Nominees for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Spokane WA, August 19-23, 2015.

Best Novel (1,827 nominating ballots)

Best Novella (1,083)

Best Novelette (1,031)

“The Journeyman: In the Stone House”, Michael F. Flynn ( Analog 6/14)

6/14) “The Day The World Turned Upside Down”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Lightspeed 4/14)**

“Championship B’tok”, Edward M. Lerner ( Analog 9/14)

9/14) “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium”, Gray Rinehart ( Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show 5/14)

5/14) “The Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale”, Rajnar Vajra ( Analog 7-8/14)

7-8/14) “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”, John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons) (removed from ballot due to ineligibility)

Best Short Story (1,174)

Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (1,285)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Edge of Tomorrow

Guardians of the Galaxy

Interstellar

The Lego Movie

Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (938)

Doctor Who : “Listen”

: “Listen” The Flash : “Pilot”

: “Pilot” Game of Thrones : “The Mountain and the Viper”

: “The Mountain and the Viper” Grimm : “Once We Were Gods”

“Once We Were Gods” Orphan Black: “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried”

Best Related Work (1,150)

Best Graphic Story (785)

Best Professional Editor Long Form (712)

Vox Day

Sheila Gilbert

Jim Minz

Anne Sowards

Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Editor Short Form (870)

Jennifer Brozek

Vox Day

Mike Resnick

Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Edmund R. Schubert

Best Professional Artist (753)

Julie Dillon

Jon Eno (removed from ballot due to ineligibility)

(removed from ballot due to ineligibility) Kirk DouPonce**

Nick Greenwood

Alan Pollack

Carter Reid

Best Semiprozine (660)

Abyss & Apex

Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Lightspeed

Strange Horizons

Best Fanzine (576)

Black Gate

Elitist Book Reviews

Journey Planet

The Revenge of Hump Day

Tangent Online

Best Fancast (668)

Adventures in SF Publishing

Dungeon Crawlers Radio

Galactic Suburbia Podcast

The Sci Phi Show

Tea and Jeopardy

Best Fan Writer (777)

Dave Freer

Amanda S. Green

Jeffro Johnson

Laura J. Mixon

Cedar Sanderson

Best Fan Artist (296)

Ninni Aalto

Brad Foster

Elizabeth Leggett

Spring Schoenhuth

Steve Stiles

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (851)

*Wesley Chu

Jason Cordova

*Kary English

Rolf Nelson

Eric. S. Raymond

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

There were 2,122 nominating ballots received from members of LonCon 3, Sasquan, and MidAmeriCon II.

**This post was updated after Sasquan’s announcement of ballot revisions due to the ineligibility of two entrants. Novelette “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” by John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons) has been replaced by Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s “The Day The World Turned Upside Down” (Lightspeed 4/14); and artist Jon Eno has been replaced by Kirk DouPonce.

***Added to the ballot April 17, 2015