Science Fiction Awards Watch

By Tanya Tynjala

Organized by  “Cultura Hache” (Web page (http://www.culturahache.com/), this new award was created to encourage and to promote the fantastic genre (fantasy, horror, sci-fi) . The award is only open to professionally published books in the Spanish language (not self published ones), for works that were published between January 1st and December 31 of the previous year.

TThe award is presented in two categories: books of short stories (collections) and short novels (25.000 to 40.000 words)

For the 2011 Award the finalists are:

Short stories (collections):

El monstruo en mí (The monster inside me), Ignacio Becerril Polo (Publisher: Saco de Huesos)

Abismos (Abyss), de David Jasso (Publisher: Grupo Ajec)

Largas noches de lluvia (Long raining nights), Marc R. Soto (Publisher: Viaje a Bizancio):

And for short novel:

Hamelín, Ángel Luis Sucasas (Publisher: 23 Escalones)

Cazador de striges (Striges’ hunters) , Soizik Stiwell -pseudonym- (Publisher: 23 Escalones)

La textura de tu piel (The texture of your skin), David Jasso (Included in the book: Abismos, Publisher: Grupo Ajec)

The winners will be announced soon

Science Fiction editor and author Stanley Schmidt is the 2012 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. The physical form of the Robert A. Heinlein Award consists of a 3.5 avoirdupois ounce sterling silver medallion bearing the image of Robert A. Heinlein as depicted by artist Arlin Robbins. The medallion is matched with a red-white-blue lanyard. In addition, the winner receives two lapel pins for use when a large medallion is impractical, and a certificate plaque designating the award suitable for home or office wall display.

This year for the first time the award will be presented on Friday, May 25, 2012 at opening ceremonies during Balticon 46, the Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention. The award will be presented by Heinlein Committee Chair Dr. Yoji Kondo to Ian Randal Strock, editor and publisher of SFScope, accepting for Stanley Schmidt.

Stanley Schmidt is the long time editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, author of “The Coming Convergence: Surprising Ways Diverse Technologies Interact to Shape Our World and Change the Future” and editor of many science fiction and science fact anthologies.

The Robert A. Heinlein Award committee consists of science fiction writers and is chaired by Dr. Yoji Kondo, a long time friend of Robert and Virginia Heinlein. Members of the committee were originally approved by Virginia Heinlein. The Baltimore Science Fiction Society provides logistical support for the award including manufacture of award materials and processing of donations.

This award is supported by independent donations from the interested public. Virginia Heinlein authorized multiple awards in memory of her husband. The other awards that honor the memory of Heinlein include the one fully funded by Virginia Heinlein’s estate and another for volunteer projects given by the National Space Society.

More information on the Robert A. Heinlein Award, including past winners, can be found at http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsheinlein.htm

More information on Stanley Schmidt can be found at http://www.sfwa.org/members/stanleyschmidt/index.html

More information on the Balticon can be found at www.balticon.org

 To contact the Heinlein Award liaison at BSFS email dale@bsfs.org

Here are the nominees for the Seiun Award, voted by members of Japan’s national sf convention, transliterated and translated where possible. The winners will be announced at Varicon 2012, July 7-8.

Japanese Novel

• Tengoku to Chikoku
• Yakusoku no Hakobune (Ark of Promises)
• Kanzennaru Binagaryuu no Hi
• Hikari o Wasureta Sei de (Star of Forgotten Light)
• Kitsune no Tsuki (Fox Moon)
• Genocide

Japanese Short Story

• “Space Kinyuudou”
• “Ushinawareta Wakusei no Isan” (“Legacy of the Lost Planet”)
• “Utau Sensuikan to Piapia Douga”
• “Zero Nendai no Rinkaiten” (“The Critical Point of Era Zero”)
• “Kore wa Pen Desu” (“This is a Pen”)
• “Saikou no Sofu” (“The Ultimate Empress’s Grandfather”)

Foreign Novel

• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
• The City and the City, China Miéville
• The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson
• Dhalgren, Samuel Delaney
• Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
• Millennium People, James Ballard

Foreign Short Story

• “The Pelican Bar”, Karen Joy Fowler
• “The Lifecycle of Software Objects”, Ted Chiang
• “The Gambler”, Paolo Bacigalupi
• “The People of Sand and Slag”, Paolo Bacigalupi
• “Troika”, Alastair Reynolds
• “The Little Goddess”, Ian McDonald

