Hugo Winners 2006

Best Novel: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Best Novella: “Inside Job” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s January 2005)

Best Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 2005)

Best Short Story: “Tk’tk’tk” by David D. Levine (Asimov’s March 2005)

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

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Serenity (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.) Written and Directed by Joss Whedon.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who “The Empty Child” & “The Doctor Dances” (BBC Wales/BBC1) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by James Hawes.

Best Professional Editor: David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year’s Best SF)

Best Pro Artist: Donato Giancola

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

Best Fanzine: Plokta, edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford

Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 2004/2005: John Scalzi

Further data is available here:

• Voting figures
• Nomination figures

Hugo Nominees

A total of 533 people cast valid Hugo Nominating ballots this year.

BEST NOVEL (430 ballots cast)
Learning the World, Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin (Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
Old Man's War, John Scalzi (Tor)
Accelerando, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

BEST NOVELLA (243 ballots cast)
Burn, James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon)
"Magic for Beginners", Kelly Link (Magic for Beginners, Small Beer Press; F&SF September 2005)
"The Little Goddess", Ian McDonald (Asimov's June 2005)
"Identity Theft", Robert J. Sawyer (Down These Dark Spaceways, SFBC)
"Inside Job", Connie Willis (Asimov's January 2005)

BEST NOVELETTE (207 ballots cast)
"The Calorie Man", Paolo Bacigalupi (F&SF October/November 2005)
"Two Hearts", Peter S. Beagle (F&SF October/November 2005)
"TelePresence", Michael A. Burstein (Analog July/August 2005)
"I, Robot", Cory Doctorow (The Infinite Matrix February 15, 2005)
"The King of Where-I-Go", Howard Waldrop (Sci Fiction December 7, 2005)

BEST SHORT STORY (278 ballots cast)
"Seventy-Five Years", Michael A. Burstein (Analog January/February 2005)
"The Clockwork Atom Bomb", Dominic Green (Interzone May/June 2005)
"Singing My Sister Down", Margo Lanagan (Black Juice, Allen & Unwin; Eos)
"Tk'tk'tk", David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005)
"Down Memory Lane", Mike Resnick (Asimov's April/May 2005)

BEST RELATED BOOK (197 ballots cast)
Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970, Mike Ashley (Liverpool)
The SEX Column and Other Misprints, David Langford(Cosmos)
Science Fiction Quotations, Gary Westfahl (ed) (Yale)
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press)
Soundings: Reviews 1992_1996, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: LONG FORM (364 ballots cast)
Batman Begins  Story, David S. Goyer.  Screenplay, 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 WardrobeScreenplay, 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, Steven Kloves.  Based on the novel, J.K. Rowling.  Directed, Mike Newell.  (Warner Bros.)
Serenity Written & Directed, Joss Whedon.  (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.)
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were_Rabbit Screenplay, 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 ballots cast)
Battlestar Galactica "Pegasus" Written, Anne Cofell Saunders. Directed, Michael Rymer. (NBC Universal/British Sky Broadcasting)
Doctor Who "Dalek"  Written, Robert Shearman. Directed, Joe Ahearne. (BBC Wales/BBC1)
Doctor Who "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" Written, Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)
Doctor Who "Father's Day" Written, 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, 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)
(There are seven nominees due to a tie for fifth place)

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR (293 ballots cast)
Ellen Datlow (Sci Fiction and anthologies)
David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year's Best SF)
Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)
Sheila Williams (Asimov's)

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (230 ballots cast)
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton
Donato Giancola
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Michael Whelan
(There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)

BEST SEMIPROZINE (219 ballots cast)
Ansible, Dave Langford (ed)
Emerald City, Cheryl Morgan (ed)
Interzone, Andy Cox (ed)
Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong_Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi (eds)
The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney (eds)

BEST FANZINE (176 ballots cast)
Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer
Challenger, Guy H. Lillian III
Chunga, Andy Hooper, Randy Byers & carl juarez
File 770, Mike Glyer
Plokta, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

BEST FAN WRITER (202 ballots cast)
Claire Brialey
John Hertz
Dave Langford
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H Silver

BEST FAN ARTIST (154 ballots cast)
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu

BEST INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME (311 ballots cast)
Category dropped due to lack of interest as per section 3.6 of the WSFS Constitution

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER (186 ballots cast)
K.J. Bishop (2nd year of eligibility)
Sarah Monette (2nd year of eligibility)
Chris Roberson (2nd year of eligibility)
Brandon Sanderson (1st year of eligibility)
John Scalzi (1st year of eligibility)
Steph Swainston (2nd year of eligibility)
(There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place)

The John W. Campbell Award, sponsored by Dell Magazines, is not a Hugo Award, but appears on the same ballot as the Hugo Awards and is administered in the same way as the Hugo Awards.