The award ceremony for the Hugo award took place on Sunday night, September 1, 2013 during the World Science Fiction Convention in San Antonio, Texas. The Hugo awards are determined by the vote of the attendees of World Con and are very closely guarded until the awards ceremony.
The results are in and the Hugo Awards (known for being in the shape of a rocket) for the best in Science Fiction have landed at the World Science Fiction Convention in San Antonio, Texas:
Best Novel: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor)
Best Novella: “The Emperor’s Soul” by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)
Best Novelette: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)
Best Short Story: “Mono no aware” by Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)
Best Related Work: Writing Excuses, Season 7 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal
, Howard Tayler
, and Jordan Sanderson
Best Graphic Story: Saga, Volume 1 written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): The Avengers Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)
Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form): Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff
and D.B. Weiss
(HBO)
Best Editor – Short Form: Stanley Schmidt
Best Editor – Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Professional Artist: John Picacio
Best Semiprozine: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller
, Sean Wallace
, and Kate Baker
Best Fanzine: SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester
Best Fancast: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters), and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
Best Fan Writer: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best Fan Artist: Galen Dara
The John W. Campbell Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award): Mur Lafferty
Congratulations to the winners! Check out their works!
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