Hugo Nominees Announced

Nominees have been announced for this year's Hugo Awards. Winners will 
be announced at the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, Aug. 6-10, in 
Denver. A complete list of nominees follows.

*Best Novel*: /The Yiddish Policeman's Union/ by Michael Chabon, 
/Brasyl/ by Ian McDonald, /Rollback/ by Robert J. Sawyer, /The Last 
Colony/ by John Scalzi, /Halting State/ by Charles Stross

*Best Novella*: "Fountains of Age" by Nancy Kress, "Recovering Apollo 8" 
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "Stars Seen Through Stone" by Lucius Shepard, 
"All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis, "Memorare" by Gene Wolfe

*Best Novelette*: "The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairytale of Economics" 
by Daniel Abraham, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted 
Chiang, "Dark Integers" by Greg Egan, "Glory" by Greg Egan, "Finisterra" 
by David Moles

*Best Short Story*: "Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter, "Tideline" by 
Elizabeth Bear, "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" by Ken MacLeod, "Distant 
Replay" by Mike Resnick, "A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick

*Best Related Book*: /The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. 
Tolkien as Writers in Community/ by Diana Glyer; /Breakfast in the 
Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium/ by Barry Malzberg; 
/Emshwiller: Infinity x Two/ by Luis Ortiz; /Brave New Words: The Oxford 
Dictionary of Science Fiction/ by Jeff Prucher; /The Arrival/ by Shaun Tan

*Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form*: /Enchanted/; /The Golden 
Compass/; /Heroes/, season one; /Harry Potter and the Order of the 
Phoenix/; /Stardust/

*Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form*: /Battlestar Galactica: Razor/; 
/Dr. Who/, "Blink"; /Dr. Who/, "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood"; /Star 
Trek New Voyages/, "World Enough and Time"; /Torchwood/, "Captain Jack 
Harkness"

*Best Professional Editor, Short Form*: Ellen Datlow, Stanley Schmidt, 
Jonathan Strahan, Gordon Van Gelder, Sheila Williams

*Best Professional Editor, Long Form*: Lou Anders, Ginjer Buchanan, 
David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden

*Best Professional Artist*: Bob Eggleton, Phil Foglio, John Harris, 
Stephan Martiniere, John Picacio, Shaun Tan

*Best Semiprozine*: /Ansible/, /Helix/, /Interzone/, /Locus/, /The New 
York Review of Science Fiction/

*Best Fanzine*: /Argentus/, /Challenger/, /Drink Tank/, /File 770/, /PLOKTA/

*Best Fan Writer*: Chris Garcia, David Langford, Cheryl Morgan, John 
Scalzi, Steven H. Silver

*Best Fan Artist*: Brad Foster, Teddy Harvia, Sue Mason, Steve Stiles, 
Taral Wayne

The finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were 
also announced. The nominees are Joe Abercrombie, Jon Armstrong, David 
Anthony Durham, David Louis Edelman, Mary Robinette Kowal and Scott Lynch.

The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is 
given annually by the World Science Fiction Society 
<http://www.wsfs.org>. The award was named in honor of Hugo Gernsback, 
the founder of /Amazing Stories/, the first magazine devoted entirely to 
science fiction.