Media

• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Paul
• Mawaru Penguin Drum (The Turning Penguin Drum)
• Steins;Gate
• Tiger & Bunny
• Real Steel

Comics

• Bokura no Yoake (Our Daybreak) volume 2
• Kidou Senshi GUNDAM: THE ORIGIN (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin)
• Igyuutachi ni Yoru to Sekai wa…
• Mirai Nikki (Future Diary) volume 12
• Halcyon Ranch volume 2
• Gaidenrou
• Excel Saga volume 27

Art

• Katsuyuki Hoshino
• Katsuya Terada
• Koushi Suzuki
• Mikio Masuda
• Kairi Yura
• Kenichiro Tomiyasu
• Pablo Uchida
• Daisuke Nishijima
• Naoyuki Katou
• Naohiro Washio

Nonfiction

• Kindai Nihon Kisoushousetsushi: Meiji Hen
• Bradbury Nendaiki (The Bradbury Chronicles)
• 3.11 no Mirai Nihon – SF – Souzouryoku (Future Japans of 3/11 – SF – Creativity) ["3/11" is shorthand for last year's earthquake and tsunami]
• Ranshi Dokusha no SF Kougi (The Astigmatic Reader’s SF Lectures)
• Azuma Hideo < Soutokushuu > — Bishoujo – SF – Fujouri Gyaku, Soshite Shissou (The Hideo Azuma Omnibus – Beautiful Girls – SF – Reversing Absurdity, Then Vanishing)

Open Category

No nominations, though there is a write-in option (as there is for all categories).

Rules & such can be found HERE – as well as previous year winners and background on Ms. Hemming

via SFSite:

Members of First Fandom have until June 1 to vote on the inductees into the Hall of Fame. First Fandom was founded in 1959 to connect those who had been in fandom prior to 1938. Its membership has since expanded with various classes of member. The Sam Moskowitz Award is presented for excellence in science fiction collecting. The winners will be announced at Chicon 7.

First Fandom Hall of Fame Award

• Ray Bradbury
• Larry Farsace
• Claude Held
• Jack Robins

First Fandom Posthumous Hall of Fame Award

• Rusty Hevelin

Sam Moskowitz Archive Award

• Donn Albright

Via Continuum

The Ditmar subcommittee are pleased to announce the ballot for the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Award for 2012. Voting is now open, and will remain open for at least 30 days.

The 2012 ballot is as follows:

Best Novel
* The Shattered City (Creature Court 2), Tansy Rayner Roberts (HarperCollins)
* Burn Bright, Marianne de Pierres (Random House Australia)
* Mistification, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot Books)
* The Courier’s New Bicycle, Kim Westwood (HarperCollins)
* Debris (The Veiled Worlds 1), Jo Anderton (Angry Robot Books)

Best Novella or Novelette
* “The Sleeping and the Dead”, Cat Sparks, in Ishtar (Gilgamesh Press)
* “Above”, Stephanie Campisi, in Above/Below (Twelfth Planet Press)
* “The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt”, Paul Haines, in The Last Days of Kali Yuga (Brimstone Press)
* “And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living”, Deborah Biancotti, in Ishtar (Gilgamesh Press)
* “Julia Agrippina’s Secret Family Bestiary”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Love and Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press)
* “Below”, Ben Peek, in Above/Below (Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Short Story
* “Breaking the Ice”, Thoraiya Dyer, in Cosmos 37
* “Alchemy”, Lucy Sussex, in Thief of Lives (Twelfth Planet Press)
* “The Last Gig of Jimmy Rucker”, Martin Livings and Talie Helene, in More Scary Kisses (Ticonderoga Publications)
* “All You Can Do Is Breathe”, Kaaron Warren, in Blood and Other Cravings (Tor)
* “Bad Power”, Deborah Biancotti, in Bad Power (Twelfth Planet Press)
* “The Patrician”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Love and Romanpunk (Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Collected Work
* The Last Days of Kali Yuga by Paul Haines, edited by Angela Challis (Brimstone Press)
* Nightsiders by Sue Isle, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Ishtar, edited by Amanda Pillar and K. V. Taylor (Gilgamesh Press)

