by Richard Chizmar
Dreams of Decadence edited by Angela Kessler
Fantastic Stories edited by Ed McFadden
Foundation edited by Paul March-Russell
On Spec edited by Diane Walton
Spectrum SF edited by Paul Fraser
Talebones edited by Patrick Swenson and Honna Swenson
The Third Alternative edited by Andy Cox
Weird Tales edited by Darrell Schweitzer and George Scithers

Best Fanzine

Finalists:
Ansible edited by David Langford [winner]
Challenger edited by Guy Lillian, III
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa edited by Richard Lynch and Nickie Lynch
Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davis, and Mike Scott

Longlisted Nominees:
Baryon edited by Barry Hunter
Bento edited by David D. Levine and Kate Yule
The Devniad edited by Bob Devney
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Fosfax edited by Timothy Lane and Elizabeth Garrott
Knarley Knews edited by Henry L. Welch
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
Memphen edited by Greg Bridges

Science Fiction Five Yearly edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, Jeff Schalles, and Terry Hughes

Tangent Online edited by David Truesdale
Twink edited by E.B. Frohvet

Best Fan Writer

Finalists:
Jeff Berkwits
Bob Devney
John L. Flynn
Mike Glyer
Dave Langford [winner]
Steven Silver

Longlisted Nominees:
John Hertz
Arthur Hlavaty
Richard Horton
Evelyn Leeper
David D. Levine
Guy Lillian, III
Cheryl Morgan
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Jo Walton

Best Fan Artist

Finalists:
Sheryl Birkhead
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia [winner]
Sue Mason
Frank Wu

Longlisted Nominees:
Freddie Baer
Kurt Ericksen
Alexis Gilliland
Julia Morgan-Scott
Bill Neville
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne
D. West
Alan White
Charles Williams

Best Website

Finalists:
Locus Online, webmaster Mark R. Kelly [winner]
SciFi.Com, executive producer Craig Engler
SF Site, publisher and managing editor Rodger Turner
Strange Horizons, edited by Mary Anne Mohanraj
Tangent Online, senior editor David Truesdale, webmaster Tobias Buckell

Longlisted Nominees:

Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
The Fanac Fan History Project, webmaster Edie Stern
Fictionwise.com, published by Steve Pendergrast
Internet Speculative Fiction Database, published by Al von Ruff
Made in Canada
The Official Battlefield Earth Website
SciFi Dimensions edited by John C. Snider
SciFiction edited by Ellen Datlow
SF Revu edited by Gayle Surette
SF Weekly edited by Craig Engler and Brooks Peck
SFF Net, owned by Jeffrey Dwight
Speculations, published by Kent Brewster
Writers of the Future.com

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Finalists:
Tobias S. Buckell
Alex Irvine
Wen Spencer
Jo Walton [winner]
Ken Wharton

Longlisted Nominees:
Carol Berg
James Cambias
Jacqueline Carey
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Charles Coleman Finlay
Alan DeNiro
Michael J. Jasper
Mindy L. Klasky
John Ringo
Carrie Vaughn

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2003 Hugo Longlist

One of the questions that arises often is "what do awards tell us". Some people seem to think that awards can tell you what books and stories are good, and to a certain extent that may be true, but only to a certain extent. What awards really tell you is what the people voting on the award believed were good books and stories. Who wins awards, including the Hugo Award, is interesting, but generally not as interesting to me as who fans nominated as a whole. The winner is a single datapoint, and usually represents a compromise between several different options - especially with the instant runoff voting system used by the Hugo Awards. The winner in a category usually has a fair amount of support from people who really liked them, but what pushes each winner over the top are voters for whom the work was a second, third, or even fourth choice. The winner is a consensus choice, but using just the winners as indicators of what people thought were superior works is, in my opinion, overly simplistic.

