Hugo Award Winners 2013

Game Of Thrones and The Avengers scoop coveted genre awards

The winners of the 2013 Hugo Award and John W Campbell Awards were announced this week in a ceremony hosted by Paul Cornell. And here they are in a handy list:

Best Novel : Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor)

Best Novella : "The Emperor's Soul" by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)

Best Novelette : "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" by Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)

Best Short Story : "Mono no aware" by Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)

Best Related Work : Writing Excuses , Season 7 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story : Saga, Volume 1 written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) : The Avengers Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) : Game Of Thrones : "Blackwater" Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)

Best Editor - Short Form: Stanley Schmidt

Best Editor - Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Best Professional Artist : John Picacio

Best Semiprozine : Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace, and Kate Baker

Best Fanzine : SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester

Best Fancast : SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters), and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)

Best Fan Writer : Tansy Rayner Roberts

Best Fan Artist : Galen Dara

The John W. Campbell Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award): Mur Lafferty