2012 Hugo and Campbell Award Nominees

Courtesy of Locus.

Nominees for the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer have been announced by Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Chicago, Illinois, August 30-September 3, 2012. The Hugo Awards ceremony will take place September 2, 2012.

BEST NOVEL

Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Deadline, Mira Grant (Orbit US; Orbit UK) [ Deadline review, Mira Grant Interview #1 & #2]
A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK) [ Dance with Dragons  review, George R. R. Martin Interview]
Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

BEST NOVELLA

''The Ice Owl'', Carolyn Ives Gilman (F&SF 10-11/11)
''Countdown'', Mira Grant (Orbit Short Fiction) [Mira Grant Interview #1 & #2]
''The Man Who Bridged the Mist'', Kij Johnson (Asimov's 10-11/11)
''Kiss Me Twice'', Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's 6/11)
''The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary'', Ken Liu (Panverse Three)
Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

BEST NOVELETTE

''Six Months, Three Days'', Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 6/8/11)
''The Copenhagen Interpretation'', Paul Cornell (Asimov's 7/11)
''What We Found'', Geoff Ryman (F&SF 9-10/11)
''Fields of Gold'', Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)
''Ray of Light'', Brad R. Torgersen (Analog 12/11)

BEST SHORT STORY

''Movement'', Nancy Fulda (Asimov's 3/11)
''The Paper Menagerie'', Ken Liu (F&SF 3-4/11)
''The Homecoming'', Mike Resnick (Asimov's 4-5/11)
''Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City (Prologue)'', John Scalzi (Tor.com 4/1/11)
''The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees'', E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld4/11)

BEST RELATED WORK

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition, John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls & Graham Sleight, eds. (Gollancz)
Jar Jar Binks Must Die… and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies, Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)
Wicked Girls , Seanan McGuire
Writing Excuses, Season 6, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, & Jordan Sanderson
The Steampunk Bible, Jeff VanderMeer & S.J. Chambers (Abrams)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Leviathan, Mike Carey, art by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys To The Kingdom, Joe Hill, art by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication, Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (www.schlockmercenary.com)
Digger, Ursula Vernon (www.diggercomic.com)
Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red, Bill Willingham & Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – LONG

Captain America: The First Avenger
Game of Thrones: Season 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Source Code

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – SHORT

Community: ''Remedial Chaos Theory''
''The Drink Tank's Hugo Acceptance Speech'', Christopher J Garcia & James Bacon (Renovation)
Doctor Who: ''The Doctor's Wife''
Doctor Who: ''The Girl Who Waited''
Doctor Who: ''A Good Man Goes to War''

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR LONG FORM

Lou Anders
Liz Gorinsky
Anne Lesley Groell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Betsy Wollheim

BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM

John Joseph Adams [John Joseph Adams Interview]
Neil Clarke
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Sheila Williams

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST 

Daniel Dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio

BEST SEMIPROZINE

Apex Magazine
Interzone
Lightspeed
Locus
The New York Review of Science Fiction

BEST FANZINE

Banana Wings
The Drink Tank
File 770
Journey Planet
SF Signal

BEST FANCAST

The Coode Street Podcast
Galactic Suburbia Podcast
SF Signal Podcast
SF Squeecast
StarShipSofa

BEST FAN WRITER

James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
Jim C. Hines
Steven H Silver

BEST FAN ARTIST

Brad W. Foster
Randall Munroe
Spring Schoenhuth
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral WayNe

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER [NOT A HUGO AWARD]

Mur Lafferty
Stina Leicht
*Karen Lord
*Brad R. Torgersen
E. Lily Yu

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

There were 1,101 nominating ballots received from members of Chicon 7 and Renovation. The deadline for online ballots and the receipt of paper ballots is July 31, 2012 (midnight PDT).