Best Artwork
* “Finishing School”, Kathleen Jennings, in Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories (Candlewick Press)
* Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for The Freedom Maze (Small Beer Press)

Best Fan Writer
* Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work including reviews in Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus! and Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth
* Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews in Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus!, Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth, and Randomly Yours, Alex
* Robin Pen, for “The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar”
* Sean Wright, for body of work including “Authors and Social Media” series in Adventures of a Bookonaut
* Bruce Gillespie, for body of work including “The Golden Age of Fanzines is Now”, and SF Commentary 81 & 82

Best Fan Artist
* Rebecca Ing, for work in Scape
* Lisa Rye, for “Steampunk Portal” series
* Dick Jenssen, for body of work including work in IRS, Steam Engine Time, SF Commentary and Scratchpad
* Kathleen Jennings, for work in Errantry (tanaudel.wordpress.com) including “The Dalek Game”
* Rhianna Williams, for work in Nullas Anxietas Convention Programme Book

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
* SF Commentary, edited by Bruce Gillespie
* The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
* The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
* Galactic Chat, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Sean Wright
* Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce

Best New Talent
* Steve Cameron
* Alan Baxter
* Joanne Anderton

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
* Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene, for “2010: The Year in Review”, in The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010 (Ticonderoga Publications)
* Damien Broderick and Van Ikin, for editing Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature (Borgo Press)
* David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely for “Reviewing New Who” series, in A Conversational Life
* Alexandra Pierce and Tehani Wessely, for reviews of Vorkosigan Saga, in Randomly Yours, Alex
* Russell Blackford, for “Currently reading: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke”, in Metamagician and the Hellfire Club

The official ballot paper, including postal address information, may be downloaded as a PDF format file from: http://ditmars.sf.org.au/2012/2012_Ditmar_ballot.pdf

Votes will be accepted via email to: ditmars@sf.org.au

However, if possible, please vote online at: http://ditmars.sf.org.au/2012

Postal ballots will be distributed in the near future.

Voting for the Ditmar Award is conducted in accordance with the rules specified at http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules, and is open to members of Continuum 8 (including supporting members) and to members of Swancon 36 who were eligible to vote in the 2011 Award. Voting in all award categories is by the optional preferential system, and each eligible individual may vote only once. All ballots (including emailed ballots) should include the name and address of the voter. If you have questions regarding the ballot or voting procedure, please email ditmars@sf.org.au.

A VERY excited Cat Valente was heard emoting on Facebook, noting that she’d been nominated in FOUR separate categories.  She certainly has been very visible this year and, while I don’t ever want to be seen as trying to influence fannish votes, I will suggest that it would be pretty cool to watch whatever meltdown might occur should she actually win in ALL four categories.

Eschewing my previously stated neutral position, I will bother to point out that one of this year’s non-fiction nominees is a book that purports to explain what science fiction is, authored by a person who claims she DOESN’T write science fiction…. if you vote for this nominee, don’t bother voting in any of the other categories, cause none of them are eligible….  Instead, why not visit THIS fine website….

Via the SF Site:

This year’s Inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame are

• Joe Haldeman
• James Tiptree, Jr.
• James Cameron
• Virgil Finlay

The hall of fame & ‘music experience’ will open on June 9th of this year.

I have to say that I absolutely approve of the inclusion of three of these nominees, and might approve of the fourth, depending on how his the plaque is worded.  Those who know yours truly ought to figure this one out pretty easily. Those not so familiar with your editor OR the genre will be even more confused by the statement that one of the four HEs listed above is not a HE, nor is SHE the object of my special attention….

Congrats to you all.

• Best Author: Ian McDonald (UK)
• Best Publisher: Ailleurs et Demain (France)
• Best Artist: Nela Dunato (Croatia)
• Best Promoter of Science Fiction: the SF Encyclopedia Online team (UK)
• Best Magazine: Galaxies (France)
• Best Translator: Pavel Weigel (Czech Republic)
• Best Website: Concatenation (UK)
• Grand Master: Brian Aldiss (UK)
• Honorary Award: Jean Giraud / Moebius (France)

• Best Artist: Zdenko Basic (Croatia)
• Best Dramatic Presentation: Divadelni spolek Kaspar (Czech Republic) for its adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ novella „Floers for Algernon”
• Best fanzine: Eridan (Croatia)

III. Encouragement Awards:

• Oliviu Crâznic (Romania)
• Alexander Ruda (Ukraine)
• Marki Istvan (Hungary)
• Ilya Tyo (Russia)
• Katarina Brbora (Croatia)
• Rod Rees (UK)
• Lucia Droppova (Slovakia)
• January „Johnak” Kotouc (Czech Republic)

Boston, MA (April 2012) — In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.

