Hugo Awards Summary

So, check out the various posts for the specific review of each piece, but here are the awards categories and how I will be voting. For specifics on how the voting works, check out the rules. Essentially, I’ve numbered them for the order in which I think they are worthy of a Hugo, with the exception of Skip (which means I don’t have enough an opinion to vote in any way) or No Award (I don’t think it should get the Hugo, even if it means not giving any out). Check out my voting stub!

Best Novel

  • #1 – Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
  • Skip – Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
  • Skip – Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles, Larry Correia (Baen Books)
  • No Award – Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
  • No Award – The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)

Best Novella 

  • #1 – The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
  • #2 – Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)
  • #3 – “The Chaplain’s Legacy”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)
  • Skip – “Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
  • No Award – “Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)

Best Novelette (This was by far the strongest category)

  • #1 – “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)
  • #2 – “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
  • #3 – “The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)
  • #4 – “Opera Vita Aeterna”, Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
  • Skip – “The Exchange Officers”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)

Best Short Story 

  • #1 – “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)
  • #2 – “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)
  • Skip – “Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)
  • No Award – “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)

Best Graphic Story

  • #1 – “Time”, Randall Munroe (XKCD)
  • #2 – Saga, Volume 2, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
  • #3 – “The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who”, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)
  • #4 – Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
  • No Award – The Meathouse Man, adapted from the story by George R.R. Martin and illustrated by Raya Golden (Jet City Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation

  • #1 – Frozen,screenplay by Jennifer Lee, directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Walt Disney Studios)
  • #2 – Iron Man 3, screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, directed by Shane Black (Marvel Studios; DMG Entertainment; Paramount Pictures)
  • #3 – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence (Color Force; Lionsgate)
  • Skip – Gravity, written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)
  • Skip – Pacific Rim, screenplay by Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney Double Dare You)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • #1 – Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)
  • #2 – Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)
  • #3 – An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)
  • #4 – The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)
  • Skip – Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”, written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)
  • Skip – Orphan Black: “Variations under Domestication” written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space/BBC America)

Best Professional Artist (624 nominating ballots)

  • #1 – John Harris
  • #2 – Daniel Dos Santos
  • #3 – Julie Dillon
  • #4 – John Picacio
  • #5 – Fiona Staples
  • #6 – Galen Dara

Best Fan Artist 

  • #1 – Sarah Webb
  • #2 – Mandie Manzano
  • #3 – Brad W. Foster
  • #4 – Steve Stiles
  • Skip – Spring Schoenhuth

Unfortunately, there are some categories I just either had no interest in, or had no way to really know how I was voting. Maybe next year when I have more time to dig into these I’ll be able to feel confident in my vote, but there just wasn’t time this year. But here are the nominees in case you were curious.

Best Related Work 

  • Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)
  • Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
  • “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)
  • Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)
  • Writing Excuses Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Editor, Short Form

  • John Joseph Adams
  • Neil Clarke
  • Ellen Datlow
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

  • Ginjer Buchanan
  • Sheila Gilbert
  • Liz Gorinsky
  • Lee Harris
  • Toni Weisskopf

Best Semiprozine

  • Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
  • Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
  • Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
  • Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin

Best Fanzine

  • The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
  • A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher
  • Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
  • Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Lynda E. Rucker, Pete Young, Colin Harris, and Helen J.Montgomery
  • Pornokitsch, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin

Best Fancast

  • The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
  • Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch
    (Producer)
  • SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester
  • The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht
  • Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman and Peter Newman
  • Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best Fan Writer

  • Liz Bourke
  • Kameron Hurley
  • Foz Meadows
  • Abigail Nussbaum
  • Mark Oshiro

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

  • Wesley Chu
  • Max Gladstone
  • Ramez Naam
  • Sofia Samatar
  • Benjanun Sriduangkaew