Hugo Nominees 2006
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
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.
"Hugo Award" is a service mark of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.