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2011 Hugo Awards Live Coverage

Published on 20 Aug 2011 at 19:27. Comments Off.
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Below is the window to our live text-based coverage of the 2011 Hugo Awards Ceremony. Live streaming audio-video coverage will be on the Worldcon Events Channel on UStream.
2011 Hugo Awards Ceremony

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Renovation Announces Record Hugo Awards Voter Turnout

Published on 8 Aug 2011 at 09:07. Comments Off.
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Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced a record Hugo Awards voter turnout.
A record total of 2100 valid final ballots were cast, a 46.1% turnout, from voters in 33 countries. (The previous record set in 1980 was 1788 ballots cast.) Renovation also broke a record earlier this year when it [...]

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Hugo Awards Livecast Scheduled

Published on 1 Aug 2011 at 09:38. Comments Off.
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Can’t attend this year’s Worldcon? You can virtually attend the ceremony by following our online coverage. As we did last year, TheHugoAwards.org will provide live text-based coverage of the Hugo Awards ceremony from Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, in Reno, Nevada on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 8 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
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Hugo Voting Deadline Sunday, July 31

Published on 29 Jul 2011 at 10:17. Comments Off.
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The 2011 Hugo Award voting deadline is this Sunday, July 31, at 11:59pm PDT.
Attending, Supporting, and Young Adult members of Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, are eligible to vote.
More information can be found at Renovation’s website.

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Reminder: One Month Left to Vote in the 2011 Hugo Awards

Published on 1 Jul 2011 at 13:36. Comments Off.
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This is a reminder there is one month left to vote in the 2011 Hugo Awards. Attending, Supporting, and Young Adult members of Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, are eligible to vote until the deadline on Sunday, July 31, 2011, 23:59 PDT.
To help you make an informed vote, the 2011 Hugo Voter Packet, [...]

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2011 Hugo Voter Packet Released

Published on 20 May 2011 at 07:57. Comments Off.
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Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, has released the 2011 Hugo Voter Packet, an electronic package of nominated works graciously made available to voters by nominees and their publishers.
The 2011 Hugo Voter Packet is available to Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of Renovation to help inform them about the works under consideration before [...]

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2011 Hugo Award Nominations Announced

Published on 24 Apr 2011 at 16:20. Comments Off.
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The nominations for the 2011 Hugo Awards were announced today at a joint ceremony held at Norwescon and Eastercon. The full list of nominations is posted on the Renovation web site.
Supporting, Attending, and Young Adult members of Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, are eligible to vote in the finals. For more information, please [...]

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2011 Hugo Announcement Coverage

Published on 24 Apr 2011 at 10:47. Comments Off.
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The 2011 Hugo Finalist announcement and live blogging coverage began at 2pm PDT / 10pm BST. You can watch a replay of the announcement live-chat below.
2011 Hugo Nominees
Live Eastercon Coverage is available here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/illustrious-2011-hugo-nominations

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2011 Hugo Nominees to be Announced Easter Sunday

Published on 20 Apr 2011 at 10:01. Comments Off.
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The finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer will be announced Easter Sunday, April 24, starting at 2 pm PDT. The announcement will be made jointly from Norwescon 34, the Pacific Northwest’s premier science fiction and fantasy convention, and Illustrious, the British National Science Fiction Convention (Eastercon).
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2010 Hugo Award Winners

Published on 5 Sep 2010 at 05:45. 65 Comments.
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Presented at: Aussiecon 4, Melbourne, Australia, September 2-6, 2010
Toastmaster: Garth Nix
Base design: Nick Stathopoulos with laser etching by Lewis Morley and incorporating the Aussiecon 4 logo by Grant Gittus
Awards Administration: Vincent Docherty, Kate Kligman

Best Novel: TIE: The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK); The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
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