If you’re a fan of Science Fiction, then you almost certainly know that the Hugo Award nominations were announced live on Saturday, April 7th at Norwescon 35, Leprecon 38, Minicon 47, Marcon 47 & Eastercon.
For me, these nominations unlocked a whole new world of awesome Science Fiction talent! For instance I didn’t even know there was a category for Science Fiction podcasts (aka Fancasts).
I also found it really exciting to watch the nominees’ reactions via Twitter. I quickly realized that I needed to locate the Twitter accounts of all of the nominees if I wanted to stay up-to-date. I spent a good amount of time tracking down the Twitter accounts for the nominees, so I thought I would take the opportunity to use this post to share them with fellow Science Fiction fans like you.
By following your favorites, you’ll be able to keep track of their activities between now and the when the awards are issued at Chicon 7 in late August/early September. Of course you’ll also be able to see their reactions at Chicon 7 via their Twitter feeds if you’re not fortunate enough to attend.
The 2012 Hugo Awards winners will be announced live at Chicon 7, the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention, August 30 to September 3, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Being realistic, not everyone who was nominated has a Twitter account. In addition, it’s quite possible that I missed some of the Twitter accounts for the Hugo Award nominees. Here’s where I need your help, if I missed someone, or if you see an error, I’d really appreciate if you add a comment at the bottom of this post or click here to use my contact form to submit the correct information. Thanks in advance and please feel free to share this with other Science Fiction fans.
Best Novel
’Among Others’, Jo Walton (Tor)
’A Dance With Dragons’, George R. R. Martin @GeorgeRRMartin (Bantam Spectra). Interesting to note: George has over 33,000 followers, but has yet to send a tweet…
’Deadline’, Mira Grant (Orbit)
’Embassytown’, China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey)
’Leviathan Wakes’, James S. A. Corey (Orbit)
Best Novella
”Countdown”, Mira Grant (Orbit)
“The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
“Kiss Me Twice”, Mary Robinette Kowal @MaryRobinette (Asimov’s)
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s)
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, Ken Liu @kyliu99 (Panverse 3)
”Silently and Very Fast”, Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente (WSFA)
Note: 6 nominees due to tie for final position.
Best Novelette
“The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell @Paul_Cornell (Asimov’s)
“Fields of Gold”, Rachel Swirsky @rachelswirsky (Eclipse Four)
“Ray of Light”, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog)
“Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane (Tor.com)
“What We Found”, Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Best Short Story
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld) @clarkesworld
“The Homecoming”, Mike Resnick @ResnickMike (Asimov’s)
“Movement”, Nancy Fulda @NancyFulda (Asimov’s)
“The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu @kyliu99 (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
“Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue”, John Scalzi @scalzi (Tor.com)
Best Related Work
’The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction’ @SFEncyclopedia, Third Edition, edited by John Clute @john_clute, David Langford Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight @grahamsleight Note: Twitter account is protected (Gollancz)
’Jar Jar Binks Must Die…and other Observations about Science Fiction Movies’, Daniel M. Kimmel @dkimmel (Fantastic Books)
’The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature’, Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer and S. J. Chambers @Selena_Jo (Abrams Image)
’Wicked Girls’ (CD), Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire
’Writing Excuses, Season 6′ (podcast series), Brandon Sanderson @BrandSanderson, Dan Wells @TheDanWells, Howard Tayler @howardtayler, Mary Robinette Kowal,
@MaryRobinette and Jordan Sanderson @MonkeySloth
Best Graphic Story
Digger, by Ursula Vernon @UrsulaV (Sofawolf Press)
Fables Vol 15: Rose Red, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham @BillWillingham (Vertigo)
Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys To The Kingdom, written by Joe Hill @joe_hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler @howardtayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)
The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan, created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
’Captain America: The First Avenger‘, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely; directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)
’Game of Thrones (Season 1)’, created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin;
directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor (HBO)
’Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2‘, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)
’Hugo‘, screenplay by John Logan; directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount)
‘Source Code’, screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones @ManMadeMoon (Vendome Pictures)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Doctor Who, ”The Doctor’s Wife”, written by Neil Gaiman @neilhimself; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
“The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech”, Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon (Renovation)
Doctor Who, ”The Girl Who Waited”, written by Tom MacRae @tommacwriter; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who, ”A Good Man Goes to War”, written by Steven Moffat @steven_moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)
Community, ”Remedial Chaos Theory”, written by Dan Harmon @danharmon and Chris McKenna @cpmckenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)
Best Semiprozine
Apex Magazine, edited by Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente, Lynne M. Thomas @lynnemthomas, and Jason Sizemore @apexjason
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams
Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer
Best Fanzine
Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
The Drink Tank, edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.
SF Signal Podcast @sfsignal, edited by John DeNardo
Best Fancast
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan @JonathanStrahan & Gary K. Wolfe @garykwolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein @Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)
SF Signal Podcast @sfsignal, John DeNardo and JP Frantz (presenters), Patrick Hester @atfmb (producer)
SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas @lynnemthomas, Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire, Paul Cornell @Paul_Cornell, Elizabeth Bear @matociquala, and Catherynne M. Valente
@catvalente
StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith @StarShipSofa
Best Editor, Long Form
Lou Anders
Liz Gorinsky @2muchexposition
Anne Lesley Groell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Betsy Wollheim
Best Editor, Short Form
John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams
Neil Clarke
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan @JonathanStrahan
Sheila Williams
Best Professional Artist
Dan dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio @JohnPicacio
Best Fan Artist
Randall Munroe
Spring Schoenhuth
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne
Best Fan Writer
James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J. Garcia
Jim C. Hines @jimchines
Steven H Silver
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Mur Lafferty @mightymur
Stina Leicht @StinaLeicht
Karen Lord @Karen_Lord
Brad R. Torgersen (WordPress Blog)
E. Lily Yu (student at Princeton; Clarkesworld Magazine article)
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