{"id":6623,"date":"2015-07-26T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T17:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2015-07-26T12:36:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T17:36:13","slug":"final-hugo-ballot-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/2015\/07\/26\/final-hugo-ballot-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Hugo Ballot 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nLess then a week to go to Hugo voting closes, so here&#8217;s my final ballot. First, to recap, <a href=\"\/wissewords2\/2015\/05\/04\/no-award-all-the-things\/\">the categories I&#8217;ll be no awarding<\/a> for Puppy-related reasons:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Novella<\/li>\n<li>Best Novelette<\/li>\n<li>Best Short Story<\/li>\n<li>Best Related Work<\/li>\n<li>Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form<\/li>\n<li>Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form<\/li>\n<li>Best Editor, Short Form<\/li>\n<li>Best Editor, Long Form<\/li>\n<li>Best Professional Artist<\/li>\n<li>Best Fanzine<\/li>\n<li>Best Fancast<\/li>\n<li>Best Fan Writer<\/li>\n<li>John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nWhich leaves <a href=\"\/wissewords2\/2015\/07\/06\/best-novel-hugo-vote-2015\/\">Best Novel<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><cite><a href=\"\/books2\/2015\/04\/the-goblin-emperor-katherine-addison\/\">The Goblin Emperor<\/a><\/cite> &#8212; Katherine Addison.<\/li>\n<li><cite><a href=\"\/books2\/2015\/07\/the-three-body-problem-cixin-liu\/\">The Three-Body Problem<\/a><\/cite>  &#8212; Cixin Liu<\/li>\n<li><cite><a href=\"\/books2\/2014\/10\/ancillary-sword-ann-leckie\/\">Ancillary Sword<\/a><\/cite> &#8212; Ann Leckie<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nBest Graphic Story:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/2015\/05\/26\/ms-marvel-best-graphic-story-hugo\/\">Ms. Marvel, v1<\/a> &#8212; Adrian Alphona, G. Willow Wilson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wissewords2\/2015\/05\/27\/saga-best-graphic-story\/\">Saga, v3<\/a> &#8212; Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wissewords2\/2015\/07\/21\/sex-criminals-best-graphic-story-hugo\/\">Sex Criminals, v1 &#8212; Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wissewords2\/2015\/07\/19\/rat-queens-best-graphic-story-hugo\/\">Rat Queens, v1<\/a> &#8212; Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nBest Semiprozine:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/\">Strange Horizons<\/a><\/cite> &#8212; Niall Harrison<\/li>\n<li><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/lightspeedmagazine.com\/\">Lightspeed Magazine<\/a><\/cite> &#8212;  John Joseph Adams, Stefan Rudnicki, Rich Horton, Wendy N. Wagner, and Christie Yant<\/li>\n<li><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/\">Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/a><\/cite> &#8212; Scott H. Andrews<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nBest Fan Artist (the only category with no Puppy infestation):<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ninni.sarjakuvablogit.com\/\">Ninni Aalto<\/a>: cute cartooning, in a mix of Finnish and English<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archwayportico.com\/\">Elizabeth Leggett<\/a>: gorgeous paintings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loncon3.org\/showcase\/schoenhuth.php\">Spring Schoenhuth<\/a>: also nominated last year for her jewelry, a reminder that fan art doesn&#8217;t need to be two-dimensional<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stevestiles.com\/fnart.htm\">Steve Stiles<\/a>: a regular nominee, decent enough but nothing special<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabberwockygraphix.com\/fosterbio.html\">Brad Foster<\/a>: another Fan Artist regular, with the most nominations and wins of everybody. He doesn&#8217;t need any more, does he?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nAnd that&#8217;s the Hugo Awards dealt with for another year. Thanks to the Pups, it cost less time than last year, but I&#8217;m still filling my ballot in at the last possible moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less then a week to go to Hugo voting closes, so here&#8217;s my final ballot. First, to recap, the categories I&#8217;ll be no awarding for Puppy-related reasons: Best Novella Best Novelette Best Short Story Best Related Work Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Best Editor, Short Form Best Editor, Long Form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1818,22],"tags":[2192,1799,2337,2335,2283,2328,2338,2313,2332,2284,2191,824,2235,2329,2336,2327,2331,2330,2229,2333,2334,769],"class_list":["post-6623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fandom-2","category-science-fiction","tag-adrian-alphona","tag-ann-leckie","tag-beneath-ceaseless-skies","tag-brad-foster","tag-brian-k-vaughan","tag-chip-zdarsky","tag-christie-yant","tag-cixin-liu","tag-elizabeth-leggett","tag-fiona-staples","tag-g-willow-wilson","tag-hugo-awards","tag-katherine-addison","tag-kurtis-j-wiebe","tag-lightspeed-magazine","tag-matt-fraction","tag-ninni-aalto","tag-roc-upchurch","tag-sad-puppies","tag-spring-schoenhuth","tag-steve-stiles","tag-strange-horizons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6630,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6623\/revisions\/6630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}