(621 people submitted nominations for 219 novels)
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick (Eos)
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (Analog 1-4/02; Tor)
Kiln People by David Brin (Tor)
The Scar by China Miéville (Macmillan; Del Rey)
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Bantam)
(374 people submitted nominations for 65 novellas. Six nominees due to a fifth place tie)
A Year in the Linear City by Paul Di Filippo (PS Publishing)
"Breathmoss" by Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's 5/02)
"Bronte's Egg" by Richard Chwedyk (F&SF 8/02)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
"In Spirit" by Pat Forde (Analog 9/02)
"The Political Officer" by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF 4/02)
(377 people submitted nominations for 148 novelettes)
"Halo" by Charles Stross (Asimov's 6/02)
"Madonna of the Maquiladora" by Gregory Frost (Asimov's 5/02)
"Presence" by Maureen F. McHugh (F&SF 3/02)
"Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick (Analog 12/02)
"The Wild Girls" by Ursula K. Le Guin (Asimov's 3/02)
(400 people submitted nominations for 262 short stories)
"Creation" by Jeffrey Ford (F&SF 5/02)
"Falling Onto Mars" by Geoffrey A. Landis (Analog 7-8/02)
"'Hello,' Said the Stick" by Michael Swanwick (Analog 3/02)
"Lambing Season" by Molly Gloss (Asimov's 7/02)
"The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 10-11/02)
(262 people submitted nomination for 83 related books)
The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction, Justine Larbalestier (Wesleyan University Press)
Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary (Between the Lines)
Dragonhenge, Bob Eggleton and John Grant (Paper Tiger)
Bradbury: An Illustrated Life, Jerry Weist (Morrow)
Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
(529 people submitted nominations for 59 long form dramatic presentations)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.)
Directed by Chris Columbus; Screenplay by Steve Kloves; based on the novel by J. K. Rowling
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema)
Directed by Peter Jackson; Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson; based on the novel be J. R. R. Tolkien
Minority Report (20th Century Fox & DreamWorks SKG)
Directed by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen; based on the story by Philip K. Dick
Spider-Man (Columbia Pictures)
Directed by Sam Raimi; Screenplay by David Koepp; based on the comic book character created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
Spirited Away (Studio Ghibli & Walt Disney Pictures)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki; Screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki (English version by Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt)
(284 people submitted nominations for 176 short form dramatic presentations)
Star Trek: Enterprise, "A Night in Sickbay"
(Paramount Television)
Directed by David Straiton; Teleplay by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
Star Trek: Enterprise, "Carbon Creek"
(Paramount Television)
Directed by James Contner; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga, and Dan O'Shannon; Teleplay by Chris BlackBuffy the Vampire Slayer, "Conversations With Dead People"
(20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.)
Directed by Nick Marck; Teleplay by Jane Espenson & Drew Goddard
Firefly, "Serenity"
(20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.)
Directed by Joss Whedon; Teleplay by Joss Whedon
Angel, "Waiting in the Wings"
(20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.)
Directed by Joss Whedon; Teleplay by Joss Whedon
(399 people submitted nominations for 89 professional editors)
(344 people submitted nominations for 141 professional artists)
(314 people submitted nominations for 47 semiprozines)
Ansible edited by Dave Langford
Interzone edited by David Pringle
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin Maroney
Speculations edited by Kent Brewster
(289 people submitted nominations for 93 fanzines)
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Mimosa edited by Rich and Nicki Lynch
Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott
(315 people submitted nominations for 144 fan writers)
(243 people submitted nominations for 76 fan artists)
Brad W. Foster
Steve Stiles
(not a Hugo Award — an award for best new science fiction writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administrated by the current Worldcon committee)
(259 people submitted nominations for 93 new writers)
Charles Coleman Finlay (second year of eligibility)
David D. Levine (first year of eligibility)
Karin Lowachee (first year of eligibility)
Wen Spencer (second year of eligibility)
Ken Wharton (second year of eligibility)
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A total of 761 nomination forms were received from members of Torcon 3 and ConJosé. There were 738 valid nomination forms. Twenty-three nomination forms were declared ineligible because of missing signatures and other reasons. One person submitted a completely blank form.
Jeffrey Copeland provided the software used to tally the Hugo Award nominations.
Ted Chiang respectfully declined his nomination for the Best Novelette category. One short story nominee was replaced since it had been previously published in 2000. This is David D. Levine's first year of eligibility for the John W. Campbell Award. Your Hugo Administrator thanks everyone who took the time to inform him about errors in the original nominee list.
A list of the top fifteen nominees in each category (with the number of nominations received) will be released after the 2003 Hugo Award winners are announced at the Torcon 3 Hugo Ceremony on Saturday, August 30th.
The final Hugo Awards voting ballot will be enclosed in Torcon 3's Progress Report Five, which will be mailed out in May. The ballot will also be available as a downloadable PDF file and as an online electronic ballot on the Torcon 3 web site at www.torcon3.on.ca. We will attempt to provide representative web links to as many nominees as possible. You must be a Torcon 3 supporting or attending member to be eligible to vote. The voting deadline will be July 31, 2003.
Questions or comments may be sent to the Torcon 3 Hugo Awards postal address (PO Box 3252, Merrifield, VA 22116-3252 USA) or HugoAdmin@torcon3.on.ca.
Summary:
Category Forms Nominations Nominees Range
Novel 621 1,888 219 97-69
Novella 374 906 65 85-41
Novellette 377 1,006 148 60-28
Short Story 400 1,058 262 31-22
Related Book 262 548 83 51-28
Dramatic Presentation, Long 529 1,574 59 428-130
Dramatic Presentation, Short 284 710 176 72-22
Professional Editor 399 1,057 89 131-104
Professional Artist 344 918 141 107-49
Semiprozine 314 717 47 136-51
Fanzine 289 631 93 58-44
Fan Writer 315 751 144 51-38
Fan Artist 243 520 76 83-27
Campbell Award 259 688 93 60-36
Last updated: 04 May 2003
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