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2009 Hugo Award Winners

Published on 9 Aug 2009 at 8:35 pm. 59 Comments.
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2009 Hugo Award Trophy 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 2008)
  • Best Short Story: “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
  • Best Related Book: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)
  • Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
  • Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney)
  • Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy)
  • Best Editor Short Form: Ellen Datlow
  • Best Editor Long Form: David G. Hartwell
  • Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
  • Best Semiprozine: Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
  • Best Fan Writer: Cheryl Morgan
  • Best Fanzine: Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima
  • Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

And the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines): David Anthony Durham

A full voting breakdown is available here.

Full nominations details are available here.

59 Comments to ‘2009 Hugo Award Winners’:

  1. Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Hugo Award Winners on 9 Aug 2009 at 8:40 pm: 1

    [...] results of the 2009 Hugo Awards are here. For some strange reason your editors are too busy to write much more [...]

  2. Howard Tayler on 9 Aug 2009 at 9:30 pm: 2

    Congratulations to everyone, but especially to Phil & Kaja. Your work is my very favorite, and well worth this gorgeous award.

  3. 2009 Hugo Goes to Neil Gaiman « Occasional Humanity on 9 Aug 2009 at 10:41 pm: 3

    [...] } The Graveyard Book gets the Hugo for 2009. Check out the full list at thehugoawards.org. This is the second Hugo that Neil is getting for his book, the first being American [...]

  4. Congratulations to Studio Foglio | Conjunction on 9 Aug 2009 at 10:52 pm: 4

    [...] Their work on Girl Genius has been awarded with the inaugural Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. [...]

  5. The Dreaming » Blog Archive » The Graveyard Book wins Hugo! on 9 Aug 2009 at 10:54 pm: 5

    [...] to Neil!  The Graveyard Book just won the 2009 “Best Novel” Hugo! Posted in Awards | No Comments » Leave a [...]

  6. Hugo Winners « Not So Few Monstrosities on 9 Aug 2009 at 11:29 pm: 6

    [...] The 2009 Hugo Award winners were announced this evening.  For a change, I’ve read most of the winners, and they are all quite deserving.  When the finalists were announced, I commented that Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book is the one most likely to still have a steady reading audience a 100 years from now.  It’s that sort of book.  I especially enjoyed Gaiman’s own reading of it in the audiobook version. [...]

  7. The Gernsback Continuum | Design Website Easy on 10 Aug 2009 at 12:20 am: 7

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  8. The Gernsback Continuum | dv8-designs on 10 Aug 2009 at 12:41 am: 8

    [...] Gernsback Continuum August 10th, 2009 admin Leave a comment Go to comments The 2009 Hugo awards have been announced at Worldcon. Winners include Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for best [...]

  9. Issue #5 « Dailyrealitycheck's Blog on 10 Aug 2009 at 12:57 am: 9

    [...] http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/08/2009-hugo-award-winners/ [...]

  10. Hugo Awards | The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log on 10 Aug 2009 at 1:57 am: 10

    [...] of science fiction’s major global annual events, including live updates from the prestigious Hugo Awards. This year the Hugos decided to include a specific category for Best Graphic Story, the very first [...]

  11. Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book wins Hugo on 10 Aug 2009 at 3:36 am: 11

    [...] The complete list of winners is below, and more information is available on the Hugo Awards site. [...]

  12. Dreizehn on 10 Aug 2009 at 5:53 am: 12

    I extend my warmest congratulations to Neil Gaiman for winning the Hugo Award for Best Novel. ‘The Graveyard Book’, a classic bildungsroman which echoes the works of many literary giants, is definitely worthy of this highest honor.

  13. Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes on 10 Aug 2009 at 7:09 am: 13

    [...] Awards | Girl Genius, Vol. 8, by Kaja and Phil Foglio, and The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, received the 2009 Hugo Awards last night for Best Graphic Story and Best Novel, respectively. The awards, presented each year at Worldcon, recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy. [The Hugo Awards] [...]

  14. The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: August 10, 2009 on 10 Aug 2009 at 8:01 am: 14

    [...] 2009 Hugo Awards were announced at Worldcon. Winners included Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for best novel, [...]

  15. 白树庭院 – The White Tree Courtyard - » 尼尔·盖曼凭《坟场之书》斩获雨果奖 on 10 Aug 2009 at 8:14 am: 15

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  16. Hugo Awards Announced « The Hairy Side on 10 Aug 2009 at 8:33 am: 16

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  17. 2009 Hugo Awards Announced « The Hairy Side on 10 Aug 2009 at 8:34 am: 17

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  18. Christian Endres » Blog Archive » Hugo, Spidey und Ninja-Schildkröten on 10 Aug 2009 at 9:26 am: 18

    [...] Jahr, den ich fast nicht aus der Hand legen konnte. Und so sehr ich es Autor und Buch gönne, den Hugo für den besten Roman abgegriffen zu haben – mir passt der Hugo besser, wenn er einen Science Fiction-Autor dekoriert. Keine Ahnung, [...]