Consequently, I am usually much more interested in the full array of finalists in a Hugo category, and with the longlist information, interested in the array of nominees who reached the longlist as well. If one wants to see what Hugo voting fandom was thinking about genre fiction in a particular year, the only way to get a fully accurate sense is to look at both the finalists and the longlisted nominees. If one only looks at the finalists, for example, one can readily see that Michael Swanwick had a very good year at the Hugos in 2003, as he garnered four slots on the ballot. What one would not necessarily notice just looking at the list of finalists is that Charles Coleman Finlay also had an excellent showing in the 2003 Hugos, with one story making the finalists, a slot on the Campbell Award ballot, and two more stories on the longlist. Further, if one were only looking at the finalists, one might entirely miss the strong year that Charles Stross had, with only one story on the list of finalists, but three more stories on the longlist. Finally, if one were only looking at the finalists, Alastair Reynolds would be invisible, as he had no stories reach the list of finalists, but three stories on the longlist.

The point it, one needs to look at the whole landscape of the voting in order to get a complete picture of what voters were thinking. This is why I think the longlist is valuable: It puts the list of finalists into a more complete context. Without the longlist, one only has an incomplete view of the mindset of the elctorate.

Best Novel

Finalists:
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer [winner]
Kiln People by David Brin
The Scar by China Mieville
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

Longlisted Nominees:
Chindi by Jack McDevitt
Coyote by Allen M. Steele
Dance for the Ivory Madonna by Don Sakers
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Light by M. John Harrison
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Permanence by Karl Schroeder
Probability Space by Nancy Kress
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove

Best Novella

Finalists:
Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod
Bronte's Egg by Richard Chwedyk
Coraline by Neil Gaiman [winner]
The Political Officer by Charles Coleman Finlay
In Spirit by Pat Forde
A Year in the Linear City by Paul Di Filippo

Longlisted Nominees:
A Democracy of Trolls by Charles Coleman Finlay
The Drive-In Puerto Rico by Lucius Shepard
The Human Front by Ken MacLeod
Jury Service by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
Paradises Lost by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Potter of Bones by Eleanor Arnason
Router by Charles Stross
Stories for Men by John Kessel
Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Unseen Demons by Adam-Troy Castro
Veritas by Robert Reed

Best Novelette

Finalists:
Halo by Charles Stross
Liking What You See: A Documentary by Ted Chiang [nomination declined]
Madonna of the Maquiladora by Gregory Frost
Presence by Maureen F. McHugh
Slow Life by Michael Swanwick [winner]
The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin

Longlisted Nominees
First to the Moon by Stephen Baxter and Simon Bradshaw
In Her Image by Michael A. Burstein
Isabel of the Fall by Ian R. MacLeod
Look Away by Stephen L. Burns
Lull by Kelly Link
The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars by Ian McDonald
Ownz0red by Cory Doctorow
The Passenger by Paul McAuley
The Real Story by Alastair Reynolds
Tourist by Charles Stross
We Come Not to Praise Washington by Charles Coleman Finlay

Best Short Story

Finalists:
Creation by Jeffrey Ford
Falling Onto Mars by Geoffrey A. Landis [winner]
'Hello,' Said the Stick by Michael Swanwick
Lambing Season by Molly Gloss
The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport by Michael Swanwick

Longlisted Nominees
At Dorado by Geoffrey A. Landis
Flight Correction by Ken Wharton
In Paradise by Bruce Sterling
Knapsack Poems by Eleanor Arnason
Little Gods by Tim Pratt
Reflections in Black Granite by Mike Resnick and Michael A. Burstein
Social Dreaming of the Frin by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Waif by Gene Wolfe
What I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler

Best Related Work

Finalists:
The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction by Justine Larbelestier

Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril by Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary [winner]

Dragonhenge by Bob Eggleton and John Grant
Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life by Jerry Wiest

Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner

Longlisted Nominees:
Adventures in the Dream Trade by Neil Gaiman
The Art of Jeffrey Jones by Jeffrey Jones
Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Visual Companion by Jude Fisher
The Making of the Movie Trilogy: Lord of the Rings by Brian Sibley
Mapping Mars by Oliver Morton
Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery edited by Paul Barnett
The Science Fiction Art of Vincent di Fate by Vincent di Fate
The Science Fiction Professional by Mike Resnick

The Science of Discworld II: The Globe Emury by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen

Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 Years by Bruce Sterling

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

Finalists:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [winner]
Minority Report
Spider-Man
Spirited Away

Longlisted Nominees:
Ice Age
Lilo and Stitch
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)
Men in Black II
Metropolis
Signs
Solaris
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Taken
Treasure Planet

Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

Finalists:
Angel: Waiting in the Wings
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Conversations with Dead People [winner]
Firefly: Serenity
Star Trek - Enterprise: Carbon Creek
Star Trek - Enterprise: A Night in Sickbay

Longlisted Nominees:
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Normal Again
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Selfless
ConJose Masquerade Half-Time Show
Farscape: Unrealized Reality
Firefly: Objects in Space
Futurama: Where No Fan Has Gone Before

Lord of the Piercing (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended DVD Easter Egg)

Smallville: Ryan
A Walk on the Windy Side (from Windycon)

Best Professional Editor

Finalists:
Ellen Datlow
Gardner Dozois [winner]
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Longlisted Nominees:
A.J. Budrys
Martin H. Greenberg
Warren Lapine
Shawna McCarthy
Betsy Mitchell
Mary Anne Mohanraj
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
David Pringle
Ian Randall Strock
Terry Windling

Best Professional Artist

Finalists:
Jim Burns
David A. Cherry
Bob Eggleton [winner]
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola

Longlisted Nominees:
Thomas Canty
Kinuko Y. Craft
Vincent di Fate
Phil Foglio
Tom Kidd
Jody Lee
Don Maitz
John Jude Palencar
Alan Pollack
Omar Rayyan
Ron Walotsky
Michael Whelan
Stephen Youll

Best Semi-Prozine

Finalists:
Ansible edited by Dave Langford
Interzone edited by David Pringle

Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Jennifer A. Hall [winner]

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

Speculations edited by Kent Brewster

Longlisted Nominees:
Absolute Magnitude edited by Warren Lapine
Artemis edited by Ian Randal Strock
Ideomancer edited by Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm
On Spec edited by Diane Walton
SF Chronicle edited by John R. Douglas
Spectrum SF edited by Paul Fraser
Starlog edited by David McDonnell
Strange Horizons edited by Susan Marie Groppi, Jed Hartman, and Karen Meisner
Talebones edited by Patrick Swenson
The Third Alternative edited by Andy Cox

Best Fanzine

Finalists:
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian, III
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa edited by Rich Lynch and Nicki Lynch [winner]
Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott

Longlisted Nominees:
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Bento edited by Kate Yule and David D. Levine
Devniad edited by Robert E. Devney
The Knarley Knews edited by Henry L. Welch
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
SF Revu edited by Gayle Surrette
Steam Engine Time edited by Bruce Gillespie and Janine Stinson
Tangent Online edited by Dave Truesdale
Twink edited by by E.B. Frohvet
Vanamonde edited by John Hertz
The Voyageour edited by Karen Bennett and Sharon Lowachee
Wabe edited by Jae Leslie Adams, Tracy Benton and Bill Bodden

Best Fan Writer

Finalists:
Bob Devney
John L. Flynn
Mike Glyer
Dave Langford [winner]
Steven H Silver

Longlisted Nominees:
Jeff Berkwits
John Hertz
Evelyn Leeper
David D. Levine
Guy H. Lillian, III
Cheryl Morgan
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Lloyd Penney
Alex von Thorn
Kate Yule

Best Fan Artist

Finalists:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason [winner]
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu

