BEST NOVEL
- Seveneves: A Novel, Neal Stephenson, William Morrow
- Golden Son, Pierce Brown, Del Rey
- Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm, John C. Wright, Castalia House
- The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher, Roc
- Agent of the Imperium, Marc Miller, Far Future
BEST NOVELLA
- Fear of the Unknown and Self-Loathing in Hollywood, Nick Cole, Tales of Tinfoil
- Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold, Spectrum
- Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson, Dragonsteel Entertainment
- The Builders, Daniel Polansky, Tor.com
- Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds, Tachyon Publications
BEST NOVELETTE
- Flashpoint: Titan, Cheah Kai Wai, There Will Be War Vol. X, Castalia House
- Folding Beijing, Hao Jingfang, Uncanny Magazine
- What Price Humanity?, David VanDyke, There Will Be War Vol. X, Castalia House
- Hyperspace Demons, Jonathan Moeller, Castalia House
- Obits, Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner
BEST SHORT STORY
- Asymmetrical Warfare, S. R. Algernon, Nature Nr. 519
- Seven Kill Tiger, Charles Shao, There Will Be War Vol. X, Castalia House
- The Commuter, Thomas Mays, Amazon Digital Services
- If You Were an Award, My Love, Juan Tabo and S. Harris, Vox Popoli
- Space Raptor Butt Invasion, Chuck Tingle, Amazon Digital Services
BEST RELATED WORK
- Appendix N, Jeffro Johnson, Castalia House blog
- Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986, Marc Aramini, Castalia House
- The Story of Moira Greyland, Moira Greyland, Askthebigot.com
- Safe Space as Rape Room, Daniel Eness, Castalia House blog
- SJWs Always Lie, Vox Day, Castalia House
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
- The Divine, Boaz Lavie, Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka, First Second
- Full Frontal Nerdity, Aaron Williams, Do Gooder Press
- Erin Dies Alone, Cory Rydell and Grey Carter, The Escapist
- The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III, Vertigo
- Invisible Republic Vol 1 (#1–5), Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, Image Comics
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
- Jerry Pournelle
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
- Anne Sowards, Penguin
- Jim Minz, Baen Books
- Mike Braff, Del Rey
- Toni Weisskopf, Baen Books
- Vox Day, Castalia House
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz and Mateusz Kanik Sebastian, CD Projekt RED
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions
- Until Dawn, Will Byles, Supermassive Games
- Avengers: Age of Ultron, Zak Penn and Joss Whedon, Marvel Studios
- The Martian, Ridley Scott, Scott Free Productions
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
- Supernatural, “Just My Imagination” Season 11, Episode 8, Richard Speight Jr, Supernatural
- Grimm, Season 4 Episode 21, “Headache”, Jim Kouf, Grimm
- Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5, “The Vault of the Traveller”
- Life is Strange, Episode 1, Raoul Barbet and Michel Koch, Life is Strange
- My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, Season 5, Episodes 1-2, “The Cutie Map”, Jayson Thiessen, Jim Miller and Rebecca Dart, My Little Pony
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
- Larry Elmore
- Michal Karcz (Karezoid on Deviant Art)
- Abigail Larson
- Lars Braad Andersen, example
- Larry Rostant, example
BEST SEMIPROZINE
- Abyss & Apex, Wendy Delmater
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H. Andrews
- Daily Science Fiction, Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso
- Sci-Phi Journal, Jason Rennie
- Strange Horizons, Niall Harrison
BEST FANZINE
BEST FANCAST
- The Rageaholic by Razorfist
- Hello Greedo
- 8-4 Play
- Cane and Rinse
- Tales to Terrify
BEST FAN WRITER
- Jeffro Johnson
- Morgan (Castalia House)
- Shamus Young
- Zenopus
- Douglas Ernst
BEST FAN ARTIST
- Rgus
- Matthew Callahan
- Disse86
- Darkcloud013
- Kukuruyo
BEST NEW WRITER (Campbell Award)
- Pierce Brown
- Cheah Kai Wai
- Sebastien de Castell
- Brian Niemeier
- Andy Weir
This is a list of recommendations for the 2016 Hugo Awards, not a slate, and of course by no means a direct order to fill out the list exactly as specified to anyone, least of all the Rabid Puppies, the Sad Puppies, the Ilk, the Dread Ilk, the Vile Faceless Minions, or the Evil Legion of Evil, by their Supreme Dark Lord.
The nominating ballots are at the MidAmeriCon II website. They must be completed before the end of the month, so don’t delay. I encourage everyone to fill out their nomination forms completely, as it was readily apparent last year that both Puppies and SJWs alike were lax about that.
What I choose to recommend is no one else’s concern or responsibility, regardless of why I chose to recommend it. I will not entertain requests for removals from this list of recommendations, except on the grounds of ineligibility.
SF-SJWs, you may now commence the ritual denunciations. Open up your hate and let it flow into me.