Science Fiction Awards Watch

The Hugo Awards presentation for 2012 is taking place tonight, September 2nd, at 8 pm CDT. (You can watch HERE , follow via text live HERE) I’ll be listening and watching via the web and will be updating the information below as the awards are announced. (Winners will be published adjacent to their category title eg [...]

A friendly reminder to consult the previous post for times and links of live coverage of the Hugo Awards ceremony (2012) taking place later today and links to the WSFS (World Science Fiction Society) preliminary business meeting: PART 1 PART 2    

Time to clear your calendar – the Hugo Awards Ceremony is coming to you live this Sunday, September 2nd. Both the Chicon 7 and Hugo Awards websites have additional information, here’s the gist: Ustream (video coverage) CoverItLive (text coverage) Both should kick off around 7:30 pm, Central Daylight Time, Sunday, September 2nd. To see a list [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 1 HOURS TO GO 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, [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 2 HOURS TO GO 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 [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 3 HOURS TO GO 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 [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 4 HOURS TO GO 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, [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 5HOURS TO GO 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 [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 6 HOURS TO GO 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, [...]

COUNTDOWN TO THE HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST VIDEO STREAM 7 HOURS TO GO 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, [...]

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 FOUR different conventions. The Hugo Awards shortlist of [...]

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Chicon 7 has announced that the presentation of the Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award final ballot list will be released in a series of events at multiple conventions and livestream fir Ustream: Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, Chicago, IL – August 30 to September 3, 2012 press@chicon.org [...]

If you are eligible to nominate for this year’s Hugo Awards and haven’t done so yet, time is running out. You can nominate online here. Eligible works and additional information can be found on Chicon 7′s website and at Whatever.

John Scalzi, SFWA President, takes time out to remind those of you who possess dem0n powers that the time to cast your spells ballots for NEBULA nominations is quickly coming to a close. You can read his appeal to your better natures HERE. (He also hastens to remind the acolytes that HUGO nominations are coming [...]

Monday, January 23, 2012 Chicago, Illinois, USA – Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), today issued a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching to gain the right to nominate for the 2012 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. To be entitled to submit a nomination ballot [...]

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Chicago, Illinois, USA – Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), is delighted to announce that the 2012 Hugo Award nomination period is now open. Nomination ballots will be accepted from January 2, 2012, to Sunday, March 11, 2012, 23:59 PDT for the prestigious Hugo Awards and the John [...]

For those of you who missed the live tweeting from last night, the list of winners of this year’s Hugo Awards can be found at the official website. Stats lovers can get all the numbers from the Renovation website (PDF).