  19. THE BEAT » Blog Archive » 2009 Hugo Award Winners on 10 Aug 2009 at 9:39 am: 19

    [...] this weekend in Montreal, the 2009 Hugo Award Winners: * Best Novel: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK) * Best Novella: [...]

  20. Hugo Awards Overdue For A Videogame Category| Latest breaking News on Video Games Hardware and Software.| BadPower.com Blog on 10 Aug 2009 at 12:29 pm: 20

    [...] because the Hugo Awards doesn’t yet have a category for [...]

  21. Jody on 10 Aug 2009 at 12:30 pm: 21

    Congratulations to Ann Vandermeer and Stephen Segal on Weird Tales!

  22. Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Hugo Award Winners Revealed on 10 Aug 2009 at 12:51 pm: 22

    [...] results of the Hugo Awards were announced Sunday night at Anticipation, the Sci-Fi World Con, in Quebec. And the winners [...]

  23. Hugo Awards Overdue For A Videogame Category| The Game Blog | Daily Fresh News of the Latest Games on Playstation, Xbox, Wii and PC| Coeds.cc on 10 Aug 2009 at 1:03 pm: 23

    [...] because the Hugo Awards doesn’t yet have a category for [...]

  24. Neil Gaiman Wins Hugo | EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection on 10 Aug 2009 at 1:04 pm: 24

    [...] The Hugo Awards were given by the World Science Fiction Society last night in Montreal; The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman won for Best Novel. This is the book’s second major award, having already won the 2009 Newbery Medal. It is also on the list for Best Novel the World Fantasy Award. And, the audio won the 2009 Audie Audiobook of the Year as well as Best Childrens 8 to 12. [...]

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  26. MiHi on 10 Aug 2009 at 5:27 pm: 26

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  27. The House Always Wins » Worldcon: Day 4 (Part 2)—The Hugo Awards on 10 Aug 2009 at 5:28 pm: 27

    [...] results can be found here, at the official Hugo Awards site.  It was nice to see Neil Gaiman win for The Graveyard Book at the Worldcon where he was Guest of [...]

  28. Hugo Awards Overdue For A Videogame Category | VideoGames Previews on 10 Aug 2009 at 6:34 pm: 28

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  31. Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast : Links: Heavy meta on 11 Aug 2009 at 3:34 am: 31

    [...] congratulations to Phil and Kaija Foglio, who won a Hugo Award for best graphic story for vol. 8 of their Girl Genius series. Howard Tayler’s Schlock [...]

  32. Geek Radio Daily » Blog Archive » Geek Radio Daily August 11th 2009 on 11 Aug 2009 at 4:35 am: 32

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  34. Hi-Tech Staff @ the Washington DC Convention Center on 11 Aug 2009 at 4:59 am: 34

    Go Weird Tales!!!!!! Congrats to Stephen H. Segal and Ann Vandermeer

  35. Hugo Awards « Erie Science Fiction Book Club on 11 Aug 2009 at 7:07 am: 35

    [...] 2009 Just in case anyone missed it (and just in case anyone is actually reading this blog), the 2009 Hugo Award winners are out. Neil Gaiman won his second Hugo for The Graveyard Book. (We read it here [...]

  36. Neil Gaiman wins the Hugo « The Book Case on 11 Aug 2009 at 10:58 am: 36

    [...] The full list of 2009 winners can be found here. [...]

  37. ioresult on 11 Aug 2009 at 1:21 pm: 37

    Please correct typo: “Toastmaster: Julie Czerneda, with translation by Yves Meynard”
    thank you

  38. 2009 Hugo Award winners ⋅ WritingNews.org on 11 Aug 2009 at 2:03 pm: 38

    [...] The 2009 Hugo Award winners were just announced: [...]

  39. Kevin Standlee on 11 Aug 2009 at 2:30 pm: 39

    ioresult: Done. Thanks for the correction.

  40. 2009 Hugo Award winners announced « Snow Poster City Directory on 11 Aug 2009 at 2:48 pm: 40

    [...] votes were cast and tallied this past weekend, and the winners have been [...]

  41. .log : следующий раунд on 11 Aug 2009 at 8:12 pm: 41

    [...] временем были вручены очередные Hugo Awards, и Нейл Гейман обошел Нила Стивенсона — что [...]

  42. Dave Jared on 13 Aug 2009 at 12:08 pm: 42

    Maybe I’m just old school and don’t “get it.” I’ve never heard of ANY of the winners (nor their authors, for that matter.)

  43. NeilPatrickHarris-Fan | HIMYM Emmy Nomination Event on 13 Aug 2009 at 12:47 pm: 43

    [...] finally, congrats to Dr Horrible on winning the Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form! [...]