Longlisted Nominees:
Freddie Baer
Sheryl Birkhead
Kurt Erichsen
Alexis Gilliland
Bill Neville
Melody Rondeau
Marc Schirmeister
Taral Wayne
D. West
Alan White

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Finalists:
Charles Coleman Finlay
David D. Levine
Karin Lowachee
Wen Spencer [winner]
Ken Wharton

Longlisted Nominees:
Jacqueline Carey
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Alan DeNiro
Jasper Fforde
Theodora Goss
Alexander C. Irvine
Hilary Moon Murphy
Ruth Nestvold
Tim Pratt
Benjamin Rosenbaum

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One of the things that one can discover when looking through the Hugo Longlists is an author having a better year than the list of finalists would suggest. For example, in 2004, Robert J. Sawyer had one work place among the finalists for the Hugo Award, although he didn't win. This would normally be considered a decent, but not particularly notable showing for the year. However, when one looks at the longlist of Hugo nominees, one finds that Sawyer had an additional novel make an appearance, as well as a short story. Similarly, Charles Stross did well in the count of finalists for 2004, with a novel and a novelette on the final ballot, but when one considers the longlist, one finds that he also had a novella that was well-regarded by the Hugo voters. Then there is Lucius Shepherd, who had no works reach the list of Hugo finalists in 2004, but had three novellas and a novelette show up on the longlist.

A mildly interesting thing that shows up when one looks at the statistics for the 2004 Hugo Award nominations is that The Return of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov and Charles Ardai was ruled ineligible. The fact that it was ruled ineligible for a Hugo Award is not unusual - the Hugo Administrators are called upon to make eligibility determinations on a regular basis - but what is unusual is that The Return of the Black Widowers did not have sufficient support to reach the finalist list to begin with. Hugo Administrators don't usually make eligibility determinations for works that don't make the final ballot, because that is simply extra work for no real purpose, so one has to wonder why they did it in this case.

Best Novel

Finalists:
Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson
Humans by Robert J. Sawyer
Ilium by Dan Simmons
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold [winner]
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross

Longlisted Nominees:
Burndive by Karin Lowachee
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
A Forest of Stars by Kevin J. Anderson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Hybrids by Robert J. Sawyer
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

Best Novella

Finalists:
The Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge [winner]
The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams
Just Like the Ones We Used to Know by Connie Willis
Walk in Silence by Catherine Asaro

Longlisted Nominees:
Ariel by Lucius Shepherd
Curator by Charles Stross
The Ice by Steven Popkes
Jailwise by Lucius Shepherd
Liar’s House by Lucius Shepherd
Looking Through Lace by Ruth Nestvold
Lucky Luke by P.J. Plauger
Pictures from an Expedition by Alex Irvine
Tangled Strings of the Marionettes by Adam-Troy Castro
Welcome to Olympus, Mr Hearst by Kage Baker

Best Novelette

Finalists:
Bernardo’s House by James Patrick Kelly

Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford

Hexagons by Robert Reed
Into the Gardens of Sweet Night by Jay Lake
Legions in Time by Michael Swanwick [winner]
Nightfall by Charles Stross

Longlisted Nominees
Almost Home by Terry Bisson
Anomalous Structures of My Dreams by M. Shayne Bell
Basement Magic by Ellen Klages
The Bellman by John Varley
Breeding Ground by Stephen Baxter
The Chop Line by Stephen Baxter
Dragon's Gate by Pat Murphy
The Hydrogen Wall by Gregory Benford
Only Partly Here by Lucius Shepherd
Still Coming Ashore by Michael F. Flynn
Vandoise and the Bone Monster by Alex Irvine

Best Short Story

Finalists:
Four Short Novels by Joe Haldeman
Paying It Forward by Michael A. Burstein
Robots Don’t Cry by Mike Resnick
A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman [winner]
The Tale of the Golden Eagle by David D. Levine

