Presented at: Renovation, Reno, Nevada, August 17-21, 2011

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Awards Administration: Vincent Docherty & Kate Kligman





Best Novel

Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)

Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)

Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)

Best Novella

The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)

“Troika”, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)

“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)

“The Sultan of the Clouds”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)

“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)

Best Novelette

“The Emperor of Mars”, Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)

“Eight Miles”, Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)

“Plus or Minus”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)

“That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made”, Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)

“The Jaguar House, in Shadow”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010)

Best Short Story

“For Want of a Nail”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)

“Amaryllis”, Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)

“The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)

“Ponies”, Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)

Note: there were only four nominees in this category per the provisions of the WSFS Constitution that require that nominees receive a specified minimum percentage of nominations.

Best Related Work

Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)

Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: (1907–1948): Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)

The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)

Writing Excuses, Season 4, Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells

Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

Best Graphic Story

Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

Fables: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler; colors by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode)

Grandville Mon Amour, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)

The Unwritten, Volume 2: Inside Man, written by Mike Carey; illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)

How to Train Your Dragon, screenplay by William Davies, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders; directed by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (DreamWorks)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner)

Toy Story 3, screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich; directed by Lee Unkrich (Pixar/Disney)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, screenplay by Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright; directed by Edgar Wright (Universal)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)

Doctor Who: “Vincent and the Doctor,” written by Richard Curtis; directed by Jonny Campbell (BBC Wales)

Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)

Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury, written by Rachel Bloom; directed by Paul Briganti

The Lost Thing, written by Shaun Tan; directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan (Passion Pictures)

Best Editor, Short Form

Sheila Williams

Stanley Schmidt

John Joseph Adams

Jonathan Strahan

Gordon Van Gelder

Best Editor, Long Form

Lou Anders

Ginjer Buchanan

Beth Meacham

Liz Gorinsky

Moshe Feder

Nick Mamatas

Juliet Ulman

Note: Seven nominees appear in this category due to a tie for the final position.

Best Professional Artist

Shaun Tan

Stephan Martiniere

John Picacio

Daniel Dos Santos

Bob Eggleton

Note: Picacio and Dos Santos tied for 3rd.

Best Semiprozine

Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker

Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong

Interzone, edited by Andy Cox

Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams

Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal

Best Fanzine

The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon

File 770, edited by Mike Glyer

StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith

Challenger, edited by Guy H. Lillian III

Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer

Best Fan Writer

Claire Brialey

Christopher J Garcia

Steven H Silver

James Bacon

James Nicoll

Best Fan Artist

Brad W. Foster

Randall Munroe

Maurine Starkey

Steve Stiles

Taral Wayne

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Lev Grossman*

Lauren Beukes

Saladin Ahmed*

Dan Wells*

Larry Correia*

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

1006 valid nominating ballots were counted (992 electronic and 14 paper).

For the full breakdown of voting and nomination see here (PDF).

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