2011 Hugo Awards ceremony photos

A selection of my photos from the 2011 Hugo Awards ceremony held at the Peppermill Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada, on August 20. Congratulations to the recipients and the nominees.

Connie Willis,
Best Novel
"Blackout/All Clear"

Presenter Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis, and
Sheila Williams, Best Editor, Short Form.

Allen M. Steele,
Best Novelette
"The Emperor of Mars"

Mary Robinette Kowal,
Best Short Story
"For Want of a Nail"

Clarkesworld, Best SemiProzine,
Neil Clarke, Kate Baker, Sean Wallace,
and (not pictured) Cheryl Morgan

The Drink Tank, Best Fanzine,
Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon

Christopher J Garcia

Claire Brialey,
Best Fan Writer

Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
Best Related Work,
"Chicks Dig Time Lords"

Lev Grossman,
John W. Campbell Award
for Best New Writer

Marina Gelineau, stained-glass artist,
designer of the 2011 Hugo Award trophy base.

Marina Gelineau's 2011 Hugo Award trophy base,
each unique and made of five layers of decorated glass
fused together in a kiln.

Lou Anders,
Best Editor, Long Form

Presenter Dave Kyle with Gay Haldeman,
recipient of the Forrest J Ackerman
Big Heart Award

Phil and Kaja Foglio, and Cheyenne Wright,
Best Graphic Story

Presenters Betsy Tinney, Alexander James Adams,
S.J. Tucker, who together comprise Tricky Pixie.

Jay Lake, along with Ken Scholes (not pictured),
served as master of ceremonies.

Sharon Sbarsky, Hugo Awards ceremony organizer,
and presenter George R.R. Martin.

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Related link:
Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention

Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker short listed for National Book Award

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Congratulations to Paolo Bacigalupi for making the short list for the National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category for his new novel Ship Breaker (Little, Brown & Co., 2010). This is Bacigalupi's second published novel, after his Hugo- and Nebula-award winning debut novel, The Windup Girl (2009).

I enjoyed listening to the interview with Paolo Bacigalupi at Adventures in SciFi Publishing podcast episode 98. The interview is about 10 minutes into the podcast.

I learned about the Bacigalupi interview by listening to Galactic Suburbia podcast episode 18. In addition to the usual news, this episode featured an fascinating discussion of the horror genre from a feminist perspective. Topics included misogynist content in horror, what crosses the line of acceptability in horror fiction, and who are some of the hosts' favorite horror writers.

Edited to add: Over at Techland there is a transcript of an interesting interview with Bacigalupi conducted by Lev Grossman (who named The Windup Girl as one of Time Magazine's top 10 fiction books of 2009). Be prepared to click through three times to read the full interview due to irritating web design.