Longlisted Nominees
555 by Robert Reed
Ancestor Money by Maureen McHugh
Birth Days by Geoff Ryman
Closing Time by Neil Gaiman
June 16^th at Anna’s by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Lifeblood by Michael A. Burstein
The New Breed by Michael A. Burstein
Nimby and the Dimension Hoppers by Cory Doctorow
Oh, Come All Ye Faithful by Robert J. Sawyer
A Professor at Harvard by David Brin
The Siren Stone by Derwin Mak
Wild Thing by Charles Coleman Finlay

Best Related Work

Finalists:

The Chesley Awards for SF and Fantasy Art: A Retrospective by John Grant, Elizabeth L. Humphrey, and Pamela D. Scoville [winner]

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by Brian Herbert
Master Storyteller: An Illustrated History of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard by William Widder
Scores: Reviews 1993-2003 by John Clute
Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art by Cathy and Arnie Fenner

Thackeray T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases by Jeff Vandermeer and Mark Roberts

Longlisted Nominees:
Cambridge Companion to SF by Farah Mendlesohn
Exploring the Matrix by Karen Haber
Galactic Geographic Annual 3003 by Karl Kofoed
How to Keep Dinosaurs by Robert Mash
Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
Real Space: The Fate of Physical Presence in the Digital Age by Paul Levinson
The Return of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov and Charles Ardai [ineligible]
Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks

The True Knowledge of Ken McLeod by Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn

Up Through an Empty House of Stars by David Langford

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

Finalists:
Finding Nemo
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [winner]
Pirates of the Caribbean
Twenty-Eight Days Later
X-Men 2

Longlisted Nominees:
Battlestar Galactica
Big Fish
Bubba-Ho-Tep
Children of Dune
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
Peter Pan
Terminator 3
The Triplets of Bellville
Whale Rider

Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

Finalists:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen
Firefly: Heart of Gold
Firefly: The Message
Gollums’ Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards [winner]
Smallville: Rosetta

Longlisted Nominees:
Angel: Home
Angel: Soulless
Brotronics Deathray Commercial
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Storyteller
Dead Like Me: A Cook
Farscape: Bad Timing
Farscape: A Constellation of Doubts
Farscape: Terra Firma
Futurama: Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Rube Goldberg Machine (Honda Commercial)
Star Trek Enterprise: Similtude
Star Trek Enterprise: Twilight

Best Professional Editor

Finalists:
Ellen Datlow
Gardner Dozois [winner]
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Longlisted Nominees:
Lou Anders
A.J. Budrys
Peter Crowther
Julie Czerneda
Shawna McCarthy
Beth Meacham
Mary Anne Mohanraj
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Sharyn November
David Pringle
Mike Resnick

Best Professional Artist

Finalists:
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton [winner]
Frank Frazetta
Frank Kelley Freas
Donato Giancola

Longlisted Nominees:
David Cherry
Kinuko Craft
Vincent DiFate
Tom Kidd
Alan Lee
John Pierre Normand
John Jude Palencar
Darrell Sweet
Michael Whelan
Stephen Youll

Best Semi-Prozine

Finalists:
Ansible edited by David Langford
Interzone edited by David Pringle
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, and Jennifer A. Hall [winner]

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

SF Chronicle edited by John Douglas and Ian Randal Strock [ineligible]
Third Alternative edited by Andy Cox

Longlisted Nominees:
Absolute Magnitude edited by Warren Lapine
Annals of Improbable Research edited by Marc Abrahams
Artemis edited by Ian Randal Strock
Ideomancer edited by Chris Clarke and Mikal Trimm
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
N^th Degree edited by Michael D. Pederson
On Spec edited by Diane Walton
Spectrum SF edited by Paul Fraser
Speculations edited by Kent Brewster and Susan Fry
Strange Horizons edited by Susan Marie Groppi, Jed Hartman, and Karen Meisner
Talebones edited by Patrick Swenson

