The Hugo Awards have been announced at the 2009 Worldcon!
Here are the winners!
- Best Novel: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
- Best Novella: The Erdmann Nexus, Nancy Kress
- Best Novelette: Shoggoths in Bloom, Elizabeth Bear
- Best Short Story: Exhalation, Ted Chiang
- Best Related Book: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi
- Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: WALL-E, Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director
- Best Editor Short Form: Ellen Datlow
- Best Editor Long Form: David G. Hartwell
- Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
- Best Semiprozine: Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
- Best Fan Writer: Cheryl Morgan
- Best Fanzine: Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima
- Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
And the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: David Anthony Durham
I want to give a special congratulations to David Anthony Durham! I’ve known David before he published Acacia, when he hired me to be his webmaster. He has always been kind, polite, a gentleman and a boss willing to endure whatever hardship I sent his way. If you haven’t read Acacia, why haven’t you?
Honestly. It is fantastic and its sequel, The Other Lands, publishes in a matter of weeks.
Congrats to the winners and congrats to those who were nominated! You all are in great company.
Now. Get back to reading! It’s what we do, right?