The Shirley Jackson Awards are voted upon by a jury of professional writers, editors, critics, and academics, with input from a Board of Advisors.  The awards are given for the best work published in the preceding calendar year in the following categories:  Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Single-Author Collection, and Edited Anthology.

The nominees for the 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards are:

NOVEL

• The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock (Doubleday)
• The Dracula Papers, Reggie Oliver (Chômu Press)
• The Great Lover, Michael Cisco (Chômu Press)
• Knock Knock, S. P. Miskowski (Omnium Gatherum Media)
• The Last Werewolf, Glen Duncan (Canongate Books, Ltd.)
• Witches on the Road Tonight, Sheri Holman (Grove Press)

NOVELLA

• “And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living,” Deborah Biancotti (Ishtar, Gilgamesh Press)
• “A Child’s Problem,” Reggie Oliver (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
• “Displacement,” Michael Marano (Stories from the Plague Years, Cemetery Dance Publications)
• The Men Upstairs, Tim Waggoner (Delirium Books)
• “Near Zennor,” Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
• “Rose Street Attractors,” Lucius Shepard (Ghosts by Gaslight, Harper Voyager)

NOVELETTE

• “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine,” Peter Straub (Conjunctions 56)
• “Ditch Witch,” Lucius Shepard (Supernatural Noir, Dark Horse)
• “The Last Triangle,” Jeffrey Ford (Supernatural Noir, Dark Horse)
• “Omphalos,” Livia Llewellyn (Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors, Lethe Press)
• “The Summer People,” Kelly Link (Tin House 49/Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, Candlewick Press)

SHORT FICTION

• “Absolute Zero,” Nadia Bulkin (Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters, Prime Books)
• “The Corpse Painter’s Masterpiece,” M. Rickert (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept/Oct, 2011)
• “Hair,” Joan Aiken (The Monkey’s Wedding and Other Stories, Small Beer Press/ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/Aug, 2011)
• “Max,” Jason Ockert (The Iowa Review 41/1)
• “Sunbleached,” Nathan Ballingrud (Teeth, HarperCollins)
• “Things to Know About Being Dead,” Genevieve Valentine (Teeth, HarperCollins)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

• After the Apocalypse: Stories, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer Press)
• The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares, Joyce Carol Oates (Mysterious Press)
• Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors, Livia Llewellyn (Lethe Press)
• The Janus Tree, Glen Hirshberg (Subterranean Press)
• Red Gloves, Christopher Fowler (PS Publishing)
• What Wolves Know, Kit Reed (PS Publishing)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

• Blood and Other Cravings, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
• A Book of Horrors, edited by Stephen Jones (Jo Fletcher Books)
• Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers (Harper Voyager)
• Supernatural Noir, edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse)
• Teeth, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (HarperCollins)
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (Harper Voyager)

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, “The Lottery.”  Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work.

The 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 15th at Readercon 23, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.  Shirley Jackson is the Memorial Guest of Honor.  Readercon 23 Guests of Honor, Peter Straub and Caitlin R. Kiernan, will act as hosts.

2011 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees PDF (download).

The directors of The Kitschies, the UK’s most tentacular annual literary award, are pleased to announce that award-winning author Patrick Ness will be joining the roster of literary judges for 2012.

The Kitschies (www.thekitschies.com) reward “intelligent, progressive and entertaining” novels that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic. Last year, over 150 books were submitted from almost forty publishers, spanning both literary and genre imprints. The shortlists in all categories (Novel, Debut and Cover Art) are selected every January and, uniquely among juried awards, the finalists are reviewed publicly by members of the judging panel before the winner is decided.