Best Fanzine

Finalists:
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian, III
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan [winner]
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa edited by Nicki Lynch and Rich Lynch
Plokta edited by Steve Davies, Alison Scott, and Mike Scott

Longlisted Nominees:
Alexiad edited by Joseph T. Major
Bento edited by Kate Yule and David D. Levine
Chunga edited by Randy Byers, Andy Hooper, and Carl Juarez
Devniad edited by Robert E. Devney
Fortean Bureau edited by Jeremy Tolbert and Sarah Tolbert
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
The MT Void edited by Evelyn C. Leeper and Mark R. Leeper
SF Commentary edited by Bruce Gillespie
SF Revu edited by Gayle Surrette
Trap Door edited by Robert Lichtman
Voyageour edited by Karen Bennett and Sharon Lowachee

Best Fan Writer

Finalists:
Jeff Berkwits
Bob Devney
John Flynn
Dave Langford [winner]
Cheryl Morgan

Longlisted Nominees:
Karen Bennett
Bruce Gillespie
John Hertz
Daniel Kimmel
Evelyn Leeper
Ernest Lilley
Guy H. Lillian, III
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Lloyd Penny
Stephen H Silver

Best Fan Artist

Finalists:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Stephen Stiles
Frank Wu [winner]

Longlisted Nominees:
Cheryl Birkhead
Kurt Erichsen
Alexis Gilliland
Bill Neville
Marc Schirmeister
Stu Shiffman
Dan Steffan
Mel Vavaroutsos
Taral Wayne
Allan White

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Finalists:
Jay Lake [winner]
David D. Levine
Karin Lowachee
Chris Moriarty
Tim Pratt

Longlisted Nominees:
Barth Anderson
Christopher Barzak
Elizabeth Bear
Greg Beatty
Patricia Bray
Michael S. Brotherton
Jay Caselberg
Ty Drago
Theodora Goss
Paul Melko
Meredith L. Patterson
Sarah Prineas
Caitlin Sweet
Karen Traviss

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In 2005, pursuant to Article 3.3.17 of the constitution of the World Science Fiction Society, the Hugo Administrators elected to add the additional Hugo category of "Best Website". The interesting thing about this category is not its existence, or who won, but what it reveals when we look back upon it just over ten years later. Several of the websites nominated in 2005 are defunct of no longer in existence: Infinite Matrix and Trufen were last updated in 2008, and the Internet Review of Science Fiction was last updated in 2010, with a farewell message. Both Sci Fiction (the winner in the category) and SciFi Weekly were sections of the website for the Sci Fi (er, SyFy) channel that are no longer supported. The Alien Online went out of existence and its URL was taken over by a website that promotes "out of this world businesses". Out of the fifteen websites that made it to the Hugo Longlist in 2005, six are effectively gone.

The fact that six of the fifteen websites on the Hugo Longlist have faded from existence is not particularly damning for the category. After all, Semi-Prozines and Fanzines come and go with a fair amount of regularity and those categories are well-entrenched. To be perfectly honest, the fact that nine websites out of fifteen are still functional eleven years after the 2005 Hugo Awards is somewhat surprising to me given the attrition the internet experiences on a regular basis. This, I think, is a testament to the fact that not only did individuals within and related to the science fiction genre jump into the internet early, they did so with a determination and dedication that many others lack. On the other hand, many of the websites in question were essentially an ancillary effort attached to a previously existing work - Locus Online is simply an extension of Locus Magazine, Neil Gaiman's website is simply a means for him to communicate with his fans and promote his works, and the FANAC History and NEFSA sites are mostly just online iterations of their parent organizations. While many efforts were made to put science fiction related material onto the internet, the efforts were, it seems, aimed at merely translating what already existed into a web form. The websites essentially represent an iterative evolution of science fiction activity rather than a revolutionary change.