  44. Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » 2009 Hugo and Campbell Award Winning POC on 13 Aug 2009 at 1:32 pm: 44

    [...] There were a number of talented women who won as well, including Ann Vandermeer (along with Stephen H Segal) for Weird Tales (yay best semiprozine!). Check out the full list here. [...]

  45. Deirdre Saoirse Moen on 13 Aug 2009 at 4:09 pm: 45

    @Dave Jared
    Perhaps you were looking in the wrong aisle in the bookstore? Or reading authors from a different decade?

    Neil Gaiman first won a Hugo in 2002.
    Nancy Kress first won a Hugo in 1992.
    Elizabeth Bear first won a Hugo last year.
    Ted Chiang first won a Hugo in 2001.

    So it’s not like these writers haven’t been a part of the field for years.

  46. The Hugo Awards: Winner Ann VanderMeer on the Pomp, the Circumstance, the Ceremony | Daily Blog Posting on 13 Aug 2009 at 7:07 pm: 46

    [...] As I reported on Omnivoracious right after the ceremony, Neil Gaiman won in the best novel category for The Graveyard Book, with Nancy Kress, Elizabeth Bear, and Ted Chiang won in the three short form categories. You can find a full list of winners here. [...]

  47. masowa konsumpcja kultury masowej » Blog Archive » Wytnij/Wklej 1 on 15 Aug 2009 at 1:10 pm: 47

    [...] tym roku Hugo za opowiadanie dostał Ted Chiang, o czym się dowiedziałem z tygodniową obsuwą, a co cieszy mnie fest, bo akurat do [...]

  48. » SciFi Weekend: Enterprise; The Plan; Landing in LA; Hugo Awards; Rory Gilmore All Grown Up (with Matt Saracen); and Racy Pics of Doctor Who Companions Liberal Values on 16 Aug 2009 at 2:19 pm: 48

    [...] 2009 Hugo Award winners have been [...]

  49. Quick Thoughts: Weekly Twitter for 2009-08-16 « Speed Force on 16 Aug 2009 at 8:10 pm: 49

    [...] Girl Genius and The Graveyard Book won Hugo Awards! Congrats to Phil & Kaja Foglio and @neilhimself! [...]

  50. The Daily Planet on 17 Aug 2009 at 5:18 am: 50

    [...] Presented in Montreal over the weekend, Science Fiction’s version of The Eisners or The Oscars with toastmasters Julie Czerneda, and  translation by Yves Meynard.  Presented below here are all the award winners: [...]

  51. Moe Lane » Congratulations to Foglio Studios on their Hugo! on 17 Aug 2009 at 5:37 am: 51

    [...] their ultimately-sincere protestations to the contrary, it’s a well-deserved award: Girl Genius is one of those indispensable webcomics, and doubly indispensable for those of a [...]

  52. Gaiman, the prophet « Eternal mind of the spotless sunshine on 18 Aug 2009 at 1:17 pm: 52

    [...] has recently won a Hugo for his brilliant The Graveyard Book. It’s now time for the much-coveted Nobel Prize. Leave a Comment No Comments Yet so far [...]

  53. WorldCon Part 3 « moxyland.com on 19 Aug 2009 at 3:12 pm: 53

    [...] The Hugo’s play out like the Oscars, complete with tuxes and gowns and very pretty shiny statues made of rock and rocket. [...]

  54. Prémios Hugo 2009 « Animal Civilizado on 24 Aug 2009 at 12:04 pm: 54

    [...] anunciados os vencedores dos Prémios Hugo (Hugo Awards). O prémio de melhor romance foi atribuído a The Graveyard Book, de Neil [...]

  55. Best American Fantasy and the Hugos – American Short Fiction blog on 26 Aug 2009 at 3:21 am: 55

    [...] View the complete list of winners here. [...]

  56. Metablog (2) « Rescepto indablog on 2 Sep 2009 at 3:29 am: 56

    [...] propósito de esto, ya tenemos ganadores este año. En novela ha repetido Neil Gaiman, con “The graveyard book” (parece que va a ser un [...]

  57. Farm Lane Books Blog – Farm Lane Books Blog on 9 Sep 2009 at 12:13 pm: 57

    [...] of the Hugo Award 2009 for Best Novel, Newbery Medal 2009,  Locus YA book of the Year 2009, Audie Audiobook of the [...]

  58. Fallo Premios Hugo 2009 » Sikö y Denee on 25 Oct 2009 at 2:41 am: 58

    [...] os dejo la lista de los ganadores de los premios Hugo. No ha habido grandes sorpresas (al menos para mí): Gaiman ha ganado en novela, Bear (aunque a mí [...]

  59. Prêmio Hugo - Premiação de Ficção Científica - Hugo Awards on 31 Oct 2009 at 7:35 am: 59

    [...] The Hugo Awards [...]

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