Patrick Ness, whose A Monster Calls won the coveted 2011 Red Tentacle, will be replacing previous judge – and winner – Lauren Beukes. Ms. Beukes advised her replacement:

Patrick, this is a different award. It’s not just the best book, but the perfect storytelling trifecta of progressive and smart and entertaining, but never wanky. The irreverence means you have to take it more seriously.

Move in to a bigger house. There is such a thing as too many books. Bring kevlar made of wit and gab to fight for your favourites. Judge books by covers. Steel yourself, not for the unreadable crap (there will be some), but for the genuinely astonishing ones that you will wish you’d written.

Mr. Ness was quick to respond:

‘Never Wanky’ could practically be the motto of The Kitschies, which possibly can’t be said of every other big award. I can’t wait to set out on a journey into almost certainly the most interesting and – as Lauren says – genuinely astonishing fiction of the year.  I will not, however, be buying a bigger house.

Mr. Ness is joined as a literary judge by author and editor Rebecca Levene and the award’s co-founders, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin. The four judges will select the Red Tentacle and Golden Tentacle, for the novel and debut categories. The judging panel for the Inky Tentacle, for cover art, will be announced in May.

The Kitschies open for submissions on 1 June, 2012. Submissions close on 1 December 2012, and the 2012 finalists will be announced in January 2013. Details on eligibility and criteria can be found at www.thekitschies.com.

Further information is attached, but please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Thanks for all your support, and here’s to a tentacular 2012.

Concatenation gathers together SF & F, Science and related news from around Europe and the rest of the world.  The most recent edition has just been published and contains articles and information of interest to award watchers.  You can read the latest or visit the handy index here.

Award specific info can be found here:  Looks like I have a few ‘new’ awards to add to the site!

Via SFSite – for works first published in 2011 – here

For more about the Rhyslings and Science Fiction Poetry – here

Professional Award Nominations

Best Novel – English
Enter Night by Michael Rowe, ChiZine Publications
Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism by David Nickle, ChiZine Publications
Napier’s Bones by Derryl Murphy, ChiZine Publications
The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet, ChiZine Publications
Technicolor Ultra Mall by Ryan Oakley, EDGE
Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada

Best Short Fiction – English
”The Legend of Gluck” by Marie Bilodeau, When the Hero Comes Home, Dragon Moon Press
“The Needle’s Eye” by Suzanne Church, Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd Did I Live, EDGE
“One Horrible Day” by Randy McCharles, The 2nd Circle, The 10th Circle Project
“Turning It Off” by Susan Forest, Analog, December
“To Live and Die in Gibbontown” by Derek Künsken, Asimov’s, October/November

Best Poem / Song – English
“A Good Catch” by Colleen Anderson, Polu Texni, April
“Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm” by Sandra Kasturi, ChiZine, Supergod Mega-Issue, Volume 47
“Skeleton Leaves” by Helen Marshall, Kelp Queen Press
“Skeleton Woman” by Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps, Fairytale, CD
“Zombie Bees of Winnipeg” by Carolyn Clink, ChiZine, Supergod Mega-Issue, Volume 47

Best Graphic Novel – English
Goblins, webcomic, created by Tarol Hunt
Imagination Manifesto, Book 2 by GMB Chomichuk, James Rewucki and John Toone, Alchemical Press
Weregeek, webcomic, created by Alina Pete

Best Related Work – English
Fairytale, CD by Heather Dale, HeatherDale.com
The First Circle: Volume One of the Tenth Circle Project, edited by Eileen Bell and Ryan McFadden
Neo-Opsis, edited by Karl Johanson
On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society
Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor, EDGE

Best Artist (Professional and Amateur Nominations)
Janice Blaine, “Cat in Space”, Cover art for Neo-Opsis, Issue 20
Costi Gurgu, cover art for Outer Diverse, Starfire
Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications
Dan O’Driscoll, “Deep Blue Seven”, cover art for On Spec magazine, Summer issue
Martin Springett, Interior art for The Pattern Scars, ChiZine

Fan/Volunteer Award Nominations

Best Fan Publication
BCSFAzine,edited by Felicity Walker
Bourbon and Eggnog by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland and Randy McCharles, 10th Circle Project
In Places Between: The Robin Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest book, edited by Reneé Bennett
Sol Rising newsmagazine, edited by Michael Matheson
Space Cadet, edited by R. Graeme Cameron