I have to wonder how many of these websites would be nominated now if the category were revived today. My guess is that the answer is "not many". Some, like Locus Online, have remained important outlets for news and information about science fiction and science fiction fandom, but many of the others, although still plugging away, have been eclipsed by other options. I suspect that many of the Best Websites in a 2017 version of the category would overlap substantially with the Best Fanzine, Best Semi-Prozine, and Best Fancast categories, as those are the websites that most of the Hugo voters seem to turn to on a regular basis. The evolutionary process has seen the traditional elements of science fiction short fiction publishing, news reporting, and fandom networking move onto the internet. To a certain extent, one could say that the voting in those categories mostly obviates the need for a free-standing Best Website category.

Best Novel

Finalists:
The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett [nomination declined]
Iron Council by China Miéville
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Joanthan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke [winner]
River of Gods by Ian McDonald

Longlisted Nominees:
Air by Geoff Ryman
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds
The Family Trade by Charles Stross
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay
Light by M. John Harrison
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood


Best Novella

Finalists:
The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross [winner]
Elector by Charles Stross
Sergeant Chip by Bradley Denton
Time Ablaze by Michael Burstein
Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold

Longlisted Nominees:
Appeals Court by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
Arabian Wine by Gregory Feeley
The Bad Hamburger by Matthew Jarpe and Jonathan Sheen
Between Worlds by Stephen Baxter
Keepsakes by Mike Resnick
Mayflower II by Stephen Baxter
Our Lady of American Sorrows by Jay Lake
Shadow Twin by Gardner Dozois
The Tribes of Bela by Albert Cowdrey
Under the Flag of Night by Ian McDowell
Viator by Lucius Shepard
The Wreck of the Godspeed by James Patrick Kelly

Best Novelette

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 Faery Handbag by Kelly Link [winner]
The People of Sand and Slag by Paulo Bacigalupi
The Voluntary State by Christopher Rowe

Longlisted Nominees
Dancer in the Dark by David Gerrold
Flat Diane by Daniel Abraham
The Fear Gun by Judith Berman
The Little Stranger by Gene Wolfe
Men Are Trouble by James Patrick Kelly
Pat Moore by Tim Powers
PeriAndry's Quest by Stephen Baxter
Q by John Grant
Quarry by Peter Beagle
Reports of Certain Events in London by China Miéville
The Third Party by David Moles
The Word That Sings the Scythe by Michael Swanwick

Best Short Story

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
Travels with My Cats by Mike Resnick [winner]

Longlisted Nominees
Angel's Daughter by Jay Lake
Embracing-the-New by Michael Rosenbaum
Faces by Joe Haldeman
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman
Opal Ball by Robert Reed
Pulp Cover by Gene Wolfe
Singing My Sister Down by Margo Lanagan
The Slow Train by Don Sakers
Ten Sigmas by Paul Melko
Tourism by M. John Harrison
The Wolfman of Alcatraz by Howard Waldrop

Best Related Work

Finalists:
The Best of Xero by Pat Lupoff and Dick Lupoff

The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn [winner]

Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn, Volume 3 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

Longlisted Nominees:

The Art of Discworld by Paul Kidby

The DC Comics Encyclopedia by Michael Teitelbaum and Scott Beatty
The Deceiving Eye, the Art of Richard Wescox by Randy Dannenfelser
The Gernsback Days by Mike Ashley and Robert A.W. Lowndes
Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
Projections: Science Fiction in Literature edited by Lou Anders
Relativity by Robert J. Sawyer
Spectrum 11 by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner
The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod by Andrew Butler and Farah Mendlesohn
Up Through an Empty House of Stars by David Langford

Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form

Finalists:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Incredibles [winner]
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spider Man 2

Longlisted Nominees:
Battlestar Galactica: Pilot
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Finding Neverland
Hellboy
Hero
I, Robot
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Shaun of the Dead
Shrek 2
Team America: World Police

Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

Finalists:
Battlestar Galactica: 33 [winner]
Angel: Not Fade Away
Angel: Smile Time
Lost: Pilot
Stargate SG-1: Heroes, Parts 1 and 2

