Results of the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention:
It was an honor to attend the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention, last night in Spokane, Washington. The hosts David Gerrold and Tananarive did a great job, and the atmosphere was very festive despite the controversy surrounding this year’s Hugo Awards. The biggest winner of the evening was Noah Ward (no award). As a result of the block voting, no award was presented in the following five categories: Best Novella, Short Story, Related Work, Editor Short Form, and Editor Long Form. The beat goes on.
Here are the winners:
Best Novel (1,827 nominating ballots)
Winner: The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor)
The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)
The Dark Between the Stars, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor)
Skin Game, Jim Butcher (Roc)
Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor)
Best Novella (1,083)
Winner: NO AWARD
“Flow,” Arlan Andrews, Sr. (Analog 11/14)
Big Boys Don’t Cry, Tom Kratman (Castalia House)
One Bright Star to Guide Them, John C. Wright (Castalia House)
“Pale Realms of Shade,” John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons)
“The Plural of Helen of Troy,” John C. Wright (City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis)
Best Novelette (1,031)
Winner: “The Day the World Turned Upside Down”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Lightspeed 4/14)
“The Journeyman: In the Stone House,” Michael F. Flynn (Analog 6/14)
“Championship B’tok,” Edward M. Lerner (Analog 9/14)
“Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium,” Gray Rinehart (Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show 5/14)
“The Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale,” Rajnar Vajra (Analog 7-8/14)
Best Short Story (1,174)
Winner: NO AWARD
“On a Spiritual Plain,” Lou Antonelli (Sci Phi Journal #2 11/14)
“A Single Samura, Steven Diamond (The Baen Big Book of Monsters)
“Totaled,” Kary English (Galaxy’s Edge 7/14)
“Turncoat,” Steve Rzasa (Riding the Red Horse)
“The Parliament of Beasts and Birds,” John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons)
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long (1,285)
Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge of Tomorrow
Interstellar
The Lego Movie
Best Dramatic Presentation – Short (938)
Winner: Orphan Black: “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried”
Doctor Who: “Listen”
The Flash: “Pilot”
Game of Thrones: “The Mountain and the Viper”
Grimm: “Once We Were Gods”
Best Related Work (1,150)
Winner: NO AWARD
Letters from Gardner, Lou Antonelli (The Merry Blacksmith Press)
“The Hot Equations: Thermodynamics and Military SF,” Ken Burnside (Riding the Red Horse)
“Why Science is Never Settled,” Tedd Roberts (Baen.com)
Wisdom from My Internet, Michael Z. Williamson (Patriarchy Press)
Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth, John C. Wright (Castalia House)
Best Graphic Story (785)
Winner: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal, G. Willow Wilson; art by Adrian Alphona & Jake Wyatt (Marvel Comics)
Sex Criminals, Volume 1: One Weird Trick, Matt Fraction; art by Chip Zdarsky (Image Comics)
The Zombie Nation Book #2: Reduce Reuse Reanimate, Carter Reid (self-published)
Saga, Volume 3, Brian K. Vaughan; art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Rat Queens, Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery, Kurtis J. Weibe; art by Roc Upchurch (Image Comics)
Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal, G. Willow Wilson; art by Adrian Alphona & Jake Wyatt (Marvel Comics)
Best Professional Editor Long Form (712)
Winner: NO AWARD
Vox Day
Sheila Gilbert
Jim Minz
Anne Sowards
Toni Weisskopf
Best Professional Editor Short Form (870)
Winner: NO AWARD
Jennifer Brozek
Vox Day
Mike Resnick
Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Edmund R. Schubert
Best Professional Artist (753)
Winner: Julie Dillon
Kirk DouPonce
Nick Greenwood
Alan Pollack
Carter Reid
Best Semiprozine (660)
Winner: Lightspeed
Abyss & Apex
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Strange Horizons
Best Fanzine (576)
Winner: Journey Planet
Black Gate
Elitist Book Reviews
The Revenge of Hump Day
Tangent Online
Best Fancast (668)
Winner: Galactic Suburbia Podcast
Adventures in SciFi Publishing
Dungeon Crawlers Radio
The Sci Phi Show
Tea and Jeopardy
Best Fan Writer (777)
Winner: Laura J. Mixon
Dave Freer
Amanda S. Green
Jeffro Johnson
Cedar Sanderson
Best Fan Artist (296)
Winner: Elizabeth Leggett
Ninni Aalto
Brad Foster
Spring Schoenhuth
Steve Stiles
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Winner: *Wesley Chu
Jason Cordova
*Kary English
Rolf Nelson
Eric. S. Raymond
*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.