The new and final Hugo ballot!

Now, some authors have withdrawn their work due to the SP controversy. This, as I understand, is the final Hugo ballot.

If you have never voted for the Hugos, 2015 is a good year to start!

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BEST NOVEL (1827 ballots)

• Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)


• The Dark Between the Stars by Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books)


• The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Sarah Monette) (Tor Books)


• Lines of Departure by Marko Kloos (47North) (withdrawn)
  


• Skin Game by Jim Butcher (Roc Books)


• The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu translator (Tor Books)

Note: The Three-Body Problem was originally published in Chinese in 2008. The 2014 publication by Tor was the first English-language version, and therefore it is again eligible for the Hugos, according to section 3.4.1 of the WSFS Constitution.

BEST NOVELLA (1083 ballots)

• Big Boys Don’t Cry by Tom Kratman (Castalia House)


• “Flow” by Arlan Andrews, Sr. (Analog, Nov 2014)


• One Bright Star to Guide Them by John C. Wright (Castalia House)


• “Pale Realms of Shade” by John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons, Castalia House)


• “The Plural of Helen of Troy” by John C. Wright (City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis, Castalia House)

Note: Both Big Boys Don’t Cry and One Bright Star to Guide Them were previously published in much shorter versions, and were significantly expanded to novella-length in their 2014 publication. Following previous precedents, for the purposes of the 2015 Hugos they are designated as new works.

BEST NOVELETTE (1031 ballots)

• “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium”, Gray Rinehart (Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, 05-2014)


• “Championship B’tok”, Edward M. Lerner (Analog, 09-2014)


• “The Day the World Turned Upside Down”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Lia Belt translator (Lightspeed, 04-2014)


• “The Journeyman: In the Stone House”, Michael F. Flynn (Analog, 06-2014)


• “The Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale”, Rajnar Vajra (Analog, 07/08-2014)

SHORT STORY (1174 ballots)

• “Goodnight Stars” by Annie Bellet (The End is Now (Apocalypse Triptych Book 2), Broad Reach Publishing) (withdrawn)


• “On A Spiritual Plain” by Lou Antonelli (Sci Phi Journal #2, Nov 2014)


• “The Parliament of Beasts and Birds” by John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons, Castalia House)


• “A Single Samurai”, Steven Diamond (The Baen Big Book of Monsters, Baen Books)


• “Totaled” by Kary English (Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, July 2014)


• “Turncoat” by Steve Rzasa (Riding the Red Horse, Castalia House)

BEST RELATED WORK (1150 ballots)

• “The Hot Equations: Thermodynamics and Military SF” by Ken Burnside (Riding the Red Horse, Castalia House)


• Letters from Gardner by Lou Antonelli (The Merry Blacksmith Press)


• Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth by John C. Wright (Castalia House)


• “Why Science is Never Settled” by Tedd Roberts (Baen.com)


• Wisdom from My Internet by Michael Z. Williamson (Patriarchy Press)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY (785 ballots)

• Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Adrian Alphona and Jake Wyatt, (Marvel Comics)


• Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery written by Kurtis J. Weibe, art by Roc Upchurch (Image Comics)


• Saga Volume 3 written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)


• Sex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick written by Matt Fraction, art by Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)


• The Zombie Nation Book #2: Reduce Reuse Reanimate by Carter Reid (The Zombie Nation)

DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (LONG FORM) (1285 ballots)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, concept and story by Ed Brubaker, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Entertainment, Perception, Sony Pictures Imageworks)


• Edge of Tomorrow screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, and John-Henry Butterworth, directed by Doug Liman (Village Roadshow, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment; Viz Productions)


• Guardians of the Galaxy written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman, directed by James Gunn (Marvel Studios, Moving Picture Company)


• Interstellar screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, directed by Christopher Nolan (Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Lynda Obst Productions, Syncopy)


• The Lego Movie written by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, story by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, LEGO System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, Warner Bros. Animation (as Warner Animation Group))

DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (SHORT FORM) (938 ballots)

• Doctor Who: “Listen” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Douglas Mackinnon (BBC Television)


• The Flash: “Pilot” teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns, story by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns, directed by David Nutter (The CW) (Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television)


• Game of Thrones: “The Mountain and the Viper” written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, directed by Alex Graves ((HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)


• Grimm: “Once We Were Gods” written by Alan DiFiore, directed by Steven DePaul (NBC) (GK Productions, Hazy Mills Productions, Universal TV)


• Orphan Black: “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried“ written by Graham Manson, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions, Space/BBC America)

BEST EDITOR (SHORT FORM) (870 ballots)

• Jennifer Brozek


• Vox Day


• Mike Resnick


• Edmund R. Schubert


• Bryan Thomas Schmidt

BEST EDITOR (LONG FORM) (712 ballots)

• Vox Day


• Sheila Gilbert


• Jim Minz


• Anne Sowards


• Toni Weisskopf

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (753 ballots)

• Julie Dillon


• Kirk DouPonce


• Nick Greenwood


• Alan Pollack


• Carter Reid

BEST SEMIPROZINE (660 ballots)

• Abyss & Apex Wendy Delmater editor and publisher


• Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Association Incorporated, 2014 editors David Kernot and Sue Bursztynski


• Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews


• Lightspeed Magazine edited by John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, Wendy N. Wagner, and Christie Yant


• Strange Horizons Niall Harrison Editor-in-Chief

BEST FANZINE (576 ballots)

• Black Gate edited by John O’Neill


• Elitist Book Reviews edited by Steven Diamond


• Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Colin Harris and Helen Montgomery


• The Revenge of Hump Day edited by Tim Bolgeo


• Tangent SF Online edited by Dave Truesdale

BEST FANCAST (668 ballots)

• Adventures in SF Publishing Brent Bowen (Executive Producer), Kristi Charish, Timothy C. Ward, Shaun Ferrell & Moses Siregar III (Co-Hosts, Interviewers and Producers)


• Dungeon Crawlers Radio Daniel Swenson (Producer/Host), Travis Alexander & Scott Tomlin (Hosts), Dale Newton (Host/Tech), Damien Swenson (Audio/Video Tech)


• Galactic Suburbia Podcast Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)


• The Sci Phi Show Jason Rennie


• Tea and Jeopardy Emma Newman & Peter Newman

BEST FAN WRITER (777 ballots)

• Dave Freer


• Amanda S. Green


• Jeffro Johnson


• Laura J. Mixon


• Cedar Sanderson

BEST FAN ARTIST (296 ballots)

• Ninni Aalto


• Brad Foster


• Elizabeth Leggett


• Spring Schoenhuth


• Steve Stiles

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2013 or 2014, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).

CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER (851 ballots)

• Wesley Chu *


• Jason Cordova


• Kary English *


• Rolf Nelson


• Eric S. Raymond

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

The new and final Hugo ballot!