Archives for 9 August 2009
2009 Hugo Award Winners
Published on 9 Aug 2009 at 8:35 pm.
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Presented at: Anticipation, Montréal, Quebec, August 6-10, 2009
Toastmaster: Julie Czerneda, with translation by Yves Meynard
Base design: Dave Howell
Awards Administration: Diane Lacey, Ruth Lichtwardt, Jeff Orth and Rene Walling
Best Novel: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)
Best Novella: “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)
Best Novelette: “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar [...]
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The 2009 Trophy
Published on 9 Aug 2009 at 8:05 pm.
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Pictures of the 2009 Hugo Award trophy, designed by Dave Howell, are now online here. Be sure to check out the top-down view of the base, which shows the blast pit as the Hugo rocket lifts off from the asteroid base.
Logo Contest Winner
Published on 9 Aug 2009 at 7:51 pm.
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We were delighted with the level of interest in the logo contest. We received 390 entries from 215 different people and 24 different countries. Deciding on a winner proved very difficult.
The jurors were impressed with the standard of submissions, and of the many very different conceptions of the award, and were thrilled by how many [...]
What’s Happening Tonight
Published on 9 Aug 2009 at 2:10 pm.
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The Hugo Award ceremony is due to begin at 8:00pm Montreal time. There is a pre-ceremony reception beginning at 6:00pm. As the people responsible for updating this site are all involved in the ceremony we won’t be able to update this site as quickly as we might like, but we are planning to send out [...]