This is how I will be voting for the 2016 Hugos. As MidAmericaCon2 has noted, there are less than two weeks to vote, so if you’re already registered, don’t neglect to send in your ballot.
BEST NOVEL
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
- The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
- No Award
BEST NOVELLA
- Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum)
- Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson (Dragonsteel Entertainment)
- Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- The Builders by Daniel Polansky (Tor.com)
BEST NOVELETTE
- “Obits” by Stephen King (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner)
- “What Price Humanity?” by David VanDyke (There Will Be War Volume X, Castalia House)
- “Flashpoint: Titan” by Cheah Kai Wai (There Will Be War Volume X, Castalia House)
- “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, trans. Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Jan-Feb 2015)
- No Award
BEST SHORT STORY
- “Space Raptor Butt Invasion” by Chuck Tingle (Amazon Digital Services)
- “Seven Kill Tiger” by Charles Shao (There Will Be War Volume X, Castalia House)
- “If You Were an Award, My Love” by Juan Tabo and S. Harris (voxday.blogspot.com, Jun 2015)
- “Asymmetrical Warfare” by S. R. Algernon (Nature, Mar 2015)
- “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, January 2015)
BEST RELATED WORK (2080 ballots)
- Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986 by Marc Aramini (Castalia House)
- “The Story of Moira Greyland” by Moira Greyland (askthebigot.com)
- “Safe Space as Rape Room” by Daniel Eness (castaliahouse.com)
- “The First Draft of My Appendix N Book” by Jeffro Johnson (jeffro.wordpress.com)
- SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police by Vox Day (Castalia House)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
- The Sandman: Overture written by Neil Gaiman, art by J.H. Williams III (Vertigo)
- No Award
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (LONG FORM)
- The Martian screenplay by Drew Goddard, directed by Ridley Scott (Scott Free Productions; Kinberg Genre; TSG Entertainment; 20th Century Fox)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron written and directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Ex Machina written and directed by Alex Garland (Film4; DNA Films; Universal Pictures)
- Mad Max: Fury Road written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris, directed by George Miller (Village Roadshow Pictures; Kennedy Miller Mitchell; RatPac-Dune Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens written by Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt, directed by J.J. Abrams (Lucasfilm Ltd.; Bad Robot Productions; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (SHORT FORM)
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: “The Cutie Map” Parts 1 and 2 written by Scott Sonneborn, M.A. Larson, and Meghan McCarthy, directed by Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller (DHX Media/Vancouver; Hasbro Studios)
- Supernatural: “Just My Imagination” written by Jenny Klein, directed by Richard Speight Jr. (Kripke Enterprises; Wonderland Sound and Vision; Warner Bros. Television)
- Grimm: “Headache” written by Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt, directed by Jim Kouf(Universal Television; GK Productions; Hazy Mills Productions; Open 4 Business Productions; NBCUniversal Television Distribution)
- Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile” written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King, directed by Michael Rymer (Marvel Television; ABC Studios; Tall Girls Productions;Netflix)
- Doctor Who: “Heaven Sent” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Rachel Talalay (BBC Television)
BEST EDITOR – SHORT FORM
- Jerry Pournelle
- No Award
BEST EDITOR – LONG FORM
- Vox Day
- Toni Weisskopf
- Jim Minz
- No Award
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
- Larry Elmore
- Lars Braad Andersen
- Michal Karcz
- Larry Rostant
- Abigail Larson
BEST SEMIPROZINE
- No Award
BEST FANZINE
- File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
- Castalia House Blog edited by Jeffro Johnson
- Tangent Online edited by Dave Truesdale
- Superversive SF edited by Jason Rennie
BEST FANCAST
- The Rageaholic, RazörFist
- 8-4 Play, Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, Hiroko Minamoto, and Justin Epperson
- Cane and Rinse, Cane and Rinse
- HelloGreedo, HelloGreedo
- Tales to Terrify, Stephen Kilpatrick
BEST FAN WRITER
- Jeffro Johnson
- Morgan Holmes
- Mike Glyer
- Shamus Young
- Douglas Ernst
BEST FAN ARTIST
- Christian Quinot
- Kukuruyo
- disse86
- Matthew Callahan
- Steve Stiles
JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
- Andy Weir *
- Pierce Brown *
- Sebastien de Castell *
- Alyssa Wong *
- Brian Niemeier