The 2015 Hugo Awards shortlist has been revealed. The science fiction awards are organized into seventeen different categories including: Best novel, best new writer and best short story. Each category represents the top five nominees in the category.
Both attending and supporting (non-attending) members of the 2015 Worldcon can vote on the final ballot. The winners will be revealed at the show in August. We’ve got the shortlist for the best novel, best novella, best novelette and best short story after the jump. Follow this link to see the nominees for every category. 2015 Hugo Awards Shortlist
Best Novel (1827 nominating ballots)
- Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
- The Dark Between the Stars, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books)
- The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Sarah Monette) (Tor Books)
- Lines of Departure, Marko Kloos (47North)
- Skin Game, Jim Butcher (Roc Books)
Best Novella (1083 nominating ballots)
- Big Boys Don’t Cry, Tom Kratman (Castalia House)
- “Flow”, Arlan Andrews, Sr. (Analog, 11-2014)
- One Bright Star to Guide Them, John C. Wright (Castalia House)
- “Pale Realms of Shade”, John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons, Castalia House)
- “The Plural of Helen of Troy”, John C. Wright (City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis, Castalia House)
Best Novelette (1031 nominating ballots)
- “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium”, Gray Rinehart (Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, 05-2014)
- “Championship B’tok”, Edward M. Lerner (Analog, 09-2014)
- “The Journeyman: In the Stone House”, Michael F. Flynn (Analog, 06-2014)
- “The Triple Sun: A Golden Age Tale”, Rajnar Vajra (Analog, 07/08-2014)
- “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”, John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons, Castalia House)
Best Short Story (1174 nominating ballots)
- “Goodnight Stars”, Annie Bellet (The End is Now (Apocalypse Triptych Book 2), Broad Reach Publishing)
- “On A Spiritual Plain”, Lou Antonelli (Sci Phi Journal #2, 11-2014)
- “The Parliament of Beasts and Birds”, John C. Wright (The Book of Feasts & Seasons, Castalia House)
- “Totaled”, Kary English (Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, 07-2014)
- “Turncoat”, Steve Rzasa (Riding the Red Horse, Castalia House)