Best Fan Filk
Stone Dragons (Tom and Sue Jeffers), concert at FilKONtario
Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90
Cindy Turner, Interfilk concert at OVFF

Best Fan Organizationa
Andrew Gurudata, chair of the Constellation Awards committee
Peter Halasz, administrator of the Sunburst Awards
Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of the Chiaroscuro Reading Series (Toronto)
Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)
Alex von Thorn, chair of SFContario 2 (Toronto)
Rose Wilson, for organizing the Art Show at V-Con (Vancouver)

Best Fan Other
Lloyd Penney, letters of comment
Peter Watts, “Reality: The Ultimate Mythology” lecture, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
Taral Wayne, Canadian Fanzine Fanac Awards art

Details here

The winners of the 2012 BSFA Awards (not without irony) are:

• Novel: The Islanders, by Christopher Priest
• Short Fiction: “The Copenhagen Interpretation,” by Paul Cornell
• Artwork: Cover of Ian Whates’s The Noise Revealed, by Dominic Harman
• Non-Fiction: The SF Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition edited John Clute, Peter Nicholls, David Langford, and Graham Sleight

UPDATE:  A previous version of this announcement was generated by watching the live feed and has been replaced with the official press release from Chicon7.  The original post, along with all of its errors and omissions can be seen below.

1101 valid nominating ballots were received and counted.

Best Novel (932 ballots)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra)
Deadline by Mira Grant (Orbit)
Embassytown by China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey)
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

Best Novella (473 ballots)
Countdown by Mira Grant (Orbit)
“The Ice Owl” by Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011)
“Kiss Me Twice” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s June 2011)
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s September/October 2011)
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” by Ken Liu (Panverse 3)
Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Best Novelette (499 ballots)
“The Copenhagen Interpretation” by Paul Cornell (Asimov’s July 2011)
“Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)
“Ray of Light” by Brad R. Torgersen (Analog December 2011)
“Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
“What We Found” by Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2011)

Best Short Story (593 ballots)
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld April 2011)
“The Homecoming” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s April/May 2011)
“Movement” by Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s March 2011)
“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2011)
“Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue” by John Scalzi (Tor.com)

Best Related Work (461 ballots)
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)
Jar Jar Binks Must Die… and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies by Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature by Jeff VanderMeer and S. J. Chambers (Abrams Image)
Wicked Girls by Seanan McGuire
Writing Excuses, Season 6 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story (339 ballots)
Digger by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)
Fables Vol 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
Locke & Key Volume 4, Keys to the Kingdom written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)
The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. Written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) (592 ballots)
Captain America: The First Avenger, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely, directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)
Game of Thrones (Season 1), created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin; directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)
Hugo, screenplay by John Logan; directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount)
Source Code, screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (512 ballots)
“The Doctor’s Wife” (Doctor Who), written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
“The Drink Tank‘s Hugo Acceptance Speech,” Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon (Renovation)
“The Girl Who Waited” (Doctor Who), written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
“A Good Man Goes to War” (Doctor Who), written by Steven Moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)
“Remedial Chaos Theory” (Community), written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)

Best Semiprozine (357 ballots)
Apex Magazine edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams
Locus edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
New York Review of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer

Best Fanzine (322 ballots)
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
The Drink Tank edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.
SF Signal edited by John DeNardo

Best Fancast (326 ballots)
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)
SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, produced by Patrick Hester
SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

Best Professional Editor – Long Form (358 ballots)
Lou Anders
Liz Gorinsky
Anne Lesley Groell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Betsy Wollheim

Best Professional Editor – Short Form (512 ballots)
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist (399 ballots)
Dan dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio

Best Fan Artist (216 ballots)
Brad W. Foster
Randall Munroe
Spring Schoenhuth
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne

Best Fan Writer (360 ballots)
James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
Jim C. Hines
Steven H Silver

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (396 ballots)
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2010 or 2011, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).
Mur Lafferty
Stina Leicht
Karen Lord *
Brad R. Torgersen *
E. Lily Yu

*2nd year of eligibility

Errors and missing information will be corrected as soon as I receive the press release -

1,111 ballots received

Best Novel:

A Dance With Dragons Martin

Among Others Waltin

Deadline Grant

The Sea Town Mievelle

Leviathan

Novella:

