In March I noted the nominees, and last night The 2009 Hugo Award Winners were given out at WorldCon, headlines by another honor bestowed upon Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (joining among other things the Newbery Medal from January).
NOVEL – The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
NOVELLA – The Erdmann Nexus, Nancy Kress
NOVELETTE- Shoggoths in Bloom, Elizabeth Bear
SHORT STORY – Exhalation, Ted Chiang
RELATED BOOK – Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi
GRAPHIC STORY – Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: LONG FORM – WALL-E (Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, directo; Pixar/Walt Disney)
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: SHORT FORM – Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director; Mutant Enemy)
EDITOR, SHORT FORM – Ellen Datlow
EDITOR, LONG FORM – David G. Hartwell
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST – Donato Giancola
SEMIPROZINE – Weird Tales, Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal, eds.
FANZINE – Electric Velocipede, John Klima
FAN WRITER – Cheryl Morgan
FAN ARTIST – Frank Wu
Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Not a Hugo): David Anthony Durham