Longlisted Nominees:
Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius (Radio Play)
Angel: Damage
Angel: Origin
Justice League Unlimited: The Return
Lost: Walkabout
Noreascon Closing Ceremony
Smallville: Run
Star Trek Enterprise: E²
Stargate Atlantis: Rising
Wonderfalls: Karma Chameleon
Wonderfalls: Wax Lion

Best Professional Editor

Finalists:
Ellen Datlow [winner]
Gardner Dozois
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Longlisted Nominees:
Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
Peter Crowther
Gavin J. Grant
Nalo Hopkinson
Kelly Link
Shawna McCarthy
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
David Pringle
Juliet Ulman
Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist

Finalists:
Jim Burns [winner]
Bob Eggleton
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola
John Picacio

Longlisted Nominees:
David Cherry
Alan Clark
Kinuko Craft
Vincent di Fate
Les Edwards
David A. Hardy
Domonic Harman
Stephan Martiniére
John Jude Palencar
Omar Rayyan
Michael Whelan

Best Semi-Prozine

Finalists:
Ansible edited by David Langford [winner]
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

Longlisted Nominees:
Internet Review of SF edited by Stacey Janssen
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link
N^th Degree edited by Michael D. Pederson
On Spec edited by Diane Walton
Portti edited by Raimo Nikkonen
Postscripts edited by Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers
SF Chronicle edited by John Douglas and Ian Randal Strock
Speculations edited by Kent Brewster and Susan Fry
Tähtivaeltaja edited by Toni Jerrman
Talebones edited by Patrick Swenson

Best Fanzine

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 Chreyl Morgan
Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott [winner]

Longlisted Nominees:
Alexiad edited by Joseph T. Major
Ansible edited by David Langford
Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
Bento edited by Kate Yule and David D. Levine
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
The Prydonian Renegade edited by Gary S. Blog and Tom Beck
SF Commentary edited by Bruce Gillespie
SF Revu edited by Gayle Surrette
Trap Door edited by Robert Lichtman
Zoo Nation edited by Peter Young

Best Fan Writer

Finalists:
Claire Brialey
Bob Devney
David Langford [winner]
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H Silver

Longlisted Nominees:
Matthew Cheney
John Flynn
Christopher J. Garcia
Mike Glyer
John Hertz
Guy H. Lillian, III
Joseph T. Major
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Mark Plummer
Pete Young

Best Fan Artist

Finalists:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason [winner]
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu

Longlisted Nominees:
Sheryl Birkhead
Kurt Erichsen
Alexis Gilliland
Bill Neville
Marc Schirmeister
Sue Shiffman
Dan Steffan
Taral Wayne
D. West
Alan White

Best Web Site

Finalists:
eFanzines edited by Bill Burns
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Locus Online edited by Mark R. Kelly
Sci Fiction edited by Ellen Datlow, managed by Craig Engler [winner]
Strange Horizons edited by Susan Marie Groppi

Longlisted Nominees:
The Alien Online edited by Ariel
FANAC History Site webmaster Edie Stern
Infinite Matrix edited by Eileen K. Gunn
The Internet Review of Science Fiction edited by by Stacey Janssen
Neil Gaiman's Site/Weblog by Neil Gaiman
NESFA
Science Fiction Weekly
SciFi.com
SF Revu edited by Gayle Surrette
The SF Site edited by Neil Walsh
Trufen.net/Victor Gonzalez edited by Victor Gonzalez

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Finalists:
Elizabeth Bear [winner]
K.J. Bishop
David Moles
Chris Roberson
Steph Swainston

Longlisted Nominees:
Barth Anderson
Tony Ballantyne
Jay Caselberg
Susanna Clarke
Karen D. Fishler
Deidre Saoirse Moen
Chris Moriarty
Amy Sisson
Jack Skillingstead
Isaac Szpindel

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