Countdown

The Ice Owl

Kiss Me Twice

The Man Who Bridged The Mist

The Man Who Ended History A Documentary

Silently and Very Fast

Novelette:

The Copenhagen Interpretation

Field of Gold

Ray of Light

Six Months, Three Days

What We Found

Short:

The Homecoming Mike Resnick

Movement Nancy

The Paper Menagerie

Shadow Ear of the Knight Dragons Scalzi

Best Novella:

Best Editor Shdort Form:

John Joseph Adams

Neil Clarke

Stanley Schmidt

Jonathan Strahan

Shiela Williams

Best Editor Long Form:

Lou Anders

Liz

Ann Le

Betsy Wollheim

Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form:

The Doctor’s Wife Dr. Who

Drink Tank Acceptance Speech

The Girl Who Weighed In Dr. Who

A Good Man Goes To War Dr. Who

Remedial Chaos Theory

Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form:

Captain America The First Avenger

Game of Thrones Season One

Harry Potter and the Deathly hallow Part Two

Hugo

Source Code

Best Graphic Story:

Digger

Fa

Lock and Key Vol 4

Schlock Mercenary Force Multiplication

The Unwritten Volume 4 Leviathan

Best Related Work:

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3

Jar Jar Binks Must Die!

The Steampunk Bible

Wicked Girls

Writing Excuses Season Six

Best Professional Artist:

Dan Dos Santos

Bob Eggleton

Michael

Steven Martinierre

John Piccaccio

Best Fan Artist:

Brad Foster

Randall Monroe

Schoenhoef

Maureen Starky

Steve Stiles

Taral Wayne

Best Semiprozine:

Apex Magazine

Interzone

Lightspeed

Locus

New York Review of Science Fiction

Best Fanzine:

Banana Wings

The Drink Tank

File 770

Journey Planet

SFSignal

Best Fan Writer:

Claire Brilye

James Bacon

Christopher Garcia

Jim Hines

Steven H Silver

Best Fancast (Special Award):

The Coode Street Podcast

Galactic Suburbia Podcast

SFSignal Podcast

SFSpeedcast

Starship Sofa

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer:

Mur Lafferty

Licht

Karen Lord

Brad R Torgeson

E Lilly

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 0 HOURS TO GO NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW – GET TO USTREAM AND WATCH NOW!

Today, Saturday April 7th, 2012, will produce what appears to be an unprecedented event in the history of science fiction awards, conventions and fandom.

For the first time ever (probably), the announcements will be live-streamed over the internet, from not one, not two, nor even three, but FIVE different conventions.

The Hugo Awards shortlist of nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards (to be presented at Chicon 7 for works appearing in 2011)  will be live-streamed via Ustream from four different conventions -

• Norwescon 35, one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier science fiction and fantasy conventions, at Seatac, WA (1 PM PDT). With Special Guest John Picacio. Ustream channel www.ustream.tv/channel/hugo-nominee-announcement-live-from-norwescon.
• Leprecon 38, Arizona’s annual science fiction and fantasy convention, at Tempe, AZ (1 PM MST). With Special Guest Joe Haldeman. Ustream channel www.ustream.tv/channel/hugo-nominee-announcement-live-from-leprecon.
• Minicon 47, Minnesota’s longest-running science fiction convention, at Bloomington, MN (3 PM CDT). With guest Chris Garcia. Ustream channel www.ustream.tv/channel/hugo-nominee-announcement-live-from-minicon.
• Marcon 47, the Midwest’s largest annual convention, at Columbus, OH (4 PM EDT). Ustream channel www.ustream.tv/channel/hugo-nominee-announcement-live-from-marcon.
• Olympus 2012, the British National Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon) (9 PM BST). With Chicon 7 Chair Dave McCarty and Special Guest George R.R. Martin. Ustream channel www.ustream.tv/channel/hugo-nominee-announcement-live-from-eastercon.

(The above descriptions and links from The Hugo Awards official website)

This year’s awards broke a record in voter participation (the culmination of several years of hard work by numerous individuals).  Why not make the same statement and log in to one of the Ustream channels?

The announcements will take place at:

1 pm PDT          1 pm MST            3 pm CDT          4 pm EDT          9 pm BST