Hugo Awards 2009 - The results

Posted Monday August 10, 2009 by John Gunders in |

Here are the results of the 2009 Hugo Awards, according to the Hugo’s Twitter feed. The nominees can be found here.

Best Fan Writer goes to Cheryl Morgan
Best Fan Artist goes to Frank Wu
Best Fanzine goes to Electric Velocipede
Best Semiprozine goes to Weird Tales
Best Related Book goes to Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, John Scalzi
Dramatic Presentation: Long Form goes to Wall-E
Dramatic Presentation: Short Form goes to Dr Horrible’s Singalong Blog, Joss Whedon
Best Editor: Long Form goes to David G Hartwell
Best Editor: Short Form goes to Ellen Datlow
Our brand new category, Best Graphic Story, presented by Neil Gaiman, goes to Girl Genius, Kaja and Phil Foglio
Best Professional Artist goes to Donato Giancola
Best Short Story goes to “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang
Best Novelette goes to “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear
Best Novella goes to “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress
And finally, Best Novel goes to The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

Your Comments

  1. Catriona writes:

    I’ve already discussed this with you over on Twitter, but I’m quite happy to see Doctor Who not win (well, just this once), though I adored “Turn Left.”

    Still, it’s always nice to see Joss Whedon win something, even if it is at Steven Moffat’s expense.

    (Hey, is this a new font? It looks different.)

    Posted: 10 08 2009 - 12:44 | Permanent link to this comment

  2. John writes:

    Yes, I agree about “Turn Left”: I understand the production situation that lead to an episode in which David Tennant was largely absent, but I’m glad Donna got her own episode. The character deserved it.

    But having said that, I loved the “Library” two-parter: classic, understated DW horror that really freaked me out. Still, while I’ve never seen an episode of “Dr Horrible” I believe that it’s very good, and probably deserves the honour.

    Posted: 10 08 2009 - 12:51 | Permanent link to this comment

  3. John writes:

    Also:

    (I know it’s bad form to comment too much on your own blog, but I deliberately kept the editorialising to a minimum in the post)

    Wall-E was a better film than Ironman or Dark Knight…?

    Posted: 10 08 2009 - 12:57 | Permanent link to this comment

  4. Catriona writes:

    (It’s bad form to comment too much on your own blog? Ooops: I’m always commenting on mine! I thought I was facilitating a free and easy exchange of ideas.)

    I haven’t seen Wall-E, sadly. But though I liked Iron Man very much, I’m not sure I’d necessarily be thrilled to see it win a Hugo. The Dark Knight I did think was brilliant, though.

    Posted: 10 08 2009 - 13:54 | Permanent link to this comment

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