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2006 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award Nomination List

Best Novel

(430 ballots cast.)

Best Novella

(243 ballots cast.)

Best Novelette

(207 ballots cast.)

Best Short Story

(278 ballots cast.)

Best Related Book

(197 ballots cast.)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

(364 ballots cast.)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

(261 ballots cast. There are seven nominees due to a tie for fifth place.)

Best Professional Editor

(293 ballots cast.)

Best Professional Artist

(230 ballots cast. There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place.)

Best Semiprozine

(219 ballots cast.)

Best Fanzine

(176 ballots cast.)

Best Fan Writer

(202 ballots cast.)

Best Fan Artist

(154 ballots cast.)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

[Not a Hugo. An award for the best new writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appeared during 2004 or 2005 in a professional publication. Sponsored by Dell Magazines.]

(186 ballots cast. There are six nominees due to a tie for fifth place.)


There were 533 valid nominating ballots received from L.A.con IV and Interaction members (434 electronically; 99 by mail and fax).

The Best Interactive Video Game category, added to the nominating ballot this year by the L.A.con IV Committee, has been dropped because of a lack of interest (as per Section 3.6 of the WSFS Business).

This is the second year of the transition to the new Campbell eligibility rules, where now all professional publications count towards eligibility rather than just those with a print run of over 10,000 copies. During this time, nominees who were eligible under either the old or the new rules could be placed on the ballot even if they had small press publications prior to 2004. Next year, only writers eligible under the new rules will be allowed on the ballot. (The initial press release listing the 2005 Campbell nominees mistakenly said that K.J. Bishop and Chris Roberson were in their second year of eligibility, when in fact it was their first year.)


Note on the web addresses listed: We've eliminated the usual [offsite link] globe symbols (for off-site links) from this page, to make reading it easier. Where possible, these are the appropriate home pages for the authors (etc.) shown. If you know of any web pages that should be linked from the Hugo Nominees page, please e-mail your suggestions to webmaster(send e-mail).

Additional note: some of these links go to excerpts, some go to complete versions. We at L.A.con IV have no control over what the authors choose to give away...

For additional information on the Hugo Awards, the Hugo Award Ceremony at L.A.con IV, and more web links, please see our Hugo Awards page.

Rev. 22-Jul-2006