2006 Hugo Award Nominations

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The Hugo Award Ceremony was held at L.A.con IV on Saturday, August 26, 2006. Photos from L.A.con IV. 2006 Hugo winners.

Best Novel

434 nominating ballots

Learning the World by Ken MacLeod (Orbit; Tor)

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (Voyager; Bantam Spectra)

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Tor)

Accelerando by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Best Novella

243 nominating ballots

"Burn" by James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon)

"Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link (Magic for Beginners, Small Beer Press; F&SF September 2005)

"The Little Goddess" by Ian McDonald (Asimov's June 2005)

"Identity Theft" by Robert J. Sawyer (Down These Dark Spaceways, SFBC)

"Inside Job" by Connie Willis (Asimov's January 2005)

Best Novelette

207 nominating ballots

"The Calorie Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi (F&SF October/November 2005)

"Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (F&SF October/November 2005)

"TelePresence" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog July/August 2005)

"I, Robot" by Cory Doctorow (The Infinite Matrix February 15, 2005)

"The King of Where-I-Go" by Howard Waldrop (SCI FICTION December 7, 2005)

Best Short Story

278 nominating ballots

"Seventy-Five Years" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog January/February 2005)

"The Clockwork Atom Bomb" by Dominic Green (Interzone May/June 2005)

"Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (Black Juice, Allen & Unwin; Eos)

"Tk'tk'tk" by David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005)

"Down Memory Lane" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April/May 2005)

Best Related Book

197 nominating ballots

Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 by Mike Ashley (Liverpool)

The SEX Column and Other Misprints by David Langford (Cosmos)

Science Fiction Quotations edited by Gary Westfahl (Yale)

Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press)

Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

364 nominating ballots

Batman Begins Story by David S. Goyer. Screenplay by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Based on the character created, Bob Kane. Directed, Christopher Nolan. (Warner Bros.)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Screenplay by Ann Peacock and Andrew Adamson and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. Based on the novel, C.S. Lewis. Directed, Andrew Adamson. (Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Screenplay by Steven Kloves. Based on the novel, J.K. Rowling. Directed, Mike Newell. (Warner Bros.)

Serenity Written & Directed by Joss Whedon. (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.)

Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit Screenplay by Steve Box & Nick Park and Bob Baker and Mark Burton. Directed, Nick Park & Steve Box. (Dreamworks Animation/Aardman Animation).

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

261 nominating ballots

Battlestar Galactica, "Pegasus" Written by Anne Cofell Saunders. Directed, Michael Rymer. (NBC Universal/British Sky Broadcasting)

Doctor Who, "Dalek" Written by Robert Shearman. Directed, Joe Ahearne. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

Doctor Who "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" Written by Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

Doctor Who "Father's Day" Written by Paul Cornell. Directed, Joe Ahearne. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

"Jack-Jack Attack" Written & Directed, Brad Bird. (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)

"Lucas Back in Anger" Written by Phil Raines and Ian Sorensen. Directed, Phil Raines. (Reductio Ad Absurdum Productions)

Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony (Opening Speech and Framing Sequences). Written and performed, Paul McAuley and Kim Newman. Directed, Mike & Debby Moir. (Interaction Events)

Best Professional Editor

293 nominating ballots

Ellen Datlow

David G. Hartwell

Stanley Schmidt

Gordon Van Gelder

Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist

230 nominating ballots

Jim Burns

Bob Eggleton

Donato Giancola

Stephan Martiniere

John Picacio

Michael Whelan

Best Semiprozine

219 nominating ballots

Ansible, edited by Dave Langford

Emerald City, edited by Cheryl Morgan

Interzone, edited by Andy Cox

Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi

The New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by Kathryn Cramer, David Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney

Best Fanzine

176 nominating ballots

Banana Wings ed. by Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer

Challenger edited by Guy Lillian, III

Chunga edited by Andy Hooper, Randy Byers & carl juarez

File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

Best Fan Writer

202 nominating ballots

Claire Brialey

John Hertz

Dave Langford

Cheryl Morgan

Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

154 nominating ballots

Brad Foster

Teddy Harvia

Sue Mason

Steve Stiles

Frank Wu

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Sponsored by Dell Magazines

186 nominating ballots

K. J. Bishop (2nd year of eligibility)

Sarah Monette (2nd year of eligibility)

Chris Roberson (2nd year of eligibility)

John Scalzi (1st year of eligibility)

Steph Swainston (2nd year of eligibility)

2005 Hugo nominees
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